SEAN: Can mid-July manga save us from the summer doldrums?
ASH: I’m at least willing to give it a chance.
SEAN: Airship has print books for The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain 5 and I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! 3.
And for early digital, they have Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord 5 and I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! 9.
Fantagraphics are releasing Brain Damage, a new collection of short stories from guro manga author Shintaro Kago. These ran in Web Comic Gum, and while not for the faint of heart, are guaranteed to be visually arresting.
ASH: That is a very apt description of much of Shintaro Kago’s work.
SEAN: Ghost Ship gives us Imaizumi Brings All the Gals to His House 3 and Into the Deepest, Most Unknowable Dungeon 11.
ASH: Surely something must be known by the eleventh volume?
SEAN: J-Novel Club has some print volumes, including the manga debut of The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows (Isshun de Chiryou shiteita no ni Yakudatazu to Tsuihousareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer to shite Tanoshiku Ikiru), based on the LN also by JNC, which runs in Piccoma.
They also debut Gushing Over Magical Girls (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete), a manga that runs in Manga Life STORIA Dash, and got a hit anime recently. A shy girl who adores magical girls ends up working for the villains… and ends up dominating the girls she loves. This one’s infamous.
ASH: Oh, my.
SEAN: There’s also print volumes for Ascendance of a Bookworm 31, Ascendance of a Bookworm Fanbook 4, the 6th omnibus volume of The Faraway Paladin’s manga, and Full Metal Panic!: Short Stories 3.
ASH: Yay, Bookworm!
SEAN: It’s a quieter week next week for JNC digitally. We get I Could Never Be a Succubus! 7, I Parry Everything 9, My Fiancé Cheated, But a New Love Rings! 2, Survival Strategies of a Corrupt Aristocrat 3, The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman 2-1, and The Villainess Is Dead! Long Live the Empress! 2 for light novels.
And I’m a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic 3 for manga.
Kodansha Manga debuts Tower Dungeon, the latest series from Tsutomu Nihei. It runs in Shonen Sirius. A princess is kidnapped and taken to a tower. In order to rescue her, folks will have to get past the tower’s UNTOLD HORRORS.
MICHELLE: Hm. I can’t say the premise really excites me, but I do love Nihei’s art.
ASH: As do I.
ANNA: Me too!
SEAN: Kodansha also has the first Magic Knight Rayearth Part 2, where the girls return to find their work is not yet done.
ASH: That does happen sometimes.
SEAN: Also in print: Blue Lock: Episode Nagi 4, The Blue Wolves of Mibu 6, Gazing at the Star Next Door 6, Kei X Yaku: Bound By Law 7, Ninja Vs. Gokudo 8, and Tune In to the Midnight Heart 2.
And digitally we see Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! 8, Issak 13, MF Ghost 22, Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms 17, My Home Hero 21, and TenPuru -No One Can Live on Loneliness- 12.
One Peace Books has a 4th volume of I Was Sold Dirt Cheap, but My Power Level Is off the Charts.
Just one debut for Seven Seas. Contrast is a BL manga that ran in Canna, and is complete in one volume. A handsome popular guy. A quiet honor student. Secret meetings at the stairwell. And… love?
MICHELLE: Looks potentially cute!
ASH: I have enjoyed other manga from Canna.
SEAN: We also get I’m in Love with the Older Girl Next Door 2, IDOL x IDOL STORY! 2, Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary 2, Kemono Jihen 17, The Lady and Her Butler 4, The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan 9, My Sister Took My Fiancé and Now I’m Being Courted by a Beastly Prince 4 (the final volume), and The Titan’s Bride 7.
Square Enix Manga gives us The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest 25 and The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love 4.
Steamship has Guilty Smile 3 (the final volume) and Seduced by the Demon King: A Sensual Rebirth 2.
Titan Manga has the 7th and final volume of Alpi the Soul Sender.
Viz Media debuts Tokyo Fears Rhapsody (Tokyo Kaijin Rhapsody), an action comedy that runs in Comiplex. It’s from the author of Momo – The Blood Taker. A monster hides his identity while working various jobs. Then he sees the cops have mecha now! He wants to ride a mecha! But he’s a monster, can he really do that?
ASH: I’m not sure I’m sold on the premise, but I am absolutely sold on that cover.
SEAN: Viz also has After God 5, The Climber 2, One-Punch Man 31, Record of Ragnarok 15, Red River 3-in-1 4, Steel of the Celestial Shadows 7, Tokyo Alien Bros. 3, Trillion Game 6, Twin Star Exorcists 34, and Vagabond Deluxe Edition 3.
ASH: So far I’ve resisted upgrading to the deluxe edition, but I suspect it’s just a matter of time…
ANNA: I have been considering it…
SEAN: Yen On has three ongoing series. Bride of the Barrier Master 4, Even a Replica Can Fall in Love 3, and The Irregular at Magic High School 25.
And Yen Press has The 13th Footprint (13-kaime no Ashiato). It got bumped, in case it seems familiar. It’s the latest from the creator of Erased and The Kid I Saw in My Dreams. A teacher living a happy life with his family finds that coming to an end when he begins receiving anonymous postcards that foretell the future. This gets a swank hardcover, also like the author’s other titles.
MICHELLE: Still interested!
ASH: Yup!
SEAN: A thankfully smaller week than last time. What interests you?
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