SEAN: We’re really getting into the thick of September now. Stay close, it might be dangerous.

ASH: It’s just now barely September, don’t scare me like that!

SEAN: No print light novels for Airship next week, but we do see Adachi and Shimamura 12 and A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO 3 in early digital.

Denpa Books has the 4th volume of March Comes in Like a Lion, according to retailers.

ASH: It will be good to see!

MICHELLE: Woot!

ANNA: Nice!!

SEAN: Ghost Ship has a 3rd and final volume of Isekai Affair as well as Parallel Paradise 23.

J-Novel Club has three print debuts. Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill (Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi) is a manga from Comic Gardo based on the light novel also published by JNC.

ASH: I’ve forgotten what the absurd skill is this time.

SEAN: Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World (Isekai Tensei no Boukensha) is coming out in 2-volume omnibus format, so this is the first two books. The plot is every single reincarnated in another world cliche you can possibly imagine. It sells pretty well.

Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole (Maryoku na Majo ni Narimashita: Souzou Mahou de Kimama na Isekai Seikatsu)is light novel that is not coming out as an omnibus. This is sort of the distaff “riddled with cliches” series, as it’s a young woman who has the overpowered stuff.

Also in print: An Archdemon’s Dilemma 18, Ascendance of a Bookworm 33 (the final volume of the main series, though more side stories and spinoffs are coming), The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows 2 (manga version), Gushing Over Magical Girls 3, The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! 10, and Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 10 (manga version).

ASH: Hooray, Bookworm! (Though, surprising no one at this point, I have some catching up to do.)

SEAN: J-Novel Club has four digital debuts. The Crown of Rutile Quartz (Rutile Quartz no Taikan – Slaine to Ou to Eiyuutan) is a manga version of a light novel already released by JNC. It runs in Drecomics.

Looks like a Job for a Maid! The Tales of a Dismissed Supermaid (Maid nara Touzen desu. ~Nureginu wo Kiserareta Bannou Maid-san wa Tabi ni Deru Koto ni shimashita.~)is manga version of a light novel just announced by JNC. The manga runs in Comic Earth Star Online. Nina may be a maid, but that does not stop her falling into a “noble lady accused and thrown out” plotline.

ASH: I’m not sure anyone should be dismissing a supermaid.

SEAN: We’re starting a new imprint, J-Novel Knight, devoted to BL light novels. The first of these is Romance Revived: An NPC Was the Final Boss’s Love (Shi ni Modotta Mob wa Last Boss no Saiai deshita), which seems to be a one-shot. A man is reincarnated into his own fantasy story… but doesn’t remember till he’s framed, killed, and sent back in time. Now that he knows what’s going to happen, he has to protect the king! The really hot king!

ASH: As one does! (I’m happy to see this imprint emerge.)

ANNA: This does sound like a (hot) problem!

SEAN: Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! This White Mage Is One Heck of a Healer (Yuusha Party wo Tsuihousareta Hakuma Doushi, S Rank Boukensha ni Hirowareru – Kono Hakuma Doushi ga Kikakugai sugiru) is a manga version of a light novel as yet unlicensed, but an anime is currently running. If you’ve read a “thrown out of the hero’s party” book, you know what you’re getting here.

Also coming digitally for light novels: The Apothecary Diaries 15, The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows 7, Earl and Fairy 11, The Hero and the Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged 5, and Infinite Dendrogram SP 1 (a side story).

And digital manga includes A Cave King’s Road to Paradise 7, The Eternal Fool’s Words of Wisdom 6, Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers 9, Goodbye Overtime 3, The Invincible Little Lady 10, The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1 4, Isekai Tensei 11, A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even 5, Only I Know That This World Is a Game 9, and A Wild Last Boss Appeared! 7.

No debuts for Kodansha, but we get print for A Kingdom of Quartz 3, Magic Knight Rayearth 2 2, Medalist 10, Re:Anima 2, Tank Chair 5, Thunder 3 6, WIND BREAKER 14, and With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun 8.

ASH: I’m behind on them all, but there’s some good stuff here.

SEAN: For digital we get Blue Lock 33, A Condition Called Love 17, Gang King 33, I Have a Crush at Work 11, and That Beauty is a Tramp 6.

Living the Line debut My Gorilla Family (Gorilla to no Kekkon), a horror short story manga from the early 1970s. It’s the 5th in the Smudge series that is collecting gekiga oddities.

ASH: I love gekiga oddities, so I’ve been thoroughly enjoying what Smudge has been releasing.

ANNA: Not likely to pick this up but I’m glad it is out there!!!

SEAN: One Peace have a debut, The B-Rank Adventurer with a Scary Face Becomes a Father for the Hero and His Friends (Akuninzura shita B-kyuu Boukensha – Shujinkou to Sono Osananajimi-tachi no Papa ni naru). Based on an as yet unlicensed light novel, this Dengeki Comic Regulus title stars a trash mob guy who one day finds a kid at the side of the road and decides to raise them. The trouble is this kid is the future hero!

ASH: That does have the potential to be troublesome.

SEAN: Seven Seas has some “novel/danmei/etc” debuts this week. Copper Coins: Tong Qian Kan Shi is a historical fantasy about an amnesiac monk, a dragon and a ghost going on a road trip. There’s also a special edition with a double-sided bookmark, a paper folding screen, a set of three postcards, and a sticker sheet.

ASH: That absolutely sounds like something I would read.

MICHELLE: Definitely sounds like the setup for some hijinks.

SEAN: Breathless Time Traveler (Anata wa Koko de, Iki ga dekiru no?) is a one-shot from the author of Toradora!. A college girl is killed in a traffic accident, but now finds herself time looping up to the moment of her death! Can she fix things?

ASH: Interested in this one, too!

The manga debut is Magic Maker: How to Create Magic in Another World (Magic Maker – Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata), a MAGCOMI manga based on a light novel Seven Seas will release next year. A reincarnated boy is sad to find he’s in a world without any magic. But… can he make some?

ASH: Signs point to “yes.”

ANNA: What if he couldn’t, just as an interesting twist??

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: CALL TO ADVENTURE! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board 10, Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order 15, Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki 4, The Dragon Knight’s Beloved 9, Dungeon Friends Forever 5, The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom 11, The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru 10, Rozen Maiden Collector’s Edition 3, and Someone’s Girlfriend 4.

ASH: The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru is another series I’ve been meaning to read more of.

MICHELLE: I still need to check out Diary of a Female Lead.

SEAN: Square Enix Manga debuts Bride of the Death God (Shinigami no Hanayome – Yomei 7-nichi kara no Koufuku), a supernatural shoujo from Gangan Pixiv. A grim reaper tells a girl she’ll die in one week. He is puzzled at how grateful she is – as she’s known she has a terminal illness. Love ensues.

ASH: Awww.

MICHELLE: Hm.

ANNA: Curious about this one.

SEAN: They also have The Emperor’s Caretaker 4.

Steamship debut His Sensual Whisper: The Voice That Sets Me On Fire (Tonari no Joushi wa Zetsurin Ikebo), a josei series from LoveParfait. A woman has a fetish for deep sexy voices, but is the guy she just met actually the one for her?

ANNA: It takes all kinds!

SEAN: SuBLime brings us Engage 3 and Megumi and Tsugumi 6.

Titan Manga debut Sanda, a shonen title from Weekly Shonen Champion. From the creator of BEASTARS, it stars a boy who is attacked by a girl as she thinks that he is cursed, and this led to her friend disappearing. They then go on a trip to find this friend.

ASH: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus in this manga.

SEAN: Titan Manga also have a 2nd volume of Yan.

Tokyopop has You Can’t Live All on Your Own! 2.

MICHELLE: Still need to read the first one!

SEAN: From Viz Media we get Animal Crossing: New Horizons 9, Deadpool: Samurai 3, Komi Can’t Communicate 35, Minecraft: The Manga 3, Seraph of the End 33, Splatoon 3: Splatlands 5, Tsumiki Ogami’s Not-So-Ordinary Life 2, and Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 7.

Yen Press debut Land, a seinen title from Weekly Morning. This is coming out as a 3-in-1 hardcover. A young girl lives happily with her father. Unfortunately, her older twin is very unhappy, and goes to the mountains swearing vengeance. What’s the story behind these twins?

ASH: I am immensely curious about this one.

SEAN: Also from Yen Press: Chained Soldier 12, It’s All Your Fault 2, Murciélago 25,and Triage X 28.

ASH: I’d somehow missed (or had forgotten) that Murciélago was still ongoing!

SEAN: Did you survive the manga trek? What did you end up with?