SEAN: January may be ending, but of STUFF to get through.
ASH: How? Already??
SEAN: Yen On has a bunch of ongoing light novels. We get Ishura 10, I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History 3, King’s Proposal 7, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady 8.5, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend (the 15th and final volume), Sugar Apple Fairy Tale 9, and Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf 11.
Yen Press has a license rescue, as we get a 3-in-1 hardcover omnibus of Battle Royale Deluxe Edition. The OG death game manga, this will be great news for people who are not me, as I hate things like this.
MICHELLE: I think I may have the novel around here somewhere.
ASH: The novel is great and definitely my preferred version of the story.
SEAN: And there’s also the 2nd Sword Art Online Unital Ring.
Viz’s debut is Disney Twisted-Wonderland: Usurper from the Wilds, a novel based on the franchise. This is basically The Lion King version of the title.
And they also have Princess Mononoke Film Comic: All-in-One Edition, a massive 850-page hardcover.
They also have Asadora! 9, Boy’s Abyss 12, Firefly Wedding 5, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 7–Steel Ball Run 5.
ASH: Yeah, JoJo!
Tokyopop gives us The Margrave’s Daughter & the Enemy Prince 6.
Titan Manga has The Raven Dark Hero 2
Steamship has the 4th and final volume of The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire.
Seven Seas have two danmei titles, Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben 7 and Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Deluxe Hardcover Novel) 8 (the final volume).
Debuting on the manga side is My Former Student Is a Hunk?! (Oshiego-kun to wa Dekimasen), which runs in Monthly Magazine Base. A 35-year-old teacher is startled when her former student, who is now 18, tall, and buff, proposes to her! Right, he was the kid who kept saying he would marry her for years and she kept saying “when you turn 18”. She never expected him to turn into THIS! This was originally a Twitter comic.
ASH: Uh-oh!
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess 12, Let’s Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World 9, ROLL OVER AND DIE 7, The Strange House 5, and The Titan’s Bride 8.
MICHELLE: Something mildly creepy (presumably) like The Strange House sounds appealing, at present.
SEAN: Manga Mavericks debuts Path From Tanuki Temple, an indie manga that I believe is full color. A princess raised in seclusion wants to see the world. That always goes well.
ASH: Scrappy tanuki princess in full color? That’s absolutely something I will read. I’ve really been enjoying Manga Mavericks’ indie releases.
SEAN: Last Gasp has the 2nd Ultra Heaven.
ASH: A good time for me to get around to reading the first volume!
SEAN: KUMA may have some debuts (Denpa/Kuma is switching printers atm, so dates are more in the air than usual). Betrayers Love Song (Uragirimono no Love Song) is a childhood friends-turned-rivals mafia title. It runs in Be x Boy Gold.
Only My Psycho is a BL title from i Hertz, and done in one. Hit squad partners turned lovers.
MICHELLE: Huh.
SEAN: Kodansha’s debut is Sayuri, which is from the author of Hi-Score Girl but is far more of a horror/tragedy. A family moves into a terrific house, only to find a spirit haunting it. This is done-in-1, and ran in Comic Birz.
Also in print: GAEA-TIMA the Gigantis 5, Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards 7, Omega Megaera 2, Shangri-La Frontier 20, and Shimazaki in the Land of Peace 7.
Digitally we see Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You 11, Drops of God: Mariage 14, I Want to Hold Aono-Kun So Badly I Could Die 13, ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister! 10, and Our Fake Marriage: Rosé 4 (the final volume).
J-Novel Club has two print titles. We get My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! 10 and Reborn to Master the Blade 8.
No digital debuts for JNC. For light novels, we get The Amazing Village Creator 2, Blade Skill Online 3, The Bladesmith’s Enchanted Weapons 3, The Blue Sea of Marielle Clarac (the 13th in the series), Chivalry of a Failed Knight 8, and Old Knight, New Post 2.
The sole manga volume is Even Exiled, She’s Still the Beloved Saint! 2.
Ize Press has a giant 900-page novel, DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR. An adaptation of the webtoon, this is vampires, baby, and also Enhypen, who are the Kpop band that are connected to it.
Ghost Ship debuts A Reincarnated Carrier’s Strategy for Another World (Tensei ni Hakobijin no Isekai Kouryakuhou), which runs in Young Champion Web. A guy is reincarnated and gets to choose his class, but chooses “carrier”, the weakest one, so that he’s not tied to anything. Then he starts meeting women who need his help. And his “help”, given this is a Ghost Ship title.
I don’t cover FAKKU titles, but for those curious about the Nana & Kaoru: Black Label spinoff, it has moved from Denpa to that imprint. The 3rd volume is out next week.
ASH: Well, that’s good to know.
SEAN: Cross Infinite World has the 6th volume of Even Dogs Go to Other Worlds.
Airship, in print, has I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! 4.
And for early digital… well, wait, this is ONLY digital. No print is planned. We debut When a Clueless First-Person Shooter Player Falls into Another World (Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai). The title is the plot. FPS guy in a fantasy/magic world.
ASH: Seems like we’ve heard that somewhere before.
SEAN: For actual early digital we get Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō 12 and Witch and Mercenary 5.
Hooray, slightly smaller! What are you buying?
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