SEAN: It’s February, read manga. It will get you through February.
ASH: Thank you, manga, for your unwavering support.
SEAN: Airship has the print debut of Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! (Zatsuyou Fuyojutsushi ga Jibun no Saikyou ni Kidzuku Made), which starts as a “thrown out of the party for having support magic” title, but at least this guy has a childhood friend to help him realize he’s actually awesome.
ASH: It’s always good to have a childhood friend who has your back.
SEAN: Also in print: Witch and Mercenary 5.
Digitally, we get two debuts. I Wish I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms (Ano Hana ga Saku Oka de Kimi to Mata Deaetara) is a one-shot light novel in the genre of “tragic yet heartwarming movie about teenagers and time travel that gets made into a movie”. A genre Airship has so many of.
ANNA: It sounds wistful, I wonder if it is wistful.
ASH: It does though, doesn’t it? And I do tend to enjoy this particular genre.
SEAN: Magic Maker: How to Create Magic in Another World (Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata) is an ongoing light novel in the genre of “I am reincarnated into a fantasy world and proceed to revolutionize it as a young child because I am so amazing”. A genre ALL publishers have so many of.
Dark Horse Manga has the first omnibus of Gunsmith Cats Burst, the sequel to the classic manga that assumes that what fans really want is more Bean Bandit.
ASH: Aww, beans.
SEAN: Ghost Ship gives us 2.5 Dimensional Seduction 17 and Creature Girls: A Hands-On Field Journal in Another World 14.
Hanashi Media has stopped putting everything in the last week of the month, so we got I Got Reincarnated as a Cultist Mob in an Eroge Full of Maniacs with Death Wishes 3 this week, and next week we get The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage 3.
Ize Press debuts The Merman Trapped in My Lake. A girl finds her ancestor trapped the titular merman in the titular lake. The girl is named after this ancestor, and looks just like her, but surely that won’t lead to trouble.
ASH: When has it ever? (This does sound like something I would read…)
SEAN: Also from Ize Press: Kill the Villainess 5, Lady Devil 4, Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner 4, See You in My 19th Life 9, and Semantic Error 5.
J-Novel Club’s one debut is in their Knight imprint. Finding My Way to (You) in This MMO World (Game no Sekai ni Tenseishita Ore ga ** ni Naru made) has a boy setting out to make his fortune – then getting conscripted – suddenly remember his past life from another world! What’s more, he’s got to guard the princess… who’s a prince in disguise! If you like the same old light novel plots but wished they were gayer, this is for you.
ASH: I mean, it surely can’t hurt.
SEAN: Other JNC light novels: The Fearsome Witch Teaches in Another World 2, Holmes of Kyoto 21, In Another World with Household Spells 4, The Invincible Little Lady 7, Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain 6, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 14, and Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter 19.
Other JNC manga: Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse! 5, The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects 12, Housekeeping Mage from Another World 9, and Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! 3.
Kodansha’s print debut is Love at First Memory (Ore to Mou Ichido, Hatsukoi), a Nakayoshi manga about an heiress who finally decides which of her suitors she loves… then she gets amnesia in an car accident, and they all insist they were the one she picked! This is from the author of Boss Bride Days and Springtime with Ninjas.
MICHELLE: I can only assume that wacky hijinks ensue.
ANNA: Sometimes I’m in the mood for wacky hijinks.
ASH: Wacky hijinks can be healing.
SEAN: There’s also The Ghost in the Shell Legacy Edition Manga Box Set, a big box of all the GITS titles uncensored (yes, they have THOSE pages).
ASH: Goodness!
SEAN: Also in print: Blue Lock 27, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! 16, Parasyte Paperback Collection 3, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister 14, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: IruMafia Edition 3, and What Did You Eat Yesterday? 23.
MICHELLE: Oh! I didn’t realize there was a new volume of What Did You Eat Yesterday?!
ANNA: Woah!!!!
ASH: Oh! I was somehow unaware.
SEAN: And digitally, we see A Couple of Cuckoos 27, Forest of Piano 11 through 18 (the final volume, and these are the first new translated volumes since 2019), Hozuki’s Coolheadedness 29, My Boyfriend in Orange 15, Sayabito: Swords of Destiny 7, and That Beauty is a Tramp 7.
One Peace Books has a 5th volume of Hero Without a Class.
Seven Seas time. For danmei, the big release (literally) is The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Box Set, a deluxe hardcover version of Bakarina: danmei edition. There’s also a mini-artbook and mini-posters.
ASH: That is a sizeable release!
SEAN: For other titles, we see Get Married So I Can Curse Your Firstborn and Finally Be Free! (7-dai Tatarimasu node Hayaku Kekkonshite Kudasai!), a Monthly! Spirits series about a vengeful god trying to unvengeful herself by cursing seven generations of a family. Unfortunately for her, the 6th one is so unpopular there may not BE a 7th!
ASH: Whoops.
SEAN: Grim Night Tales (Endan Yobanashi) is a Sunday Web Every series that is basically an anthology of horror short manga.
ASH: A horror manga anthology, you say?
SEAN: Hibana is a BL manga from the creator of Classmates. A girl finds that her boyfriend is falling for another guy… and getting far too obsessed with him. This comes from Magazine Be x Boy, and is done in one.
MICHELLE: Oooooh. I have heard great things about Classmates.
ASH: Classmates is excellent. Granted, I generally tend to enjoy Asumiko Nakamura’s work.
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: The Greatest Wolf of My Life 2, The Lady Knight and the Beast-Eared Child 5, My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files 5, My Kitten is a Picky Eater 7, Only I Know the World Is Ending and Getting Killed by Rampaging Beasts Only Makes Me Stronger 4, This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! 18, The Too-Perfect Saint 5, The Valiant Must Fall 6, and The World’s Fastest Level-Up 7.
Square Enix Manga gives us Dragon and Chameleon 6, Mr. Villain’s Day Off 7, and Wash It All Away 6.
Steamship has a 5th volume of Loving Moon Dog and a 5th volume of The Villainess and the Demon Knight light novel.
Titan debuts Gizmo Riser, a MAGCOMI series about a slave who inherits some amazing gloves from his uncle so he can destroy the state.
ASH: I wish him well.
SEAN: Lots from Tokyopop. Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! (Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru) is a Web Action yuri manga about two women who are completely in love with each other, but absolutely think the other one is straight.
Destiny Paradise Night is a one-shot BL manga from Honey Milk. A guy dumped by his girlfriend saves someone from jumping off a bridge… only he wasn’t really. Also, he’s a sexy idol.
EX-Rank Lover: My Doting Ex-Boyfriend Wants to Make Love to Me Again and Again! (Dekiai Moto Kare wa Saikai H de Torotoro ni Aishi Tsukushitai – Amayakashi Jouzu na Nikushoku Gokujou Teku ni Oborete) is a josei one-shot from LoveParfait. A receptionist finds that the new employee at her office is her ex from high school… and he’s really hot now and wants to get back together!
Tokyopop also has Formerly, the Fallen Daughter of the Duke 7 and Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim 3.
Viz Manga debuts Centuria, a dark fantasy from Shonen Jump +. A stowaway on a slave ship gets powers from the gods of the sea, and that’s where his troubles begin.
ANNA: I’m a little curious!
ASH: Likewise!
SEAN: Also from Viz: Assassin’s Creed: Forgotten Temple 2, Choujin X 11, Hirayasumi 8, Hunter x Hunter 3-in-1 5, Jujutsu Kaisen 29, Kingdom 4, Mission: Yozakura Family 21, Snowball Earth 8, Steel of the Celestial Shadow 9, and Ultraman 21.
Yen Press debuts Hinatsugimura, a one-shot horror manga from Nemuki +. A group of travelers wait out a storm in a mansion. That ALWAYS goes well.
MICHELLE: It might be a trope, but sounds kind fun nonetheless.
ASH: Yup. I’d read that.
SEAN: Also from Yen, No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular! 26.
ASH: I’m out of touch and didn’t realize that was still running!
SEAN: Don’t use manga for firewood! Read it!
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