Michelle Smith

SEAN: All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey, but it’s not winter yet, it’s just November.

ASH: But winter is coming.

SEAN: Yen Press has a few titles that got bumped to start us off. Full Metal Panic! Family is a Dragon Age manga that’s a sequel to the classic series (and based on an as-yet-unlicensed light novel), taking place 20 years later and looking at Sousuke and Kaname’s children.

ASH: That should make fans of the franchise happy.

SEAN: Two A.M. at the Dining Table (Gozen Niji wa Shokutaku de) is a yuri horror manga that ran in Harta. A girl’s mother has just passed away, and she’s having trouble dealing with that. Worse, she’s now being haunted by a strangely attentive ghost?

ASH: This absolutely sounds like something I would read.

SEAN: We also see Bocchi the Rock! Comic Anthology 4, Kindergarten Wars 5, and Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: Reload 3 (the final volume).

Viz Media debut The Seaside Where Dragon Boys Dwell (Shiokaze to Ryuu no Sumika), which runs in LaLa. (Feels like we haven’t had a LaLa manga in forever.) A girl moves to a town known for its dragon folks, and meets a prickly boy who makes her curious.

MICHELLE: I do like a prickly character, I must admit.

ANNA: Me too!

ASH: And I like dragon folk and the seaside!

SEAN: Also from Viz: Blue Box 22, Colette Decides to Die 9, Daydream Darling 2, The Elusive Samurai 22, Kagurabachi 9, Mission: Yozakura Family 25, Nue’s Exorcist 9, Prince Freya 14, Shiba Inu Rooms 2, Skip Beat! 52, Super Psychic Policeman Chojo 6, Tamon’s B-Side 12, and Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi 4.

MICHELLE: Yay, Skip Beat!.

ANNA: Always happy to see a new volume of Skip Beat!, and this is reminding me I need to read more Colette Decides to Die.

ASH: Same!

SEAN: Tokyopop has some debuts. Better the Devil You Know Than the Devil You Don’t Know (Oshikake Satan wa Koi wo Shiranai) is a oneshot BL manga from Arca Comics. A guy working at his family’s temple accidentally summons Satan… who’s kind of a helpless little guy?

ASH: That’s an interesting take. (Also, whoops!)

SEAN: Chibon Kaburi: The Masked God is a horror/mystery series from Manga Action. A murder in a small isolated town unlocks the god who said that there should be no murder. Now the god is kinda mad.

MICHELLE: Hm.

ASH: I am intrigued.

SEAN: There, Beneath the Water (Mina Soko nite) is a yuri series from Web Action. A girl who refuses to admit her mother has abandoned her moves to a small town and meets… Mr. Millennium?

ASH: I’m not sure about Mr. Millenium, but I’m always game for small town folk horror.

SEAN: Square Enix Manga has On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance 4 and The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love 6.

Seven Seas has a couple of ongoing danmei series. We see Mistakenly Saving the Villain 4 (the final volume) and Run Wild: Sa Ye 6 (the final volume).

No debuts for Seven Seas. But we get Aharen-san is Indecipherable 5-6, Al the Adventurer: That Magic Shouldn’t Work! 2, Black Night Parade 11, Draw This, Then Die! 2, The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom 14, I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! 9, Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari 16 (the final volume), Mocha the Cat and His Forever Family 4, My Darling Devilish Daughter 3, A Prince of a Friend 3, and You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! 9.

One Peace Books debuts Lockdown Life with the Class Beauty (Remote Jugyou ni Nattara Class 1 no Bishoujo to Doukyosuru Koto ni Natta), a romance manga based on an as-yet-unlicensed light novel. It ran in Shonen Gangan. During COVID, school dorms are closed… but walking around at night in the park, he meets the school’s prettiest girl… who has a favor to ask. (It looks pretty PG, so probably not that kind of favor.)

ASH: From an intellectual standpoint, it’s really interesting to see the impacts COVID has had on art, literature, and popular culture.

SEAN: Noir Caesar have a 4th volume of Deep 3.

Living the Line has a new one-shot. Mother, Please Don’t Give Birth to a Monster ran in the 1980s, and has a teenager discover that her family gives birth to half-human, half-cow monstrosities. For the horror fans. This was the author’s final work, and hasn’t even been reprinted in Japan.

ASH: I’ve already snagged my copy of this.

SEAN: Kodansha Manga have a big debut. Black Jack Deluxe Edition is a hardcover that puts out a selection of Black Jack chapters in a deluxe hardcover, 425 pages. It looks really nice. (If I recall correctly, Tezuka’s estate refuses to do a complete in order release anymore, as some chapters are, um, a bit controversial now.)

ASH: I’ve held onto my Vertical release of this series, but am sorely tempted by this deluxe edition! I’m very glad to see the series readily available again, because it is excellent.

SEAN: Also in print: The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride 8, Blue Lock Full Color Selection 2: Seishiro Nagi, CITY 14, Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as Snow 5, Luca the Dragon Vet 2, Marrying the Dark Knight (For Her Money) 3 (the final volume), MF Ghost 10, Omori 3, Twilight Out of Focus 7, Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition 3, The World is Dancing 5, and Yuri Is My Job! 14.

ASH: Speaking of great deluxe releases, the Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition is absolutely gorgeous.

SEAN: And for digital we get I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! 12.

Kodama has a 2nd Baki The Grappler Perfect Edition Box set, with Vols. 9-16.

They also have the first two omnibuses of New Grappler Baki, the sequel to the original, which also ran in Shonen Champion. It’s exactly the same, but he’s fighting criminals.

ASH: Kodama is doing amazing work.

SEAN: And we get The Magical Forest of Hoshigahara (Hoshigahara Aomanjuu no Mori), a fantasy manga from Nemuki. A man lives in the forest with spirits. This is by the author of Saturn Apartments.

MICHELLE: I wasn’t especially into this until your last sentence there. I looked it up. “Contains emotional themes of loneliness and loss.” Okay, now I am on board.

ANNA: I’m intrigued!

ASH: I’m definitely giving this one a read.

SEAN: And they have Me and the Alien Mumu 5.

Kana debuts The Gentleman, the Cat & the Tearoom (Neko to Shinshi no Tea Room), a foodie manga that runs in Comic Zenon. An older man – and his cat – run a tea room, and always seem to know just what the customer wants.

ANNA: Nice.

ASH: Very nice.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has four debuts, all light novels. Déjà Vute: Betrayal Begets New Beginnings (Imouto ni Subete o Ubawareta Reijou wa Kon’yakusha no Uragiri o Shiri Kaiki Suru (Jou)) is a Heart title. A young woman is betrayed by her fiancée Vute and her sister, and dies. But now it’s two years in the past. She wants nothing to do with her old life anymore… but running away from Vute proves strangely difficult.

Keep Me Close: Finding My Home in You (Watashi ga Kaeritai Basho wa ~Ibasho o Nakushita Reijou ga “Tokenai Hyouzou” to Uwasa Sareru Ryoushu-sama no Moto de Shiawase ni Naru made~) is also a Heart title. After her father dies, a girl is abused by her stepmother and stepsiblings, made into a servant, accused of a crime she didn’t commit, exiled, and forced to live with the cruel ice Duke. Fortunately for her, she’s in a romance novel, we know what Ice Dukes are really like in those.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Kagami yo Kagami, Doku Ringo o Tabeta no wa Dare?) is a Knight title. An idol who’s hard up ends up as the “muse” to a famous photographer. Now, years later, he wants to take things further, but a new muse is on the horizon!

ASH: I could be convinced to give this series a try.

SEAN: An Otaku Prince Finds Love in Akiba (Otaku Ouji to Akiba de Koi o) is a one-shot Knight title. A gorgeous prince loves a very simple yet beautiful game, and travels to Japan to meet the creator. Sadly, the creator is a nervous shut-in who hates his own work.

Other light novels out next week: Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! 3, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 23, Housekeeping Mage from Another World: Making Your Adventures Feel Like Home! 10, and Miss Medic’s Diary at War 3.

And for manga we see I’m a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic 9 and The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1 8.

Graphix has the 2nd volume of Crescent Moon Marching.

ASH: Still absolutely delighted by marching band manga.

SEAN: Ghost Ship has a 5th and final volume of Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!.

Drawn and Quarterly have Sassy Cats (Showaru Neko), a 70s-80s manga that ran in Garo. The artist conveys their own feelings and meditations through the titular cats.

ANNA: So much cat manga!

ASH: And from Garo, too! It’s like this was meant for me.

SEAN: Dark Horse has more Lovecraft. H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror Deluxe Edition collects the series from Comic Beam in one massive 650-page tome. Bullied outcast boy turns out to be super powerful, opens portal to horrors.

ASH: This should be great.

SEAN: Airship has two print volumes. Survival in Another World with My Mistress! 10 and A Tale of the Secret Saint 11.

Airship has a digital-only debut of a title that they release the manga of in print. I’m Running for Crown Princess, but All I Want is a Steady Paycheck! (Taikouhi Kouho dakedo, Kenjitsu ni Ikou to Omoimasu) has a poor minor noble encouraged to run for Betrothed to the Crown Prince, as even the losers could get steady work as ladies in waiting. But the competition is fierce. Fortunately, our heroine is blunt and has common sense.

And in early digital we see Classroom of the Elite: Year 3 3 and Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes 7 Part 2.

That was more than I was expecting. What do you like?

SEAN: Happy Halloween. Have a deluge of manga.

ASH: Tricks and treats!

SEAN: Airship’s print titles next week are Adachi and Shimamura 13, Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! 7, and Virgin Knight: I Became the Frontier Lord in a World Ruled by Women 4.

And in early digital we see Space Orc: Barbarian Raider of the Stars, Aiming for the Queen! 2 and The Tale of a Little Alchemist Blessed by the Spirits 4.

And in ONLY digital, we see Al the Adventurer: That Magic Shouldn’t Work! 2.

ASH: I’ll admit, I initially read that as A.I. the Adventurer, which would be a different type of story, I think.

SEAN: Cross Infinite World debuts The Villainess’ Journal: Newlywed Life of an Obsessive Researcher (Akujo Nisshi -Otaku na Akujo (?) no Shinkon Seikatsu-). A young woman who lives for research and being a scientist finds an “icy count” wants to marry her… because she’s known as a villainess. But that’s just her sister using her name! Didn’t I see this plot from CIW last month?

ASH: Uh-oh!

SEAN: They also have From Bumbling Prodigy to Villainess: Will the Duke’s Love Go Unnoticed? 2, which tells me that yes, I did. Also, wow, this series is fast tracked.

Dark Horse Manga has a 3rd omnibus of Innocent Rouge.

ASH: I haven’t made it to Innocent Rouge yet, but the artwork is is stunning.

SEAN: Denpa, according to retailers, have Nana & Kaoru: Last Year (Nana to Kaoru: Last Year), the final series in the erotic comedy-drama showing them about to graduate high school. It ran in Harem (yes, that’s the magazine name). (It got bumped.)

Drawn & Quarterly debut A Lullaby From Hell (Jigoku no Komoriuta), the first of two collections compiling the horror works of Hideshi Hino, one of the masters of the art. Gross, grim, and unsettling stuff.

ASH: And also very powerful. Hideshi Hino’s work is definitely not for everyone, but I’m very glad to see more of it being released in English.

SEAN: Ghost Ship has A Reincarnated Carrier’s Strategy for Another World 3.

Hanashi Media have a few light novels. I Saved Myself with a Potion! 3, A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring 3, An Observation Log of My Wife Who Calls Herself a Villainess 5, and Reincarnated Onmyoji: Empowered by the King of Hell, I’ll Never Return to the Underworld 2.

J-Novel Club are putting out An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride in an omnibus format now. Get light novels 1-3 in print.

Also in print, The Young Lady Is the Substitute Harvest Goddess is another JNC contest winner. A young gamer is sent to a different world by a goddess, who wants her to take over as harvest goddess. Fortunately, this world runs along the lines of her beloved farming games.

ASH: I’m actually kind of amused by this premise.

SEAN: And there’s some print manga. The 100th Time’s the Charm: She Was Executed 99 Times, So How Did She Unlock “Super Love” Mode?! 3, Black Summoner 9, and The Water Magician 2.

J-Novel Club has a debut in its Knight line. Fraudulent Fiancés Roll Out the Red Carpet (Tamanokoshi Goyoui Shimashita) is the first in the “Fraudulent Fiancés” series. A man tries to scam another man who turns out to be a hot-shot CEO, and is offered a choice: go to jail or be his fake boyfriend.

ASH: Oh, my!

SEAN: Other light novels out next week: The Fearsome Witch Teaches in Another World 5, The Isle of Paramounts: Reborn into a Slow Life Among the Strongest in the World 4, Knight’s & Magic 10, Let This Grieving Soul Retire 11, Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon 17 (the final volume), and Repeated Vice: I Refuse to Be Important Enough to Die 5.

And the only manga out next week is Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! This White Mage Is One Heck of a Healer 6.

Kodansha Manga debut in print Erin the Beast Player (Kemono no Souja), which was released digitally as just The Beast Player and is now getting an omnibus of the first two books. It’s a Shonen Sirius title from the creator of Seirei no Moribito, and based on her novel. A girl who adores her mother is cast adrift when her mother is blamed for a mysterious illness affecting their clan’s giant serpent mounts.

ASH: I’m so glad this is being released in print! The original novels are great.

SEAN: Also in print: Blue Lock Omnibus 5, Blue Lock: Episode Nagi 8 (the final volume), I Have a Crush at Work 8, Love Out on a Limb 4, Phantom of the Idol 9, and Rent-a-Girlfriend 39.

MICHELLE: I kinda forgot Phantom of the Idol existed. I did enjoy what I read.

SEAN: And digitally we get Nina the Starry Bride 19, Shangri-La Frontier 27, and the 46th and final volume of Space Brothers.

ANNA: I always enjoy seeing new volumes of Nina the Starry Bride pop up even though I’m behind on the series.

SEAN: Retailers say Mahjong Pros has a 2nd volume of Reform with No Wasted Draws: The Legend of Koizumi.

ASH: I did manage to finally get my hands on the first!

SEAN: One Peace Books has a rare light novel: The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic 6.

Three debuts from Seven Seas. The Apology of Noumi-Senpai (Noumi-senpai no Benmei) runs in the magazine Vinyl. A confident young man joins his university’s book club, and meets an easygoing guy – who’s openly gay, to boot. What will happen between them?

ASH: I’m here for BL book clubs.

SEAN: Phenomenon X: Paranormal Crime Files (Phenomenon X: Paranormal Crime Files) is a mystery series from Harta. A practical cat-eared female detective. An FBI agents with secrets in his past. They fight crime!

MICHELLE: This looks kinda fun.

ANNA: It does sound cute!

SEAN: Reluctant Space Commander: From Death Wish to Galactic Hero! (“Koko wa Makasete Saki ni Ike!” wo Shitai Shinitagari no Nozomanu Uchuu Gekokujou) is based on the light novel coming out digitally from Seven Seas, and runs in Comic Corona. It stars a guy who wants to end it all after his girlfriend dumps him. He’ll join the Space Corps and have a noble death! The trouble is, he’s too good at Space Corps!

ASH: Whoops.

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Collected Fragments 2, The Beast King: Master of Medicines 3, Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex 4, The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain 7, Dungeon Friends Forever 7, The Dungeon of Black Company 14, Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells 13, Get Married So I Can Curse Your Firstborn and Finally Be Free! 3, Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent 8, I Have a Secret: The Complete Manga Collection 2 (the final volume), Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I’ll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest! 2, My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today 7, The Scum Laugh 2, Slow Life In Another World (I Wish!) 10, Someone’s Girlfriend 7, A Tale of the Secret Saint 12, Workin’ the Night Shift at Akumart 2, and Yakuza Reincarnation 16.

ASH: That is quite the list.

SEAN: Takumigraphics debuts Wandering Cat’s Cage (Mandarin Gypsy Cat no Roujou), a 2-volume complete in one omnibus that ran in Comic Bridge. It’s a future sci-fi dystopia genderqueer manga from the creator of Sensei’s Pious Lie.

MICHELLE: Well, that sounds pretty fabulous!

ANNA: Alright!!!

ASH: Very much looking forward to this one.

SEAN: Titan Manga debut Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider (Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai), a comedy sentai manga from Hero’s. It had an anime recently. A guy decides to fight for justice, despite no call to action and no powers. This is also technically a sequel to Air Master.

ASH: Huh.

SEAN: They also have the second volume of The one. Later on… and the third and final volume of Farewell, My Odin.

ASH: I feel like I ought to read Farewell, My Odin.

SEAN: Viz Media releases Horror Picture Book: A Bad Book, another of their 32-page scares. This is from the author of Brave Story.

ASH: It should be excellent, then.

Jujutsu Kaisen Complete Box Set is a complete box set of Jujutsu Kaisen. It has a poster. It’s over 6000 pages.

ASH: So many pages.

SEAN: Kiki’s Delivery Service: The Official Cookbook is what it sounds like.

Takumi: A Little Japanese Bakery is also a cookbook.

And they also have one normal manga, Boy’s Abyss 15.

Yen Press! Let’s start with Defying Expectations with Gravity Magic to Be Unparalleled (Noroma Mahou to Yobareta Mahoutsukai wa Juuryoku Mahou de Musou suru: Mada Juuryoku no Gainen no Nai Sekai Nite, Shounen wa Banyuu Inryoku Ou to Naru), a Comptiq title based off a webnovel. A guy gets gravity magic… what is gravity? Then he remembers his life in Japan, and now he knows!

The Dragon School Is Atop the Mountain (Ryuu no Gakkou wa Yama no Ue) is a collection of short stories from the author of Delicious in Dungeon.

MICHELLE: This also looks pretty great.

ASH: It really does!

SEAN: Fate Rewinder: All Great Achievements Require Time (Unmei no Makimodoshi) is a sci-fi manga with an anime coming soon. It runs in Monthly Corocoro Comic, so likely is for young boys. These young detectives have to solve every case – even if it means time looping till they do!

ASH: Oooooooh, time loops!

SEAN: Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver runs in Type Moon Ace. It’s the “pilot” that eventually became Fate/Stay Night, only with a female master and a male servant.

How to Keep a Human (Ningen no Kaikata) is serialized on Twitter. Humans are hard to keep as pets – they’re so fragile they easily die – but this monster really wants one.

ASH: Awwwww.

SEAN: N, and yes, that’s the title, is a horror title, and ran in Dengeki Comic Regulus. Various mass murders and disappearances are happening, all with the letter ‘N’ left at the scene.

MICHELLE: Also potentially cool!

ANNA: Good to have some spooky stuff come out during spooky season!

SEAN: The Record of Fantastical Nomenclature (Gensou Meimeiki) is a supernatural title from Comic Gene. A man who can see spirits is hired by another man to catalog them. But what’s the reason behind this?

ANNA: More spookiness!

ASH: And cataloging! That’s one of my favorites.

SEAN: Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day (Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day) is a manga based on a doujinshi, and seems to be about young women who brighten a man’s day in various ways. It’s marked ecchi. It’s also done in one.

Also from Yen Press: Black Butler 35, Cheeky Brat 17, Dara-san of Reiwa 4, Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku? 3, Game of Familia 9, The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All 4, Honey Lemon Soda 12, Kunon the Sorcerer Can See 3, Love Bullet 2, mono 5, My Mate Is a Feline Gentleman 4, Redeem: Only One Forever 2, A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom 8, Reincarnation Coliseum: The Weakest Skill Conquers the Strongest Women and Creates a Harem 4, Sasaki and Peeps 5, Slasher Maidens 14, The Summer Hikaru Died 8, A Timid Lady Was Turned into an Ugly Cat, but on the Verge of Fainting Is Picked Up by the Most Fearsome Military Duke 2, The Villainess Stans the Heroes: Playing the Antagonist to Support Her Faves! 6 (the final volume), A Witch’s Life in Mongol 4, and You Can’t Escape from Mizudako-chan! 2.

MICHELLE: I didn’t know Black Butler was still going!

SEAN: Save money on candy, buy manga!

SEAN: Still not Halloween, but this list says otherwise.

ASH: I won’t complain too much.

SEAN: Debuting from Viz in a 2-in-1 omnibus is The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao’s Notes on the Inner Palace (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou). Apothecary Diaries has two manga series, one in Big Gangan (the one Square Enix is putting out), and this one from Sunday GX. This one has been called “too straightforward”, the Gangan one supposedly omits some stuff. Why not get both? Also, does this count as a cat manga?

ASH: You know, it just might.

SEAN: Viz Media also debuts two Horror Picture Books, 32-page books starring children but not for them, this is more teen. Is It There Or Not? is from the creator of The Summer of the Ubume, and Looking at Me has art by Junji Ito.

ASH: Well, this both seem to be for me to read.

SEAN: Speaking of horror, Viz has Witching Hour (Ushimitsu Gao), from Champion Cross. A wife finds her husband unimpressive in bed, but fortunately a ghost can give her just what she’s looking for. This one has an explicit content warning, and not for the horror.

ASH: Oh, my!

SEAN: Lastly, have you not been reading Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona)? Christ, why not? Get the new 3-in-1 out this week.

MICHELLE: I am so far behind!

ANNA: I’m behind too, contemplating starting over again from the first volume.

ASH: Always worth a re-read.

SEAN: Also from Viz: The Climber 7, Kingdom 12, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. 15, Record of Ragnarök 20, Red River 4-in-1 9 (the final volume), Ultraman 22, and Undead Unluck 27 (the final volume).

ASH: I really need to get around to reading The Climber.

Tokyopop has another deluxe hardcover. Touch Within the Abyss Deluxe Edition (Kimi no Yoru ni Fureru) is another from RED title. An assassin’s failure to kill his target leads to tragedy. Years later, can he recover?

Tokyopop also has a 5th volume of Eternal Covenant and a 2nd omnibus of A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation, with Vol. 4-6.

Steamship debuts Flirting with my Bear-like Boyfriend (Ichaicha Shiyou yo, Kumakei Kareshi-kun). It’s a josei manga from TL Screamo, the het version of BL Screamo. A small girl and a big guy. Big in every sense of the word, as she makes sure to tell us. This has 2 volumes in 1.

ASH: It’s bigger that way.

SEAN: Square Enix Manga gives us My Dress-Up Darling XOXO!, a comedy oneshot that is basically “what if we took this manga but made it WACKIER?”.

ASH: I really enjoyed what I read of the original series.

SEAN: They’ve also got Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick 5, Otherside Picnic 15, and Wash It All Away 10.

Seven Seas danmei, we get Three Hundred Years of Longing: Bu Jian Shang Xian San Bai Nian 4 (the final volume) and Thrice Married to a Salted Fish 4 (also the final volume).

One debut from Seven Seas. Crow Hill: Don’t Be Shy!! – The Complete BL Manga Collection (Karasugaoka Don’t be shy!!) is a 2-in-1 omnibus about two gang leaders who theoretically are arch-enemies, but note the BL. It ran In Kachi Comi.

ASH: This sounds like one I would enjoy.

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own Death 6, Ghost and Witch 3, Gladiator Battle Life 2 (the final volume), How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord 25, No Longer Allowed In Another World 12, and Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling 9.

One Peace Books has a third volume of The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible.

Kodansha Manga has a print debut, Fan/Girl X Call/Boy (Deriwo no Oshigoto), a seinen manga from Morning Two. A shut-in otaku woman hires a male sex worker, but when she accidentally shows the erotic game she was playing when he’s there, she finds he’s a fan of the same game! Maybe instead of a sexual encounter she’s not ready for anyway, they could bond?

ASH: And that sounds like it could be potentially endearing?

SEAN: Also in print: Blue Lock 35, The Darwin Incident 10, Drifting Dragons 18, How to Grill Our Love 2, MF Ghost 9, Senpai Is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate 8, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Trinity in Tempest 12, and Wave, Listen to Me! 12.

MICHELLE: Ooh, a new Wave!

ANNA: One day I will read Wave!, I have a few volumes stockpiled.

ASH: Same!

SEAN: Digitally we have A Couple of Cuckoos 31 and Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms 24.

A quiet week for J-Novel Club. For light novels they have The Bladesmith’s Enchanted Weapons 6 and Disowned but Not Disheartened! Life Is Good with Overpowered Magic 4.

And for manga there is The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies 2, Ascendance of a Bookworm Arc 2 12, and Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight 7.

Ize Press debut Reunion. Seven years ago a young man impersonated a dead girl to fool a man on his deathbed. Another man attempted to expose him. Seven years later, they reunite. This is the Korean version of BL whose word I don’t know.

ASH: That is quite the premise!

SEAN: Also from Ize Press: Finding Camellia 9. I Tamed My Ex-Husband’s Mad Dog 8, Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom 10, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint 12, The Remarried Empress 11, Semantic Error (the novel) 3, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok 2, Tomb Raider King 16, and The World After the Fall 15. Some of those are probably final volumes, but it’s almost impossible to tell with webtoon releases.

Inklore has a 4th volume of Wet Sand.

Hanashi Media has one debut. I Was Reborn as a Refugee Girl, So I’m Working Toward Citizenship from Scratch (Tensei Nanmin Shoujo wa Shiminken wo 0 kara Mezashite Hatarakimasu!) is another “reincarnated into a terrible, terrible life” sort of book, but I’m sure it gets better.

ASH: One would hope! That sounds rough.

SEAN: Ghost Ship has an 11th volume of Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!.

Dark Horse Manga give us Lone Wolf and Cub Deluxe Edition 3.

ASH: An excellent edition of an excellent manga.

SEAN: Airship has new print volumes. Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City 8 and Loner Life in Another World 15.

And digitally we see History of the Kingdom of Orcsen: How the Barbarian Orcish Nation Came to Burn Down the Peaceful Elfland 2, I Like Villains, so I Reincarnated as One 3, and Magic Maker: How to Create Magic in Another World 3 (the final volume).

The calm before the storm. What manga are you getting?

SEAN: No, it’s not Halloween yet.

MICHELLE: It’s Halloween in my heart.

ANNA: It is also Halloween in my heart!

ASH: One does not just limit Halloween to the end of October.

SEAN: There are no print releases for Airship next week. There is an Only Digital debut. Reborn as an Aristocratic Scoundrel, I Broke the Game and Mastered Magic Beyond Limits! (Taida na Akujoku Kizoku ni Tensei Shita Ore, Scenario o Bukkowashitara Kikakugai no Maryoku de Saikyou ni Natta) is a story we’ve seen a lot recently. He’s a villain mook. He wants to stop being a villain mook. He gets OP.

Also only digital, we see Fluffy Café in Another World 2.

And in early digital, we get The Devil Princess 5.

Alien Books debuts Badducks, a manga from Web Action about a cyborg, a desperate lady, and a baby, on the run.

ASH: Now that’s an interesting and somewhat unexpected combo!

SEAN: AlphaPolis has a print release for A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai 3, May I Ask for One Final Thing? 3, and Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time 3.

Ghost Ship gives us Lilia’s Pregnancy Spells the World’s End 3.

There’s a light novel debut from Hanashi Media. The Capital’s One-Man Golem Master Got Kicked Out!? Now Free, I’m Traveling the World with My Beautiful Heroine Disciples to Build the Ultimate Golem! Don’t Ask Me to Come Back. I’m Done! (Outo Wan’ope Golem Master. Masaka no Tsuihou!? ~Jiyuu no Mi ni Natta node Deshi no Bijin Yuusha-tachi to Issho ni Saikyou Golem Tsukurimasu. Modotte Koi to Iwarete mo Mou Shiran!~). The title is the plot.

ASH: Considering the length of the title, I would think so!

SEAN: Ink Pop debuts I Shall Master This Family, a webtoon about a noble girl who dies after her family comes to ruin, then wakes up as a child and tries to avoid that fate. I’ve heard this sort of story before somewhere…

ASH: It does seem familiar, doesn’t it.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has a pile of print. We see Ascendance of a Bookworm: Fanbook 7, Black Summoner 8, Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill Omnibus 7, Infinite Dendrogram (manga) Omnibus 7, Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World (manga) 8, My Friend’s Little Sister Has It in For Me! 11, My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! 12, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (manga) 12, and Tearmoon Empire (manga) 9.

ASH: I need to catch up with the various Bookworm and Tearmoon iterations.

SEAN: Two debuts for JNC digitally, both light novels. Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day! (Toshokan no Tensai Shoujo ~Honzuki no Shinjin Kanri wa Boudai na Chishiki de Kuni o Sukuimasu!~) stars a girl who wants nothing more than to sit in a dark library reading books all day. Sadly, she lives in a world with monster attacks! And bureaucracy! Can she defeat both those things?

ANNA: I would also like to sit in a dark library reading books all day, yet my job involves a lot of bureaucracy. Maybe I need to work in the monster attacks somehow.

ASH: Saaaaaame.

SEAN: God Sleeps in Seafoam (Utakata ni Kami wa Madoromu) stars a guy who (try to contain your shock) is born without the cool power everyone in his world has, is thrown out of his family, but discovers a really AWESOME power and finds a new life. It is apparently a bit more serious than I made it sound.

Other light novels: The Amazing Village Creator: Slow Living with the Village Building Cheat Skill 5, The Dorky NPC Mercenary Knows His Place 6, Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ 10, Infinite Dendrogram SP 3, and Zero Damage Sword Saint: I Enrolled in a Magic School and Wound Up in a Contract with the Demon Queen 5.

And one manga: A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 11.

Kana debuts Hideout, a one-volume horror manga from Big Comic Spirits. A man and his wife, grieving the loss of their son, go on a journey to find a fabled waterfall. Unfortunately, well, horror manga.

ASH: I should probably read it, then.

SEAN: Kana also has a 4th City Hunter omnibus.

MICHELLE: Ooh.

ANNA: Nice.

ASH: Always.

SEAN: No debuts for Kodansha Manga, but they do have Gachiakuta Dumpster Season 1 Manga Box Set, which has the first 10 volumes and a tote bag.

ASH: Love a good tote bag.

SEAN: Other print volumes: Drawing From Your Memory 3, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity 15, Honey Bee & Lemon Balm sweet moment (the third in the series), How to Treat a Lady Knight Right 6, Kirio Fan Club 4, Last Samurai 6, Love, That’s an Understatement 8, Shimazaki in the Land of Peace 10, To Your Eternity 25 (the final volume), and Vinland Saga 15 (also the final volume, it got bumped, though digital is out this week).

ASH: I will take Vinland Saga whenever I can get it. And To Your Eternity, too, for that matter.

SEAN: And digitally we have Am I Actually the Strongest? 20, Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! 12, and Koigakubo-kun Stole My First Time 10.

Last Gasp has a new edition of Barefoot Gen, 572 pages, with new lettering and some new color pages. You don’t need me to tell you to read Barefoot Gen.

ASH: I’m not sure how many editions this makes now, but I’m glad to see this series remain available.

SEAN: One Peace Books has a manga debut. The Delinquent Girl Beside Me Suddenly Dyed Her Hair Black (Tonari no Seki no Yankee Shimizu-san ga Kami wo Kuroku Somete Kita) is based on an as-yet unlicensed light novel, and ran in Shonen Ace. A guy mentions he likes refined black-haired girls. The next day, the blonde delinquent who sits next to him shows up with black hair, and acting refined. What could it be? He’s a high school guy, so he’ll never figure it out, trust me.

ASH: Ha!

SEAN: Seven Seas has one danmei release, the 2nd and final volume of Golden Terrace.

They have two manga debuts. Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san? (Jirai Nan desu ka? Chihara-san) runs in Ganma!, and has an anime coming soon. A guy finds his new seatmate is a girl with long black hair, goth loli fashion, and a tendency to stare. Is she one of those obsessive weirdos? As it turns out, she’s one of those sweet weirdos.

Living with My Old Cat (Jiji Neko Kurashi) is a cat manga about life with an older cat. (Sometimes I got nothin’.)

MICHELLE: Heh.

ASH: But you’ve got cat manga!

SEAN: They also have The Babe at My Back Has Her Eye on Me. I’m Done For. 2, The Dragon Knight’s Beloved 10, Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess 14, It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love 7, The Kingdoms of Ruin 13, Nagahama to Be, or Not to Be: The Second Voyage (or, as normal people would say, 2), and This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! 20.

Square Enix Manga has Assassin & Cinderella 4, The Emperor’s Caretaker 7, My Favorite VTuber Is Scary IRL 3, and My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! 27.

SuBLime gives us Black or White 13, Forest of the Rabbits 2 (the final volume), and May I Have a Taste? 3.

Titan Manga debuts Resident Evil: Death Island, a manga adaptation of the CG film. It ran in Comic Hu.

Tokyopop debuts another yuri webtoon. She Is Still Cute Today stars a top student who is rumored to be in love with the #1 boy in class. To stop this, she says she’s in love with the bottom ranked student. Who’s a girl. And was listening to all this. And is now following her around…

Vassalord Deluxe Edition, meanwhile, is exactly what it sounds like, a deluxe hardcover version of the dark BL series.

ASH: Now that’s a blast from the past! This series is somewhat absurd, but I enjoyed what was previously released, so I am pleased by this. (Maybe it means we’ll see the rest of the series translated, too?)

SEAN: Uncivilized Books debut Fire!, a classic shoujo manga from the 1960s that ran in Weekly Seventeen. Aaron Browning is an Ohio teenager in juvie who meets a delinquent who has big music talent. This 900-page book collects all four volumes of his rise and fall. He’s apparently based on Scott Walker. Oh, there’s also an essay on Pink Floyd in here. The manga won an award. Everything about this screams “buy me now”.

MICHELLE: Or else the sun ain’t gonna shine any more!

SEAN: Yes, make it easy on yourself!

ANNA: Well, this sounds amazing.

ASH: Yup. I preorderd this as soon as I learned it was licensed.

SEAN: Viz Media has My Hero Academia: Ultra Artworks, a hardcover artbook dedicated to the popular series.

We also see Beyblade X 7, Case Closed 100, Chainsaw Man 22, Firefly Wedding 8, The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen 3, Pokémon: Scarlet & Violet 6, Rainbows After Storms 12, Splatoon 3: Splatlands 7, and Yaiba: Samurai Legend 6.

Three debuts for Yen On. Buying a Classmate Once a Week: Our Time Together and the Five-Thousand-Yen Excuse (Shuu ni Ichido Classmate o Kau Hanashi ~Futari no Jikan, Iiwake no Gosen En~) is a yuri light novel about a high school girl who pays her classmate to do things like go get juice, etc… then decides to make the requests more risque. If you liked Adachi and Shimamura but thought their personalities were too normal, this is for you. (BEEP sarcasm BEEP)

See You at That Site of Grace After Work (Shigoto ga Owareba, Ano Shukufuku de) is a one-shot video game tie-in… sort of. A guy who is non-communicative with his co-workers and would rather play games finds his life changing when a young woman asks him to help her get good in Elden Ring. Not a romance, apparently, but a “isn’t Elden Ring great!” sort of book. Note Yen Press releases the Elden Ring manga.

ASH: Huh.

SEAN: Your Castle’s Little Helper: Please Feed Me, I’ll Work! (Anata no Oshiro no Kobito-san ~Gohan Kudasai, Hatarakimasu ~) stars a starving young girl who suddenly finds she remembers her life as a Japanese woman. She tries to stay alive doing odd jobs, and lucky for her she’s in a “isn’t this lovable orphan adorable?” series.

Also from Yen On: Agents of the Four Seasons 7, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 9.5, Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture 7, Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense 18, Even a Replica Can Fall in Love 5, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End -Prelude– 2, How to Eat Life 3, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria 15, King’s Proposal 8, Reign of the Seven Spellblades 15, Witch’s Can’t Be Collared 3, and You Can Have My Back 5.

And Yen Press have one book, a debut. Isshiki-san Wants to Know About Love (Isshiki-san wa Koi wo Shiritai) is an ecchi manga from Shonen Ace. (If you don’t know what ecchi means, ask your father.) A cop finds herself very flustered around her colleague, and decides to date him to figure out what this whole love thing really is. This is getting an anime soon.

No, it’s still not Halloween yet. What are you buying?

SEAN: Despite the best efforts of rain and wind, Manga the Week of is here for you.

ASH: It’s good to have something that can be relied upon.

SEAN: Yen Press has some stragglers still. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 5: The City of Water and the Ode on Heroes (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-5 Shou – Mizu no Miyako to Eiyuu no Uta) is the start of the 5th arc in the series. It runs in Comic Alive+.

There’s also Visions 2024__Illustrators Book. This is the annual Pixiv Collective artbook, filled with gorgeous stuff.

ASH: Oh, that does look lovely.

SEAN: No new series from Viz Media, but we do see Boruto: Two Blue Vortex 6, The Bugle Call: Song of War 9, Dandadan 21, The Demon Prince of Momochi House: Succession 3 (the final volume), Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki 5, Ichi the Witch 5, Kill Blue 9, Marriage Toxin 15, Phantom Busters 5, and Shinobi Undercover 3.

MICHELLE: Somehow, there is suddenly quite a backlog of Byakko Senki for me to delve into!

ANNA: Oh wow, me too! That’s the best kind of backlog.

SEAN: Tokyopop debuts three titles. The Lion Dances With a Loved One (Shishi no Odoriko) is a BL oneshot from Equal. A man was betrayed and sold to a brothel. And now he’s become the favorite of a rude beastman customer!

ASH: And here I was hoping for something about competitive lion dance.

SEAN: Sanctuary Priestess: I’ll Live in Peace by Feigning Incompetence! (Shiniki no Miko: Munou no Furi wo Shite, Kyou mo Heiwa ni Sugoshimasu), an online manga series from CMOA Comics. A priestess in training is shunned by her family for being inadequate… but she’s hiding her too powerful talents!

ASH: Not a bad idea if you want to be left alone, I guess?

SEAN: Unnie, I Like You! is a yuri webtoon series about a girl with memories of her past life who discovers her past love is teaching university… and has no memory of her!

They’ve also got Merry Witches’ Life: The Three Widows of Berlebagille 4, Monster and Ghost 3, and Yuri Espoir 5.

Titan Manga has the 2nd 3-in-1 omnibus of Aoashi.

MICHELLE: Already pre-ordered!

ASH: Very nice.

SEAN: Steamship has a 3rd and final volume of His Sensual Whisper: The Voice That Sets Me On Fire.

Square Enix Manga debuts The Apothecary Diaries: Xiaolan’s Story (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Gaiden: Xiaolan Kaisouroku). What is Maomao’s story like from the perspective of her bestie who’s never around when the important stuff happens?

ASH: Hahaha! Good to see more of The Apothecary Diaries.

SEAN: Seven Seas has some danmei. There’s Something Wrong with the Chief: Du Zhu You Bing 4 (the final volume) and The White Cat’s Divine Scratching Post 3 (the final volume).

Two debuts from Seven Seas. Reborn as an Aristocratic Scoundrel, I Broke the Game and Mastered Magic Beyond Limits! (Taida na Akujoku Kizoku ni Tensei shita Ore, Scenario wo Bukkowashitara Kikakugai no Maryoku de Saikyou ni Natta) is a manga based on a light novel out… next week from Seven Seas. It runs in Dra Dra Flat ♭. It’s a typical Villain book. He’s reincarnated as a bad guy. Tries to avoid his inglorious death by being super powerful.

Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami (Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami) runs in BL Screamo, a magazine title I will never get tired of. It also has an anime AND a live-action series. A hot guy is uninterested in his frumpy co-worker… till they have to share a room for a business trip and he reveals the stud within.

ASH: Oh, my!

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System 3-4, Grim Night Tales 3, Kase-san and Yamada 5, Kaya-chan Isn’t Scary 6, Kemono Jihen 22, Kitayama and Minamiya 3, The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru 12, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today 12, Monster Cats 4, My Deer Friend Nokotan 8, and Yokai Cats 11.

Kodansha’s sole print debut had its digital out a while ago. My Journey to Her (Boku ga Watashi ni Naru Tame ni) is a complete in one volume series that ran in Weekly Morning. It’s a memoir of Yuna receiving a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and the journey to getting gender-affirming surgery that Yuna, with her family and friends, goes through.

ASH: Definitely curious about this one now it’s in print.

SEAN: OK, technically this is new as well. Blue Lock Full Color Selection contains seven chapters, from various points in the series, in full color.

ASH: That’s an interesting approach.

SEAN: Other print releases: The Magnificent Bastard 4, MF Ghost 8, the 16th and final volume of Peach Boy Riverside, Secondhand Sisters 3, The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse 23, the 15th and final volume of Vinland Saga, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 22.

ANNA: Oh, I need to get caught up on Vinland Saga too.

ASH: It is so very good and I’m so very glad all of it made it into English.

SEAN: And digitally we get How to Grill Our Love 22 and Giant Killing 59.

MICHELLE: Obligatory yays for Iruma and Giant Killing.

ASH: Indeed!

SEAN: No debuts for JNC after all the Vol. 1s in September. For light novels we see Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools 13, Earl and Fairy 13, Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! 13, and Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 28.

And for manga we get Did I Seriously Just Get Reincarnated as My Gag Character?! 8, My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! —AΩ— 13, and The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival 8.

Ghost Ship has two debuts. Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! (Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!) is a Weekly Shonen Magazine title Kodansha Manga doesn’t want to touch, so here it is with Ghost Ship. It also has an anime. A guy who thinks joining the student council will be easy realizes the other members are all weirdos. This sounds a LOT like Seitokai Yakuindomo, to be honest, another Shonen Magazine title that got an anime.

ASH: That title is rather suggestive if taken a certain way… Which I’m assuming is intentional, being a Ghost Ship release.

SEAN: Harem Camp! also has an anime, and runs in Comic Goichi. A guy camping out runs into a bunch of drunk women, and they all have fun in their tent. Then he finds out he’s their new high school teacher.

ASH: Uh-oh.

SEAN: They also have a 19th volume of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You.

Dark Horse Manga has a 2nd volume of The Credits Roll into the Sea.

ASH: I’ve been meaning to pick this series up.

SEAN: Airship debuts The Neverending Winter, the Land of Broken Dreams (Owaranai Fuyu, Kowareta Yume no Kuni), the 4th in the The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes collection.

Also in print for Airship: I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! 5, Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! 16, and Venus Mission: I Was an Assassin-for-Hire Who Died, Now I’m Hunting Heroes in Another World 2.

They also have early digital for Free Life Fantasy Online: Immortal Princess 11, The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside By My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom 7, and Witch and Mercenary 7.

Someone left the manga out in the rain. What are you reading?

SEAN: Autumn, and an old man’s thoughts turn to manga.

No print releases for Airship, but we get early digital for My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won’t Leave Me Alone 3 and The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior 11, and only digital for When a Clueless First-Person Shooter Player Falls into Another World 3 (the final volume).

Cross Infinite World debut From Bumbling Prodigy to Villainess: Will the Duke’s Love Go Unnoticed? (Munou Saijo wa Akujo ni Naritai ~Gimai no Migawari de Totsuida Reijou, Koushaku-sama no Dekiai ni Kizukanai~). A girl has an exceptional talent, but her family see her as useless. Now a Duke needs a fiancée he can dump in three years, and our heroine sees this as an opportunity for freedom.

ASH: That description seems oddly familiar.

SEAN: They also have How I Became King by Eating Monsters 6 and Fluffy Paradise 10.

Dark Horse Manga have the 8th volume of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.

DK has a big artbook, The Art of Junji Ito Collection. Scary but well-packaged art!

ASH: Oh! That’s a nice surprise.

ANNA: Good for the holiday and spooky seasons!

SEAN: Ghost Ship has a 27th volume of Parallel Paradise.

Glacier Bay Books has Five Worms on a Line, a shoujo-horror shot story collection.

As well as Give Her Back to Me, by the same author, about a family curse.

ASH: Expect excellence from both of these. I love shoujo horror.

ANNA: I’m less of an aficionado, but absolutely agree that these are intriguing releases this week.

SEAN: Hanashi Media gives us The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made! 14, GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There 2-1, Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer in Another World: I’ll Use My Modern Knowledge to Build My Own Kingdom 2, and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy 20.

Two J-Novel Club digital debuts, both light novels. Sorry Darling, but You Won’t Kill Me Again! (Konse mo Todome o Sasareru no wa Gomen nanode, Saiai no Otto wa Mou Iranai) is a Heart title. A young queen is killed by her husband… then wakes up in the past! Now she can change her fate… assuming she’s the only one with memories of her old life.

A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom (Gokuaku Reijou no Kanchigai Kyuukokuki) is a Club series, despite the “Wicked Lady” part, so expect less romance here. It stars another woman who thinks that “being a villainess” is more important than anything else, even if she keeps doing good deeds.

ASH: That’s a thing that happens sometimes.

SEAN: Other light novels: Looks like a Job for a Maid! The Tales of a Dismissed Supermaid 4, Pens Down, Swords Up: Throw Your Studies to the Wind 7, Rebuild World 8-2, and You Were Experienced, I Was Not 9.

For manga, we see A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires 9 and Rebuild World 15.

MICHELLE: First, wicked lady and now a livid one!

ANNA: Maybe the wicked and livid ladies need to team up!

SEAN: Kana debuts Jagaaan, a seinen manga from the author of Blue Lock. A cop has a good career, long-term girlfriend, things going well. Sure, he’s a bit UNSTABLE, but hey. Then he gets a supernatural monstrous power. What could go wrong? For fans of titles with lots of violence and death.

MICHELLE: The blurb says, “a superpower drama of carnal desires and primal violence.” So… a pass for me.

ASH: Hmmm.

SEAN: They also have Blades of the Guardians 3.

Kodama has a 4th volume of Sun-Ken Rock Perfect Edition.

No debuts for Kodansha Manga. In print we get Dragon Head Omnibus 3, I Have a Crush at Work 7, Omega Megaera 6, Omega of the Divine 2, That’s Not Love 3, Whoever You Are, I Love You 2, and You Can’t Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister 5 (the final volume).

ASH: I should really revisit Dragon Head; I’m still glad to see it back in print.

SEAN: And digitally we get Am I Actually the Strongest? 19 and I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! 11.

Manga Mavericks debuts The Pipe Machine, the story of a boy who ends up in weird adventures due to a time-traveling pipe. (It got bumped.)

ASH: Even with some bumps, Manga Mavericks releases some great stuff.

SEAN: They also have Vegetable Sandwich, which seems to ask what if Yu Yu Hakusho and Ranma 1/2 had a baby? Fans of old-school shonen will eat this up.

MICHELLE: This looks goofy and yet somehow appealing.

ASH: Agreed!

ANNA: I enjoy some old school shonen sometimes!

SEAN: Seven Seas has two debuts. Can You Kiss Me First? (Omae no Hou kara Kiss shitekure yo) is a BL manga from Moment. Two co-workers are good friends. Then one says he’s gay… but it’s OK, the other guy isn’t his type. Wait, what? Why not?

MICHELLE: Hm.

SEAN: The Lord-Magear’s Apprentice (Lord Magear no Deshi) is a shonen series from Sunday Web Every. A boy is saved by a mage as a child. He grows up to be a powerful swordsman… whose ends up being the only survivor, and also rescued AGAIN by the SAME mage. Apprentice time?

Also from Seven Seas: the 5th and final volume of I Ship My Rival x Me.

Shueisha – and yes, it seems to be the Japanese publisher – releases Happiness Theories: A Manga Artist & An Art Historian Find Wisdom in 3,000 Years and in Life. A manga artist and art historian have a discussion about human history.

ASH: Oooooooh! I’m here for it.

ANNA: This does sound interesting!

SEAN: Square Enix Manga has a 3rd Otaku x Gal.

Titan Manga debut When I Was Reincarnated in Another World, I Was a Heroine and He Was a Hero (Tensei Shitara Ore ga Heroine de Aitsu ga Yuusha datta) is a… erm, genderbendy?… title from Comic Gardo. A guy dies and is reincarnated… as a heroine! And his friend from Japan is the hero! Can they defeat the demon lord? Will there be romance?

They also have Eko Eko Azarak Reborn 2 and Welcome to Ghost Mansion 3.

Tokyopop debuts The Devil’s in the Lunch Deals (Jashin no Bentouya-san), a slice-of-life fantasy from Comic Days. A goddess is banished to the human world, and decides to start a bento store. As one does.

But what of BL, you ask? No worries, that’s still Tokyopop’s bread and butter. Caught in Your Web (Kumo no Otoko) is a one-shot BL thriller that ran in… sigh… from RED. A man is happy being the boytoy of a mafia boss… till the boss dies. Now he’s left the mob, but meets a man who seems to be the old boss’s son!

My One-Sided Love (Shuraba no One Side Love) is also a manga in from RED. A manga artist and his editor are friends! Buds! Cuddly! Um, what’s going on here? There are content warnings on this one, so I suspect “sexual assault, but in a sexy way” is the answer.

MICHELLE: Great.

ANNA: No thank you!

SEAN: Retailers say Udon Entertainment has Blue Archive: Comic Anthology 3 out next week.

And we end with Yen Press, which has some straggler manga. The Succubus Meets Her Match (Moteharu nee, Ashiya-kun) is a seinen comedy manga from Dra Dra Sharp #. A succubus has taken over as queen of her high school… except for that one dude. Who’s not into her. What’s worse, the other demi-humans want him too. This shall not stand!

And they have How to Love a Loser 2 and Nomi x Shiba 4.

Pretty packed for a 5th week. What interests you?

SEAN: Can’t talk, manga.

ASH: For real.

SEAN: Yen On moved about half its books to this week, including the debuts. Ayakashi à la Mode is a one-shot fantasy novel. A girl abandoned at a shrine is raised by the spirits that dwell around it, most of whom are quite nice. Sadly, this girl also needs to learn not all spirits are nice.

ASH: This absolutely sounds like something I would read.

SEAN: Scarlet is the latest book by Mamoru Hosoda, who wrote Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, etc. A princess trying to revenge her father fails, and ends up in the world of the dead. Can she get her revenge anyway?

ASH: I have enjoyed Hosoda’s previous works and I do appreciate a good revenge story.

SEAN: Why Run? My Summoned Beast Is Cute! (Naze Nigerundai? Boku no Shoukanjuu wa Kawaii yo) asks “what if the cute summoned familiar was actually a terrifying tentancled monstrosity? No one gets our hero’s aesthetic at all.

ASH: Awwwww.

SEAN: Also out in light novels: The Holy Grail of Eris 5 (the first volume since 2023, as the series switched publishers in Japan), I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too 8, Secrets of the Silent Witch 8, Sentenced to Be a Hero 6, and Your Forma 7.

And now we get Yen Press and its 38 volumes of manga. Starting with How to Handle My Sassy Big Sis (Namaiki na Gyaru Ane wo Wakaraseru Hanashi), a seinen series from Tonari no Young Jump. A guy has an older stepsister who constantly disparages him. Then he’s told she may be the sort who’s secretly a tsundere, so he tries to actively cause that.

It’s Strictly Business (Eigyou desu kara) is a BL manga by the author of Cheeky Brat, Spring Storm & Monster, and Stray Cat & Wolf. No het romance this time, though! This runs in Hana to Yume’s BL spinoff Trifle. A guy tries to pick up the girls at his college, but fails miserably. Maybe if he contrasts himself with his cool clubmate? Or will that lead to something COMPLETELY different?

ASH: It just might!

SEAN: JUDGE Ultimate Verdict Edition is an omnibus of the previously released manga. Death game, creepy stuff, etc.

Let’s Go Nirvana! (Joubutsusasete yo!) stars a young yakuza trying to make a name for himself… till killers murder everyone in the family but him and the boss’ daughter! Now he has to hide by posing as a Buddhist monk! This runs in Kurage Bunch.

ANNA: OK, I find this premise amusing.

ASH: Right?! I am absolutely here for this.

SEAN: Mage of Leda (Leda no Majutsushi) is a fantasy manga from Aokishi. A pathetic orphan teen has had a terrible life. He knows the “I’ll teach you magic!” offer is shady. He takes it anyway.

ASH: Sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do.

SEAN: Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home! (Tadaima, Ojamasaremasu!) is a shoujo manga from Koisuru Soiree. A young woman who tries to escape her OL life by otaku pursuits finds… her tiny apartment has been expanded, and now has two roommates! We have hot guy (kind ver.) and hot guy (annoying ver.) What’s a girl to do?

MICHELLE: Fall for the annoying one, I predict.

ANNA: I would like parts of my house to be magically expanded but do not need any more roommates.

ASH: Oooooooh.

SEAN: Servant Beasts is a Harta manga, meaning it’s sui generis. A beast man is bought by a witch who uses him like a servant, but his innate niceness gradually wears him down.

Spy Classroom 4th Period: Bonfire (Spy Kyoushitsu 4-bu: Kagaribi) starts adapting the next arc in the series. It runs in Comic Alive+.

Three Days of Happiness: The Complete Omnibus (Jumyou wo Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen ni Tsuki, Ichimanen de) collects all three volumes of the manga adapting the novel also released by Yen. It ran in Media Works Bunko. A young man sells thirty years of his life for a happy present day.

ASH: There is a sad logic to that.

SEAN: Thus Spoke the Rabbit (Usagi wa Kaku Katariki) is a fantasy manga from Comic Fuz. Man-eating rabbits have ravaged a city. Only a wolf girl and a bunny girl can save them now.

What Six Survivors Told… (Ikinokotta 6-nin ni Yoru to) is a horror manga from Harta. During a zombie crisis, six people hide in a mall.

MICHELLE: Intriguing.

SEAN: Also from Yen Press: The Adventure of Black Cat Nyango 2 (the final volume), Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring 5, Assorted Entanglements 10 (the final volume), Blade & Bastard 5, Daughter of the Emperor 14 (the final volume), Dead Mount Death Play Side Story: Phantom Solitaire’s Art of Disguising Oneself as a Supernatural Being 3, The Eminence in Shadow 15, The Failure at God School 4, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman 6, The Holy Grail of Eris 12, Land 3, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story 8, Merit and the Egyptian God 2 (the final volume), Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury—Vanadis Heart 2, Murciélago 27, My Lover Is Just Too Innocent to Handle 2, My Super-Cute Black Mage! 2, Overlord: The Undead King Oh! 14, A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage 2, Scenes from Awajima 3, Sentenced to Be a Hero 2, Shino & Ren 2, The Terrifying Students at Ghoul School! 2, Unnamed Memory 8, Victoria of Many Faces 4, Void: No. Nine 2, and Yowamushi Pedal 29.

MICHELLE: I need to read Scenes from Awajima.

ASH: I’ve picked up my copies! (But haven’t actually read them yet…)

SEAN: Meanwhile, in non-Yen manga, There’s Viz, and the Black Torch Complete Box Set, collecting all five volumes.

And Pokémon: Sun & Moon Complete Manga Box Set, which has 12 volumes.

And in non-box sets, we get Dorohedoro Illustrations: Mud and Sludge, a 350-page hardcover guide to Dorohedoro.

ASH: I never expected this to be licensed here and so went out of my way to track down a copy of the Japanese edition when it was first released. Really good stuff.

And we also see JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 7–Steel Ball Run 9 and Splatoon: Squid Kids Comedy Show 6 (the final volume).

Retailers say Udon Entertainment has Hidetaka Tenjin’s Artistry of Gundam, an artbook. They said this in April too.

ASH: Hmmm.

Tokyopop debuts Aoharu Once More, a BL title that’s from from Red (still the most annoyingly titled magazine ever). Two boys almost get together in high school, but don’t. Now they’re adults, can they finally fix things?

They also have Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land 2, Beneath the Falling Camellia Blooms 2, and My Contract With the Apothecary Monster 3.

Square Enix debuts Boyish Girlfriend (Boyish Kanojo ga Kawaisugiru). A guy is surprised to find his tomboyish, male clothes wearing girlfriend in cat ears and a maid outfit for the school festival. Now he’s hooked on her looking girly. This runs on the Manga Up! app.

ASH: I’m cautiously curious.

SEAN: Seven Seas has some danmei. Joyful Reunion 5 and Silent Reading: Mo Du 4.

They also have a non-Airship novel, Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea 2.

Give Me a Hug, Mr. Frog! (Hug Shite! Kaeru-san) is a one-shot BL manga from Kurofune Pixiv. A student council president falls for the mystery boy in the frog mascot costume at a local cafe.

ASH: No judgement here.

SEAN: The Misdeeds of an Extremely Arrogant Villain Aristocrat (Kiwamete Gouman Taru Akuyaku Kizoku no Shogyou) runs in Kadocomi, and adapts the light novel also released by Seven Seas.

Uesugi-kun Wants to Quit Being a Girl (Uesugi-kun wa Onnanoko wo Yametai) is a shoujo manga from Ciao Plus. A short, cute boy finds girls don’t even see him as a male. He prays at a shrine… and wakes up transformed INTO a girl! This could go one of two ways, I’m hoping for the good way.

ANNA: I mean, it is good to be cautious.

ASH: Agreed on all points.

SEAN: Yuri Yuri Panic: A Case of Extreme Cuteness Has Occurred! (Yuri Yuri Panic: Toutosugiru Jian ga Hasseishiteimasu!) is a yuri manga from Monthly Web Action. An introverted, plain Jane girl suddenly finds the most popular girl in school… wants to marry her!

ASH: Oh, my!

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: DEAR. DOOR 4, The Delinquent and the Transfer Student 2, Kageki Shojo!! 16, Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! 7, Roses and Champagne 4, and What It Means to Be You 5.

One Peace Books has Teppeki Honeymoon 3, which they advertise, in the blurb, “Readers can enjoy a character-driven romance featuring exciting action, clean language, and content that remains free of sexual material, nudity, and fan service.” Which makes me wonder who is now paying for One Peace Books to stay alive, and if they’re Evangelicals or something. O_o

MICHELLE: Wow.

ANNA: Yikes. I dunno, anytime I see “clean” in the marketing I am dubious.

ASH: Huh.

SEAN: Kodansha Manga’s print debut is another spinoff. Cells at Work! Cat (Hataraku Saibou Neko) seems to be half “blood cells inside a cat” and half the owners of the cat. It ran in Shonen Sirius.

ASH: I was not expecting Cells at Work to cross with a cat manga, but I am also not complaining.

SEAN: Also in print: Blue Lock 34, Cells at Work! Lady 5 (the final volume), Gachiakuta 12, Mushishi Collector’s Edition 3, and What If I Said, “I Love You”? 2.

ASH: I’m still ecstatic that Mushishi is back in print.

SEAN: And guess what got bumped? Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition 2 should be next week, maybe?

ANNA: I just got the first one a few days ago (not sure what the delay was) and it is gorgeous.

ASH: It really is!

SEAN: For digital we get A Couple of Cuckoos 30, Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms 23, and Yamaguchi-kun Isn’t So Bad 13.

J-Novel Club has some print titles. We see The Misfit of Demon King Academy 8, Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight 2 (manga version), and The Water Magician Arc 1 2.

The debut is a manga, seemingly a one-shot, but there’s definitely a sequel. Reset is a J-Novel Knight title, ergo BL, and ran in Chara. Two basketball players get into a relationship, but the codependency may be ruining everything.

ASH: Codependency does have that tendency.

Other manga out next week: Fluffy-Eared Realm Restoration: Taking It Slow with My Cool Big Brother 2 (the final volume), Imperial Reincarnation: I Came, I Saw, I Survived 5, and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 13.

Digital light novels from JNC include By the Grace of the Gods 18, Cooking with Wild Game 35, EXP Is Golden 5, Finding My Way to (You) in This MMO World 2, From Two-Bit Baddie to Total Heartthrob: This Villainess Will Cross-Dress to Impress! 6, From Villainess to Healer 7, The Poison King: Now that I’ve Gained Ultimate Power, the Bewitching Beauties in My Harem Can’t Get Enough of Me 8, and The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods 5.

Hanashi Media also has a light novel: I’m Just a Villager, So What? 5.

Airship has one print light novel, Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World 3.

And for digital they have I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class 4 and Survival in Another World with My Mistress! 10.

Assuming you kept reading after the Yen Press stuff, what are you buying?

SEAN: As the leaves start to change and Sean longs for the end of poison ivy season, what does next week bring us for manga?

23rd Street Books, who may be First Second under a new name, are reprinting Shuna’s Journey (Shuna no Tabi), the manga Hayao Miyazaki drew right before he founded Ghibli. A prince goes on a journey to help his people.

ASH: Oh! I had totally missed that First Second had spun off an imprint for adults.

ANNA: Interesting!!

SEAN: Airship has one print book, The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary 15.

And in early digital they have Adachi and Shimamura 13 and I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! 5.

Ghost Ship debuts My Useless “Cuddle” Skill Awakened, and Now I’m Building the Ultimate Harem! (Hazure Skill “Soine” ga Kakuseishi, Boku ga Saikyou Harem o Kizuku made: Micchaku Soine de Ganbou Kaihou!? Yuuwaku Saremakkutte Komattemasu!!), which runs in Gaugau Monster. A guy finds that anyone who sleeps next to him recovers all health. Naturally, girls want to sleep next to him… among other things.

ASH: That is quite the talent.

SEAN: They also have The Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword 7 and Virgin Knight: I Became the Frontier Lord in a World Ruled by Women 3.

Hanashi Media debuts The Side Character Who Thought He Was the Protagonist Mistook the Real Hero for a Side Character and Accidentally Won Everything (Jibun no Koto o Shujinkou da to Shinjite Yamanai Fumidai ga, Shujinkou o Fumidai da to Kanchigai Shite, Yuushou Shite Shimau Ohanashi desu). The title is the plot.

Inklore has the third and final volume of King’s Maker.

No debuts for Ize Press, but they do have Jungle Juice 8, Marriage of Convenience 5, Men of the Harem 7, Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner 6 (the final volume), and Villains Are Destined to Die (the novel) 4.

J-Novel Club has a debut. I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest (Karei naru Akujo ni Naritai wa! ~Aisare Tensei Shoujo wa, Tanoshii Nidome no Jinsei o Okurimasu~) has a plot you may be able to guess. Yes, she’s reincarnated, she only knows household magic, but she has no Patience whatsoever.

Also in light novels: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon 13, Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- 9 (the final volume), D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared 10, The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage’s Carefree Life in Another World 11, Imperial Reincarnation: I Came, I Saw, I Survived 7, The Invincible Little Lady 8 (the final volume), The Petty Villain Plays by the Rules: Rewriting This Otome Game with Honest Work! 3, The Reincarnated Mastermind: Sundering Fate with Magic Swords 2, and The Water Magician Arc 1 7.

Kana has Cat’s Eye Omnibus 4.

ASH: I need to catch up with this and the other series from Kana.

SEAN: Kodansha is looking out for your kids next week, as they debut Cells at Work! Picture Book, an edutainment manga dedicated to laying out the human body for the little munchkin in your life.

ASH: I truly appreciate the range of Cells at Work!; no matter your age, there’s something to learn.

ANNA: I’m always surprised by the greater Cells at Work! universe!

SEAN: Also in print: Dead Rock 5, How to Treat a Lady Knight Right 5, Kaijin Fugeki: Kindled Spirits 5, Love, That’s an Understatement 7, Mars 30th Anniversary Edition 2, MF Ghost 7, Sheltering Eaves 5, Snow & Ink 6, and Wistoria: Wand and Sword 13.

MICHELLE: I need to get caught up on Sheltering Eaves!

SEAN: Digitally they have Blue Lock 39 and Ya Boy Kongming! 25.

One Peace Books has a manga debut. The Villainess Who Came to Marry Into the Frontier Noble’s Household Is an Exceptionally Capable Wife, Isn’t She? (Henkyo Mob Kizoku no Uchi ni Totsuidekita Akuyaku Reijo ga, Mechakucha Dekiru Yoi Yome nanda ga?) is an adaptation of an as-yet unlicensed light novel. it runs in Dra Dra Flat ♭. An isekai’d guy finds his new wife is the villainess of the otome game, but she’s actually a sweetie… right now. He has to stop events turning her evil.

ASH: He better be helping out with keeping the household, then.

SEAN: Seven Seas has a danmei debut, Panguan: The Twelfth Gate. This is in the same world as Copper Coins and Three Hundred Years of Longing. There’s cultivation. There’s homoerotic longing. There’s… actually, I think that’s all danmei needs.

MICHELLE: Pretty much!

ASH: It’s certainly a solid start.

SEAN: And in not-danmei-but-nearly, we see Lout of Count’s Family 9.

Two manga debuts. Gilded Seven is a seinen manga from Comic Zenon. What if the Wild West was riding high, but Lincoln was never assassinated? This action series seems to ask that question.

ASH: It does seem like at least a few things would have been different.

ANNA: Is Lincoln also a vampire hunter????

SEAN: I Like Cat Butts (Neko no Oshiri ga Suki Nan Desu) is the story of a cat owner and her chaotic cat and his chaotic butt. It ran in Comic Ruelle. And yes, OK, fine: I like cat butts and I cannot lie, you other owners can’t deny, that when a kitty walks in with an itty bitty… OK, that’s enough.

MICHELLE: Snerk.

ASH: That is immediately where my brain went.

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Chainsmoker Cat 4, Exotic Animal Doctor 2, Fluffy Café in Another World 3, Hope You’re Happy, Lemon 4, I’m in Love with the Villainess 11, The Lady and Her Butler 6, Time Stop Hero 15, Wolf’s Daughter: A Werewolf’s Tale 4, and A Yuri Love Story That Begins with Getting Dumped in a Dream 3.

Square Enix debuts My Ex-Boyfriend Loves Boys’ Love (Motokare ga Fudanshi ni Natte Orimashite), which ran in Gangan Pixiv. A girl looking for manga discovers her old high school boyfriend… in the BL section! But he wasn’t interested in BL in high school! What happened?

ASH: I love when fudanshi get a chance to shine.

SEAN: They’ve also got Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia 3, A Starlit Darkness 2, and The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest 32.

Takumigraphics are trying to make sure Gary Groth isn’t a liar by trying again with Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko), and this time it’s coming out in two-volume paperback omnibuses and a digital version. The story may be a bit less cutting edge than it was twenty years ago, but it’s still really good stuff.

MICHELLE: Ooh! Somehow, this was not on my radar!

ASH: I hope we might be able to get the rest of the series with this release, too.

ANNA: Good, glad it is being released again.

SEAN: Titan Manga debut The Assassin Laughs at Twilight (Ansatsusha wa Tasogare ni Warau), a manga based on an as-yet-unlicensed light novel, this ran in Comic Gardo. A doctor killed in an earthquake while operating on his sister finds himself in a fantasy world… where he’s a killer.

ASH: That was somewhat unexpected.

SEAN: Titan Manga also have a second volume of Strange Pictures and a third of Villain Actor.

Three debuts for Viz. And Then There Were None (Soshite Dare mo Inakunatta) is a manga based on the famous Agatha Christie novel, and ran in HayaComic, which seems to be devoted to manga adaptations of novels. The cover features a handsome young man, a pretty woman, and eight background folks. Some are more None than others.

MICHELLE: Huh! I have read the novel, so might have to see how this compares.

SEAN: Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record is a biography of the famous Final Fantasy composer.

ASH: Oooooooh, very nice.

SEAN: Sound of a Blink (Mabataki no Oto) is the latest from Shuzo Oshimi, and it runs in Big Comic Superior. A young man seems to have it all, till his younger brother is diagnosed with a brain tumor and he finds you can’t escape family.

Viz also has Choujin X 13, Fool Night 10, Haikyu!! 3-in-1 10, Kingdom 11, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 26, Not So Shoujo Love Story 4, One-Punch Man 34, Sakamoto Days 23, and Taika’s Reason 2.

Some pretty damn good titles in there. What are you buying?