SEAN: A relatively light week next week, possibly as all the titles were pulled into the black hole that is the week after next, which crushes all in its path.
J-Novel Club has a new debut, Walking My Second Path in Life. It sounds really great, being about a princess who’s tired of being used and then forgotten about so decides to masquerade as a male squire and try to become a knight. It’s also written by someone with the penname “Otaku de Neet”, so there’s that. I am thus cautiously optimistic?
Kodansha’s digital releases now outstrip their print by about 5 to 1. On the print side, there’s a 4th Aho-Girl, a 6th Clockwork Planet, a 3rd Kigurumi Guardians, and a 7th Princess Jellyfish, which I’m finally falling behind on (and feeling guilty).
MICHELLE: I always delight in a new Princess Jellyfish!
ASH: Indeed! I’m still incredibly happy that the series is being released in print. (And that we’ll be getting Tokyo Tarareba Girls, too!)
ANNA: Good stuff!
SEAN: In ongoing digital titles, we have, and try to say this all in one breath: Aoba-kun’s Confessions 5, Black Panther and Sweet 16 5, Chihayafuru 7, Domestic Girlfriend 12, Drowning Love 6, Grand Blue Dreaming 4 (that’s getting print later next year), House of the Sun 12, Kokkaku: Moment by Moment 3, and PTSD Radio 2. Eeesh. Chihayafuru is my pick from that pile.
MICHELLE: Mine, too, but I do still intend to check out Drowning Love and a couple others.
SEAN: Seven Seas has Vol. 13 of A Centaur’s Life, which continues to be the most deeply random ongoing series I’ve ever read.
ASH: I’ve definitely fallen behind, but the manga can be really interesting even if its tone and direction can be somewhat erratic.
SEAN: They also have a 7th Dance in the Vampire Bund omnibus, which I think takes in some of the sequels and side-stories.
And the print edition of the 4th Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash light novel.
SuBLime has two titles next week, with a 6th Don’t Be Cruel (still putting Elvis in my head every time I see it) and a 4th Deluxe Edition for Finder.
ASH: The deluxe edition is really nice, especially for fans who haven’t already invested in the series. (And it includes additional content to entice those who already have.)
SEAN: Vertical has a 6th massive volume for BLAME!, which I discovered at Anime NYC I’ve been mispronouncing all this time.
MICHELLE: It’s, like, bu-rah-mu or something, isn’t it?
SEAN: It’s apparently BLAM, as if written without the E.
We are almost finished with Itsuwaribito, though I could be lying. Sure seems that Vol. 22 is the second to last, though.
ASH: Ha!
SEAN: And Magi has a 27th volume, and may be killing off one of its main characters? Though somehow I doubt that.
MICHELLE: Volume 26 ended on quite the cliffhanger, so I’m definitely looking forward to this.
ANNA: Soooo far behind with this series. One day!
SEAN: Lastly, we see the debut of Splatoon. This series, based on the third person shooter game, is actually one of several manga that have come out. This one is Shogakukan’s title from CoroCoro Comic Special. Given it ran in CoroCoro, I expect it is geared for younger readers.
Are you getting anything next week, or saving up for the hell that is bearing down on us?
AshLynx says
December 7, 2017 at 7:36 pmI am actually not behind on Princess Jellyfish, looking forward to v7! Only two more to go after that.
I am also way way behind on Magi, my plan is to wait until vol 29, which, according to the internet, ends a major arc, and then start reading when I get vol 29 (or maybe the final vol will be out by the time I actually get around to it, only 10 more vols to go!)