SEAN: March blows ever onward, and so does the pile of manga.
Airship has print releases for Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord 4 and Loner Life in Another World 11.
And we see early digital for The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain 4.
Dark Horse debuts an omnibus release for Drifters, from the creator of Hellsing. Famous warriors from Earth are transported to another world to have a battle royale.
ASH: I actually really enjoyed what I read of Drifters; glad to see it coming back in print!
SEAN: Ghost Ship has Ayakashi Triangle 14, Imaizumi Brings All the Gals to His House 2, and Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu! 8.
J-Novel Club has two print volumes: Ascendance of a Bookworm 29 and the 9th Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles manga.
The digital debut for JNC is They Don’t Know I’m Too Young for the Adventurer’s Guild (Boukensha Guild ga Juunisai kara shika Irenakatta no de, Saba Yomimashita). A nine-year-old boy, after a series of harrowing events, ends up in the care of an adventurer’s guild.
ASH: Oh, goodness. Based on the nine-year-olds I know, that sounds like a potentially dangerous combination.
SEAN: They also have Butareba 6, Cooking with Wild Game 27, D-Genesis 8, The Eternal Fool’s Words of Wisdom: A Pawsitively Fantastic Adventure 4, From Villainess to Healer 2, Heavenly Swords of the Twin Stars 5, I Could Never Be a Succubus! 6, I Shall Survive Using Potions! 10, Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner 2, A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even 5, The Mythical Hero’s Otherworld Chronicles 10, and Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter 15.
Kodansha Manga debut 23:45, a one-shot BL manga from Gateau. An otaku suddenly finds himself haunted by a ghost that keeps reliving his own death every day.
MICHELLE: Hm. Potentially interesting!
ASH: I am intrigued.
SEAN: They also have How to Deal When Your Intimidating Neighbor is Actually an Omega (Kowamote no Rinjin ga Ω datta Toki no Taishohou) is also from Gateau, and its genre should be self-evident. An alpha is scared by his neighbor till one day he finds out (wait for it…) he’s secretly an omega! This series sounds like it has the least alpha Alpha ever.
ASH: Ha!
SEAN: Also in print: Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 16 (the final volume), Go! Go! Loser Ranger! 12, Nina the Starry Bride 8, Quality Assurance in Another World 11, Sketchy 5, Tank Chair 3, and Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss! 3.
ANNA: I do enjoy Nina the Starry Bride.
ASH: I keep meaning to pick it up!
SEAN: Digitally we see The Beast Player 5, Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! 7, Gang King 27, Manchuria Opium Squad 5, Our Fake Marriage 15, SHAMAN KING: THE SUPER STAR 9, and Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns 2 6 (the final volume).
MICHELLE: Sheesh, and I didn’t even start it yet!
SEAN: One Peace Books has a third volume of Nukozuke!.
Seven Seas debuts Fake Fact Lips, a one-shot BL manga (though it has a sequel) from Qpa. Two men who have been competitive rivals all their lives compete to see who’s the better lover.
MICHELLE: The coded-as-uke guy on the cover looks surly, so maybe I would like this one. :)
ASH: I could be pretty easily convinced to give it a read.
SEAN: We also see At 25:00 in Akasaka 3, The Big Apple 2, CALL TO ADVENTURE! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board 9, The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom 9, Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers 10, Kemono Jihen 15, No Longer Allowed In Another World 8, Otonari Complex 3, Succubus and Hitman 8, This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! 15, and Todai Revengers 3-4.
MICHELLE: Yay for more Otonari Complex!
SEAN: Square Enix debut Assassin & Cinderella, a josei title from Gangan Online. A spy is assigned to get secrets out of an assassin. But then… he proposes to her?? If you wondered what Spy x Family would be like with a lot less Anya and a lot more sex, this is for you.
ANNA: There’s been a lot of assassin manga coming out recently.
ASH: Somewhat more josei, too, which I’m not going to complain about.
SEAN: There’s also The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest 23.
Steamship has a 7th volume of Fire in His Fingertips: A Flirty Fireman Ravishes Me with His Smoldering Gaze.
SuBLime has Megumi & Tsugumi 5.
Tokyopop debuts the alliterative Feigning Fox with a Face Full of Flowers (Usobuku Kitsune wa Hana o Kamu), a one-shot BL title that ran in from RED. A human and a fox spirit live and love together.
ASH: That’s a title that leaves an impression.
SEAN: They also have I Was Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, and I’m Determined to Fall in Love! 3, A Tail’s Tale 2, and Wails of the Bound: Beta 3 (the final volume).
Viz Media debut Minecraft: The Manga (Minecraft – Sekai no Hate no Tabi), a Corocoro title. It’s… well, it’s Minecraft. In manga form.
ASH: I know somebody in my household who is very excited about this.
SEAN: We also see Animal Crossing: New Horizons 8, Call of the Night 19, Jujutsu Kaisen 25, Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits 10, Komi Can’t Communicate 33, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle 27, and X-Men: The Manga: Remastered 2.
ASH: I need to read more of Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle; it’s a lot of fun.
Yen On has Love Is Dark 2 and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 20.
And Yen Press debuts meth-e-meth, a Manga Time Kirara Forward series complete in one omnibus that has both volumes. You too can learn to control golems, even in high school.
They also have an 11th volume of Combatants Will Be Dispatched!.
Isekai? Cat-eared maids? Teen romcom hijinks? Not many of those this week. So try something new!