SEAN: As February draws to a close, what manga does it bring us?
ASH: Let’s find out!
SEAN: Yen Press debuts Dungeons That Surely Slaughter Adventurers (Boukensha Zettai Korosu Dungeon), a Web Comic Apanda title from the creator of Voynich Hotel. Two people reincarnated as dungeon staff are annoyed that everyone else got to be reincarnated as adventurers… so they make the dungeons even harder, to kill them all!
ASH: I remember enjoying Voynich Hotel and as far as reincarnation premises go, I am amused by this one.
SEAN: The Fake Alchemist (Nisemono no Renkinjutsushi) is a Kadocomi title about a guy trying to get by after being isekai’d by being an alchemist… but he’s cheating!
ASH: That usually leads to trouble.
SEAN: The Idol’s Escape (Idol Escape) is a 2-in-1 omnibus with the entire series, which ran in Comic Beam. A gay man who wishes he could be as put together as his favorite idol winds up helping her escape from an abusive producer.
ASH: I wish them both the best!
SEAN: Keyaki Shopping District’s Sakura Bathhouse (Keyaki Shoutengai Sakura no Yu) is a BL title from Gene Pixiv. An outgoing high schooler accidentally injures a tough guy, and says he’ll do anything to make up for it. Now he’s… working at a bathhouse?
ASH: Hmmm.
SEAN: Mad Miniscape is Dengeki Maoh title. A girl lives in an apartment with her childhood friend… who is dead. And evil. And wants to take her life. But as long as he’s THERE, that’s fine.
ASH: We all have our issues to deal with.
SEAN: Once Upon a Witch’s Death: The Tale of the One Thousand Tears of Joy (Aru Majo ga Shinu made: Owari no Kotoba to Hajimari no Namida) is the manga adaptation of the light novel Yen also puts out, which also has a recent anime. Meg Raspberry may be cursed to have a year to live, but she won’t let that stop her living a full life! This runs in Dengeki Comic Regulus.
[OSHI NO KO] TV Anime 1st Season Official Guidebook: First Report is exactly what it sounds like.
Also out next week from Yen Press: Almark 2, April Showers Bring May Flowers 4, The Beginning After the End 10, Brunhild the Dragonslayer 4 (the final volume), Bungo Stray Dogs: The Official Comic Anthology 5, Cheeky Brat 16, D.N.Angel New Edition 2, Daughter of the Emperor 13 (the final volume?), The Ephemeral Scenes of Setsuna’s Journey 2, The Failure at God School 3, Futari Switch 2, I’m a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet 12, Imitation 8, In Another World, My Sister Stole My Name 4, In the Land of Leadale 7, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria 27, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 20, Laid-Back Camp 17, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady 7, Mechanical Marie 2, Murciélago 26, Nomi x Shiba 3, Please Put Them On, Takamine-san 10, The Shiunji Family Children 5, Shy 12, Slasher Maidens 13, Spring Storm and Monster 5, The War of Greedy Witches 4, The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat 8, and Übel Blatt Deluxe Edition 5.
ANNA: Could that be….too much manga????
ASH: I had to scroll much longer than I was anticipating.
SEAN: Viz Media has Cosmos 4 and Insomniacs After School 13.
Udon Entertainment supposedly has Vol. 3 and 4 of Veil. Take that with a grain of salt.
ANNA: I want to believe!!!!
ASH: It would be great to see!
SEAN: Tokyopop has the 4th volume of We Can’t Do Just Plain Love.
Steamship has His Sensual Whisper: The Voice That Sets Me On Fire 2 and Winter Wolf 2.
Square Enix Manga debuts My Favorite VTuber Is Scary IRL (Haitatsusaki no Onee-san ga Kowasugiru), a classic “shy boy meets the girl of his dreams” manga. It’s on Gangan Online.
Seven Seas has one danmei, Mistakenly Saving the Villain 3.
They also debut Kitayama and Minamiya (Kitayama-kun to Minamiya-kun), a spicy BL comedy about a guy who can always picture what someone looks like when they’re aroused… except this one guy. It runs, appropriately, in Splush.
MICHELLE: Snerk. Wow.
ANNA: What a terrible problem to have!
ASH: It does seem like that could lead to trouble.
SEAN: A Prince of a Friend (Ouji-sama no Tomodachi) is a shonen title from Dra Dra Sharp #. Rui is tired of every girl he likes confessing to his best friend… who is gorgeous, and the school prince. So she offers to teach him the ways of love.
Wait, I Love You (Matte, Suki), which runs in Byou de Wakaru BL, is about an actor and his stylist boyfriend trying to make things work despite their busy careers.
MICHELLE: Potentially interesting!
ANNA: Yeah!
SEAN: Seven Seas also has Cupid is Struck by Lightning 2 (the final volume), The Dangers in My Heart 12, How Do I Turn My Best Friend Into My Girlfriend? 5 (the final volume), Ichi the Killer Omnibus 3, Karate Survivor in Another World 9, Monster Musume: Deluxe Edition 2, My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today 6, Mysterious Disappearances 8, Now That We Draw 4, and Yes, No, or Maybe? 3.
One Peace Books has Detectives These Days Are Crazy 3 and Hero Without a Class 5.
Kodansha Manga has Blue Lock Omnibus 1, which has the first three volumes of this popular soccer series.
ASH: It’s probably time I get around to reading this.
SEAN: GALAXIAS is a Weekly Shonen Magazine title about a girl who finds she knows nothing about this world that her father has kept from her, so sets out on a journey of discovery.
Hitting Rewind With You (Okuremashite Seishun) is a shoujo manga from Dessert. A girl who’s been too busy grinding grades to date decides to go out on Halloween in her old high school uniform… and runs into a handsome high schooler! Only… he’s in college too?!
MICHELLE: I might go for this one!
ANNA: Me too!
SEAN: Also in print: A Curtain Call for You 2, The Darwin Incident 9, I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day 7, Nina the Starry Bride 14, Rent-a-Girlfriend 35, and You Can’t Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister 3.
ANNA: I need to get caught up on Nina the Starry Bride, I do enjoy it.
ASH: I still need to start it. I’m so far behind on so many things.
SEAN: In digital: Am I Actually the Strongest? 16, Fungus and Iron 8, Love, That’s an Understatement 7, Saving Sweets for After-Hours 5 (the final volume), WIND BREAKER 22, and Ya Boy Kongming! 22.
J-Novel Club has one print debut, the manga version of My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World. It runs in Kadocomi.
No digital debuts for J-Novel Club. For light novels, they have Cooking with Wild Game 32, Guild Handyman? More like Mastermind! 2, Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ 9, An Introvert’s Hookup Hiccups 12, Knock Yourself Out! The Goddess Beat the Final Boss in the Tutorial, So Now I’m Free to Do Whatever 3, The Misfit of Demon King Academy 11, One Last Hurrah! The Grayed Heroes Explore a Vivid Future 2, and Revenge of the Soul Eater 4.
For manga, there is I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons 6, Imperial Reincarnation 3, The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1 6, Looks Like a Job for a Maid! 3, My Death-Defying Dog 2, and A Wild Last Boss Appeared! 9.
Hanashi Media has I’m Just a Villager, So What? 3 and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy 13.
Ghost Ship has a 2nd volume of Virgin Knight: I Became the Frontier Lord in a World Ruled by Women.
Dark Horse Manga debuts Cyberpunk: Edgerunners MADNESS, a spinoff title featuring Pilar and Rebecca that runs in Comic Alive +.
Cross Infinite World has two debuts. Goodbye, Horrible Fiancé, Hello, Fun Magic School Life! (Konyakusha wo Sutetara, Tanoshii Mahou Gakkou no Seikatsu ga Matteimashita) is the first, where after a broken engagement a noblewoman tries enrolling in the obligatory magic academy.
Strawberry Princess: The Time Loop Defying Villainess (Shiitagerareta Maihime wa Seijo no Loop ni Ichigo de Aragau) is a one-shot light novel about an abused princess who’s time-looping… but it’s not her doing it, it’s her evil half-sister trying to get the perfect man! And now she’s set her sights on our heroine’s fiancé! Wait, what do strawberries have to do with this?
ANNA: This sounds very complex.
SEAN: We also see If the Heroine Wants My Fiancé, I’ll Marry a Yandere Villain Instead! 2.
Airship debuts in print I Like Villains, so I Reincarnated as One (Akuyaku Suki no Ore, Oshi Character ni Tensei: Game Joban ni Shujinkou ni Korosareru Oshi ni Tenseishita node, Ore dake Shitteru Game Chishiki de Hametsu Flag wo Tsubushitara Akuyaku-tachi no Teiou ni Natteta Ken). It’s another “guy reincarnated into his favorite game as the pathetic villain who dies” story, and you know he’s not going to take that lying down.
ANNA: Maybe they should make one where he does take it lying down, for variety!
SEAN: Also in print: Mushoku Tensei: Redundant Reincarnation 3.
The digital debut is My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won’t Leave Me Alone (Kanojo ni Uwakisareteita Ore ga, Koakuma na Kouhai ni Natsukareteimasu), whose title is the plot.
There’s also The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain 7.
Is there something here that will entertain you?