SEAN: Ask your doctor whether manga is right for you. Do not read manga while operating heavy machinery.
ASH: This is good advice. Don’t ask me how I know.
MICHELLE: Oh, dear.
SEAN: ABLAZE has Neo Faust, Tezuka’s third attempt at the Faust story, which ran in Asahi Shimbun and which he was working on when he died.
ASH: I’m glad that Tezuka has found a new home in English.
ANNA: Indeed!
SEAN: Airship has a print debut. 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”.
There’s also The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain 7 and I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class 2.
Digitally we see Though I Am an Inept Villainess 10, Too Many Losing Heroines! 7, and The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash 12.
Ghost Ship gives us The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You 17 and Parallel Paradise 25.
ASH: I still really, really, really, really, REALLY need to get around to reading Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love. I’m such a delinquent. And have no time. Which is only a construct, but still feels very real.
SEAN: Ize Press has Marriage of Convenience 3 and Solo Leveling 15 (Side Stories 2).
One debut for J-Novel Club. The Villainess Speaks Not (Akuyaku Reijou wa Shaberimasen) has a woman wake up in the body of the villainess again. This time, not only is she threatened by assassins and political rivals (she’s six, by the way), but a sickness has led her unable to speak, so she can’t use magic or even call for help. As it turns out, though, when you’re reincarnated and also know that you don’t have to speak to use magic, you can accomplish a lot.
ASH: That’s good, because that’s a lot to deal with.
SEAN: Also out next week in light novels: The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies 3 (the final volume), Black Summoner 22, Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- 8, Even Exiled, She’s Still the Beloved Saint! 2, Reforming an Icy Final Boss 2, The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods 3, and The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman 4 (part 1).
On the manga end, we get The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom 7 and This Alluring Dark Elf Has the Heart of a Middle-Aged Man! 2.
Kodansha Manga debuts Omori, an Afternoon series that stars a) a young shut-in whose sister died, now starting to leave house again, and b) The same shut-in’s dream world self, who joins up with friends to try to find the missing member of their group. This is one of those “please ignore my bad description and just read it” titles.
ASH: Omocat has been on my radar for quite some time, so I’m definitely interested in this one, no matter how it’s described.
MICHELLE: Hm. I do like the ‘find the missing member’ angle.
ANNA: Sounds interesting!
SEAN: There’s also The Drops of God 3, The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm 8, Ninja Vs. Gokudo 12, Parasyte Paperback Collection 4, Re:Anima 4 (the final volume), Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement 14, and Witch Hat Atelier 14.
ASH: Oh! Always good to see a new volume of Witch Hat Atelier. Although I am now faced with a dilemma considering the gorgeous deluxe grimoire edition of the series will be debuting in May.
ANNA: Oh, man why do there have to be fancy deluxe editions too?????
SEAN: For digital we get Blue Lock 36, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 32, I Have a Crush at Work 13, and Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms 20.
One Peace Books has a 7th volume of Tales of the Tendo Family.
Seven Seas has one danmei, After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine 2.
Their manhwa debut is Our Sunny Days, a webtoon BL series about a man whose ex left their child with him and scampered, Now he’s moved to a village to start over. Can the village head be of help? Can the village head remind us this is BL? Both are likely.
ASH: Excellent.
SEAN: Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer (Konya no Serial Killer to Machiawase) is a good! Afternoon series about a psychic woman who is brought in to try to stop the titular killer. Well, OK, I suspect it’s about the guy, a cop whose fiancée was a victim of the killer.
ASH: Seems like a good guess.
MICHELLE: Hm, again. Another potentially intriguing seinen offering.
SEAN: We also see A Certain Scientific Railgun 12, Chainsmoker Cat 2, Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk 14, Dysfunctional Family Theory 2 (the final volume), I’m in Love with the Older Girl Next Door 4 (the final volume), Kemono Jihen 20, Lazy Dungeon Master 12, My Cute Cousin Always Gets Her Way 2, A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof 2, and Succubus and Hitman 10.
Square Enix has the 15th volume of The Apothecary Diaries manga. (You know, the Square Enix one, as opposed to the one Viz just announced. That’s going to be a pain.)
ASH: I’m not going to complain about more of The Apothecary Diaries, but it’s going to be interesting to see how this goes.
SEAN: Steamship has a 4th and final volume of Seduced by the Demon King: A Sensual Rebirth.
Tokyopop debuts Stan By Me (Kowamote-kun to Oshikatsu), a BL oneshot from Chara Selection. Two fans of an idol group agree to meet in real life… but one has a scary yakuza-type face!
ANNA: Will they overcome this??????
SEAN: And there’s also a 3rd volume of Eternal Covenant.
Viz Media debuts Sakamoto Holidays, a one-shot comedy spinoff of the popular Jump manga.
Also from Viz: After God 9, Dogsred 5, Fool Night 8, Haikyu!! 3-in-1 8, Kaiju No. 8 15, Kingdom 5, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. 12, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 25, Sakamoto Days 21, Trillion Game 10, and Undead Unluck 24.
Yen On just has Magical Explorer 11.
What are you getting next week, assuming that you can read manga without a prescription?