SEAN: It’s a Marchey, Apriley sort of week.
ASH: That it is.
SEAN: Airship’s print title is the 13th volume of Failure Frame.
For early digital we debut Classroom of the Elite: Year 3 (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 3-Nensei-hen), the sequel to the first two years, which explores what to do when the protagonist is now your enemy.
Also early digital: Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex 2 and She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man 16.
Cross Infinite World has a new one-shot, The Brooding Duke’s Guide to the Lie-Detecting Lady (Fukigen na Koushaku-sama wa Uso Hakkenki Tsuki Reijou no Torisetsu wo Goshomou desu: Ophelia ni wa Uso wa Tsukenai). A girl who can tell is someone is lying… and thus her life among petty nobles is a living hell… is recruited by her crush the Duke to ferret out vice.
ASH: I feel like I’ve read something else along these lines recently, but can’t quite recall what it was.
MICHELLE: Usotoki Rhetoric, perhaps?
ASH: Oh, right! That’s the one.
SEAN: CIW also has Breaking Up Was the Plan, the Duke Falling For the Villainess Was Not! 2 and Dinners with My Darling 3.
Drawn and Quarterly has a 5th volume in their Complete Yoshiharu Tsuge library. He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid collects stories from the mid-late 1970s.
ASH: This series has been so good.
SEAN: Ize Press has the 3rd volume of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint novel, as well as Radio Storm 4.
No debuts for J-Novel Club. For light novels we get DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level 12, Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains 5, Peddler in Another World 12, and The Tanaka Family Reincarnates 6.
And for manga, we get Demon Lord, Retry! R 10, Fushi no Kami 9, The Invincible Little Lady 12, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 9, and What’s with the Bag, Kamiyama-san? 2.
Kodama is putting out Sun-Ken Rock: Perfect Edition. The digital version had come out here years ago, but now it’s in print. Delinquent Japanese guy chases a girl to Korea and winds up in the Korean mafia. This is classic Boichi.
ASH: This should make some people happy.
SEAN: They also have Baki the Grappler 13 and 14 and Me and the Alien Mumu 2.
Kodansha Manga debuts Fruit of the Underworld (Meiou no Zakuro), the latest title from Aya Kanno. This runs in Champion Cross. A young man fell into a well as a child, and since then has been cursed with bad luck. But when he tries to get rid of what he thinks led to the bad luck, he finds himself in a much worse situation.
MICHELLE: Huh. Aya Kanno does shounen.
ASH: I’m looking forward to giving it a try!
ANNA: I’m curious!
SEAN: There’s also Dragon Head Omnibus 2, Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards 8, Omega Megaera 3, Senpai is an Otokonoko 5, The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse 21, Shangri-La Frontier 21, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 29, and Wistoria: Wand and Sword 12.
ASH: I should really give Dragon Head a re-read.
SEAN: Digitally we get The God-Tier Guardian and the Love of Six Princesses 17.
Seven Seas’ one debut is When a Clueless First-Person Shooter Player Falls into Another World (Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai), a seinen manga from Young Ace Up! based on the light novel they’re releasing digital only. The manga has print, though. Gun guy ends up in RPG fantasy world.
Other manga from Seven Seas: CALL TO ADVENTURE! Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board 11, Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers 12, Drugstore in Another World 12, DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level 8, Dungeon People 6, Grand Metal Organs 2, Headhunted to Another World 10, His Majesty the Demon King’s Housekeeper 12, Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! Omnibus 2, The Lying Bride and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate 2 (the final volume), Made in Abyss 14, Magic Artisan Dahlia Wilts No More 8, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today 11, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Elma’s Office Lady Diary 10, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Kanna’s Daily Life 14, Nakamura-san, the Uninvited Gyaru 5, and Reborn as a Space Mercenary 10.
ASH: That’s a fair amount!
SEAN: Titan Manga has Villain Actor 2.
Tokyopop has a 2nd volume of Fated NOT to Meet.
And Udon Entertainment has Hidetaka Tenjin’s Artistry of Gundam, an artbook.
ASH: Udon’s artbooks are generally solid, quality-wise.
SEAN: And that’s it for a very Marchey, Apriley sort of list. Did something catch your eye?
MICHELLE: Not much, honestly.
ANNA: Yep, more time to get caught up on things!