SEAN: It’s April! The best month! Let’s see what manga treats we have post-Easter.
ASH: There must be some, right?
SEAN: Yen Press has a third volume of Super Ball Girls.
No debuts for Viz, but we get Astro Royale 5, Blue Exorcist 32, The Bugle Call: Song of War 6, Dandadan 18, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai 6, Firefly Wedding 6, Gokurakugai 5, Ichi the Witch 2, Kill Blue 6, Marriage Toxin 12, Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite 7, and Phantom Busters 3.
ASH: I’m definitely behind with most of these series, but there’s good reading in that list.
SEAN: I have no idea what Honkai Impact 3rd: Second Eruption is, but it’s coming from Tokyopop, and I suspect it’s related to a mobile game.
Tokyopop also has The Tale of Luvelia Kingdom (Rubelia Okoku Monogatari: Itoko no Shirinugui wo Saserareru Hame ni Natta), a Comic Gardo manga based on an as yet unlicensed light novel. A broken engagement story, this one seems interesting in that everyone sides with her and she’s immediately married to the NEW Crown Prince… who is a stranger to her.
ASH: Not a stranger for long, I would assume.
SEAN: Also from Tokyopop: My New Wife’s Fake Smile 3, Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim 4, and The Unwanted Bride Loves the Crown Prince With All Her Heart 3. Yes, it’s an all-het romance week from Tokyopop, a rarity in these modern times.
ASH: Ha! That’s true.
ANNA: What is the world coming to?
SEAN: Titan Manga has the second and final volume of Do Women Need Sex Entertainment? as well as Tengen Hero Wars 3.
Steamship gives us The Trapped Former Villainess Wants to Escape from the Sadistic Prince 4.
Square Enix Manga has Daemons of the Shadow Realm 10 and Love in the Palm of His Hand 3.
Seven Seas has, in non-Japanese stuff, The Villain’s White Halo (danmei) and KinnPorsche 6 (Korean, the final volume).
Their manga debut is Dungeon Elf: What’s a Dungeon without Treasure Chests? (Dungeon Elf: Dungeon ni Takarabako ga Aru no wa Atarimae desu ka), a seinen series from good! Afternoon. This elf is here to place treasure chests in weird places in dungeons. Why?
ASH: I’ve enjoyed other series from good! Afternoon, so I should probably give this one a try.
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: BOSS, BXTCH, BABY 2, Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order 17, Gene Bride 4 (the final volume), Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess 4, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord 24, I Won’t Let Mistress Suck My Blood 2, Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout 9, My Bias is Showing?! 2, Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping! 5, and Rozen Maiden Collector’s Edition 5.
Two debuts for Kodansha Manga. Honey Bee & Lemon Balm (Mitsubachi to Lemon Balm) is a BL series from Comic Pool. A lowlife who has no money or future is hired by a handsome young florist with a few secrets.
ASH: “Quirky and heartfelt.” I’m in.
ANNA: I’m curious!
SEAN: Love Out on a Limb (Bokura no Suki wa Warikirenai) is from Dessert, and features a girl coming back home after eight years when her parents remarry. But oh no, her brother is hot now! And so is her childhood friend! How can she avoid… INCEST? (The answer is obvious if you’re read any shoujo manga featuring “I have feelings for my supposed brother”.) (Or Citrus.)
MICHELLE: Oh, dear. Ordinarily, I’d give this a wide berth but I have liked Yoko Nogiri titles in the past.
ANNA: I feel like it has been awhile since we’ve had a crazy series like this.
SEAN: Also from Kodansha Manga: Blue Lock: Episode Nagi 7, FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest 20, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity 12, Issak Omnibus 6, Peach Boy Riverside 15, Shimazaki in the Land of Peace 8, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 19.
Digitally, they have The Dashing Zaddy and His Icy Protégé 5, TenPuru -No One Can Live on Loneliness- 14, That Beauty is a Tramp 8 (the final volume), WIND BREAKER 23, and Ya Boy Kongming! 23.
Kana has Space Punch 5
Another quiet week for J-Novel Club. The only light novel they have is the 4th volume of Blade Skill Online.
They do have a manga debut, though. Starting on Hard Mode: God Levels, Got Problems (Level Count Stop kara Hajimaru, Kamisama-teki Isekai Life: Saikyou Status ni Tenseishita node Suki ni Ikimasu) is a DRE Comics manga based on the light novel coming soon from JNC. A guy is reincarnated and wants to live the slow life… but he’s simply too handsome, too powerful, and too unable to stop helping pretty girls!
Other manga from JNC: Black Summoner 22, Doll-Kara 11 (the final volume), and Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight 6.
Guess who keeps forgetting about Hanashi Media? It’s me. Let’s catch up. Two weeks ago they had the debut of GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri). When monsters incur into Japan from another world, the JSDF fights them back… and winds up in the fantasy world themselves! This got an anime, and is very popular.
ASH: That it is! And always glad for a license rescue.
SEAN: And last week they had The Fruit of Evolution 12 and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy 14.
Ghost Ship has a 2nd volume of The Cuckolding Wizard’s Adventure.
Dark Horse has the 2nd and final volume of Oldboy Deluxe Edition.
ASH: It’s good to see this series back in print.
SEAN: Alien Books releases Kinryo Rock – Code Amrita, a seinen title from Monthly Hero’s. Vampires are trying to make it so they can live among humans, but some vampires can’t help being bad. To solve this, humans and vampires must team up with the power of rock and roll. Honestly, this sounds amazing.
ASH: I’d read it.
ANNA: I like vampires and music manga!
SEAN: Airship has print volumes for The Devil Princess 3 and The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary 14.
And their digital debut is digital only. Fluffy Café in Another World (Isekai Mofumofu Cafe) had its manga come out two weeks ago. A man dies saving a cat, who turns out to be a god. The god gives him the powerful tamer skill in his next life, which he uses to… open an animal cafe?
ASH: There are worse life choices.
ANNA: Maybe there should just be more cat cafes?
SEAN: And for early digital there is Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World 2.
Lastly, Ablaze has Gannibal 4, Get Schooled 4, and Witch of Mine 4.
What glories await you in the list I have proffered?