SEAN: Happy Halloween. Have a deluge of manga.
ASH: Tricks and treats!
SEAN: Airship’s print titles next week are Adachi and Shimamura 13, Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! 7, and Virgin Knight: I Became the Frontier Lord in a World Ruled by Women 4.
And in early digital we see Space Orc: Barbarian Raider of the Stars, Aiming for the Queen! 2 and The Tale of a Little Alchemist Blessed by the Spirits 4.
And in ONLY digital, we see Al the Adventurer: That Magic Shouldn’t Work! 2.
ASH: I’ll admit, I initially read that as A.I. the Adventurer, which would be a different type of story, I think.
SEAN: Cross Infinite World debuts The Villainess’ Journal: Newlywed Life of an Obsessive Researcher (Akujo Nisshi -Otaku na Akujo (?) no Shinkon Seikatsu-). A young woman who lives for research and being a scientist finds an “icy count” wants to marry her… because she’s known as a villainess. But that’s just her sister using her name! Didn’t I see this plot from CIW last month?
ASH: Uh-oh!
SEAN: They also have From Bumbling Prodigy to Villainess: Will the Duke’s Love Go Unnoticed? 2, which tells me that yes, I did. Also, wow, this series is fast tracked.
Dark Horse Manga has a 3rd omnibus of Innocent Rouge.
ASH: I haven’t made it to Innocent Rouge yet, but the artwork is is stunning.
SEAN: Denpa, according to retailers, have Nana & Kaoru: Last Year (Nana to Kaoru: Last Year), the final series in the erotic comedy-drama showing them about to graduate high school. It ran in Harem (yes, that’s the magazine name). (It got bumped.)
Drawn & Quarterly debut A Lullaby From Hell (Jigoku no Komoriuta), the first of two collections compiling the horror works of Hideshi Hino, one of the masters of the art. Gross, grim, and unsettling stuff.
ASH: And also very powerful. Hideshi Hino’s work is definitely not for everyone, but I’m very glad to see more of it being released in English.
SEAN: Ghost Ship has A Reincarnated Carrier’s Strategy for Another World 3.
Hanashi Media have a few light novels. I Saved Myself with a Potion! 3, A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring 3, An Observation Log of My Wife Who Calls Herself a Villainess 5, and Reincarnated Onmyoji: Empowered by the King of Hell, I’ll Never Return to the Underworld 2.
J-Novel Club are putting out An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride in an omnibus format now. Get light novels 1-3 in print.
Also in print, The Young Lady Is the Substitute Harvest Goddess is another JNC contest winner. A young gamer is sent to a different world by a goddess, who wants her to take over as harvest goddess. Fortunately, this world runs along the lines of her beloved farming games.
ASH: I’m actually kind of amused by this premise.
SEAN: And there’s some print manga. The 100th Time’s the Charm: She Was Executed 99 Times, So How Did She Unlock “Super Love” Mode?! 3, Black Summoner 9, and The Water Magician 2.
J-Novel Club has a debut in its Knight line. Fraudulent Fiancés Roll Out the Red Carpet (Tamanokoshi Goyoui Shimashita) is the first in the “Fraudulent Fiancés” series. A man tries to scam another man who turns out to be a hot-shot CEO, and is offered a choice: go to jail or be his fake boyfriend.
ASH: Oh, my!
SEAN: Other light novels out next week: The Fearsome Witch Teaches in Another World 5, The Isle of Paramounts: Reborn into a Slow Life Among the Strongest in the World 4, Knight’s & Magic 10, Let This Grieving Soul Retire 11, Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon 17 (the final volume), and Repeated Vice: I Refuse to Be Important Enough to Die 5.
And the only manga out next week is Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! This White Mage Is One Heck of a Healer 6.
Kodansha Manga debut in print Erin the Beast Player (Kemono no Souja), which was released digitally as just The Beast Player and is now getting an omnibus of the first two books. It’s a Shonen Sirius title from the creator of Seirei no Moribito, and based on her novel. A girl who adores her mother is cast adrift when her mother is blamed for a mysterious illness affecting their clan’s giant serpent mounts.
ASH: I’m so glad this is being released in print! The original novels are great.
SEAN: Also in print: Blue Lock Omnibus 5, Blue Lock: Episode Nagi 8 (the final volume), I Have a Crush at Work 8, Love Out on a Limb 4, Phantom of the Idol 9, and Rent-a-Girlfriend 39.
MICHELLE: I kinda forgot Phantom of the Idol existed. I did enjoy what I read.
SEAN: And digitally we get Nina the Starry Bride 19, Shangri-La Frontier 27, and the 46th and final volume of Space Brothers.
ANNA: I always enjoy seeing new volumes of Nina the Starry Bride pop up even though I’m behind on the series.
SEAN: Retailers say Mahjong Pros has a 2nd volume of Reform with No Wasted Draws: The Legend of Koizumi.
ASH: I did manage to finally get my hands on the first!
SEAN: One Peace Books has a rare light novel: The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic 6.
Three debuts from Seven Seas. The Apology of Noumi-Senpai (Noumi-senpai no Benmei) runs in the magazine Vinyl. A confident young man joins his university’s book club, and meets an easygoing guy – who’s openly gay, to boot. What will happen between them?
ASH: I’m here for BL book clubs.
SEAN: Phenomenon X: Paranormal Crime Files (Phenomenon X: Paranormal Crime Files) is a mystery series from Harta. A practical cat-eared female detective. An FBI agents with secrets in his past. They fight crime!
MICHELLE: This looks kinda fun.
ANNA: It does sound cute!
SEAN: Reluctant Space Commander: From Death Wish to Galactic Hero! (“Koko wa Makasete Saki ni Ike!” wo Shitai Shinitagari no Nozomanu Uchuu Gekokujou) is based on the light novel coming out digitally from Seven Seas, and runs in Comic Corona. It stars a guy who wants to end it all after his girlfriend dumps him. He’ll join the Space Corps and have a noble death! The trouble is, he’s too good at Space Corps!
ASH: Whoops.
SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Collected Fragments 2, The Beast King: Master of Medicines 3, Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex 4, The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain 7, Dungeon Friends Forever 7, The Dungeon of Black Company 14, Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells 13, Get Married So I Can Curse Your Firstborn and Finally Be Free! 3, Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent 8, I Have a Secret: The Complete Manga Collection 2 (the final volume), Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I’ll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest! 2, My Girlfriend’s Not Here Today 7, The Scum Laugh 2, Slow Life In Another World (I Wish!) 10, Someone’s Girlfriend 7, A Tale of the Secret Saint 12, Workin’ the Night Shift at Akumart 2, and Yakuza Reincarnation 16.
ASH: That is quite the list.
SEAN: Takumigraphics debuts Wandering Cat’s Cage (Mandarin Gypsy Cat no Roujou), a 2-volume complete in one omnibus that ran in Comic Bridge. It’s a future sci-fi dystopia genderqueer manga from the creator of Sensei’s Pious Lie.
MICHELLE: Well, that sounds pretty fabulous!
ANNA: Alright!!!
ASH: Very much looking forward to this one.
SEAN: Titan Manga debut Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider (Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai), a comedy sentai manga from Hero’s. It had an anime recently. A guy decides to fight for justice, despite no call to action and no powers. This is also technically a sequel to Air Master.
ASH: Huh.
SEAN: They also have the second volume of The one. Later on… and the third and final volume of Farewell, My Odin.
ASH: I feel like I ought to read Farewell, My Odin.
SEAN: Viz Media releases Horror Picture Book: A Bad Book, another of their 32-page scares. This is from the author of Brave Story.
ASH: It should be excellent, then.
Jujutsu Kaisen Complete Box Set is a complete box set of Jujutsu Kaisen. It has a poster. It’s over 6000 pages.
ASH: So many pages.
SEAN: Kiki’s Delivery Service: The Official Cookbook is what it sounds like.
Takumi: A Little Japanese Bakery is also a cookbook.
And they also have one normal manga, Boy’s Abyss 15.
Yen Press! Let’s start with Defying Expectations with Gravity Magic to Be Unparalleled (Noroma Mahou to Yobareta Mahoutsukai wa Juuryoku Mahou de Musou suru: Mada Juuryoku no Gainen no Nai Sekai Nite, Shounen wa Banyuu Inryoku Ou to Naru), a Comptiq title based off a webnovel. A guy gets gravity magic… what is gravity? Then he remembers his life in Japan, and now he knows!
The Dragon School Is Atop the Mountain (Ryuu no Gakkou wa Yama no Ue) is a collection of short stories from the author of Delicious in Dungeon.
MICHELLE: This also looks pretty great.
ASH: It really does!
SEAN: Fate Rewinder: All Great Achievements Require Time (Unmei no Makimodoshi) is a sci-fi manga with an anime coming soon. It runs in Monthly Corocoro Comic, so likely is for young boys. These young detectives have to solve every case – even if it means time looping till they do!
ASH: Oooooooh, time loops!
SEAN: Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver runs in Type Moon Ace. It’s the “pilot” that eventually became Fate/Stay Night, only with a female master and a male servant.
How to Keep a Human (Ningen no Kaikata) is serialized on Twitter. Humans are hard to keep as pets – they’re so fragile they easily die – but this monster really wants one.
ASH: Awwwww.
SEAN: N, and yes, that’s the title, is a horror title, and ran in Dengeki Comic Regulus. Various mass murders and disappearances are happening, all with the letter ‘N’ left at the scene.
MICHELLE: Also potentially cool!
ANNA: Good to have some spooky stuff come out during spooky season!
SEAN: The Record of Fantastical Nomenclature (Gensou Meimeiki) is a supernatural title from Comic Gene. A man who can see spirits is hired by another man to catalog them. But what’s the reason behind this?
ANNA: More spookiness!
ASH: And cataloging! That’s one of my favorites.
SEAN: Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day (Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day) is a manga based on a doujinshi, and seems to be about young women who brighten a man’s day in various ways. It’s marked ecchi. It’s also done in one.
Also from Yen Press: Black Butler 35, Cheeky Brat 17, Dara-san of Reiwa 4, Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku? 3, Game of Familia 9, The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All 4, Honey Lemon Soda 12, Kunon the Sorcerer Can See 3, Love Bullet 2, mono 5, My Mate Is a Feline Gentleman 4, Redeem: Only One Forever 2, A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom 8, Reincarnation Coliseum: The Weakest Skill Conquers the Strongest Women and Creates a Harem 4, Sasaki and Peeps 5, Slasher Maidens 14, The Summer Hikaru Died 8, A Timid Lady Was Turned into an Ugly Cat, but on the Verge of Fainting Is Picked Up by the Most Fearsome Military Duke 2, The Villainess Stans the Heroes: Playing the Antagonist to Support Her Faves! 6 (the final volume), A Witch’s Life in Mongol 4, and You Can’t Escape from Mizudako-chan! 2.
MICHELLE: I didn’t know Black Butler was still going!
SEAN: Save money on candy, buy manga!