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Kadokawa Releases The Level 999 Villager, I Died at Your Behest, More Manga

Kadokawa announced on Friday that it will release the following new manga in English in September:

Title: Hot Nights at the Hot Springs, Secret Trip No. 241 (Onsen de Himitsu no Otomari, Nihyakuyonjuuikkaime)
Creator: Sonoo Michiru
Release Date: September 5
Summary: Ishida and Kimura have been seeing each other for twenty years...but only once a month. They manage their work, and head for a hotel or ryokan where they can relax in a hot spring bath. No one, even their closest friends know about their relationship. This month, they are together again...for the 241st time. They soak themselves in hot bath, treat themselves with good food. "...Hey. Wanna come closer?" "Okay." This relaxing trip is what the mature couple live for.

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Title: The Level 999 Villager (Lv999 no Murabito)
Creators: Kenichi Iwamoto (art), Koneko Hoshitsuki (story), fuumi (character design)
Release Date: September 13
Summary: Monsters did not always exist in the island country of Hexaldoria, once known as Japan. But, once monsters appeared, their numbers grew in an instant. Eighty percent of the world is now too dangerous for people to live in. With the monsters' arrival, the world bestowed "Classes" upon its people. Classes are assigned at birth, and most people live according to them. There are eight COMPETENT classes: FIGHTER, HUNTER, CLERIC, WARRIOR, MAGE, MERCHANT, THEIF. And three special ORACLE classes: KING, SAGE, HERO. The weakest Class of all is VILLAGER. However, Kouji Kagami became "LEVEL 999"--the highest level that no one had reached before. When he met the daughter of the Demon King, the world started to change!

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Title: I Died at Your Behest (Shindemiro to Iwaretanode Shinimashita)
Creators: Ram Araragi (art), whimhalooo (character design), Shiro Etō (story)
Release Date: September 19 on MangaPlaza and BookWalker Global and three months later at other stores
Summary: Natalie, who used to be a daughter of a count, was forced to marry a nobleman in another country. She was treated cruelly by her mother-in-law and her servants. Even her husband challenged her to die on her own if she can. She did--thinking there were nothing good in the last ten years of her life.

When she opened her eyes, she was alive, back in her happy life which was ten years ago. If she tries, maybe she can change her fate...avoid the tragedy that awaits her. Natalie knows that soon she will lose her parents by a disease and a war, and she has to marry the Dark Knight, who saves this country... She won't let that happen again.

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Source: Email correspondence

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