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Emaqi Service Releases Rokudo's Bad Girls Manga in English
posted on by Alex Mateo
AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on Friday that its emaqi e-bookstore service has added Yūji Nakamura's Rokudo's Bad Girls (Rokudō no Onna-tachi) manga in English.
Nakamura launched the manga in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in June 2016, and ended it in April 2021. Akita Shoten published the manga's 26th and final compiled book volume in June 2021.
The manga follows Tо̄suke Rokudо̄, a timid high school boy who gets bullied by delinquents. He receives a scroll from his late grandfather, leaving a mark on his forehead. The mark's effect causes a delinquent girl named Ranna Himawari to fall in love with him.
The manga inspired a television anime that premiered on the Tokyo MX channel in April 2023.
Orange launched the emaqi service in the United States and Canada in September 2024. The emaqi platform featured about 6,000 volumes of manga from 13 publishers in its launch, with plans to add at least one new title previously unpublished in English every week. Orange Inc. announced that it has secured translation, publishing, and distribution rights from publishers including Shonengahosha, Futabasha, and Akita Publishing. The company also acquired distribution rights from Kodansha USA Publishing.
emaqi launched an app version in the United States and Canada last May. emaqi has stated that its goal is to add 100 manga that have previously never had an English release by the end of this year.
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