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Elex Media Licenses Summer Time in Eden, Flash Girl, Crimson Prince Manga

Elex Media announced on Monday that it has licensed Miyuki Kitagawa's Summer Time in Eden (Manatsu no Eden), Yukiko Asano's Flash Girl (Senkō Shōjo), and Sōta Kuwahara's Crimson Prince (Kurenai Ōji) manga. The company will begin releasing all three series on Wednesday.

Elex Media describes Summer Time in Eden:

In a summer when she was 13 years old, Mizuka fell in love with Tōma. Though they'd promised to meet each other again, Tōma betrayed her, as she never saw him again. But later, as adults, they reunite, and rekindle their interest in each other and start dating. But on their first date, Shuya, Tōma's twin brother, meets them. Who did Mizuka really fall in love with in that childhood summer?

Kitagawa (Anoko ni 1000%, Princess Army, Boku dake no Butterfly) launched the series in Shogakukan's Petit Comic magazine in 2011, and ended it in 2013. Shogakukan published six compiled book volumes for the series.

Flash Girl centers on Hamano, a teacher who had always wanted to be a photographer. He ends up becoming the adviser to his school's photography club purely on impulse, and he reveals that he has a talent for taking delicious-looking pictures of food. He hopes his time as adviser can revive in him the passion that he lost.

Asano launched the manga in Kadokawa's Comic Flapper magazine in 2012, and ended it in 2013. Kadokawa published three compiled book volumes for the manga.

Crimson Prince's story begins when Kōjirō Sakura, a demon prince, goes to the human world to take human souls. He ends up meeting a girl, Hana Koumeda, and as he lives with her, she begins to change his heart.

Kuwahara launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in 2007, and the manga inspired a drama CD. Square Enix published the manga's 16th compiled book volume in August 2014. The manga is currently on an indefinite hiatus due to a decline in Kuwara's health, with the release of the manga's 17th volume similarly delayed.