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Kodansha Comics Adds Love Massage: Melting Beauty Treatment, Ran the Peerless Beauty, Asahi-sempai's Favorite Manga Digitally
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Kodansha Comics announced on Thursday that it will release three new digital-first manga in English this month.
Title: Love Massage: Melting Beauty Treatment (Love Momi! Torokeru Esute)
Author: Toki Sunazuka
Debuts on March 12, with new volumes monthly until caught up to Japan
Story Summary: Shiho's job is going fine, but she has no lover or friends to hang out with. In the middle of all this, she's been calling for in-home massages as a means to fill the void, when one day she meets a handsome masseur named Toudou. With his delicate touch, he makes her body and mind melt. However, the very next day he shows up at her company … ? Here's a saucy story of a single office worker and one handsome masseur who fall in love!
Title: Ran the Peerless Beauty (Takane no Ran-san)
Author: Ammitsu
Debuts on March 19, with new volumes monthly until caught up to Japan
Story Summary: Ran is beautiful and stylish, with leading scores in her class. No boy on Earth would have the gall to try their hand with her, and no one would think that she's so entirely innocent… except Akira. Join us in this innocent love story about Rin the “mountaintop flower” and Akira, whose parents own a flowershop.
Indonesian publisher M&C! released the manga's first volume under the title Ran the Beautiful Flower on December 12.
Title: Asahi-sempai's Favorite (Asahi-Sempai no Okiniiri)
Author: Iroha Machino
Debuts on March 26, with new volumes monthly until caught up to Japan
Story Summary: High schooler Matsuri has an unexpected encounter with her brother's friend, Asahi-sempai, who also happens to be a popular boy at her school. From then on, Asahi-sempai makes passes at her at school or even at her own house! Wherever Matsuri might be, there's just no escaping him … Every day with the somewhat perverse Asahi-sempai is an unbelievably stimulating experience for Matsuri, and she can't help but be flustered!! This is the long-awaited first volume of an intimate love story, featuring a sweet and playful sempai!
Kodansha Comics also revealed that it will release two new manga in English in April. The publisher did not provide story summaries.
Title: Momo's Iron Will (Inuwashi Momo wa Yuruganai)
Author: Lalako Kojima
Debuts on April 2, with new volumes monthly until caught up to Japan
Title: My Pink Is Overflowing (Atashi no Pink ga Afurechau)
Author: Yuki Monō
Debuts on April 9, with new volumes monthly until caught up to Japan
Thanks to Grizz for the news tip.
Sources: Press release, Kodansha Comics
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