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Emaqi Service Releases Out, Kurashi no Izumi, 2 More Manga in English

Tetsuya Hasegawa's Napoleon: Era of the lion; Nagahisa Tsukawaki, Ryu Itou's King of the Ants also launch in English ― AI localization company Orange Inc. added the following manga in English to its e-bookstore service "emaqi" on February 6: Title: OutCreator(s): Tatsuya Iguchi (story), Makoto Mizuta (art)Synopsis: Tatsuya Iguchi, the "Mad Dog of Komae," who played a major role in "Drop" and "Chicken...
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Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Manga Gets New Spinoff Manga in March

Konisuke draws new series about Boku-Alliance's Iruma, Lied, Purson ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Osamu Nishi's Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun manga series announced on Wednesday that the franchise is receiving a new spinoff manga in Champion Buzz, a digital supplement to Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine, beginning on March 5. The spinoff follows the "Boku-Alliance...
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Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Manga Gets Special 1-Shot After 10 Years

Morning magazine publishes special 1-shot depicting Fukushima at present time on February 12 ― This year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine announced on Thursday that Kazuto Tatsuta's Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (ICHIEFU: Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho Rōdōki) manga will get a special one-shot — 10 years after the series ended — in the ma...
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Fermat no Ryōri Manga Goes on Hiatus

Author Yūgo Kobayashi puts series on hiatus to prepare for his new manga ― Yūgo Kobayashi announced on Thursday on his blog site that his Fermat no Ryōri manga will go on a temporary hiatus after its 26th chapter, which Kodansha will publish in the March issue of Monthly Shonen Magazine on Friday. Kobayashi stated that the manga will go on hiatus for him to prepare for the new series that he will lau...
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World's End Harem: Fantasia Manga Resumes on February 27, Switches to Weekly Release

Manga went on hiatus in September 2024 ― The official X (formerly Twitter account) for the World's End Harem franchise announced on Thursday that LINK and SAVAN's World's End Harem: Fantasia (Shūmatsu no Harem: Fantasia) manga will resume serialization on February 27, and will switch to weekly chapter release until the manga ends.The manga went on hiatus in September 2024. The manga previously went o...

Blue Exorcist Manga Goes on 4-Month Hiatus to Prepare for Final Chapter

Manga returns in July ― Manga creator Kazue Katō announced on her X/Twitter account on Wednesday that her Blue Exorcist manga is going on hiatus beginning in the April issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine on March 4. Katō explained that she is going on hiatus to prepare as the manga heads towards its final chapter, to make changes to her work environment, and also to prepare for the manga's upcoming...
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Boy's Abyss Artist Ryo Minenami Announces New Series

Untitled series to launch in April ― Ryo Minenami announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday a new series that will launch in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in April. Minenami ended the Boy's Abyss (Shōnen no Abyss) manga in July 2024.  Minenami launched the manga in Shueisha's Young Jump magazine in February 2020. Shueisha published the manga's 18th compiled book volume in October 2024. V...
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Bungo Stray Dogs Manga Ends 1st Part on March 4

Manga launched in 2012, inspired 5 TV anime seasons, anime film, spinoffs ― The March issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungo Stray Dogs manga will end its first part in the manga's next chapter on March 4.Yen Press is publishing the manga and novel series in English. Yen Press describes the manga:Having been kicked out of the orphana...
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 1-7

The Ancient Magus' Bride: Fragments Collection, Ghost and Witch, Ichi the Witch, Perfect Addiction manga ship ― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Rebellion BDPlease Crunchyroll US$49.98 February 3 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 BDCite Crunchyroll US$49.98 February 3 Kino's Journey Complete Collection SDBDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US...
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Higurashi Artist Kei Natsumi Launches New Manga on March 4

Natsumi launches manga adaptation of Rokakoen's novel Shikkoku no Bojō ― The March issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kei Natsumi will launch the manga adaptation of Rokakoen's novel Shikkoku no Bojō (Pitch Black Affection) in the magazine's next issue on March 4. The horror story centers on cram school teacher Toshihiko Katayama, a stunningly handsome man, used to bein...
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Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy Manga Takes Break

Series returns on February 18 ― This year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that nonco's Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy (Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi) manga will take a break and return in the 12th issue on February 18. Seven Seas publishes the series in English and describes the story: Kanan, a female demon, infiltrates a high school with the goal of devour...
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Ikumi Fukuda's The Blood Blooms in the Barrens Manga Ends in Next Chapter

Manga adaptation of Ryōe Tsukimura's novel launched in 2021 ― The March issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine revealed on January 30 that Ikumi Fukuda's The Blood Blooms in the Barrens (Dobaku no Hana), the manga adaptation of Ryōe Tsukimura's novel of the same title, will end in its next chapter. Additionally, the manga will take a one-issue break and will not appear in the magazine's A...
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Nyoijizai's Cinderella Athletes Manga Ends

Manga about businessman managing neglected all-female athletic team launched in April 2025 ― Kodansha's Comic Days manga app published the final chapter of Nyoijizai's Cinderella Athletes manga on Tuesday.The manga centers on Keisuke Kaneda, an elite businessman who picked the wrong side in a corporate power struggle in his company, and is forced to abandon his dreams of an easy white-collar life. He...
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My Unique Skill Makes me OP Even at Level 1 Manga Goes on Hiatus for Artist's Health

Manga launched in May 2018 ― The official X/Twitter account for Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Monday that Mawata's My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 (Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyō desu) manga will go on hiatus due to Mawata's health issues. Kodansha will announce when the manga will return at a later date.The manga adapts Nazuna Miki and Subachi's novels of t...
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Yō Samori's Eiyū to Majo no Tensei Love Come Manga Ends

Manga adaptation of writer Kazuki Amamiya, artist Ale's light novels launched in 2024 ― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket service published on Monday in advance the final chapter of Yō Samori's Eiyū to Majo no Tensei Love Come (A Reincarnation Romantic Comedy of a Hero and a Witch) manga, the adaptation of writer Kazuki Amamiya and artist Ale's light novels of the same title. The final chapter's regular rel...
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Tomo Serizawa, Koomori Launch 2 Separate Manga This Month

Serizawa's manga launches on February 6, Koomori's manga on February 20 ― Futabasha's Web Action manga website announced last Friday that manga creators Tomo Serizawa and Koomori will launch two separate manga on the website in February.Serizawa's manga is titled Ottava!!! Chiisana Te no Pianist (Octave!!! The Pianist with Small Hands, seen right), and will launch on February 6.The manga centers on E...
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Reincarnated as an Eight-Year-Old Apostle of the Gods Manga Ends

Series debuted in April 2020 ― Manga Up published the final chapter of Ataru Akinashi's manga adaptation of Ezogingitune's Reincarnated as an Eight-Year-Old Apostle of the Gods light novel on Sunday.Manga Up! Global publishes the series in English and describes the story:Adelphus, the most powerful sage, was defeated by the Calamity Beast, an enemy of mankind, and was taken to heaven. However, he lea...
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Megumu Okada Teases New Manga Series

Manga to debut on Comic Ryū Web platform ― Megumu Okada teased on X (formerly Twitter) with a trailer on Saturday a new series that will launch on Tokuma Shoten's Comic Ryū Web platform.   Okada partnered with Japanese video production group Team Blockheads to produce the "Joyū Eiga Toru" ("The actresses will make a movie!") animated web short in 2020. Okada was the creator, director, and character d...
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Immortal Hounds' Ryō Yasohachi Launches New Manga on Monday

New manga is titled Satō Eiko (32) wa Hero ni Nareta no ka ― The official X/Twitter account for Kadokawa's Harta magazine revealed on Sunday that Ryō Yasohachi launched a new manga titled Satō Eiko (32) wa Hero ni Nareta no ka (Was Eiko Satō (32) Able to Become a Hero?) in the magazine's Harta Alternative online magazine on Monday.【ハルタオルタ新連載予告】八十八良、新連載!『佐藤英子(32)はヒーローになれたのか』2月2日(月)、ハルタオルタ(https://t.co...
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Manga Up! Global Adds B. Ichi, My Poison Princess Is Still Cute, 2 More Manga in English

Trapped as the Villain in My Favorite Dating SIM, The Sacrificial Witch and the Lovelorn King also available on service in English ― Manga Up! Global added the following manga in English over the past few weeks: Chihiro Sakutake's My Poison Princess Is Still Cute (Boku no Dokuhime wa Kyō mo Kawaii) on Monday. Author Kennoji and artist Yūma Yun's Trapped as the Villain in My Favorite Dating SIM: But ...
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Yūho Amayo's Darkest Corners of the Heart Manga Ends on February 15

Horror manga simultaneously launched in English in February 2025 ― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service revealed on Sunday that Yūho Amayo's Darkest Corners of the Heart (Kokoro no Ichiban Kurai Heya) manga will end in its next chapter on February 15. The manga simultaneously launched on Shonen Jump+ and on Shueisha's MANGA Plus service in February 2025. MANGA Plus describes the story: Scary stories tend ...
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Tasuku Karasuma's Gilded Seven Manga Ends on February 25

Manga about man who time travels to alternate history American Wild West launched in October 2024 ― The March issue of Coamix's Monthly Comic Zenon magazine revealed on January 25 that Tasuku Karasuma's Gilded Seven manga will end in the magazine's next issue that will ship on February 25. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and will release the first compiled book volume in English in Septem...
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'Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion!' Light Novels Get TV Anime This Year

Romance story about shut-in witch, arrogant knight launched in 2019 ― Kadokawa revealed on Monday that writer Eiko Mutsuhana and illustrator Vient's Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! light novel series will get a television anime this year. The artist for the novels' manga adaptation Kamada also drew a commemorative illustration for the anime announcement:Cross Infinite...
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My Little Monster's Robico, Bad Girl's Nikumaru Each Launch New Manga

Robico's "To Dusk and Twilight" 1-shot gets short-term serialization from February 19; Nikumaru launches Kōshiki Furin manga on February 24 ― Kodansha's YanMaga Web website revealed on Sunday that manga authors Robico and Nikumaru will each start new manga series on the site. Robico's "To Dusk and Twilight" one-shot manga will get a short-term serialization starting on February 19, and Nikumaru will ...
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Kemono Jihen Manga Takes 1-Issue Break

Author Shō Aimoto had gastroenteritis at start of year ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine announced on January 28 that Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen manga will take a break, and will not publish a new chapter in the magazine's upcoming March issue on Wednesday. The manga is scheduled to return in the magazine's April issue that will ship on March 4. Aimoto share...

Major Manga, Manhwa Pirate Site Bato.to Shuts Down; Chinese Man Suspected as Operator Detained

Chinese, Japanese agencies worked together to file complaints that led to man's detention; man allegedly admits to operating 60 related sites ― Japan's Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an organization that aims to reduce worldwide piracy and actively promote the international distribution of Japanese content, revealed on Thursday its involvement in the detention of a man who was the ...
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ALA Lists Manga Among 2025 Best Graphic Novels for Children, Adults; on 2026 'Rainbow Book List'

Kaiji Kawaguchi, Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Confession; Kaori Ozaki's Dogs and Punching Bags make top 10 for adults list ― The American Library Association (ALA) announced its "2025 Best Graphic Novels for Adults" and "2025 Best Graphic Novels for Children" lists on Thursday. Additionally, the ALA announced the "2026 Rainbow Book List" on Tuesday, which "proudly presents a curated selection of books that ce...
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 25-31

Castlevania: Nocturne, Project A-ko anime; Scavengers Another Sky, Battle Royale Deluxe Edition manga ship ― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 BDPlease Viz Media US$34.98 January 27 Naruto Shippuden Set 9 BDCite Viz Media US$39.95 January 27 One Piece Season 14 Voyage 8 BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$44.98 January 27 Oshi No Ko Season 1 P...
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Boichi Draws New Rokudenashi Blues Manga

Manga centering on battle between Onizuka, Kasai will launch this summer ― Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine revealed on Friday that Boichi will draw a new manga for Masanori Morita's Rokudenashi Blues manga. Morita is credited for the original work. The manga is titled Rokudenashi Blues Gaiden: Onikazura and will launch in Grand Jump this summer. Morita stated on X/Twitter on Friday that the manga is s...
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Kemonomichi Artists Launch New Manga Adaptation

Tensei Bonjin no Eiyū Sakusei Kyōshitsu manga debuts on February 26 ― The March issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace magazine announced on Monday Kemonomichi artists Mo-suke Mattaku and Yumeuta will launch a manga adaptation of Kishu's Tensei Bonjin no Eiyū Sakusei Kyōshitsu (The Classroom for Creating Heroes from Reincarnated Ordinary People) web story in the April issue on February 26. Kishu lau...
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Phantom Busters Manga Takes 2-Month Break, Returns in April

Author Neoshoco takes break after getting overworked ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine announced on Wednesday that Neoshoco's Phantom Busters manga will go on a two-issue break, and will not publish new chapters in the magazine's March and April issues. The manga is scheduled to return in the magazine's May issue that will ship on April 3.Neoshoco also annou...
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Midori Days' Kazurou Inoue Launches New Manga on February 28

Inoue to launch bishōjo gun action manga Uchū Banchō Jagasaki ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Nihonbungeisha's Comic Heaven magazine revealed on Thursday that manga author Kazurou Inoue will launch a new bishōjo gun action manga titled Uchū Banchō Jagasaki (Space Leader Jagasaki) in the magazine's 100th issue, which Nihonbungeisha will publish on February 28. The magazine revealed a pr...
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Seven Seas Licenses Love Tattoo, Mii-chan and Yamada-san, 7 More Titles

Also licensed: I Don't Know, Yoshida-san, An Ordinary Guy's Crazy Modern Dungeon Survival!, Dinosaur Sanctuary: Let's Go to Dinoland picture book, more ― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: I Abandoned My Engagement Because My Sister is a Tragic Heroine audiobook Creator: Fuyutsuki Koki, Haduki Futaba (with narration by Mirai) Release Date: February 19 (volume 1, Siren im...

Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Gets New Sequel Manga in March

Original series ended in 2014 ― Shun Matsuena announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday that he will launch a new sequel manga for Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple titled Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi 2 Tatsujin-hen (Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple 2 Masters Arc) on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry platform on March 25.Matsuena's Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple) manga ran in S...
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Keigo Maki's NakiNagi Manga Ends

Series debuted in April 2025 ― Kodansha's Magazine Pocket service published the final chapter of Keigo Maki's NakiNagi manga on Wednesday. Maki debuted the manga in April 2025 on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga service. Kodansha published the manga's third compiled book volume on December 9. K Manga publishes the series in English. Kodansha USA will also publish the series in fall 2026. The company...
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Bamboo Blade's Masahiro Totsuka Launches New Swimming Manga

Aqua Puella manga centers on former swimming competitor turned high school swim team coach ― Manga creators Masahiro Totsuka and Yui Suga launched a new manga titled Aqua Puella -Shikinomori Kōkō Suieibu- (Aqua Puella -Shikinomori High School Swim Team-) on Kadokawa's Comic Walker website on Saturday. Totsuka is writing the story, and Suga is drawing the art.The manga centers on Konta, once a promisi...
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Yae Utsumi Launches New Series in February

Hundred Note -Ugly Duck- debuts on February 4 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Kodansha's Magazine Pocket announced on Wednesday that Until Your Bones Rot manga creator Yae Utsumi will launch a new mystery series on the platform titled Hundred Note -Ugly Duckling- on February 4.Utsumi launched the Shiganbana manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in May 2024. The series moved to Yan...
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Manga Plus Adds Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot Manga

Series debuted on Monday ― Manga Plus announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that it has licensed Nao Iori's Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot (Satsuriku Robo to Hito no Manaka) manga for release in English.The publisher describes the story:For the future her parents expect of her, Yui, a high school student, spends each day with machine-like precision. But one day, she meets a fearless g...
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A Couple of Cuckoos Manga Enters Final Arc

Romantic comedy manga launched in 2020, adapted into 2-season TV anime ― This year's ninth issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Miki Yoshikawa's A Couple of Cuckoos (Kakkō no Iinazuke) manga will start its final arc. Kodansha USA Publishing publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story: 16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megu...
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Twilight Out of Focus 2: Afterimages in Slow Motion Manga Ends in February

Spinoff story debuted in 2019 ― Amazon Japan is listing that volume 103 of Kodansha's Honey Milk digital boys love magazine will publish the final chapter of Twilight Out of Focus 2: Afterimages in Slow Motion (Zanzō Slow Motion), a spinoff story for Jyanome's Twilight Out of Focus (Tasogare Out Focus) BL manga series, on February 10.Kodansha USA publishes the series in English and describes the stor...
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Crossed Hearts Licenses The Executioner of Grenimal Manga

Akisuke debuted manga in May 2023 ― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Akisuke's The Executioner of Grenimal (Grenimal no Shokeinin) manga. The company describes the story (the image above also has more details): Humanity stands on the brink as the Grenimals rise, monsters born of corrupted desire. Lycanthropes revel in the cha...
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ALA's Outsanding Comic Award for Adults Honors Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy Manga

Fantagraphics, MSX's releases of manga earn honors in "Series" category ― The American Library Association's (ALA) Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) announced its 2025 Outstanding Comics Award for Adults, and it gave Honors in the "Series" category to Fantagraphics and Mangasplaining Extra's (MSX) releases of all three volumes for Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy manga. Mangasplaining be...
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Chaos Game's Daiki Yamazaki Launches New Manga

Golden Phantom manga debuts on Feburary 25 ― This year's March issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine revealed last Friday that Daiki Yamazaki (Chaos Game, pictured right) is launching a new supernatural battle manga titled Golden Phantom in the magazine's next issue on February 25. Yamazaki launched the Chaos Game manga in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in July 2022, and ended it in June 2024. Kodans...
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Manga Plus Partners with France's Japan Expo for Manga Contest

Entries in English, French accepted ― The X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Manga Plus service announced on Monday that it will partner with France's Japan Expo event for a new manga contest "A La Recherche de Nouveau Manga" (The Search for New Manga). The contest will accept entries in English and French. The companies will reveal more details in February.Twin Engine and Straight Edge anno...
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A Condition Called Love Side Story Series Ends in 3 Chapters

Manga's side series debuted in October following original manga's end ― Megumi Morino revealed on X/Twitter on Friday that the A Condition Called Love (Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai) manga's side story series will end in three chapters. The side story series launched in Kodansha's Monthly Dessert magazine in October 2025. Morino launched the original A Condition Called Love manga in Kodansha's Monthly ...
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Harukaze Mound Manga Ends

Series debuted in June 2025 ― This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Tōgo Gotō and Kento Matsūra's Harukaze Mound manga on Monday. The third volume will ship in March, and the fourth volume, which will include the one-shot version of the series, will ship in April. The "twin brothers' baseball story" manga was first published as a one-shot ma...
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My Love Mix-Up! Artist Aruko, Writer Kizashi Haruyoshi Debut New Manga Series

Sekai de Ichiban Shiawase! launched on Monday My Love Mix-Up! artist Aruko launched a new series with writer Kizashi Haruyoshi on Shueisha's Manga Mee web platform titled Sekai de Ichiban Shiawase! (Happiest in The World!) on Monday.The series follows ex-shut-in Kōtarō Sano, who, thanks to his favorite minor idol, is able to enter society. Through a chance encounter, Kōtarō runs into his favorite i...
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Kikuko Kikuya's 'Suiyōbi, Watashi no Otto ni Dakarete Kudasai' Manga Gets Live-Action Show

Manga about wife allowing husband's affair launched in 2024 ― Japanese streaming service U-NEXT announced on Monday that Kikuko Kikuya's Suiyōbi, Watashi no Otto ni Dakarete Kudasai (Wednesday, Please Embrace My Husband) manga is getting a live-action series adaptation. The company will reveal more details of the adaptation at a later date. The manga's story centers on Yōko, a woman who has never had...
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Emaqi Service Releases Bitter, Morning Meal Memories, More Manga

Yuichi Okadaya's Mujin manga also launches in English ― AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on Friday that it has added the following manga in English to its e-bookstore service "emaqi" recently:Title: BitterCreator: HiroSynopsis: For a certain idol group, December 14th was an eventful day. It was the day the idol group BITTER performed their debut stage. Dancing her way to the hearts of nu...
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itz's Contrast Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Series in March

Series stars Haruhi Iuchi, Haruse Akune ― Fuji TV's FOD (Fuji on Demand) service announced on Saturday that itz's Contrast boys-love manga is getting a live-action series adaptation that will debut on March 13 at 8:00 p.m. The show will have eight total episodes and all episodes will be available at once. The show will star Haruhi Iuchi as Kanata Aoyama and Haruse Akune as Akira Senkawa. Miki Tomita ...
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Girls Band Cry Anime Gets Manga on January 30

Upcoming manga is separate from previously announced webtoon adaptation ― The official website for the Girls Band Cry anime announced on Friday that the anime will get a manga adaptation in the web manga magazine Comic Ride and on the RaiComi website starting on January 30. The manga will release new chapters weekly on Fridays, and the web magazine Comic Ride releases new issues on the 30th of every ...
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O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Launches New Manga

Kishimoto's Kamiyashiro: Jikosatsu no Kei launches early on LINE Manga on January 25 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of DeNA's Manga Box app revealed on Thursday that Seishi Kishimoto will launch a new manga titled Kamiyashiro: Jikosatsu no Kei (Kamiyashiro: Kei of Accidental Murders). The manga will have an early launch on LINE Manga on January 25, and will start serialization on Manga B...
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 18-24

Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 4, A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose anime; Betrothed to My Sister's Ex, Scenes from Awajima manga ship ― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose BDCite AnimEigo US$24.95 January 20 Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 4 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$29.98 January 20 Print Manga Releases Title Publish...
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Emaqi Releases Oedo Fire Slayer, 'Can I Touch Those, Mino?' More Manga in English

Curious People: Welcome to the Folklore Club also releases in English ― AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on January 9 that that it is adding the following manga in English to its e-bookstore service "emaqi" in January:Title: Oedo Fire SlayerCreator: Shogo Imamura (story), Shinobu Seguchi (art) Synopsis: Once hailed as “The Phoenix,” Edo's greatest fire slayer, Gengo Matsunaga has fallen ...
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Manga Plus Adds Goodbye My Idol School Idol Comedy Manga

Series debuted on November 6 ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Manga Plus service announced on Wednesday it has licensed Yuto Ito's Goodbye My Idol (Sayonara Boku no Idol) manga for release in English.The publisher describes the series:The story is set in a high school "Idol Club." Mitsuki Tsunoda, an idol otaku high school boy, suddenly becomes a girl—but only physically. So...
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Seven Seas Licenses 'Good Morning, Good Night, and See You Tomorrow', 'Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san?', 5 More Titles

Also licensed: I'm Running for Crown Princess, but All I Want is a Steady Paycheck!, I Used to Think My Childhood Friend Was a Guy—Now We're Newlyweds, and She's the Perfect Bride!, more ― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday:Title: Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! audiobook Creator: FUNA, Itsuki Akata Release Date: January 22 (volume 1, Siren imprint) ...
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The Days of Diamond Manga Enters Another Hiatus

Series returned from previous hiatus in September ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Shueisha's Young Jump magazine announced on Wednesday that Ōhashi Hirai's The Days of Diamond (Diamond no Kōzai) manga will enter a hiatus beginning with this year's eighth issue of the magazine on Thursday. The account will provide more information about the manga's return in the future.The series recen...
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Hitoshi Motomiya's Bunnaguri Sensei Manga Ends

Manga launched in September 2025 ― The fourth issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine published the final chapter of Hiroshi Motomiya's Bunnaguri Sensei (Punching Teacher) manga on Wednesday.The manga centers on a passionate teacher that will punch a hole in the school education with his own fist.Motomiya launched the manga in Grand Jump in September 2025.Motomiya launched the Jinsei Iroiro (The Vari...
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Takuma Tokashiki's Lili-Men Manga to End With 13th Volume

Manga about human versus succubus launched in 2022 ― Manga author Takuma Tokashiki revealed on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday that his Lili-Men manga will end in its 13th compiled book volume. Kodansha's K MANGA service simultaneously releases the manga's chapters in English and describes the story:Succubi, a species that uses humans as seedbeds to reproduce, and humanity, which is set o...
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19th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 12 Titles

Robō no Fujii nominated for 2nd straight year along with Home at the Horizon, Strikeout Pitch, The Devil's in the Lunch Deals, Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment, Ichi the Witch ― The executive committee for the 19th Manga Taisho awards listed this year's 12 nominated works on Tuesday. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.") Manga Taisho 2026 Nominees Imōto wa Shittei...
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Ukyō Kodachi's Ato 365-nichi no Dinner Manga Enters Final Arc

Manga launched in March 2024 ― The March issue of Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine revealed on Monday that Ukyō Kodachi's Ato 365 Hi no Dinner (365 Days Left For Dinner) manga is entering its final arc in the magazine's next issue on February 19. Sonshō Hangetsuban (Working for God in a Godless World) artist) draws the manga and Tsunakan Suda (Saint Seiya: Kaiō Saiki - Rerise of Poseidon) is in c...

FX Fighter Kurumi-chan Manga Gets TV Anime

Passione produces anime about college student who enters world of foreign exchange market ― Kadokawa announced on Monday that storywriter Demunyan and artist Daisuki Tansan's FX Fighter Kurumi-chan (FX Senshi Kurumi-chan) manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will debut in 2026. Yuki Ogawa (Ōya-san wa Shishunki!, Mieruko-chan, Miru Tights) is directing the anime at Passione. Kenta Ihara...
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Manga Up! Global Adds 'My Shady Little Brother, Gyomei', More Manga

How a Country Girl Reincarnated as a Villainess Tries to Avoid a Bad Ending also releases in English on Manga Up! Global ― Manga Up! Global added Rocomi Maruo's My Shady Little Brother, Gyomei (Ayashii ne ☆ Watashi no Otōto Gyōmei-kun) manga in English on Monday. It added Sora Hinokage, Koyukomu, and Haruto Shiota's How a Country Girl Reincarnated as a Villainess Tries to Avoid a Bad Ending (Akuyaku ...
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Bocchi the Rock! Manga Continues Hiatus Due to Creator's Health

Creator Aki Hamaji focuses on recuperating from ongoing physical health condition ― The March issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max magazine announced on Monday that the four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! will continue its hiatus so that its creator Aki Hamaji can focus on recuperation from an unspecified health condition. In a personal message, Hamaji added that she has been in poor health for s...

Otr of the Flame Manga Ends, Weekly Shonen Jump Magazine Launches 3 New Manga

Shadow Eliminators' Kento Amemiya to launch Kaigeki no Kinato manga on February 2 ― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter of Yūki Kawaguchi's Otr of the Flame manga on Monday. The magazine also revealed that Kento Amemiya (Shadow Eliminators) will launch a new manga titled Kaigeki no Kinato (Kinato the Counterattack) in the magazine's 10th issu...
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G.G.G. Mafia Manga Ends on January 25

Series debuted in April 2025 ― Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ platform announced on Sunday Junichi Kabuto's G.G.G. manga series will end in its next chapter on January 25. Manga Plus publishes the series in English and describes the story: Dentor works at a nursing home where a man of legend is rumored to be. But it turns out he's actually a promising young talent making waves in the mafia. Dentor's assign...
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Duel Masters Win Manga Ends Next Chapter

Series debuted in August 2022 ― The February issue of Shogakukan's Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine announced on Thursday Shigenobu Matsumoto's Duel Masters Win manga will end in the March issue.Matsumoto launched the series in Shogakukan's Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine in August 2022. Shogakukan shipped the ninth compiled book volume on December 26.The Duel Masters Win anime premiered on TV Tokyo i...
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GTO Uchiyamada Spinoff Manga Ends

GTU: Ikari no Death Yamada debuted in October 2024 ― HERO'S INC.'s Comiplex manga site published the final chapter of Tohru Fujisawa's Great Teacher Onizuka spinoff series GTU: Ikari no Death Yamada (Great Teacher Uchiyamada: Fury of Death Yamada) on Friday.The series follows Vice Principal Hiroshi Uchiyamada who finds himself in a dimension-bending nightmare after arriving in Kabukicho in search of...
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Jujutsu Kaisen Ranks #1 on Bookscan's December Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S.

17 manga including One Piece, Berserk, Demon Slayer, Gachiakuta, Spy x Family, Chainsaw Man, Dandadan, Steel Ball Run, Nana make list ― The first volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for December. This month's list featured 17 manga volumes, including: #1 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen volume 1 #2 — Gege Akutami's Jujutsu K...
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Crossed Hearts Licenses The Matchmaker's Fiancé Manga

1st volume shipped in Japan on June 13 ― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday it has licensed Satsuki Amamiya's manga adaptation of Hanami Nishine's The Matchmaker's Fiancé: My Fiancé Won't Leave Me Alone While I'm Finding Him The Ideal Bride ("Risou no Hanayome o Sagashite Shiawase ni Shite Sashiagemasu" to Ittara, Sokkenakatta ...
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Yen Press Licenses The Bubble Love of the Mermaid Manga, Love Unseen Beneath the Radiant Night Sky Novels, More Titles

Also: List Rouge, Seeds of Anxiety: Asterisk, The Crow's Ballad at Dawn, more ― Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed six manga and one novel for release in July 2026. The company also unveiled an audiobook for the novel adaptation of Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) manga for release in July 2026. The company's Ize Press imprint also revealed that it has lic...
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Lockdown Life with the Class Beauty Manga Ends With 4th Volume

jaguchi launched manga in May 2024 as adaptation of Senya Mihagi's light novels ― Retailers are listing the fourth compiled book volume of jaguchi's Lockdown Life with the Class Beauty (Remote Jugyō ni Nattara Class 1 no Bishōjo to Dōkyo Suru Koto ni Natta) manga as the final volume. The volume will ship on March 12.One Peace Books is releasing the manga in English, and will release the first volume ...
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Dōkyo Shiteiru Kensei no Onna Shishō ga Kawaisugite Mainichi Shiawase Desu Manga Listed With TV Anime

Manga about boy who trains, lives with famous sword master launched in March 2024 ― Kadokawa's listing of the second volume of author Kennoji and artist R_ringo's Dōkyo Shiteiru Kensei no Onna Shishō ga Kawaisugite Mainichi Shiawase Desu (The Female Sword Master I Live With is So Cute I'm Happy Every Day) manga states on the cover of the volume the manga will get a television anime adaptation. The se...
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Hiroshi Shiibashi's Recommendation from Mr. Iwamoto Manga Gets TV Anime

Taito Ban stars in series about boy who investigates supernatural phenomena ― Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures announced on Friday that Hiroshi Shiibashi's Iwamoto-senpai no Suisen (Recommendation from Mr. Iwamoto) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Shiibashi drew a celebratory image to commemorate the announcement. Toshifumi Kawase (Tenjho Tenge, Shion no Oh, Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin g...
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 11-17

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict, Headhunted To Another World: From Salaryman To Big Four! anime; 3 Minute Bodyguard Yoko-Chan, Kaijin Fugeki: Kindled Spirits manga ship ― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Assassination Classroom - The Complete Series - Limited Edition BDPlease Crunchyroll US$89.98 January 13 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The C...
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Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Manga Adaptation Changes Publication

Tenya Yabuno's manga adaptation switches to Weekly CoroCoro Comic ― The February issue of Shogakukan's Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine announced on Thursday Tenya Yabuno's manga adaptation of Level 5's Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (Inazuma Eleven Eiyū-tachi no Victory Road) game will change publications to the Weekly CoroCoro Comic website beginning with the next chapter.Yabuno launched the manga ada...
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Tokyopop Announces Omnibus Edition of A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation Manga

Omnibus edition ships on March 31 ― Tokyopop revealed on Wednesday an omnibus version of Momochi's manga adaptation of Misaki's A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation novel series. The omnibus edition ships on March 31 and compiles volumes 1-3 of the manga.Tokyopop stated the omnibus release is "the first in a forthcoming array of new omnibus print editions of popular series published by TOKYOPOP t...
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Writer Sakusei Kenkyūjo, Artist Yui Jōyama's Ingoku Danchi Gets Short TV Anime

WWWave's Deregula label produces anime slated for release this year ― WWWave's Deregula label announced on Thursday the short television anime adaptation of writer Sakusei Kenkyūjo and artist Yui Jōyama's Ingoku Danchi (Indecent Apartment Complex) manga, slated for release this year. Artist Jōyama also drew an illustration to commemorate the anime announcement:The extreme suspense manga's story cente...
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Daiki Ihara's Koisuru One Piece Manga Ends on January 22

Manga launched in 2018, inspired net anime shorts in April 2025 ― The 179th chapter of Daiki Ihara's Koisuru One Piece manga revealed on Thursday that the manga will end with its next chapter on January 22.The gag manga follows high school students who have the same name as the members of the Straw Hat Pirates from Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga.Ihara launched Koisuru One Piece on Shueisha's Shonen J...
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Kaori Yuki Launches New Manga in Earl Cain Victorian Gothic Series on January 20 (Updated)

1st manga ran in 1991-1994, Godchild sequel in 2001-2003 ― The 87th issue of Hakusensha's Hana Yume Ai digital magazine is listing the launch of a new manga by Kaori Yuki in her Earl Cain/Count Cain manga series. The issue will debut on January 20. Update: The official X/Twitter account for Hana Yume Ai unveiled the title Godchild Ihо̄jin -Hakushaku Cain The Lost Story- (Godchild L'étranger -Count Ca...
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Seven Seas Licenses The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes, Working as a Goddess, 3 More Manga

Also licensed: Yoichi & Tsugumo, Sleeping Dead, Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! ― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday:Title: Yoichi & Tsugumo mangaCreator: Hayate Kuku Release Date: November 2026 (Seven Seas BL Label) Summary: Tsugumo was given a second chance after dying as a fox cub and was reborn for the sake of becoming a god. Yet, he's still young and innocent, unfam...
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Shun Matsuena's Sora e... Manga Ends

Manga about superhuman boy living in underground world launched in January 2025 ― This year's seventh issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Shun Matsuena's Sora e... (To the Skies) manga will end in the magazine's next issue on January 21. The manga's story centers on Hiiro, an "Overman" superhuman boy who lives in an underground world. He goes above ground to...
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Crunchyroll Manga Adds 28 New Titles

A Wild Last Boss Appeared!, Salary Man Kintaro, more added to app ― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it has added the following titles to its Crunchyroll Manga app:A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty GrimoiresA Wild Last Boss Appeared!An Archdemon's (Friend's) Dilemma: How to Babysit a Crybaby Knight An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf BrideBell...
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Unmei no Makimodo Shi, Cosmos, DAN DA DAN, More Win 71st Shogakukan Manga Awards

Also: Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole, Hirayasumi ― The judging committee of the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards announced this year's winners on Wednesday. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$6,300). Title: Unmei no Makimodo Shi Author(s): Fūta Kimura Serialized in Monthly Coro Coro Comics (Shogakukan) Title: Cosmos Author(s): Ryūhei T...
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Re/Member: The Last Night Manga Ends in Next Chapter on January 27

Manga adaptation of August 2025 film launched in July 2025 ― The 23rd chapter of Welzard and Katsutoshi Murase's Re/Member: The Last Night (Karada Sagashi THE LAST NIGHT) manga revealed on Tuesday that the manga will end with its next chapter on January 27.Shueisha's MANGA Plus service publishes the manga simultaneously in English, and it describes the manga:Karada Sagashi is back! Set in an amusemen...
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Mujina Into the Deep Manga's 'Season 1' Enters Final Battle

Inio Asano's manga launched in March 2023 ― Manga creator Inio Asano revealed on January 9 that his Mujina Into the Deep manga is entering the "final battle" for "season 1" of the manga as of its latest chapter, serialized in this year's third issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine on January 9.Viz Media is releasing the manga in English, and describes the story:Terumi Morgan bitterly acce...
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'I See Your Face, Turned Away' Manga Ends, Announces Spinoff Story

Manga's spinoff starts on February 13 ― The February issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine published the final chapter of Rumi Ichinohe's I See Your Face, Turned Away (Kimi no Yokogao o Miteita) manga on Tuesday. The magazine also revealed that it will start publishing the manga's spinoff story in its next issue on February 13.  The manga returned on December 12 from its September 2024 hiatus...
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Arata Miyatsuki Launches Another New Manga on January 20

Miyatsuki, artist Masaya Tsugami to launch Kae Dama suspense manga ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Futabasha's Web Action manga website revealed on Tuesday that writer Arata Miyatsuki and artist Masaya Tsugami will launch a new manga titled Kae Dama (Substitute Spirit) on the website on January 20. Web Action teases the manga as a suspense body-swap story.Miyatsuki and artist Akeji Fuj...
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K Manga Adds Kouji Seo's Umine the Island Inn Manga

Series debuted on Wednesday in Japan ― Kodansha's K Manga service announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that it has licensed Kouji Seo's Umine the Island Inn (Ano Shima no Umine-sō) manga for simulpub. The first chapter is available to read now. K Manga describes the story: A new series from Kouji Seo, the creator of The Café Terrace and its Goddesses! Unemployed 19-year-old Kazuma has been su...
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Firefly Wedding Manga Ends, Gets Spinoff Stories

2-part "Koi to Doku" spinoff story starts on February 2, 5-chapter "Hotaru no Yomeiri Gaiden -Hitokiri to Yōdō-" story starts on April 6 ― Shogakukan's Manga ONE platform published the final chapter of Oreco Tachibana's Firefly Wedding (Hotaru no Yomeiri) manga for early access on Monday. The final chapter will get an official release on February 2. Manga ONE also announced that the manga will get sp...
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Yui Hanaka's Web Novel Gets Manga Adaptation

Jyanai Hō no Seijo to Yūsha ~Are, Watashitachi de Hontō ni Jyanai hō?~ manga adaptation launches on February 5 ― This year's sixth issue of Akita Publishing's Weekly Shonen Champion magazine announced on Thursday that Yui Hanaka's Jyanai Hō no Seijo to Yūsha ~Are, Watashitachi de Hontō ni "Jyanai hō?"~ (The Not-Holy Saint and Not-Hero: Huh, Are We Really The "Not's"?) web novel will get a manga adapt...
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Kabuo Launches Manga Adaptation of Renkinō's Web Novel

Inaka de Hajimeru Kyūkatsu Slow Life debuted last Thursday ― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Akita Publishing's Champion Buzz digital outlet announced that Kabuo's new manga adaptation of Renkinō's Chotto Shigoto Yamete Jikka ni Kaeru ~Inaka de Hajimeru Kyūkatsu Slow Life (I'm Taking a Break from Work and Returning Home: Beginning My Slow Life Leisure Activities in the Countryside) web ...
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The Essence of Being a Muse's Aya Fumino Launches New Manga on February 12

Fumino to launch Imawa no Kiwa no Femme Fatale manga about twisted love story ― The February issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Beam magazine announced on Friday that Aya Fumino will launch a new manga titled Imawa no Kiwa no Femme Fatale (A Femme Fatale on the Brink of Death) in the magazine's next issue on February 12.  The new manga is a twisted love story of a couple who met 10 years ago and insta...
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Manga UP! Global Adds Love's Just an Act, I'll Become an Elegant Villainess!, 1 More Title

Also added: Ruby on the Cake: Feast of the Man-Eating Witches ― Square Enix's Manga Up! Global service recently added three new manga, including: Chiyoko Origami's Love's Just an Act (Shibai to Yobu ni wa Koi Sugiru) manga on January 2Chizu Kamiko's manga adaptation of Shusui Hazuki's I'll Become an Elegant Villainess! (Kareinaru Akujo ni Naritai wa! Aisare Tensei Shōjo wa, Tanoshii Nidome no Jinsei ...
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Exclusive: Titan Manga Details The Five Star Stories Manga's English Release

New English edition of Mamoru Nagano's science fantasy manga series ships on July 7 ― Titan Manga announced on Monday that it and Newtype magazine will ship the English release of Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories manga on July 7. The first volume is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million in North America, and Forbidden Planet in the United Kingdom and Europe.Titan...
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Manga Mavericks Licenses Koukoku Brothers' Divine Messengers and Demonic Guardians, Banjo Saitou's Vegetable Sandwich Manga

Divine Messengers and Demonic Guardians debuts in April, Vegetable Sandwich debuts in September ― Manga Mavericks Books, the new publishing division of the Manga Mavericks website and podcast, announced two new licensed titles during its panel at Anime Los Angeles on Saturday. Manga Mavericks will release both series in 2026. Title: Divine Messengers and Demonic Guardians volume 1 Creator: Koukoku Br...

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