Seven Seas Licenses As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Boys' Love Manga Series
(April 29, 2026) — Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of the Boys Love manga series As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Chika Hongō. In this moving Boys Love manga, a merman far from home, stuck working in a mansion, meets a young man who could change his life for the better. But the first step to freeing the merman? They need to fall in love!
Van is a mermaid who has lost everything—his voice, his family, his very place in the world. Forced to work as a slave in a mansion located in a town by the sea, he dreams of the day when he can return to the water. One day he meets Jens, the sole inhabitant of the cursed island of Fiska, a young man who proves to be kinder than any human Van has ever met. As the two grow closer, Jens is determined to buy Van's freedom and bring him to his island home. But in order for this to happen, Van and Jens need to become more than just good friends...they need to fall in love.
Witness the beginning of their romance in this moving Boys' Love fantasy!
As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Vol. 1 will be released in February 2027 for $15.99 USA / $20.99 CAN, with the manga available in large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys' Love titles). An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is an award-winning publisher that specializes in bringing the best of Japanese manga and light novels to English-language audiences alongside the hottest danmei, webtoons, and other books from around the globe, as well as producing audiobooks, original comics, and youth literature. All of Seven Seas' print book imprints are distributed throughout the world by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com
Van is a mermaid who has lost everything—his voice, his family, his very place in the world. Forced to work as a slave in a mansion located in a town by the sea, he dreams of the day when he can return to the water. One day he meets Jens, the sole inhabitant of the cursed island of Fiska, a young man who proves to be kinder than any human Van has ever met. As the two grow closer, Jens is determined to buy Van's freedom and bring him to his island home. But in order for this to happen, Van and Jens need to become more than just good friends...they need to fall in love.
Witness the beginning of their romance in this moving Boys' Love fantasy!
As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Vol. 1 will be released in February 2027 for $15.99 USA / $20.99 CAN, with the manga available in large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys' Love titles). An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is an award-winning publisher that specializes in bringing the best of Japanese manga and light novels to English-language audiences alongside the hottest danmei, webtoons, and other books from around the globe, as well as producing audiobooks, original comics, and youth literature. All of Seven Seas' print book imprints are distributed throughout the world by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com
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