#gentosha comics

[dailydefunctmangamagazine]

Monthly Comic Birz (月刊コミックバーズ) / Gentosha Comics (幻冬舎コミックス) / Jan 2014 issue

[yurimother]

Final Volume of Heartwarming Queer Manga 'The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This' Released

On Tuesday, Seven Seas Entertainment released the fourth and final volume of Takashi Ikeda's Yuri romance series The Two of Them are Pretty Much Like This (Futari wa Daitai Konna Kanji) in English.

The manga follows the daily lives of girlfriends and roommates Erie Sakuma, a 30-year-old writer, and Wako Inuzuka, a 20-year-old voice actress.

The publisher describes the final volume:

Wanko finally manages to land a major role after multiple auditions. At the same time, Ellie reaches a turning point as she works on her original project! The story of the sweet relationship between a twenty-two-year-old rookie voice actress and a thirty-two-year-old scriptwriter reaches its happy ending!

The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This was serialized online on Comic Boost from January 3, 2020, until its conclusion on February 25, 2022. Gentosha collected the series in four Japanese volumes published between August 2020 and April 2022.

The series received praise from critics for its positive portrayal of adult queer women in a relationship and its grounded stories. Erica Friedman of Okazu awarded the final Japanese volume a 10/10 score and called it "a great story about two queer women I’d have over for lunch any time, with the occasional heartbreakingly good portraiture."

Takashi Ikeda is a Japanese mangaka known for his series The Two of Them are Pretty Much Like This and Whispered Words (Sasameki Koto), a classic school Yuri series from the early 2000s which was adapted into an anime by Studio AIC in 2009 and is published in English by One Peace Books.

The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This is translated into English by Anh Kiet Ngo with lettering by Rina Mapa.

You can check out The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This Volume 4 today in English digitally and in paperback: https://amzn.to/3RdYETl

Reading official releases helps support creators and publishers. YuriMother makes a small affiliate commission from sales to help fund future coverage.

[bblookyyy]

Hetalia, a masterlist (incomplete):

so i’ve always made a list of links and order of seasons when i watch an anime that has an awful lot of seasons and they’re all named (like sailor moon), and recently i’ve decided to rewatch all of hetalia but my old links were outdated so i made an updated version.

the anime links are all complete and accessible, but i haven’t found links for the manga yet. i’ll update this when i do lol

list under the cut 👍

📍Anime

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2009

⭐️ Season one (ep 1-26)

⭐️ Season two (ep 27-52)

Hetalia: Axis Powers (1-52)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-axis-powers-1763?ep=22648

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2010-2011

⭐️ Season three (ep 1-26)

⭐️ Season four (ep 25-48)

Hetalia: World Series (53-100)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-world-series-1218

Specials (ep 1-4)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-world-series-specials-1379

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2013

⭐️ Season five (ep 1-20)

Hetalia: The Beautiful World (100-120)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-the-beautiful-world-1319

Specials (ep 1-5)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-the-beautiful-world-specials-1320

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2015

⭐️ Season Six (ep 1-15)

Hetalia: The World Twinkle (121-135)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-the-world-twinkle-2157

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2021

⭐️ Season Seven (ep 1-12)

Hetalia: World Stars (136-147)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-world-stars-17229

Specials (ep 1-3)

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-worldstars-specials-17811

📍Movie

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2010

Hetalia Axis Powers Movie: Paint It, White

https://9animetv.to/watch/hetalia-axis-powers-paint-it-white-2805

📍Manga

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2006

Original Web version

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2007-2008

Doujinshi / Independent Publishing

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2008-2013

Hetalia: Axis Powers - Gentosha Comics (6 volumes)

The first four volumes consisted primarily of republished or redrawn versions of comics from the original webcomic alongside new material. The final two volumes were largely comprised of comics serialized in Comic Birz. (wiki)

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2014-2017

⭐️ Hetalia: World Stars - Shounen Jump+ (4 volumes)

Hetascanlations (Tumblr):

https://hetascanlations.tumblr.com/chapters

[ljaesch]

Futaribeya: A Room for Two Manga to End on June 23, 2023

The official Twitter account for Gentosha’s Comic Boost manga website has announced that Yukiko’s Futaribeya: A Room for Two manga will end in its next chapter. The website indicated that the next chapter will be released on June 23, 2023. The manga is described as: About to start her first year of high school, Sakurako Kawawa settles into her new lodgings. But when she meets her new roommate ―…

[weargreys]

Hetalia paint it white english sub

#Hetalia paint it white english sub full#

#Hetalia paint it white english sub series#

#Hetalia paint it white english sub full#

Hence, their full character names are Italy Veneziano and Italy Romano respectively. Italy Veneziano represents the northern half of the country, while his older brother Romano represents the southern half. In 2008, he received the name Feliciano Vargas. According to Himaruya, Italy is strong, but doesn't show his strength because of his cowardice. Despite looking weak and helpless, Italy is viewed as being strong as a child, being able to defeat Turkey single-handedly during his golden days. He uses his adorable ways and cute face to charm girls he meets. His artistry and love of pasta and pizza are references to stereotypical Italian culture.

#Hetalia paint it white english sub series#

In the series, he is depicted at various points as the infant grandson of the Roman Empire and is recognized as one of the weakest characters in the series as well as a carefree and cowardly soldier who often surrenders without a fight, usually by waving a white flag. Italy Veneziano ( イタリアヴェネツィアーノ Itaria Veneziāno), usually shortened to just Italy ( イタリア Itaria) is the primary protagonist and the title character, portrayed as a bright, energetic, and mostly sweet young man. The Axis Powers group of characters consists primarily of Germany, Italy, and Japan (the Axis Powers of World War II) The following countries are the 8 main roles in this manga. There are also personifications of other figures, like General Winter, the United Nations, Italy's tanks and every country's Mr. There have also been historical figures depicted, such as (but not limited to) Maria Theresa, Roman emperors, Napoleon Bonaparte, Leonardo da Vinci and Jeanne d'Arc. So far, over 60 countries and territories have been depicted. Main article: List of Hetalia: Axis Powers characters As of January 8, 2010, the anime series' international distribution is being handled by Funimation. The series was later adapted into drama CDs, and an anime series created by Studio Deen has also begun streaming online. As of May 2012 the English-language version of the manga was published by Tokyopop via Right Stuf Inc. Both printed volumes published so far have topped The New York Times manga best seller list. English translations of the first two volumes have been published by Tokyopop in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Himaruya originally created Hetalia as a webcomic, and so far six tankōbon have been published by Gentosha Comics, the first on March 28, 2008, the second on December 10, 2008, the third on May 20, 2010, the fourth on June 30, 2011, and the fifth on July 31, 2012. Historical, political, economic, and military interaction between countries is generally represented in Hetalia as social interactions and misunderstandings between the characters. The series often uses satire and light-hearted comedy to reinterpret well-known events as well as less common historical and cultural trivia. The main storyline's events occur during World War II, but the vast majority of the comics take place during other historical events, modern holidays, or at no specific time whatsoever. Hetalia ( ヘタリア) is a portmanteau combining hetare ( ヘタレ, Japanese for "useless" or "pathetic" in a cute or endearing way) and "Italia" ( イタリア, Itaria, Japanese for "Italy"). The character roster is large and far from complete, but the main cast is primarily the countries which made up the Axis powers and Allies of World War II-namely Italy (North Italy in particular), Germany, Japan, United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Canada. Both positive and negative cultural stereotypes form part of each character's personality. Characters are personifications of countries, regions such as Hong Kong, and micronations with little reference to other national personifications. The series' main presentation is as an often over-the-top allegory of political and historic events as well as more general cultural comparisons. Hetalia: Axis Powers ( Japanese: ヘタリア Axis Powers, Hepburn: Hetaria Akushisu Pawāzu) is a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by Hidekaz Himaruya.

[justusrstone]

I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again!

I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again!

I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again! English Title: I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again! Japanese Title: 今度は絶対に邪魔しませんっ! — “Kondo wa Zettai ni Jama Shimasen” Author: Reina Soratani – 空谷 玲奈 Illustrator: Haru Harukawa – はるかわ 陽 Translator: Kimberly Chan Genre: Fantasy, Shoujo Original Run: March 28, 2019 – ongoing English Run: Month Year – ongoing Japanese Publisher: Gentosha Comics English Publisher:…

[hetaliabuyblog]

Hetalia The World Heritage III: From the French Revolution to the 21st Century by Gentosha Comics

MSRP: 1,188 yen, Release Date: March 24th, 2017

Available for pre-order via CDJapan (purchasing from CDJapan helps financially support this blog) and Amazon JP . Special shoutout to @jammerlea for reminding me and informing me about this release. This release is in Japanese. 

[dailydefunctmangamagazine]

Wallflower (ウォールフラワー) / Gentosha Comics (幻冬舎コミックス) / Issue #6 (Jun 2002)

[yurimother]

Sweet Yuri Manga Artist Turns on the Sour and Spice in 'Cats and Sugar Bowls'

On September 13, Seven Seas Entertainment released Yukiko's manga anthology Cats and Sugar Bowls (Neko to Sugar Bowls) in English digitally and in paperback.

The publisher describes the manga:

Want a little spice with your sugar? Cats and Sugar Bowls serves up nine bite-sized tales about love between women. Rena and Sanae are like a pair of naughty kitties who act far more innocent than they really are. Touka, while looking for a lover willing to indulge her more extreme fantasies, runs into her boss at a club. All these delights and more await!

Gentosha Comics published the manga in Japanese in December 2020. It forms a trilogy with Haru Harukawa After Sunrise and Rou Kawai's Girls in Hell, which released alongside it. Yukiko, Harukawa, and Kawai for the Yuri doujinshi circle Happy Yellow Rabbit, known for its anthology series Chouchou.

Cats and Sugar Bowls contains nine stories by Yukiko, many of which were previously released in other anthologies, including "One AM at the Laundromat," seen in the Japanese and English versions of the first Syrup volume. Other chapters, in order of appearance, are:

The "Cat" Trilogy

Watchful Cat

Crying of the Cat

The Phone and the Cat

Unbreakable Sugar Bowl

Silky

My Childhood Friend

Killing Time of the Butterfly

The Ogre and the Mountain God

Unlike Yukiko's longrunning series Futaribeya which is known for its cute and lighthearted, Cats and Sugar Bowls focuses on adult content and contains explicit scenes.

Check out Cats and Sugar Bowls today: https://amzn.to/3QT58DE

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[tigersplaygrnd]

Asuma Kousuke Desktop AR Calendar - Desktop Calendar with acrylic holder Asuma Kosuke (actor for Oikawa Tooru in Engeki Haikyuu!! stage plays) April 2018 - March 2019 AR functions: Can view 1-2 videos every month using an App (Apple iOS 8.0 or higher & Android 4.0.3 or higher) About AR functions: App name: clip Links: iOS App Store Android Play Store Publisher: Gentosha Comics, SMARTBOYS (Sumabo) - Available in my store: https://tigersplayground.com/hyper-projection-engeki-haikyuu/1206-asuma-kousuke-desktop-ar-calendar.html

[houkagokappa]

Sarazanmai is getting a manga adaptation! It will be written by Ikunirapper and drawn by Migi. Serialization begins May 17th on Gentosha Comics Comic Boost site. 

Even when connected or lost. Don’t let go, desire is your life.

[nonsense-every-other-day]

Some of my foreign editions of Alice, most of them Japanese.

Featuring:

On the Japanese side:

A Wonderland picture book, illustrated by POP. Poplar (ポプラ社).

A Wonderland picture book, illustrated with stills from this anime short. Both book and anime are from a series titled Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi (まんが世界昔ばなし). 国際情報社.

A Wonderland manga adaptation, illustrated by Sakura Kinoshita (木下さくら). Gentosha Comics.

A Wonderland and Looking-Glass pair, illustrated by Yoko Yamamoto. Aoitori Bunko, Kodansha.

A Wonderland and Looking-Glass pair, with manga style illustrations by okama. Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko, Kadokawa.

Wonderland, illustrated by Brian Partridge (you can see some of his artwork here). RONSO Fantasy Collection.

Non-Japanese:

Russian editions of Wonderland and Looking-Glass; Wonderland is illustrated by Вячеслава Смирнова, while Looking-Glass is illustrated by Ирины Гавриловой. Machaon.

A French translation of Wonderland by Henri Bué. Dover.

A Spanish edition of Looking-Glass, illustrated by Peter Kuper. Sexto Piso.

An Italian, Geronimo Stilton adaptation of Wonderland. PIEMME Junior, Edizioni Piemme.

[antoine-roquentin]

Japan is arguably a male chauvinist paradise. It ranks 114th out of 144 countries in terms of gender equality, a ranking that has been in free fall since Abe assumed office in 2012.

His allies have been behaving (in)appropriately. In recent months, current and former cabinet ministers publicly ridiculed the claims of a female reporter who was allegedly sexually harassed by a senior bureaucrat and accused her of being the criminal. They were later forced to apologize when her allegations were proven true.

That was followed by an LDP lawmaker, personally recruited by Abe, penning a piece bashing homosexuals as “unproductive” because they did not produce children.

Even amid these low standards, a new nadir was reached this month. Eitaro Ogawa, an author and an unofficial mouthpiece of Abe, lobbied for the rights of molesters, or chikan.

“The deepest suffering belongs to the men who are plagued with the symptoms of train groper syndrome in which his hand automatically moves when he steps on a packed train and catches a whiff of a woman,” Ogawa wrote.

“Repeated offenses show that it is an uncontrollable urge stemming from the brain. Shouldn’t society protect and reserve their rights to grope?”

Train groping is indeed a problem in Japan – so much so that there are female-only cars during rush hour so women can go to work without fear of being molested. At the same time, there are also countless adult movies and comics glorifying chikan.

There are even legal sexual massage parlors that replicate subway cars, where men pay for a simulated chikan experience.

Ogawa’s essay was published in controversial right-wing monthly magazine Shincho 45, put out by Shinchosha Publishing on Sept. 18.

Predictably, a brouhaha erupted.

Within days of publication, Shinchosha apologized for its lack of oversight, and last Wednesday, announced the indefinite suspension of the magazine.

Given the damage he had caused, what exactly did Ogawa mean to say?

His intention appears to have been the denigration of sexual minorities rather than an outright promotion of sexual assault. In his essay, he argued that train gropers and LGBT are essentially the same thing – sexual deviants – and lumped them together with an anagram he himself created: SMAG – sadists, masochists, ass fetishists and gropers.

According to Ogawa’s logic, groping people on trains and being homosexual are just different kinds of deviance. Ergo: Offering to protect the rights of one group (LGBT) over another (gropers) is ridiculous.

Critics of this thinking have not held their fire.

“I think that the magazine ceasing publication has a lot do with the #MeToo movement growing in Japan and more people willing to point out what is just simply wrong,” stormed Mari Hiryama, a professor of law at Hakuou University. “The thought process behind arguing that the rights of gropers and the rights of LGBT are the same is completely mistaken.

His utterances may even discourage victims of sexual assault from coming forward. What in the world was Ogawa thinking when he made such a dubious statement?”

That is a fair question. And was he being malicious or just plain ignorant? Aya Goda, the editor of LGBTQ magazine Palette, suspects it is the latter.

“I think his inappropriate and discriminatory remarks come from total ignorance. But if we are going to blame his ignorance, perhaps we must blame the structure of Japanese society,” she said. “Japan’s schools and media aren’t fertile ground for promoting correct knowledge of LGBTQ.

“For the sake of the next generation, in order to prevent further remarks like his, we need to encourage a better understanding of sexual diversity.”

Such an understanding may be particularly essential in conservative circles, including some major publishers and close Abe allies.

The suspended Shincho 45 had previously drawn fire for an opinion piece in its August issue by Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mio Sugita, who had been recruited into the LDP by Abe. In her column, she labelled gay couples “unproductive” on the grounds they don’t reproduce. Sugita added that taxpayer money should not be wasted on support for sexual minorities.

Despite a resultant public outcry, Abe refused to condemn or admonish her. He explained in a television program that he didn’t ask her to resign because “she’s still young.”

Sugita is 51.

She has also blamed victims of sexual assault for being victimized, has ridiculed the plights of refugees and essentially serves as the party’s leading bullhorn.

It was thanks to Sugita that Shincho 45 may have sealed its own doom. On Sept. 18th, it ran a lengthy 37-page special feature entitled “Is Mio Sugita’s article that outrageous?”

That was the title of Ogawa’s now notorious piece.

In it, he answered the question by not just penning a defense of Sugita’s homophobic rant, but by pushing the boat out even further. Ogawa also appeared with Sugita, in a joint interview for another right-wing publication, Japanism, published this August.

And it is Ogawa who is arguably the most outspoken and controversial of Japan’s right-wing writers.

Ogawa, a self-proclaimed literary critic, has made a career out of praising the prime minister while putting the boot into his enemies – making him a combination of Abe’s lapdog and pit-bull.

He was a relatively unknown author until 2012, when his book The Promised Day, lauding Abe and his first term as prime minister from July 2006 to September 2007 was printed by Gentosha, a right-wing publisher.

The book appeared shortly before Abe ran in the party’s election to be president of the LDP, and the book is partly credited with his political comeback. Abe’s political fund, Shinwakai, reportedly spent 7 million yen ($61,000) purchasing copies of the book, elevating it briefly to best-seller status.

While Ogawa has made a tidy sum wielding his pen on behalf of Abe, he has also stabbed himself with it – even before his latest blunder.

Last year, just prior to general elections, Ogawa released a book accusing the liberal Asahi newspaper of fabricating scoops involving Abe’s abuse of power to benefit political cronies. The LDP also reportedly bought thousands of copies of that work, pushing it up onto the bestseller list.

However, the allegations in the book were so serious that the Asahi took the rare step of suing him and his publisher for defamation. That case is still in court, meaning Ogawa could end up facing severe and expensive legal repercussions.

Ogawa isn’t the only writer to be rewarded tangibly or intangibly for lavishly praising the Prime Minister.

Journalist Noriyuki Yamaguchi, who was given the scoop on Abe’s retirement in 2007, also appears to have benefitted. In 2015, while working on his book Prime Minister (Sori) about Abe’s struggles, a female journalist, Shiori Ito, filed charges of sexual assault against him.

The police began an investigation and held a warrant to seize Yamaguchi on rape charges. But on June 8, his arrest was called off at the last minute by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Investigations Chief Itaru Nakamura.

Nakamura was a friend of the prime minister and the former secretary to Abe’s second-in-command, Cabinet Spokesman Yoshihide Suga. Nakamura not only halted the arrest, he replaced all the detectives on the case.

On June 9, 2016, while the prosecutors were still reviewing the case, Yamaguchi’s book was published by Gentosha, the same publishers of Ogawa’s 2012 work The Promised Day. On July 22,, prosecutors dropped all charges against Yamaguchi, who has denied all wrong-doing. Ogawa has publicly expressed support for Yamaguchi.

Shincho 45 once had up to 50,000 readers a month, but has suffered a drastic drop in recent years. Since 2016, it has veered to the right in order to boost sales. The publisher admits that their trial-and-error efforts to boost sagging sales resulted in insufficient oversight of content.

Ironically, after the company announced it would cease publishing the magazine, prices of remaining issues sky-rocketed, with some used copies going for 10 times the cover price.

The sad part of this debacle is that Shinchosha also publishes Shukan Shincho, a weekly magazine which features some of the best investigative journalism in Japan. In fact, it was Shukan Shincho which first published a series of articles on the obstruction of standard criminal procedure in the rape investigation concerning Shiori Ito, which was later followed up by The New York Times, while the BBC released a documentary on the case, Japan’s Secret Shame, this summer.

Ogawa has not walked back his essay, nor has he apologized. As he usually does in such cases, Abe has remained silent.

However, newspapers and commentators in Japan are now openly discussing the problems with Shincho 45, right-wing magazines like Japanism, Hanada and others. Much of the discussion centers not only on content, but on whether these magazines are acting as the voice of the administration.

While Abe has not made discriminatory or misogynist statements himself, his propensity to represent himself with misogynists, gay-bashers and accused sex offenders is raising big questions. Japan is starting to wonder.

[recentanimenews]

Manga the Week of 6/8/22

SEAN: As June continues, what varieties of manga do we see before us?

Yen On debuts Your Forma, a sci-fi detective story that asks the question: what if getting 5G wireless injected into you from a vaccine was actually real? and it spied on your every sense? This could be very good or very bad, and I suspect that depends entirely on the politics of the writer.

ASH: Hmmm. The genre certainly appeals to me, but I suspect you’re right.

ANNA: Yeah, going to skip this one and I’m generally in favor of sci-fi goofiness.

MELINDA: I feel a little “yikes” on this one.

SEAN: Also from Yen On: The Eminence in Shadow 4 and Sword Art Online Progressive 8.

Yen Press, meanwhile, has new manga volumes. Adachi and Shimamura 3, Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense 4, Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One 7, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 13, and A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! 11.

Viz debuts Ghost Reaper Girl, a Shonen Jump + series by the creator of Rosario + Vampire (though under a different pen name). Chloe wants to be an actress. But she’s 28, and her window is closing. Can she find fame as a ghost reaper, though? Note that this series is being published flipped at the request of its creator.

ASH: Interesting! Not much seems to be flipped these days, let alone at the creator’s request.

SEAN: Chainsaw Man is also ending with Vol. 11, though a sequel is in the works. We also see Black Clover 29, Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love 2, Snow White with the Red Hair 19, and Yona of the Dawn 36.

MICHELLE: I’m always here for VIZ shoujo.

ASH: For sure!

ANNA: Viz shoujo saving the week for me!

SEAN: Tokyopop has A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation 5.

Hope you like debuts from Seven Seas, there are a ton of them.

I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl (Osananajimi() wo Onnanoko ni Shiteshimatta Hanashi) is from Ichijinsha’s Comic Pool. A boy trying to practice his makeup technique has his best friend offer to be a guinea pig… but the results are more than either of them could have guessed. Despite the light-novel-ey title, this looks like fans of LGBT should enjoy it.

ASH: I’m definitely curious about this one.

SEAN: Namekawa-san Won’t Take a Licking! (Name Raretakunai Namekawa-san) is from Comic Yuri Hime, and features a bullied girl who decides, for her high school debut, to become a delinquent. Unfortunately, now she attracts the attention of the disciplinary officer. I am always wary of yuri series described as hilarious.

ASH: A different sort of delinquent manga than is often seen, it would seem.

SEAN: Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints (Yuuyake Trip) is from Houbunsha’s Comic Fuz. Two high school girls investigate supposedly haunted areas of their town and grow closer. The art is apparently the reason to get this.

ASH: I’ll admit, the premise intrigues me, too.

SEAN: This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! (Yoku Wakaranai Keredo Isekai ni Tensei Shiteita You Desu) is a manga from Kodansha’s Suiyoubi no Sirius, based off a novel (not yet licensed, I believe). I’ve been told it’s another one of those “this becomes fluffy slice-of-life isekai assuming you can get past all the sexual assault and threats of slavery at the start” series. Sigh.

ANNA: No thank you!

MELINDA: oh my god.

SEAN: Lastly, The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This (Futari wa Daitai Konna Kanji) is a yuri series from the creator of Whispered Words (Sasameki Koto). A 30-year-old writer and a 22-year-old actress are living together as a couple, and we see their everyday life. This is extremely comfy and fun. It ran in Gentosha’s Comic Boost.

MICHELLE: Well, at least one of these appeals to me.

ASH: I rather liked Whispered Words, if I recall correctly.

MELINDA: This sounds actually great.

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Monologue Woven For You 2, the 13th and final volume of New Game!, and Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs 5.

Kodansha has MORE Shuzo Oshimi in print next week, with Welcome Back, Alice (Okaeri Alice). This runs in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, and got a digital release in February, but the print came fast. Three childhood friends have what seems like a standard love triangle… then one of them shows up dressed as a girl.

ASH: Somehow missed this being licensed!

MELINDA: I don’t know what to expect from this. Maybe great?

SEAN: Also in print: Cells at Work! Baby 4 (the final volume), Interviews with Monster Girls 10, Lovesick Ellie 4, Orient 9, Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection 2, SHAMAN KING Omnibus 9, Sue & Tai-chan 4, Vampire Dormitory 5, and What Did You Eat Yesterday? 18.

MICHELLE: Hooray for more What Did You Eat Yesterday?!

ASH: Indeed!

MELINDA: YESSSSSSSSS

SEAN: The first digital debut is The Shadows of Who We Once Were (Nare no Hate no Bokura), a survival game manga from the creator of Until Your Bones Rot. It’s from Weekly Shonen Magazine, and… it’s a survival game manga.

The other digital debut from Kodansha is Joy, a BL manga from Kodansha’s Honey Milk. A shoujo manga artist is asked to write a BL work… and also discovers his assistant is gay. Maybe he can get inspiration for the BL by a fake relationship?

MELINDA: Oooo, this…

SEAN: Also digital: The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage 3, Changes of Heart 2, Chihayafuru 32, Girlfriend, Girlfriend 9, Kounodori: Dr. Stork 24, Love After World Domination 4, My Master Has No Tail 6, Oh, Those Hanazono Twins 2, and The Transcendent One-Sided Love of Yoshida the Catch 2.

MICHELLE: Insert habitual Chihayafuru squee.

ANNA: Gesticulates in celebration of the series, then transitions to despair at being so far behind.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has some print releases. We get Ascendance of a Bookworm’s 10th manga volume, By the Grace of the Gods 9, The Faraway Paladin 4, In Another World with My Smartphone 22, Marginal Operation 10, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 10, Otherside Picnic Omnibus 3, and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 6.

J-Novel Club’s digital debut is a manga, The Saga of Lioncourt (Lion Coeur Senki), which is from Takeshobo’s Kissca. Office worker reincarnated as a warrior in a middle-ages era setting.

And also Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer! 3 (the final volume), How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom 16, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 3, Marginal Operation 13, and Otherside Picnic 7.

Ghost Ship debuts World’s End Harem: Fantasia Academy, a spinoff of a spinoff of the series that is for everyone who wants to bone 10,000 women who adore them. This is apparently a high school AU version.

Also from Ghost Ship: Ero Ninja Scrolls 3 and Might as Well Cheat: I Got Transported to Another World Where I Can Live My Wildest Dreams! 3.

Denpa has two new releases. The Men Who Created Gundam (Gundam Sousei) ran, appropriately, in Gundam Ace. It’s a done-in-one omnibus about the creators of Gundam… but expect comedy.

Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires is a Sunday GX series about the love between a teenage girl and a vampire… I think. The description is vague, but I mean, title.

ASH: Count me curious.

MELINDA: Same.

SEAN: And Airship has two early digital titles, including a debut. 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuukimama na Hanayome (Hitojichi) Seikatsu wo Mankitsusuru) is, yes, a villainess novel. But this time our heroine has done this a lot. She’s lived full lives. She’s done different occupations. She keeps getting killed. Now, on her 7th try, why not marry her killer?

We also get the first volume of Classroom of the Elite: Year 2.

That turned out to be a whole lot. Thoughts?

By: Sean Gaffney

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Sarazanmai

Sarazanmai an upcoming title from @gomanga The light novel adaptation from the hit #anime!

Sarazanmai

English Title: Sarazanmai Japanese Title: さらざんまい Author: Kunihiko Ikuhara – 幾原邦彦 & Teruko Utsumi – 内海照子 Illustrator: Miggy – ミギー Translator: TBD Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, LGBT+ Original Run: April 2019 – August 2019 English Run: June 2020 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: Gentosha Comics English Publisher: Seven Seas Volumes in Japanese: 2 (Completed) Volumes in English: 1 (In Progress)

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