Azuki has announced that it will add six new titles from Japanese publisher YUZU Comics and independent Star Fruit Books for release in May 2024.
The new titles include four manga series from YUZU Comics and two one-shot manga series from Star Fruit Books, with the latter two being digital exclusives from Azuki as part of the company's partnership with independent publishers. The six manga series are currently available worldwide on the Azuki website and iOS and Android apps, with some free chapters available to read now.
New series include The Light Magician, Love You When the World Ends, Three Seconds After Our Eyes Met, Confessions of a 35-Year-Old, The Quincy Maid and To White.
Here are the full details on Azuki's latest series:
The Light Conjurer
© Gene
Story and art: Gene
Gene is a manga artist and illustrator born and raised in Tainan, Taiwan. She was the bronze winner in the BL category at the first Ever Glory Original Comic Contest. She is an active figure in various doujin communities and her work is appreciated for its diverse style and sense of humor.
Her work “Wanted Magical Girl!” was selected for the 10th Golden Manga Best New Artist Award in 2019, and she also won two top awards at the 2020 Kyoto International Manga Anime Awards.
Summary:
A seemingly useless summoner who humorously futiles their combined efforts, secretly dreaming of defeating a dragon. Fate is funny when Robin summons a mysterious prince who forces him to an abandoned castle… where a dragon lives. Can a useless mage be up to the challenge of confronting a legendary beast?
Love you when the world ends
© Gene
Story and art: Gene
Summary:
An apocalyptic event forces two strangers to navigate a world where the old order is shattered. Is it survival of the fittest or survival of the richest? Spoiled Nuowan cannot survive in this new reality without the help of skilled hotel employee Yu Seng, whom he met just minutes before the world ended. Yu's previous military training comes in handy, but is a surprise kiss a survival tactic?
Three seconds after our eyes met
© Rancha
Story and art: Rancha
Rancha won the Gold Award in the BL category at the second Ever Glory Original Comic Contest. He is one of Taiwan's most famous BL manga authors, who is famous for his sophisticated storytelling and realistic expression of his characters' emotions.
Summary:
Friendly, Kind Student Association Event Chapter President Hezhan has a carefully maintained image but when classmate Shunwen witnesses Hezhan's outburst in the meeting room, he accidentally becomes a guarding the left side of Hezhan. Worried that his secret would be revealed, Hezhan approached Shunwen but every time their eyes met, Shunwen felt like she saw through him and he “never made eye contact for more than three seconds”. Can Hezhan protect his secret or will Shunwen change Hezhan's life and his own?
Confession of a 35 year old
© TEI
Story and art: TEI
Summary:
35-year-old single office worker Jason often finds love elusive. He didn't care much for his new colleague Frank when he joined the company. But when a chance encounter develops into a series of shared moments, an unforeseen turn in their relationship causes Jason and Frank to become roommates. Will Jason find his new normal love?
Handyman Quincy
© Stephan Lapin, Naoto Tsushima
Story: Stephan Lapin
Art: Naoto Tsushima
Summary:
Quincy, a boy with prosthetic limbs, begins working as a janitor to support his family. But buying a used phone from a thrift store accidentally connects him to an assassin's demands. Can the good-natured Quincy carry out these murderous requests?
Big White
© Dei Saito
Story and art: Dei Saito
Summary:
A young girl living in a strange black-and-white world fights her way past a creature guarding a door to another place.
Source: press release
Source: press release
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