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Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Chasing Spica, I’ll Never Be Your Crown Princess!-The Betrothal manga, the light novel The Beautiful Rules of the Evil Queen, the manga and two miniseries other Yes, No, or Maybe? novels, as well as the Noss and Zakuro manga and Gravitation: Collector’s Edition.
Seven Seas will begin publishing Chihiro Orihi’s Chasing Spica manga in June 2024 in large format editions under the Seven Seas GL label (Girls’Love/yuri titles) and as an e-book. The company describes the story:
Nekozuka Serina is a serious third-year high school student who is studying hard to qualify for a scholarship. However, her cute and stylish appearance doesn’t quite meet the school’s dress code—something that Tachibana Reiko, a member of the disciplinary committee, is always concerned about. Plus, no matter how hard Serina tries, Reiko always excels in grades and sports. However, one day, Serina discovers Reiko meeting an unknown woman after school… and going to a love hotel! What will happen between Serina and Reiko when they share a secret?
Orihi launched the manga on Ichijinsha’s Ichijin Plus manga website in 2021. Volume 1 was published in May 2022.
Image courtesy of Seven Seas Seven Seas will release Saki Tsukigami, Rena Kamono , and Enn Tsutamori’s I’ll Never Be Your Crown Princess-Betrothed manga in July 2024 as a single major issue as part by Steamship Publishing of Seven Seas, and the publisher describes the story:
Liddy, who was Japanese in her previous life, is now the daughter of a duke and engaged to the beautiful Crown Prince Friedrich—despite her complaints. But her plan to lose her virginity to a stranger and call off her own engagement backfires when she accidentally sleeps with the prince himself! These hot and cold lovers remain attached to each other, on the streets and on the bedsheets. Stay tuned for what happens next in this sequel to the hit original series!
This movie is the sequel to I Will Never Be Your Princess! manga, launched on Ichijinsha’s Zero-Sum Online service in 2019. Seven Seas published the series in English in 2022.
Image courtesy of Seven Seas Seven Seas will publish the light novel The Evil Queen’s Beautiful Fundamentals by Reia and Haduki Futaba in April 2024 as part of Seven Seas’ Airship imprint physically, with editions Digitally available before. It describes the story:
In a world of royalty and magic, a young Japanese woman is reincarnated as Princess Luxeria. But the princess was born with such powerful and terrible magical abilities that she agreed to live her life locked in a tower. When her family is betrayed and her royal parents murdered, she is forced to leave her self-imposed exile and enter a world of danger. Princess Luxeria must pretend to be the perfect puppet ruler…while hiding her burning desire for revenge.
Reia published the web novel on the ncode syosetsu website in 2019. Kadokawa published the series as a light novel, volume 2 published in March 2021.
Image courtesy of Seven Seas Will Seven Seas publish Yes, No, or Maybe by Michi Ichiho and Yukimura? manga in November 2024 in physical and digital formats, as well as two additional novel volumes (Center of the World and Where Home Is) by Michi Ichiho and Lala Takemiya in March and June. Digital edition will be available (sooner than print for novel collections). It describes the story:
Kunieda Kei is the emerging prince of the evening news. Inside, he’s the complete opposite: hot-tempered, short-tempered, and prickly as can be. For years, Kei has successfully blended his personal and professional personas—until a chance encounter with stop-motion animator Tsuzuki Ushio threatens to bring it all crashing down. . But is that really as scary as the possibility that someone can love and accept both sides of themselves?
Michi Ichio and Yukimura launched the light novel series in Shinshokan’s Shōsetsu Dear!+ magazine in 2013. Seven Seas licensed the novel into English in 2020. The series inspired a manga adaptation in 2022. Shinshokan published the compiled booklet in November 2022. The series was adapted into an anime series in 2019.
Image courtesy of Seven Seas Seven Seas celebrates Noss and rariatoo Manga Zakuro will soon release volume 1 digitally and then physically in April 2024. The series will be published as physical and digital. The company describes the story:
In Shadowsville, a supernatural land that exists between this world and the next, lives a pair of spooky vampires. Well, it’s not that spooky—beautiful Noss (Nosferatu) and his adopted daughter Zakuro don’t even suck human blood, because that’s gross and vile. The equivalent of a juice box keeps them active as they frolic around town shopping for sun protection accessories, meet other monster friends, and support each other like a true mother and daughter…because blood is less important when you find a good substitute.
Rariatoo published the series digitally on East Press’ Matogrosso website on May 25. East Press published volume 1 on December 13.
Image provided by Seven Seas Seven Seas will publish Maki Murakami’s Gravitation: Collector’s Edition manga in April 2024 on a full-sized bus under the Seven Seas BL brand (Boys’Love title). An ebook version will also be available. The company describes the story:
Shindou Shuichi is a young, energetic man who wants to become an optimistic rock star. He’s in a band with his best friend and is determined to top the charts. When a romance novelist named Eiri Yuki criticizes his lyrics, Shuichi is upset and wants to make Yuki eat his words…but when he starts following Yuki around, Shuichi falls in love with him. Yuki, despite his cold and prickly demeanor, even seems to like Shuichi! However, Yuki has a traumatic past that he has never fully come to terms with, and Shuichi discovers that success in music could cost him his soul. Can these two very different men support each other and make this relationship work?
Murakami launched the manga in Gentosha’s Kimi to Boku magazine in 1996. The series ended in 2002. The series inspired an OVA in 1999, and an anime television series in 2000. The original Tokyopop released the manga in English in 2003.
Source: Press release