Seven Seas Entertainment has announced the launch of five audiobook adaptations of several novels and light novels through its Siren imprint. The new audiobooks include adaptations of three novels by famous writer Yoru Sumino, I Love a Villain: She's So Bold for a Civilian and Loyal Soldier, Lustful Monster.
Most of the new adaptations will be released throughout the rest of the spring and summer.
Here are the details on the latest audiobook adaptations:
I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
© Yoru Sumino
Story: Yoru Sumino
The audiobook is narrated by Paul Dateh, who is known for playing Wakana Gojo in the English dub of My Dress-Up Darling. The audiobook will be released in English on July 18, 2024.
The original novel was adapted into a best-selling manga and 2018 animated film.
Summary:
A high school boy finds his classmate's diary—and discovers that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been secretly suffering from a pancreatic disease and now exactly one person outside of her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he's learned, and their shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story that traces their relationship. their developing relationship during the final months of Sakura's life.
I had the same dream again
© Yoru Sumino
Story: Yoru Sumino
The audiobook is narrated by Phoebe Strole, known for her roles on GLOW and Glee, as well as voicing Lola in the video game Bully. The audiobook will be released for the first time in English on May 30, 2024.
The novel was also adapted into a manga in 2017, also published in English by Seven Seas. It was nominated for an Eisner Award for “Best International Documentary Publication in the United States-Asia” in 2021.
Summary:
An unfortunate girl who commits self-harm, a woman ostracized by society, and an old woman who wishes to live out her twilight years in peace—three such different people have What do you have in common? That's what elementary school student Koyanagi Nanoka is trying to find out. Tasked by her teacher to determine what “happiness” means to her, Nanoka sets out to get to know these three strangers—and perhaps through them, she also understands herself.
At night, I become a monster
© Yoru Sumino
Story: Yoru Sumino
The audiobook is narrated by Michael Crouch, who is an award-winning audiobook narrator known for his roles in Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!. It will be released for the first time in English on June 20, 2024.
Summary:
Every night, Adachi transforms into a nightmarish creature—and every morning, he returns to his human form. When he meets his ostracized classmate Yano Satsuki in a monstrous state, the two develop a strange relationship. But daylight brings its own form of terror. Which is worse, the monsters at night or the brutal reality of the classroom during the day?
I love the villain: She's so bold for a civilian
© Inori, Hanagata
Story: Inori
Illustration: Hanagata
The audiobook adaptation is narrated by Courtney Shaw, who is known for narrating the original I'm in Love with the Villainess Audiobook, as well as voicing in Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy and Fena: Pirate Princess .
The first audiobook will be released for the first time in English on June 13, 2024.
Summary:
Claire François has it all: beauty, brains and aristocratic blood. As the daughter of a high-ranking noble, she takes her status and responsibilities seriously—even as the king threatens to undermine the stability of the kingdom with his vision of talent”. However, Claire is ready to embrace this social change with ease, until one of the new popular students at her elite academy, Rae Taylor, turns her life upside down. . Everything about Rae confuses Claire, from her manners to her intellect to her strange interest in Claire herself. She doesn't realize how much Rae will change her world and how much she will change Rae in turn.
Loyal Soldier, Lustful Monster
© Sumire Saiga, Saya Hirosaki
Story: Sumire Saiga
Illustration: Saya Hirosaki
The audiobook adaptation is narrated by Stella Dorro and is a steamy romance filled with danger, despair, and plenty of surprises. desire.
The audiobook will be released for the first time in English on July 4, 2024.
Summary:
Lady Giselle's world is turned upside down when she is summoned to be the king's precious concubine. Her heart belonged to her servant, Wallace, a soldier who worshiped the ground she walked on. Just as Giselle accepts that their happy days are almost over, Wallace sneaks into her room in the palace with a look of longing and despair in his eyes. Spending the night with him is tantamount to treason…but their love is not something that can be easily denied.
Pre-orders for all audiobooks are now available at Seven Seas Audiobooks' main website.
Source: press release