Also: one-shot”Treime”,”Longears Above The Clouds”,”Ending Theme”,”The Fantasy Ends Today”
Star Fruit Books announced on Thursday that it has licensed the following manga:
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: Reality
Creator: Naruho Amino
Release: 2025
Details: One volume, 258 pages
Summary: This is a collection of horror short stories published in Weekly Young Jump from 1987 to 1988. It mainly contains original stories based on Izumi Kyoka's “Ten Nights of Dreams” and “Kumano Hijiri”.
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: Children, Don't Play In The Dark
Author: Sachiko Uguisu
Released: 2025
Details: One volume, 288 pages
Summary: The story of two brothers with ESP powers. Contains bonus material not included in the 2016 Japanese re-release.
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: 8 Man Infinity
Creators: Jiro Kuwata, Kyoichi Nanatsuki, Takayuki Takashi, Kazumasa Hirai
Released: 2025
Details: Six episodes
Summary: A standalone series based on the hit action hero 8 Man! You can read this series without reading the original 8 Man series.
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: one-shot “Treime”
Creator: Gamu-chan
Release: Coming soon (digital), late 2024 (physical)
Details: 52 pages
Summary: The story of a vampire and a vampire hunter.
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: one-shot “Longears Above The Clouds”
Creator: sasa
Release: Coming soon (digital), late 2024 (physical)
Details: 63 pages with two parts
Summary: The story of a race of a few individuals living on a mountaintop above the clouds.
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: one-shot “Ending Theme”
Creator: Hirokazu Oshima
Release: Coming soon (digital), later this year (physical)
Details: 52 pages
Summary: The story of a used bookstore about to close and the interaction between the store owner and the customers.
Image via Star Fruit Books' X/Twitter AccountTitle: one-shot “The Fantasy Ends Today”
Creator: Mitsu Nakamaru
Release: Coming soon (digital)
Details: 58 pages
Summary: In that church there is someone whose voice only I can hear. A fantasy setting in Europe.
Star Fruit Books revealed that they will be collaborating with ESDRO, the winner of the 24th Axe Manga Newcomer Award, and their Yumemanga magazine will launch this year under the name Dreamy Draws by ESDRO.
The company has four more licenses that it will announce once the contracts are signed. It also licenses a “classic shoujo manga” with over 600 pages and a contract has been signed.
Source: X/Twitter of Star Fruit Books account