Tokyopop has announced more than a dozen new print manga titles to be released throughout the second quarter of 2024. Some of these new releases come from the company’s romance-focused LoveLove imprint.
Other titles include the Unisoft tie-in manga Watch Dogs Tokyo and Descendants: Mal’s Royal Challenge from Tokyopop’s Disney Manga imprint.
Below are detailed information about the latest manga releases:
A smart and courageous child
© Miki Yamamoto
Story and art: Miki Yamamoto
Release date: June 18, 2024
Winner of the 24th Manga Division Excellence Award at the 2020 Japan Media Arts Festival.
Summary content:
Every young couple places great hopes on their unborn child, Sara and Kouta Takano are no exception. But just days away from giving birth, Sara learns about the tragedy of Malala Yousafzai’s attempted assassination by the Taliban, and her pure and naive faith in the future is shaken. If such a smart and brave child could be hurt so badly by the world, how could she keep her child safe? With Sara in a state of shock, can the young couple bridge the growing gap between them or will it tear their family apart?
The reality of this world, seen through the eyes of an author who has spent years illustrating women and their lives.
Scarlet Secret
© Tomo Serizawa
Story and art: Tomo Serizawa
Release date: April 16, 2024
Summary:
With crimson eyes and an uncanny ability to predict the weather, Shiki has always been the odd child in the village. Despite his quirks, he is loved by the village chief’s hot-tempered son, Yamato, and they grow up together as closest friends. But when the Sorcerer Himiko, ruler of Yamatai, chose Shiki as a sacrifice, the two were separated. Yamato spends years searching in vain for any sign of Shiki, only to find him alive and well… in the heart of Himiko’s court?
Disguised as a Magician and heir to his divine power, Shiki is no longer human and can no longer act according to human desires. Despite this, Yamato eagerly swore to serve’her’and side with the Mages to protect and lead their people. But can Shiki resist his love for Yamato, even if it means going against the will of the gods…?
A Beast’s Descent Into Love
© Rui Asajima
Story and art: Rui Asajima
Release date: April 16, 2024
Summary:
After sneaking into a black market auction, thief Kalim accidentally steals one of the highest priced items: a beautiful demihuman with beastly ears and a tail named Asena. Now, Kalim must take responsibility and shelter Asena in his home for a month until the ship that can take him back to his homeland arrives. Asena, who despised humans for the way they subdued demihumans, initially treated Kalim coldly, but then something Kalim could never have expected happened: Asena became hot-tempered!
A beast’s love is like the moon
© Guri Nojiro
Story and art: Guri Nojiro
Release date: May 7, 2024
Summary:
Izuki, who is not superstitious, goes exploring — then is attacked by a youkai in the forest. He is saved by a beautiful man named Haku, who claims to be the reincarnation of a komainu guard dog. He pledges himself to Izuki and begs him to be his master. Izuki initially refused, wanting to return to the city as quickly as possible, but was swayed by Haku’s lonely eyes and brought him back home. Gradually, he gets into a comfortable rhythm with the pushy but devoted Haku living under the same roof, and Izuki wonders if he really wants to return to the city as much as he thinks.
However, Haku harbors a secret that could put Izuki’s life in danger. Will Izuki and Haku finally get together or will Haku succumb to the loneliness he has suppressed for centuries…?
Watch Dogs Tokyo
© Seiichi Shirato, Shuuhei Kamo
Story: Seiichi Shirato
Art: Shuuhei Kamo
Release date: April 30, 2024
Summary:
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government decided to introduce J-ctOS, an urban infrastructure management system developed by Blume Japan. People’s lives have completely changed thanks to the convenience of improved infrastructure and easy connectivity. Everything would be fine, if only they didn’t think too hard about what lurks in the darkness behind closed doors at Blume corporation…
This reincarnated cross-dressing princess will not be looking for a fiancé
© Akino Shiina, Saki Tsukigami
Story: Akino Shiina
Art: Saki Tsukigami
Release date: May 7, 2024
Summary:
One day, Princess Alicia, who disguised herself to attend the male-only Magic Academy, realized that the world she was in was the setting of a BL novel she read in her previous life.
Her purpose at the academy is to marry one of the candidates her mother has prepared for her, so that she can avoid a politically arranged marriage. However, all of the candidates are members of the novel’s main character’s harem. Almost giving up hope, she is discovered by a man she has never heard of… a new character in the story! Handsome summoner Lucius demands her hand, and before she knows it, Alicia has a crush on him!
The Man Who Shattered My World
© Osamu Moriya
Story and art: Osamu Moriya
Release date: May 21, 2024
Summary:
Tachibana is a handsome guy who exclusively has no-strings-attached sex with slim, beautiful men. When he suddenly picks up the muscular, confident Kuzumi, he doesn’t expect much of a difference…except that Kuzumi flips the script on him and tells Tachibana: “I love turning men like you into bitches My small.”
Kuzumi is merciless in his attentions, and Tachibana finds himself powerless to resist. In one night, everything Tachibana thought he knew about sex and desire is turned upside down, and he finds himself coming back for more. But can he trust Kuzumi with more than just his body – or will he be thrown away by the other man as soon as he gets bored?
The genius puppeteer is fiercely in love with the holy knight
© Hatoba Kogarashi
Story and art: Hatoba Kogarashi
Release date: May 28, 2024
Summary:
A high-ranking general captured after the end of the war, the Holy Knight Gilbert prepares for execution… when at the last moment, his life is saved by Chris, the master puppeteer and craftsman of a hostile country. An arrogant, playfully cruel man who surrounds himself with dolls of his own making, Chris claims to admire Gilbert’s spiritual beauty and intends to use him to create his own masterpiece. his latest work.
When Gilbert refuses to go along with Chris’s plan, he is forced to choose between certain death and abandoning his faith to become an immortal doll. Hoping to have enough time to escape, Gilbert offers himself to Chris as a slave. But if that’s the game this knight wants to play, then Chris fully intends to toy with him until Gilbert disobeys him…
Sweet for sweet people and foreigners
© Marina Sano
Story and art: Marina Sano
Release date: June 18, 2024
Summary:
Ami Satou works for Cobara, a company specializing in sweets. While she may be good at sales, her confidence in almost everything else is very low, which is why she hasn’t even thought about dating since college. . Instead, she fills her imagination with romantic scenes from shoujo manga.
When she meets Alain Giraud, a handsome, older French man in charge of a new project she’s been assigned to work on, she begins to struggle to control that romantic fantasy… especially when Alain so friendly ! Ami keeps reminding herself that it’s just because he’s French, but can she resist his romantic charms?
House in the wild monster forest
© Inma R.
Story and art: Inma R.
Release date: June 25, 2024
Summary:
“Wild Beast” is the only place in the forest where wild animals can rest with the promise not to hurt each other. When the owner, a wolf named Ragnar, receives a surprise visit from Yule, a house cat, he foresees that the boy will bring him trouble. But maybe there’s something else…?
Descendants: Mal’s Royal Trial
© Jason Muell, Natsuki Minami
Story: Jason Mueller
Art: Natsuki Minami
Release date: June 25, 2024
Summary:
Opening the bridge between Auradon and the Isle is the easy part – combining two different cultures will be the real challenge Mal will face. Realizing that she needs help, Mal takes the two people who best represent their respective houses as consuls: Audrey for Auradon and Uma for the Isle of the Lost. They are tasked with helping Mal introduce their own culture to a whole new audience… but how?
As Mal sees it, they can only truly understand the problems the people of Auradon and the Isle of the Lost will face by experiencing it for themselves first, which means Audrey will need to live one day in Uma’s life on the Isle and Uma in Audrey’s shoes in Auradon. This experience—full of embarrassing mistakes and unexpected situations—opens Audrey and Uma’s eyes to how inattentive they are to the challenges faced by people raised elsewhere. face and inspire them to work with Mal to find better solutions to truly integrate their culture.
Source: press release