Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed seven manga series and three light novel series for release in August 2024.
Image courtesy of Yen PressTitle: The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Short Story Collection
Creator: Akiharu Toka
Summary: In a world of her own creation, the lives of many characters in Konoha are filled with the doom and gloom that only a teenage mind can create. But where is the fun in that? Adding in a bit of crossover fiction, some morbid stories, and oh—a date with a bookworm—really spiced up the story! From ninjas to assassin butlers and yanderes, there’s never a dull moment in the many alternate universes where Konoha Satou lives on as the most despicable villainess, Iana Magnolia!Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Rejected by the Hero Party, Princess decides to live a quiet life in the countryside manga
Creators: Zappon (story), Mutsuki Higashioji (art), Yasumo (character design)
Summary: Before reuniting with Red in the border town of Zoltan, Rit was famous as a brave warrior who helped the Hero’s group save her country from the demon king’s forces and was the second princess of the Principality Loggervia, Rizlet. But after being unexpectedly exiled, Rit must embrace her new, free life as an explorer traveling wherever the wind blows…though who knows where that journey will take her? To where?! This is the story of Rit’s exploits across the continent of Avalon before finding Red!!Image courtesy of Yen PressTitle: Riviere and the Land of Prayer
Author: Jougi Shiraishi (story), Neriume (art), Azure (character design)
Summary: After Riviere saves her from dying on the road, MacMillia chooses to start working as her new assistant! The mysterious Riviere runs an antique shop where she specializes in dispelling troublesome (and sometimes dangerous) curses. Magic, witchcraft, prayers (and the curses they turn into) mean there’s never a dull day for these two!Image courtesy of Yen PressTitle: In Another World, My Sister Stole My Name
Creator: Kotoko (story), NiKrome (art)
Summary: Through a hand mirror connected to another world, college student Ichika befriends a boy named Cecil. But when the mirror disappeared one day along with her older sister, Karen, Ichika thought she would never see the two of them again…until a year later, when the mirror suddenly appeared and took Ichika to Kingdom Come! There, she finds an adult Cecil and her younger sister, who for some reason has become a saint named Ichika—?! After Karen steals her name and her life, Ichika must forge her own destiny in this enchanting otherworldly fantasy world! Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Strategic Lovers manga
Author: Sanshokuamido
Summary: Kouta Higashiyama’s father is the incredibly wealthy founder of a giant corporation—but his mother is that man’s 23rd mistress! He believes that the issue of succession and inheritance has nothing to do with him. And that didn’t happen—until he was suddenly kidnapped as a candidate for the next president and dropped in front of five beautiful girls who were all vying to become the next president. his love…But is his whole life really about choosing whatever and whoever he is? want? Or will Kouta himself be the chosen one…?Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Hachioji Specialty: Manga Tengu’s Love
Author: Tomo Nanao
Summary: When he returns to his hometown near Mt Takao, lonely Kotarou meets the tengu girl he once knew, Hime. To her shock, Hime decides that they must get married! Intent on marrying Kotarou, can Hime break down his walls and build a happily ever after with him?!Image courtesy of Yen PressTitle: The Magical Girl and manga The evil lieutenant who was once his mortal enemy
Author: Cocoa Fujiwara
Summary: She is a magical girl, sworn to fight for peace, love, and justice. He is a lieutenant, born into a military family serving an evil empire. And yet, it was love at first sight…From Cocoa Fujiwara, creator of Inu x Boku SS, comes a four-panel manga about hostile enemies who won’t kill (and love) each other!Image courtesy of Yen PressTitle: Sword Art Online Alternative Clover’s Regret light Novel
Creators: Soitiro Watase (story), Ginta (illustration), Reki Kawahara (supervisor)
Summary: Sword Art Online, reimagined by famous fantasy author Soitiro Watase!
Asuka Empire. A Japanese-style VRMMO created by Akihiko Kayaba from a VR engine called “The Seed”—a game once played by Yuuki, Ran, and Merida of Sleeping Knight hides many stories. Two young girls—warrior priestess Nayuta and ninja Koyomi, who become friends during the game—come across a mysterious priest named Yanagi. The old man told them that he was looking for a detective to solve the puzzle with a reward of one million yen. The girls are shocked at the strange amount of money for this strange request, and then they meet an equally strange young man who claims to be able to do the job as well as any other detective. With all his stat points invested in Luck, this man is useless in battle, but he still seems to have some tricks up his sleeve, such as an impossible drop rate for rare items. defeat… The mystery unfolds as two young girls and their suspicious detective partners try to solve the case in this cutting-edge VRMMO world!
Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Hell Is Dark with No Flowers
Author: Yoru Michio (story), Ruka Todo (art)
Summary: Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It was a curse that pushed him to a life of despair, living out of an internet cafe with no place to call home… but that all changed one twilight evening when he happened to meet a special person. Huge mansion in Europe. There, Seiji meets a ravishingly beautiful young man wearing a kimono with a white peony pattern on the shoulders, who introduces himself as Shirashi Saijou. This mysterious young man seems to know more about Seiji than he does himself, and before he knows it, Seiji has agreed to become Shirashi’s assistant in exchange for room and board. However, he has no idea that this “proxy service”, as Shirashi puts it, is nothing more than outsourced death! Sending monster-possessed sinners to Hell will cause Seiji to face terrifying new creatures every day!Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Light novel about My First Love’s Kiss
Creator: Hitoma Iruma (story), Fly (illustration)
Summary: Takasora Hoshi’s life is turned upside down when a girl in her class named Umi Mizuike and her mother temporarily move into her family’s cramped apartment. From the beginning of this arrangement, Takasora was annoyed by Umi’s behavior…and her pretty appearance. And although the two girls initially agree to avoid interfering in each other’s lives, Takasora can’t help but start to wonder where Umi still wanders off to at night…
From the author of Adachi and Shimamura comes the bittersweet story between two senior friends. female students whose lives are intertwined under one roof.
Source: Press release
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