Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed three manga and four light novel series for release in February 2024. The company also revealed that it will be releasing a print edition of the Black Summoner light novel .
New acquisitions include:
Image provided by Yen Press Title: Manga Ako and Bambi
Author: HERO
Summary: When amateur novelist Bambi moves to a new, cheap place, he’s shocked to learn that it’s been taken over—by the ghost of a high school girl. With an amnesiac ghost girl, Ako, haunting the apartment, the real stories have written themselves! But as the days passed and drew closer, he began to wonder who exactly she was…and what she was to him.
From the author of Horimiya comes a sweet slice of life that crosses the line of life and death!
Image provided by Yen PressTitle: If the Villainess and Villain Met and Fell in Love manga
Author: Harunadon (story), Chill Ukai (art), Yomi Sarachi (character design)
Summary: A clumsy yet heartwarming love story of an incompetent, despised female villain and an unapproachable genius villain.
Eleven years ago, Brigitte, the heiress of Count Meidell, made a contract with the weakest type of spirit. Since then, she was looked down upon by all the other nobles, and her fiancé, the prince, even publicly announced the end of their engagement. The son of the Water Tribe duke, Yuuri, is her only classmate who seems unaffected by these rumors. People fear his incredible abilities and icy personality, but with him around, Brigitte’s fortunes may change…
Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Who Steals This Book manga
Author: Nowaki Fukamidori
Summary: In a town where everyone lives surrounded by books, there is a library overflowing with endless books—Mikarakan. Its founder is Mifuyu’s great-grandfather, and her father is its manager…but Mifuyu herself hates books. One day, a book collection is stolen and a mysterious message is left: “Whoever steals this book will be pursued by the banner of magical realism.” As a result, the town begins to turn into something that doesn’t look like a story…and Mifuyu realizes that she must venture into the world of stories to save her home!
Image provided by Yen PressTitle: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter
Author: Yatsuki Wakatsu (story), Kikka Ohashi (art)
Summary: Seiichirou Kondou is a 29-year-old accountant and workaholic major. When he is accidentally teleported to another world, he not only asks for a job, but begins to transform the weak Royal Accounting Department into shape! When he crosses the line and nearly dies from overwork, handsome Commander Aresh steps in to save him, and the two develop a unique physical bond…as a form of medical treatment. economic?!
Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Miss Savage Fang Light Novel
Author: Kakkaku Akashi (story), Kayahara (art)
Summary: Mylene has it all: She’s the daughter of an aristocrat, she boasts incredible aptitude for magic and swordsmanship, and she possesses striking vermilion-tinged curls for see that she has been chosen by God. However, this elegant warrior hides a shocking secret—within her lurking the soul of the most powerful mercenary in history, Savage Fang. In his previous life, Savage Fang brought down countless enemies with superior abilities for his master with only cunning and strength. Now reincarnated as Mylene, this former mercenary will use her past experience and newfound powers to shape the world as she sees fit…even if she has to be manipulative. His aristocratic colleagues join on the go!
Image courtesy of Yen PressTitle: Light Novel You Are My Regret
Author: Shimesaba (story), Ui Shigure (art)
Summary: Yuzuru Amida is filled with regret. Even though he fell in love with Ai Mizuno with a free spirit in middle school, he was never able to tell her how he felt and then they parted. But when Yuzuru runs into Ai again the summer after his first year of high school, he realizes that his feelings for her haven’t changed at all. However, when this pair of complete opposites meet again, they sometimes confront each other and find themselves at odds with each other. When all is said and done, will they become friends…or something more?
Image provided by Yen PressTitle: Unrealized warlords have joined the Party! light novels
Author: Nagawasabi64 (story), Kawaku (art)
Summary: Young gamer Shuutarou is one of the lucky few chosen to try out Eternity, the newest VRMMORPG, and he wastes no time activating his unique dungeon-creation skill…at the right time. Game point glitch! Now he and his fellow testers are trapped and their lives are at stake. Shuutarou stumbles across an area that has yet to be included in the game: the final boss’s lair, where six Demon Overlords hide. They quickly declared him their master—and with Eternity’s most powerful villains on his team, Shuutarou was ready for whatever adventure this new life would throw at him!
Source: Press release
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