It was March Manga Madness for manga publisher Seven Seas as they announced not one, not two, but SIX new manga licenses as well as a reprint of a current series under their banner! Here are the titles that were announced:
Satoko and Nada
Satoko, who is Japanese, has a new roommate in America: a Saudi Arabian woman named Nada, who practices Islam and wears a hijab. While under the same roof, Satoko and Nada learn how to live together with very different customs and still have all the fun young women crave! Through mutual respect—and the hilarious adventures of their daily life—Satoko and Nada prove that friendship knows no borders.
Release Date: October 9, 2018
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
One day, I, a high schooler, found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, I coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if I were being drawn to her, who was my polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality…
Release Date: January 22, 2019 (Manga), November 20, 2018 (Novel)
Beauty and the Beast Girl
A troubled monster, isolated in the forest, wishes she could live amidst humans despite her frightening appearance. Everything changes when she starts getting a visitor–a blind human girl who’s fascinated with her mysterious forest friend. As the monster and the girl grow attached in their secluded world, their love proves that beauty is more than skin deep.
Release Date: January 29, 2019
The Ideal Sponger Life
One day, average salaryman Yamai Zenjirou has an out-of-this-world experience—literally! He’s pulled from Earth and dragged to another world where magic thrives and a gorgeous, powerful queen needs a consort. Now he’s being pressured to marry that very monarch and help her bear a child. Will Zenjirou accept this life of lazy, luxurious love at the cost of leaving his home behind?
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Total Elicpse of the Eternal Heart
High schooler Hoshino Terumichi has been haunted by a recurring dream: a young man, a century earlier, dying at the hands of another man he calls “Sensei.” This dream–or curse–is about to merge with reality when a mysterious, attractive classmate named Yamada Omihito steps into Terumichi’s life.
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Oops! I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl!
While searching for a brave candidate to become a magical girl and defend the world from evil, a mythical creature finds Kayo Majiba, a cute young lady who seems like the perfect fit. But when this newly turned magical girl proves to be a crude delinquent who goes berserk in a conflict, it becomes clear that this may have been a terrible mistake. Now evil—and any innocent bystanders—will face the rage of a magical girl gone wrong!
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Now Loading…!
Takagi Suzu has a lot of ups (and downs) working in the video game industry, but she’s about to level up: Sakurazuki Kaori, a powerful director in the company who made Takagi’s favorite game, has come to guide Takagi on her next mission. Sakurazuki can be a bit harsh, but she’s also an experienced leader who will help Takagi gain advanced skills–and the two women might just unlock a new romance along the way!
Release Date: January 29, 2019
In addition to these new releases, Seven Seas announced that they will be the Boogiepop light novels with additional volumes! They will be printed as 2 omnibus editions and will be available as of October 1, 2018. They will also be available digitally as single volume releases.
Seven Seas describes the story of Boogiepop as follows:
There’s an urban legend that children tell about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This “Angel of Death” has a name: Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. Told in a non-linear fashion that asks the reader to piece together the sequence of events to solve the mysteries alongside the characters, Kouhei Kadono‘s first Boogiepop novel took First Place in Media Works’ Dengeki Game Novel Contest in 1997 and ignited the Japanese “light novel” trend.
