Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed five new manga and light novels set for release throughout the second half of 2024. The new titles consist of several entries in Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship, BL Label, and Airship imprints.
The newly licensed series are The Second Alpha, My Kitten is a Picky Eater, The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him, A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO, and 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death.
Here are the details on Seven Seas’ latest series:
The Second Alpha
Story and Art: Yofune Shibue
The manga will be printed for the first time in the English language in November 2024, with the book available in a single large trim edition as part of the Seven Seas BL label (Boys’ Love titles). An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
When alpha Morita Souichi prepared for his first day at a brand-new job, he never expected to discover his destined mate! After a literal run-in with his coworker, Matsumoto Takashi, Morita instantly knows that the other man is not only an omega but the person he is meant to be with. There’s only one problem: the ring on Matsumoto’s finger. Yet suddenly, Matsumoto goes into heat, and Morita’s alpha instincts take over. As they lay entwined together, he hears Matsumoto’s tearful apology to someone named “Haruma.” Is this alpha-omega pair destined for failure?
My Kitten is a Picky Eater
Story and Art: Migiri Miki
The first volume will be released in English in November 2024, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
A kitten, on the verge of death, lies in the snow, only to be rescued by a kind young man, Mano Taiyo. Nursing the ailing kitten back to health, Taiyo names his new charge “Yuki.” As a first time pet owner, however, Taiyo struggles with Yuki’s very particular palate. This picky kitty refuses to go anywhere near store-bought cat food! There’s only one option left: while he’s never cooked a single meal in his life, Taiyo resolves to make a meal worthy of his adorable new feline friend!
The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him
Story and Art: Tabireco
The first volume will be released in the English language in August 2024, with the series available in single volume editions as part of Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Kururi is a super-elite succubus looking to devour her one-thousandth man, but it can’t be just any old shmuck! She wants to harvest the energy of a primo virgin. That should be easy, right? After all, no man’s ever been able to refuse her charms…until she meets Jien, an ascetic monk in training. He proves immune to her potent aphrodisiac, forcing her to whip out every sexy trick in the book (and even invent some new ones). It’s a battle of wills as their worlds collide!
A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO (Light Novel)
Story: Touya
Illustrations: chibi
The first volume of the light novel series will be released in English for the first time in December 2024. The series will be available in single large trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Airship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available early on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
It’s three hundred years before Fia and her friends’ adventures in Náv, and Princess Serafina, the blind second princess of the land, lives hidden away in the forest. With only the forest spirits and her cousin, the young knight captain Sirius Ulysses, to keep her company, Serafina leads a peaceful life. But one day, an incident causes mysterious powers to awaken within her, and Serafina takes her first steps on the path that will ultimately lead her to becoming the one and only Great Saint!
100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death
Story and Art: Anji Matono
The first volume of the horror manga series will be released in December 2024, with the series available in single-volume editions.
Synopsis:
One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bid to stall for time, asks him, “Do you know the round of a hundred ghost stories?” Hina tells Yuuma about a ritual where, if you tell a hundred ghost stories, you’ll see ghosts afterward. Learning this gives Yuuma a new lease on life. Chapter by chapter, he shares ghost stories with the reader, slowly but surely inching his way toward one hundred…
Source: press release
