Seven Seas Entertainment has announced the licensing of six new manga series, including an omnibus collector’s edition of Rozen Maiden.
Other newly licensed manga series include Only I Know the World Is Ending and Getting Killed by Rampaging Beasts Only Makes Me Stronger, Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover?, Guilty Smile, Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent, and Play Me Softly.
Here are the details for Seven Seas’ newest licenses:
Rozen Maiden Collector’s Edition
Story and Art: PEACH-PIT
The first volume of Rozen Maiden Collector’s Edition will be released for the first time in the English language in January 2025 to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary. It will be released in large-trim omnibus editions that will compile all seven volumes of the revised original series and all 10 volumes of the sequel series. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
The manga has inspired four anime seasons and several manga spinoffs.
Synopsis:
After enduring cruelty from his classmates, Sakurada Jun shuts himself away, preferring to live in solitude. Just when he thought he’d found peace in seclusion, a mysterious box disrupts his world, revealing the enigmatic Shinku — a living doll from the legendary Rozen Maiden collection. Shinku is beautiful yet demanding, and instantly declares that Jun shall be her new servant. Before he can wrap his head around the unusual events, they’re attacked! With no other options for survival, Jun agrees to a contract with Shinku and witnesses the true nature of her power.
Now sworn to Shinku, Jun is pulled into the dangerous world of “The Alice Game,” a deadly battle where only one of the seven Rozen Maiden dolls can emerge as the perfect doll. With danger lurking at every turn and Shinku’s high-maintenance personality to contend with, Jun is about to learn just how intense playing with dolls can be!
Only I Know the World Is Ending and Getting Killed by Rampaging Beasts Only Makes Me Stronger
Story: Shigeru Haijima
Art: Tsubasa
Original Character Design: Ryuta Fuse
The manga’s first volume will be released for the first time in English in January 2025 in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Akira is your average office worker who dies in a not-so-average way. On his way home from work, he is killed…by a minotaur! He wakes up back in the office, but the world as he knew it has changed. Mythical beasts and monsters are running amok, destroying everything in their path. Akira discovers that every time he dies, he gets resurrected with the skills he acquired from his previous lives intact! Armed with unlimited lives and an ever-expanding skill set, he now stands in the way of the beasts and their rampaging wave of destruction.
Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover?
Story and Art: MAMITA
The mature-rated Boys’ Love manga will be released for the first time in the English language in December 2024 in large-trim edition volumes. It will be released as part of Seven Seas’ Boys’ Love imprint. An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Manabe Shiro has a stressful job managing a travel agency, and when the workday is done he blows off steam by working as a “maid” at a cross-dressing café. The café is Shiro’s safe place, until one night his sardonic subordinate Nabatame Kuro comes in! Though the two might not get along at work, now that Kuro knows his secret, Shiro is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure Kuro keeps his mouth shut. Can this fraught relationship become something fulfilling for both men?
Guilty Smile
Story: Kou Unazuki
Art: Clione
Original Character Design: Miri Hanaoka
The first volume of the mature rated series will be released in English in December 2024 in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship Imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
When Princess Lailah’s kingdom falls, she has one final duty: to act as a body double for her twin sister and face death at the hands of rebel leader Prince Khalifa—who just happens to be her first love. Princess Lailah’s ruse to deceive the prince by impersonating her sister works, but it turns out he has other plans for her. Seeking revenge on the princess who imprisoned and tormented him, Khalifa puts a curse on Lailah that forces her to submit to his every whim. Can she endure the grudge of a man she once loved in order to protect her sister? Or will she accept her role as a doll that lives only to serve him?
Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent
Story and Art: Naruki
The first volume will be printed for the first time in the English language in January 2025 in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Momose has always longed for a peaceful high school life. She wants nothing to do with hoodlums, delinquents, or troublemakers. When she meets Ichikura, an inconspicuous black-haired boy with glasses, he looks like a normal, nice guy. But it turns out that back in junior high he was a nefarious delinquent! He keeps assuring her that he’s changed his ways, but he still has a knack for picking fights! Has Ichikura really turned over a new leaf? And will Momose keep the secret about his rowdy past?
Play Me Softly
Story and Art: Kakeru Tsukino
The mature-rated Boys Love manga will be released for the first time in English in December 2024 as large-trim volume editions. The series will be released as part of Seven Seas’ Boys’ Love imprint. An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Aihara, a straitlaced office worker who plays in a concert band on the side, is having a hard time moving on from his first love. But one day, Hayama, the very classmate who’d first stolen Aihara’s heart in high school, joins the band. Reunited with an old flame, Aihara’s feelings are sure to be rekindled, especially when they share a passionate kiss. After Hayama pins him to the ground, Aihara won’t be able to resist the aches of his heart—and his body! Two men share a sweet refrain from their youth in this dramatic reunion romance!
Source: press release
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