Azuki Expands Manga Library with 23 Series from J-Novel Club and Star Fruit Books

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During its panel at Anime Expo 2024, Azuki announced a new partnership with J-Novel Club to distribute their manga titles via Azuki’s subscription service, as well as the addition of two new series from indie manga publisher Star Fruit Books.

Azuki announced that 21 JNC series are available right now, including manga series with anime adaptations like I Parry Everything, I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons, and Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles.

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As part of the partnership between Azuki and J-Novel Club, Azuki will make a number of JNC’s series available on Azuki’s website and mobile apps, with full series available through Azuki’s subscription plan. Select chapters will be available for free with ads to non-subscribers. 

Azuki also announced the addition of two indie manga titles from Star Fruit Books: grin grin grin and Il Manga Milione. Grin grin grin’s digital edition is available exclusively on Azuki, and the one-volume series is available in print from Star Fruit Books.

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The full list of all 23 new series is included below.


J-Novel Club

  • • 8th Loop for the Win! With Seven Lives’ Worth of XP and the Third Princess’s Appraisal Skill, My Behemoth and I Are Unstoppable!
  • • An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride
  • • An Archdemon’s (Friend’s) Dilemma: How to Babysit a Crybaby Knight
  • • Cooking With Wild Game 
  • • Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight -Origins-
  • • Dragon Daddy Diaries: A Girl Grows to Greatness
  • • The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Tales of Blue Dias and the Onikin Alna
  • • I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet!
  • • I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons
  • • Infinite Dendrogram
  • • The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1
  • • A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires
  • • The Magician Who Rose From Failure
  • • The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar
  • • The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Disgraced No Longer, I’m Finding Happiness with the Prince!
  • • Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want
  • • Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire 
  • • Record of Wortenia War
  • • Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
  • • A Wild Last Boss Appeared!
  • • Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

Star Fruit Books

  • • grin grin grin
  • • Il Manga Milione

Additionally, Azuki announced that they will release the teacher-student comedy manga series You’re So Sloppy, Hotta-sensei in ebook format. Pre-orders are available now on Amazon, BookWalker, Google Play Books, and Apple Books.


Source: press release 

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