Seven Seas Entertainment has announced the licensing of several new titles for release throughout Summer 2025, as well as the launch of three more audiobook adaptations. The new licenses consist of The Twelve Kingdoms novels and six manga series.
Here are the details on the latest titles:
The Twelve Kingdoms (Novel Series)
Story: Fuyumi Ono
Illustrations: Akihiro Yamada
The Twelve Kingdoms Book 1 – Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea: Part 1 will be released in July 2025, with the series available in large-trim paperback editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
The light novels also inspired a 45-episode TV anime series from Pierrot that was released from April 9, 2002 to August 30, 2003. Discotek Media licensed the anime for an English release.
Synopsis:
When high school student Youko Nakajima is approached by an enigmatic, blonde-haired stranger named Keiki, her life is turned upside down. Whisked away into the perilous world of the Twelve Kingdoms—a realm teeming with mythical beasts, ancient prophecies, and political intrigue—Youko finds herself alone and hunted. With danger at every corner, she must fight to survive, all while grappling with shocking revelations about her true identity that could shatter everything she thought she knew.
Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea introduces readers to a breathtaking fantasy world, where nations rise and fall, and destiny awaits those who dare to seize it!
Manga
Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess
Story and Art: Kosuke Yasuda
The first volume will be printed for the first time in the English language in June 2025, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Who wouldn’t have a thing for Himegasaki Sakurako? With her blonde pigtails, cute demeanor, and buxom body, she draws all of the eyes at school. If only her crush, Mimori Natsuki, saw her as more than his childhood gal pal! Can this loveable loser stop getting into embarrassing situations and finally land the boy of her dreams?
Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love?
Story: Murasaki Nishino
Art: Gondawara
The first volume of the mature-rated manga series will be released for the first time in English in May 2025, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint.
Synopsis:
Not only has Nagiko’s employer gone belly up, but she’s also been dumped by her longtime boyfriend! Feeling adrift, she reunites with her childhood friend Samegawa Kohei for the first time in years. And in the middle of catching up, he…proposes marriage?! The engagement may seem impulsive, but Kohei is clumsy, sweet, kind, and completely devoted to his new wife! What’s more, his job in the Japanese Self-Defense Force requires daily training, and his extraordinary declarations of love never stop! Hearts will flutter in this newlywed romance!
Two Guys at the Vet Clinic
Story and Art: Sinonome
Two Guys at the Vet Clinic will be released for the first time in the English language in July 2025, with the manga available in a single volume edition as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys’ Love titles). An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Takaha, a veterinary student, finds a stray cat that needs help and rushes it to an animal hospital…where he falls in love at first sight with Baba, the director. Trying to get closer to him, Takaha gets a job there, and Baba’s flirtatious behavior inflames his feelings till he can no longer repress them… A slow burn age-gap BL story about a straightforward younger veterinarian and his complicated boss!
I’ll Forget You Starting Today, Senpai!
Story and Art: Megumi Yamaguchi
The first volume of the josei romcom manga will be printed for the first time in the English language in May 2025, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Hiromi is suddenly reunited with her high school boyfriend–at a professional match-making service! But their reunion isn’t a sweet one, because he doesn’t seem to remember Hiromi at all. In fact, he starts making wild accusations that make her question all her memories from back then. This sharp-tongued stranger is like an entirely different person from the guy she remembers! Is this a match doomed to fail?
Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega
Story and Art: Yun
The first volume of the mature-rated manga will be released for the first time in the English language in June 2025, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
To dodge relentless alpha suitors, omega office worker Uiko hides behind the facade of a beta. But when an unexpected heat hits, she seeks refuge at AΩ — an exclusive sex salon where omegas meet their perfect alpha match. Paired with a mysterious, masked alpha, Uiko’s world is rocked by pleasure like never before. But back at the office, she starts to suspect her irresistible mystery man might be much closer than she ever realized.
BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero’s Younger Brother
Original Story: Yui Hanaka
Original Character Design: Shive
Manga Art: Kana
The first volume will be released for the first time in the English language in July 2025, with the series available in a single volume edition as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys’ Love titles). Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
When an office lady is reincarnated into the world of a spicy BL game she played, she’s shocked to find out that she’s now part of the story…as the younger brother of the main character! What’s more, by the time “Akira” realizes what’s going on, his older brother has already gotten together with one of the game’s love interests! But what about the other boys? How will they cope with losing out on the beloved main character? And what’s in store for the main pair after the credits roll? Akira couldn’t have asked to be in a more delicious position! But the weird thing is…he doesn’t remember there being a younger brother when he played the game?!
Audiobooks
Qualia the Purple
Story: Hisamitsu Ueo
Illustrations: Shirou Tsunashima
The audiobook adaptation will be released for the first time in the English language on November 28, 2024 under the Siren imprint. The narration will be done by Katy Vaughn, known for her role in Your Name.
The light novel and manga adaptation are also being released by Seven Seas.
Synopsis:
Junior high schooler Marii Yukari sees all humans, aside from herself, as robots through her vivid, purple eyes. Yet even with such a strange perspective on the world, her classmates treat her like an unassuming, strange girl, including Manabu “Gaku” Hatou, her sole friend. Yet strange things start occurring around Yukari, and when she is recruited into an underground organization due to her unique talents, Manabu finds herself tangled up in a realm of dangerous experiments and quantum physics unlike anything she could have ever imagined! Yet is her friendship with Marii enough to save them both from whatever awaits them in the scientific underbelly of the world?
Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed
Story: Yoru Sumino
Illustrations: Satoshi Bouno
The audiobook adaptation will be released for the first time in the English language on December 12, 2024 under the Siren imprint.
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Akane has everything she could ever want: friends, a boyfriend, and an all-round perfect life. No one knows that her every move is a calculated performance, dictated by a compulsive need to be liked. Her flawless act is disrupted when she meets a man named Ai, who looks and sounds exactly like the protagonist of Akane’s favorite novel. Can this be a coincidence? And if not, what does it mean?
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
Story: kiki
Illustrations: kinta
The first volume of the audiobook adaptation will be released for the first time in the English language on December 5, 2024 under the Siren imprint. It will be narrated by Emily Bauer, who is known for her role as Cynthia in the Pokémon dub, and for narrating the audiobook for The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain.
The manga adaptation is also available from Seven Seas.
Synopsis:
Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite stats that were zeroes across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself a member of a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon…and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!
Pre-orders for the three audiobooks are now available at the Seven Seas Audiobooks website.
Source: press release
