Emaqi Adds Bachi-Bachi Burst, Kirin, The Witch of Schluss & More Manga Series for November 2026 Release

Emaqi — the digital manga platform owned by AI localization company Orange Inc. — has announced the addition of eight new manga series for November 2026. 

The newly added manga series come from publishers such as Nihonbungeisha, Shinchosha, Shonengahosha, Akita Shoten, Kodansha, and Earth Star Entertainment. 

Here are the details on the latest titles: 

How Did We Even Do It?!

Story and Art: Keigo Hayasaka 

Release date: November 3, 2026 

Synopsis: 

We need to do it, but we just don’t know how. The sex­less sit­u­a­tion that every long-term cou­ple runs into!! Daiya and Lino are a close cou­ple: seven years dat­ing, and five years liv­ing together. They’re already like fam­ily to each other and at the point where they’re both think­ing about mar­riage. But the truth is, they’ve been in a sex­less rela­tion­ship for two whole years… Between juggling busy work schedules and missing every possible chance, the mood just never seemed to strike… So will they do it or won’t they? Will they get married while still in this sexless situation, or not? A delicate but very real problem between men and women, drawn with a comic touch. 

I’d Rather Die Than Call You Cute!

Story and Art: Mashimi Mori 

Release date: November 6, 2026

Synopsis: 

Yoi Amakuni, a flawless beauty who excels at both academics and athletics, headed to her classroom expecting a dazzling high school debut. But during self-introductions, what set the room buzzing wasn’t her cuteness… it was tough-looking Onizuka declaring, “I’m going to be the heroine of this school”…?! His unpredictable words and actions shake Yoi, along with the school’s time-honored “Miss Heroine” contest! In the end, which of them is more worthy of the title of heroine…? 

Kirin

Story and Art: SHOWHEI HALUMOTO

Release Date: November 6, 2026

Synopsis:

You can hear the pulse of the engine. Scorching breath blasts from the exhaust. It burns, it roars, it accelerates…!! A high-octane family saga fueled by motorcycles. A timeless ode to motorcycles and the men who never stop riding!

Higanjima: Isle of Vampires

Story and Art: Koji Matsumoto 

Release date: November 13, 2026

Synopsis: 

Higanjima—a remote island where vampires dwell. Set foot there, and there’s no coming back alive… Akira Miyamoto has just earned his place at college. But two years ago, his older brother vanished without a trace. The truth: he’d been carried off to Higanjima, and has been surviving there in hiding, alone, ever since. Then one day, a mysterious beauty appears before Akira—holding his missing brother’s driver’s license. It’s a summons to the dreaded island… and the curtain rises on a loathsome nightmare. A spine-chilling vampire survival horror!! 

Bachi-Bachi Burst

Story and Art: Takahiro Sato 

Release date: November 20, 2026

Synopsis: 

Koitaro has grown by leaps and bounds as a sumo wrestler, and now he’s got two new junior disciples at Kuryu stable: a cocky college grad and a chubby otaku shut-in. Meanwhile, his old rival Oko has moved up into that same division!! The blazing sumo epic “Bachi-Bachi” takes its story into a whole new ring!! 

Cigarette and Cherry

Story and Art: DAISHIRO KAWAKAMI 

Release date: November 20, 2026

Synopsis:

After our protagonist makes his college debut and vows to find a girlfriend, who should appear before him but a beautiful, cigarette-smoking senpai! Faced with the obvious virgin’s various approaches, Senpai continues to handle each one with skill and grace…! An awkward romantic comedy between a beautiful senior and a virgin junior! 

The Witch of Schluss

Story and Art: Mizue Odawara 

Release date: November 24, 2026

Synopsis: 

From Mizue Odawara, author of “Taisho Romanchica” and “Hatsukoi Double Edge,” comes a true fantasy romance!! Vi is a failure of a witch. Yuri, the young man who saved her, is a demon guard from a distinguished noble family. Their attraction is mutual, but so are the secrets…!? A heart-pounding love story spun around a witch’s “blood”!! 

How the Banished Duke’s Daughter, Vilhelmiina, Found Her Happiness: The Strongest Commoner Sparks a Revolution

Story: Gyo Tadano

Character Design: Kazuno Yuikawa

Art: 4U

Release date: November 27, 2026

Synopsis:

Vilhelmiina was born into the House of Perikunen, one of the kingdom’s foremost noble houses. Educated to become queen and raised as the noblest of nobles, she is forced to marry a commoner—all so that her fiancé, the Crown Prince, can justify his infidelity. But her new husband, Aleksi, has a brilliant mind, and his research could overturn everything the world takes for granted. Look closely, and he’s a diamond in the rough as a man, too, just waiting to be polished. Gradually adjusting to commoner life with an open mind, Vilhelmiina takes Aleksi in hand, honing him in both body and mind, and begins plotting her revenge on the royal family and her own ducal house for so unjustly casting her out of noble society! 

Five manga series — I’d Rather Die Than Call You Cute!, Kirin, Bachi-Bachi Burst, Cigarette and Cherry, and The Witch of Schluss — will also be available on the emaqi Premium subscription plan. 

In addition, five manga titles from VIZ Media will also be added to emaqi Premium, which include: 

• • Naruto
• • Kaiju No. 8
• • Black Torch
• • Spy x Family
• • Dr. STONE

More than 60 additional volumes of other ongoing manga series will also be released on emaqi Premium in November. 

Source: Press release