Seven Seas Announces New Manga & Audiobook Acquisitions (November 2024) #2

It apparently took a day longer than usual, but our friends at Seven Seas recently announced their latest license acquisitions, and we're here to bring them to you all! This week they have six manga titles, a novel series, and three audiobook series for everyone to look forward to! Details, covers, and more for these titles can be found below!

Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess by Kosuke Yasuda. A rom-com about the rejected childhood best friend who is forced to watch her friend fall for another girl–from the creator of I Get the Feeling That Nobukuni-san Likes Me (also from Seven Seas)!

About Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess:
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?

Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess Vol. 1 will be printed for the first time in the English language in June 2025 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

I'll Forget You Starting Today, Senpai!

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series I'll Forget You Starting Today, Senpai! by Megumi Yamaguchi. One woman’s unexpected reunion with her high school boyfriend goes totally wrong in this josei rom-com!

About I'll Forget You Starting Today, Senpai!:
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?

I'll Forget You Starting Today, Senpai! Vol. 1 will be printed for the first time in the English language in May 2025 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Steamship imprint dedicated to sexy romance for women, the license acquisition of the Mature-rated manga series Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega by Yun. When an omega unexpectedly goes into heat and is paired with a mysterious alpha, she experiences a night unlike any other–but now she craves a man she doesn’t know!

About Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega:
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.

Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in June 2025 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, 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.

Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love?

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Steamship imprint dedicated to sexy romance for women, the license acquisition of the Mature-rated manga series Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love? by Murasaki Nishino and Gondawara. One woman’s life completely turns around after reuniting with her handsome childhood friend in this steamy romance manga–part of our Steamship imprint!

About Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love?:
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!

Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love? Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in May 2025 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint.

The Twelve Kingdoms Book 1 - Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea: Part 1

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the novel series The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono and Akihiro Yamada. The epic novel series that inspired a hit anime returns with an all-new translation! Experience a quest for survival and self-discovery as one girl finds herself lost in a strange, unknown world.

About The Twelve Kingdoms Book 1 - Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea: Part 1:
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!

The Twelve Kingdoms Book 1 - Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea: Part 1 (Novel) will be released in July 2025 for $19.99 USA / $25.99 CAN, with the series available in large-trim paperback editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Qualia the Purple

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Siren imprint for audiobooks, the launch of the audiobook for Qualia the Purple by Hisamitsu Ueo and Shirou Tsunashima, with narration by Katy Vaughn, known for her role in Your Name. In this romantic science fiction thriller with a yuri/Girl's Love core, what does it mean to be human when humans look like robots through your eyes? And don't miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas!

About Qualia the Purple:
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?

Qualia the Purple (Audiobook) will be released for the first time in the English language on November 28, 2024. Pre-orders are available now at sevenseasaudiobooks.com.

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Siren imprint for audiobooks, the launch of the audiobook for ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! by kiki and kinta, with narration by Emily Bauer, 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. A dark and bloody light novel series about two women fighting fate and finding love in each other–and don’t miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas!

About ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!:
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!

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Audiobook) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language on December 5, 2024. Pre-orders will be available soon at sevenseasaudiobooks.com.

Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Siren imprint for audiobooks, the launch of the audiobook for Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed by Yoru Sumino. From the award-winning author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and I Had That Same Dream Again comes comes this ensemble drama of fragile hearts and intersecting fates.

About Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed:
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?

Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed (Audiobook) will be released for the first time in the English language on December 12, 2024. Pre-orders will be available soon at sevenseasaudiobooks.com.

BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the Boys' Love manga series BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother by Yui Hanaka, Kana, and Shive. One Boys’ Love fan gets the ultimate fujoshi experience when they're reincarnated into a BL game as the brand-new main character!

About BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother:
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?!

BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in July 2025 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, 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.

Two Guys at the Vet Clinic

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the Boys' Love manga Two Guys at the Vet Clinic by Sinonome. A rescued kitten brings two men together in this sweet story.

About Two Guys at the Vet Clinic:
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!

Two Guys at the Vet Clinic will be released for the first time in the English language in July 2025 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, 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.

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About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is an award-winning publisher that specializes in bringing the best of Japanese manga and light novels to English-language audiences alongside the hottest danmei, webtoons, and other books from around the globe, as well as producing audiobooks, original comics, and youth literature. All of Seven Seas’ print book imprints are distributed throughout the world by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com