Seven Seas Announces New Manga License Acquisitions (May 2023 #2)

We're back to Wednesdays and Seven Seas announcing their latest license acquisitions! This week they have there are three new manga series, and a light novel series, to announce for release and you can check out details, covers, and more, below!

How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend?

Seven Seas Entertainment is delighted to announce the license acquisition of the manga series How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend? by Syu Yasaka. From the creator of Monologue Woven For You comes a light and cozy yuri rom-com!

About How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend?:
Minami and Yuzu have been inseparable since elementary school. But now that they’re in high school, Minami just can’t accept that Yuzu may someday get a boyfriend. How come some random guy gets to wake her up in the morning, feed her lunch, take baths with her...? It doesn’t take long for Minami to realize that her feelings can’t quite be described as “friendship” anymore, but how can she get Yuzu to see her the same way?
 
How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend? Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in March 2024 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the light novel and manga series The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain by Bakufu Narayama, Ebisushi, and Rato Kitaguni. In this fantasy tale of time travel, revenge, and aristocratic intrigue, a doomed noblewoman sets out to turn the tables on those who wronged her in her past life!

About The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain:
Claudia, daughter of a duke, is tricked by her wicked half-sister and sold off to a brothel. Unwilling to accept defeat, Claudia uses the tools at her disposal and becomes one of the most successful sex workers in her new home. That’s when she dies–only to be thrust back in time to age fourteen! Gone is the gullible girl of her academy days now that she’s got street savvy and hard-won seductive skills. It’s Claudia’s turn to play the evil villainess, and there’s nothing she won’t do to protect what’s hers!
 
The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain (Light Novel) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in March 2024 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in single large-trim editions. Ebook editions will also be available (early) on digital platforms.
 
The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain (Manga) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in April 2024 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 Want You to Make Me Beautiful!

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Steamship imprint dedicated to sexy romance for women, the license acquisition of the manga series I Want You to Make Me Beautiful! by Cocoa–a josei romance tale of fake dating and finding beauty in unexpected places!

About I Want You to Make Me Beautiful!:
Office lady Nishimura Kanna has had it with her boyfriend after discovering his cheating ways. When she breaks up with him, he insults her looks, bruising her self-confidence on top of breaking her heart. Then she runs into an old classmate, the androgynous Ichikawa Yuzuki, a man whose gorgeous appearance is a sharp difference from the boyish classmate Kanna remembers from their school days. Not only does she ask Yuzuki to help her become just as pretty, but she ends up pretending to be Yuzuki’s girlfriend, too! As things get hot and heavy between them, can a beautiful romance blossom from this “fake” relationship?
 
I Want You to Make Me Beautiful! - The Complete Manga Collection will be released for the first time in North America in April 2024 for $23.99 USA / $31.99 CAN, with the series available in a single large-trim omnibus as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint. 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 hand-picked books from around the globe, as well as producing original comics, graphic novels, and youth literature. All of Seven Seas’ book imprints are distributed throughout the world by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com