Seven Seas Announces New Manga & Light Novel Acquisitions (March 2023 #4)

Wednesday might not be our favorite day, but we always look forward to hearing what our friends at Seven Seas have to reveal regarding their latest license acquisitions! This week they have six manga titles, and one light novel series, for everyone to look forward to! Details, covers, and more for these titles can be seen below!

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Yomotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Yomotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld by Masasumi Kakizaki–an action-packed supernatural horror about a battle over eternal life!

About Yomotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld:
Nawa Kanetsugu used to be a police officer, until his wife and child were murdered and he sought revenge by any means necessary. In a new quest for vengeance after he’s released from prison, he discovers that a mortal wound won’t kill him. A confrontation with a mysterious girl shows Nawa that he’s eaten the fruit of Yomotsuhegui, the tree in the realm of the dead, and now he’s an immortal with monstrous powers. The girl is a god of death who wants his help to fight other dangerous immortals, since there may still be a seed of justice in his heart. Will Nawa find his humanity again in saving others from supernatural evil, or will these ghastly powers turn him into a monster?
 
Yomotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in February 2024 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Obey Me! The Comic

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Obey Me! The Comic by Subaru Nitou and NTT Solmare. Based on the hit otome mobile game with an anime, this fantasy comedy about seven devil boys will be available in English-language print for the first time from Seven Seas!

About Obey Me! The Comic:
As school bells ring, a little sheep wakes up at the Royal Academy of Diavolo in the demon world Devildom–where seven eccentric demon princes await. This wooly critter is actually a human exchange student...so why are they so fluffy and cute, and why can’t they remember anything? Now, they must figure out how to turn back into a human and regain their memories as princes named Lucifer, Leviathan, and more raise hell with their devilish hijinks!
 
Obey Me! The Comic Vol. 1 will be released in December 2023 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in print in single large-trim editions.

Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the light novel and manga series Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes by Yuki Suzuki, Sanshouuo, and Rampei Ashio. In this isekai fantasy, a modern man is reincarnated into a game world as a doomed background character...who can help save the world as the hero’s shadow.

About Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes:
A modern man is reincarnated into the world of a fantasy game he knows well: as Werner, the son of a powerful noble. The thing is, Werner isn’t the hero or even the villain–he’s a background character likely to die during a climactic siege! Werner seeks out and befriends the hero, but he doesn’t have powerful enough skills to be a hero himself. Unwilling to die as a later plot point, Werner uses his knowledge of the game and his power as a noble to aid the hero and defend against evil attacks. That’s when he realizes that when he does so, he saves other people who were doomed as he was, which changes the “plot” he thought was inevitable. As the hero’s close comrade who can see the future, perhaps Werner will be a savior to this place, after all!
 
Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (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 as part of Seven Seas’ Airship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available (early) on digital platforms.
 
Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (Manga) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in February 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.

My Dog is a Death God

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series My Dog is a Death God by Mikito Chinen–with art by Ritsu Aozaki, the artist of The Dragon Knight’s Beloved (Manga). In this heartfelt and bittersweet tale, a gentle god of death takes the form of “man’s best friend” to help patients at a countryside hospice ease into the next life without regrets.

About My Dog is a Death God:
Leo, a god of death, has been sent to save human souls at a small hospice called Okanoue Hospital. For this mission, he’s been granted a special form: one with four legs, a tail, and a keen sense of smell. Thanks to his canine assets, Leo can seek out patients at the hospice who are plagued by a lifetime of regret. With his endearingly wet nose and friendly, furry appearance, Leo eases patients into their next life, seeing them off from the quiet hillside hospital without the burden of lingering remorse.
 
My Dog is a Death God (Manga) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in December 2023 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Black Night Parade

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Black Night Parade by Hikaru Nakamura–a quirky and creepy comedy by the acclaimed creator of Saint Young Men and Arakawa Under the Bridge that inspired a live-action film! You better watch out: this tale about Santa’s workshop for kids on the naughty list is coming to town.

About Black Night Parade:
Hino Miharu will be spending this Christmas just like the last: alone and working a dead-end job. All he wants is good employment, but when he meets a Santa Claus dressed in clothes as black as coal, he has no idea he’s encountered the real deal...sort of. The Santa Claus dressed in red makes Christmas happen for good children everywhere, but his darker counterpart handles the holiday for the bad kids. As a name on the naughty list, Miharu is dashed away to work for the shadowy Santa. The pay and benefits are great, and his co-worker is cute–but will this end up being the dream job he’s wished for, or a nightmare of a Christmas?!
 
Black Night Parade Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in North America in November 2023 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, with the series available in single volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

My Wandering Warrior Existence

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better by Nagata Kabi, the newest diary manga from the Harvey Award-winning creator of My Wandering Warrior Existence. Seven Seas will also rerelease the author’s first manga in the series, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, in a special edition hardcover with a brand-new cover and bonus chapter.

About My Wandering Warrior Existence:
In this new autobiographical manga following My Wandering Warrior Existence, Nagata Kabi has quit drinking in an attempt to get healthier–or she’s trying to, anyway. Her former struggles with alcohol led to pancreatitis and a serious hospitalization, and now she has no choice but to give it up. Follow the author as she details the quest to improve her health during a global pandemic.
 
Nagata Kabi’s initial diary manga in the series, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, first debuted in English in 2017. The raw and heartfelt account of one young woman’s struggles with her sexuality, mental well-being, and feelings of alienation was released in a single-volume paperback edition that won multiple awards and garnered critical acclaim from across the globe. In 2023, Seven Seas will rerelease that intensely personal and insightful work in a hardcover special edition that features new cover art and an all-new bonus chapter by the author.
 
My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better will be released for the first time in North America in November 2023 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the book available in a single large-trim paperback edition. An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.
 
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness: Special Edition (Hardcover) will be released for the first time in North America in November 2023 for $24.99 USA / $32.99 CAN, with the book available in a single large-trim hardcover edition. 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