Seven Seas Announces New Manga & Light Novel Acquisitions (May 2024 #1)

It's been a while since our friends at Seven Seas have outlined their latest license acquisitions, but they're back now and they have quite the lineup this time around! This week they have four manga titles, and a light novel series for everyone to look forward to! Details, covers, and more for these titles can be found below!

My Kitten is a Picky Eater

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series My Kitten is a Picky Eater by Migiri Miki. One young man finds the best way to a kitty’s heart is through its tummy in this heartwarming manga!

About My Kitten is a Picky Eater:
A kitten, on the verge of death, lies in the snow, only to be rescued by a kind young man, Mano Taiyo. Nursing the ailing kitten back to health, Taiyo names his new charge “Yuki.” As a first time pet owner, however, Taiyo struggles with Yuki’s very particular palate. This picky kitty refuses to go anywhere near store-bought cat food! There’s only one option left: while he's never cooked a single meal in his life, Taiyo resolves to make a meal worthy of his adorable new feline friend!

My Kitten is a Picky Eater Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in November 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 Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Ghost Ship imprint aimed at older male readers, the license acquisition of the manga series The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him by Tabireco. Temptation meets chastity in this Mature-rated comedy manga about a hot and hungry succubus and the deliciously handsome monk she craves!

About The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him:
Kururi is a super-elite succubus looking to devour her one-thousandth man, but it can’t be just any old shmuck! She wants to harvest the energy of a primo virgin. That should be easy, right? After all, no man’s ever been able to refuse her charms...until she meets Jien, an ascetic monk in training. He proves immune to her potent aphrodisiac, forcing her to whip out every sexy trick in the book (and even invent some new ones). It’s a battle of wills as their worlds collide! 

The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in August 2024 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, with the series available in single-volume editions as part of Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death by Anji Matono. This horror manga features new twists on urban legends and campfire stories!

Forever Haunted
A boy sits in a room.
Alone.
Telling tales of horror.
One by one. Night by night.
The shadows breed terror.
Shall we begin?

About 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death:
One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bid to stall for time, asks him, “Do you know the round of a hundred ghost stories?” Hina tells Yuuma about a ritual where, if you tell a hundred ghost stories, you’ll see ghosts afterward. Learning this gives Yuuma a new lease on life. Chapter by chapter, he shares ghost stories with the reader, slowly but surely inching his way toward one hundred...

100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death Vol. 1 will be released in December 2024 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in single-volume editions. 

A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition, through its Airship light novel imprint, of the light novel series A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO by Touya and chibi. This fun, lighthearted tale of a tiny saint and the strongest of knights is the prequel to the light novel and manga series A Tale of the Secret Saint!

About A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO:
It’s three hundred years before Fia and her friends’ adventures in Náv, and Princess Serafina, the blind second princess of the land, lives hidden away in the forest. With only the forest spirits and her cousin, the young knight captain Sirius Ulysses, to keep her company, Serafina leads a peaceful life. But one day, an incident causes mysterious powers to awaken within her, and Serafina takes her first steps on the path that will ultimately lead her to becoming the one and only Great Saint!

A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO (Light Novel) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in December 2024 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 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. 

The Second Alpha

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the Boys’ Love manga The Second Alpha by Yofune Shibue. In this heartfelt omegaverse manga, an omega with a tragic past tries to open his heart to new love.

About The Second Alpha:
When alpha Morita Souichi prepared for his first day at a brand-new job, he never expected to discover his destined mate! After a literal run-in with his coworker, Matsumoto Takashi, Morita instantly knows that the other man is not only an omega but the person he is meant to be with. There's only one problem: the ring on Matsumoto’s finger. Yet suddenly, Matsumoto goes into heat, and Morita's alpha instincts take over. As they lay entwined together, he hears Matsumoto's tearful apology to someone named “Haruma.” Is this alpha-omega pair destined for failure? Recommended for Mature Audiences.

The Second Alpha will be printed for the first time in the English language in November 2024 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, with the book available in a single large-trim 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