Seven Seas Announces New Manga Acquisitions (May 2024 #2)

Wednesday is more than just the middle of the week, as it's also when our friends at Seven Seas reveal their latest license acquisitions! This week they have five manga titles for everyone to look forward to! Details, covers, and more for these titles can be found below!

The Barbarian’s Bride

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series The Barbarian’s Bride by Noriaki Kotoba. Also known as The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King on K MANGA, this fantasy manga follows a captured knight who finds herself betrothed to the leader of the very tribe she was sent to fight.

About The Barbarian’s Bride:
Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she’ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand...in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren’t as barbaric as she was led to believe?

The Barbarian’s Bride Vol. 1 will be printed for the first time in the English language in October 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.

My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files by Natsumi Ito. Get ready to solve the case with Japan’s first woman detective and her assistant in this Showa-era tale, first made popular in English through its digital publication on Azuki!

About My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files:
Hoshino Mitsuko is a determined and hard-working woman living in the 1930s, where career women are a rarity and looked down upon. Despite rampant sexism and pressure to “stay home,” she’s determined to prove herself as a successful detective no matter what. One day, she’s approached by the handsome waiter Yoshida Saku, who presents Mitsuko with her very first solo case. Together, the two work closely to solve the mystery, and Mitsuko finds Saku quite capable—but very curious—and takes him on as her new assistant. Can this duo tackle cases and the turbulent atmosphere of the Showa era?

My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files Vol. 1 will be printed for the first time in the English language in October 2024 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, with the series available in single-volume editions.

Tiger and Dragon

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Tiger and Dragon by Mizuki Hoshino, a shojo romance about a love triangle between childhood friends–including one who disappeared!

About Tiger and Dragon:
When Konomi was five years old, her best friend and neighbor Kagetora moved away. After ten years with no communication, Konomi decides it’s time to finally move on from her childhood crush. Luckily, with her other childhood friend Tatsuomi waiting in the wings, it looks like romance is right around the corner. That is, until Kagetora suddenly reappears, and Konomi’s love life is thrown into chaos!

Tiger and Dragon Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in October 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.

Nakamura-san, the Uninvited Gyaru

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Nakamura-san, the Uninvited Gyaru by Sachiko Orihara. In this hilarious and sexy romantic comedy, love could blossom between the unlikeliest of couples!

About Nakamura-san, the Uninvited Gyaru:
Akiyama and Nakamura-san are polar opposites. As an easily flustered otaku, Akiyama can’t even imagine a world where an outgoing, flashy gal like Nakamura wants anything to do with him. But after she saves his life, she demands something unbelievable—to live with him! Proud, bold, and unafraid to show off her body, Nakamura is the perfect image of a gyaru. Except, the moment she’s apart from Akiyama, she becomes a flustered, blushing mess. Discover what sweetness lies beneath the surface in this odd couple rom-com!

Nakamura-san, the Uninvited Gyaru Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in October 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.

The New Recruit

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the full-color Boys’ Love webtoon/manhwa The New Recruit by MOSCARETO and Zec, for a release in English-language print for the first time. This steamy office romance–from the writer of Punch Drunk Love–inspired the K-drama The New Employee!

About The New Recruit:
Seunghyun spent his 20s following his crush through college and grad school, only to wind up totally single and with no idea where to go in his career. When he manages to land an internship at a competitive marketing company, he’s ready for a fresh start without worrying over unrequited love. Except he’s put under the handsome workaholic Kim Jongchan, whose hot and cold attitude leaves Seunghyun flustered. And worse yet, his crush from school works in the same company too! Will Seunghyun survive his first job and a potential first relationship? Recommended for Mature Audiences.

The New Recruit (Comic) Vol. 1 will be released in October 2024 for $21.99 USA / $28.99 CAN, with the series available in full-color, large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas Webtoons label. 

---

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