Seven Seas Announces New Manga & Novel Acquisitions (March 2024 #4)

It's that time of the week again, when our friends at Seven Seas reveal their latest license acquisitions, and they have quite the lineup this time around! This week they have four manga titles, a webtoon, and a novel series for everyone to look forward to! Details, covers, and more for these titles can be found below!

Someone’s Girlfriend

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Someone’s Girlfriend by Nikumaru. This sexy tale follows one young man’s forbidden entanglement with his best friend’s girlfriend!

About Someone’s Girlfriend:
Riku can’t get Shizuku out of his head to the point where she’s invaded his dreams. Then, one day, she stops by his house and comes on to him hard: “Do whatever you want to me.” The catch? She’s his best friend’s girlfriend. In their last year of high school, a dangerous romance brews!

Someone’s Girlfriend Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in August 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 Quit My Apprenticeship as a Royal Court Wizard to Become a Magic Item Craftswoman

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the manga series I Quit My Apprenticeship as a Royal Court Wizard to Become a Magic Item Craftswoman by Sei Kamiizumi, EDO, and Hatori Kyoka. In this fantasy manga based on the light novel, a contract with the king of Hell makes one young woman’s career change easy-peasy!

About I Quit My Apprenticeship as a Royal Court Wizard to Become a Magic Item Craftswoman:
After forging a contract with Berial, the king of Hell, young Illya obtains an incredible education in the art of magic. Her skills grow by leaps and bounds, catching the attention of the royal court and qualifying her for an elite apprenticeship. But court life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Illya quickly grows tired of the manipulative machinations of nobles and the scheming of the high court wizard. Her only choice? To quit! Leaving her post and the entire country, Illya now searches for something new. Could crafting magical items be her true destiny?

I Quit My Apprenticeship as a Royal Court Wizard to Become a Magic Item Craftswoman (Manga) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in September 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.

Do You Like Big Girls?

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce, through the Ghost Ship Imprint aimed at older male readers, the re-release of the manga series Do You Like Big Girls? by Goro Aizome in omnibus format. This Mature-rated manga about one guy’s chance to try to score with an entire ladies’ volleyball team will now be available in 2-in-1 collections!

About Do You Like Big Girls?:
The big girl era has finally arrived!! Thanks to his sister’s scheming ways, Sota was roped into becoming the hall director for the girl’s varsity volleyball team. Being so short, he’s the perfect target for their merciless teasing. Can the diminutive Sota stand up to these amazons and conquer the high hurdles of life in an all-girls dorm? For Sota and his harem of big girls, it’s victory or bust!

Do You Like Big Girls? (Omnibus) Vol. 1-2 will be released in August 2024 for $24.99 USA / $32.99 CAN, with the series available in omnibus editions as part of Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship imprint. Single ebook editions are already available on digital platforms.

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the manga series The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store by Tsuchika Nishimura. Retail work has never been wilder than in this award-winning manga that inspired the anime movie–coming soon to North American theaters!

About The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store:
Working retail is tough enough with regular human customers, but what about when they’re owls, wolves, koalas…and a woolly mammoth? Welcome to the Hokkyoku Department Store, where new employee Akino’s customers are talking animals–including extinct species! Just like any shopper, each has their own complicated request that Akino must strive to satisfy. From a wealthy laughing owl searching for the perfect present to delight his wife to a thespian sea mink attempting to find a gift for a long-awaited reunion with her father, Akino must learn to meet their needs, while also dealing with her challenging coworkers and elusive floor manager.

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in August 2024 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, with the series available in single large-trim editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Beetle Hands

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the full-color webtoon/comic series Beetle Hands by Herhumanist. This thrilling English-original horror tale—published digitally on Naver’s WEBTOON platform—follows two friends fighting for survival in a realm where their worst nightmares come to life!

About Beetle Hands:
Welcome to the Heartland, a nightmarish realm where your memories literally come back to haunt you—and hunt you down. Dragged into the Heartland by the terrifying Beast that lives inside it, Matthew must survive long enough to free himself and his best friend, Kenma, before the Beast consumes them both. Better run fast, Matthew, before the Beast can catch you.

Beetle Hands Vol. 1 will be printed for the first time in August 2024 for $19.99 USA / $24.99 CAN, with the series available in full-color, large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas Webtoons label. 

Lout of Count's Family

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the novel series Lout of Count's Family by Yu Ryeo-Han, the wildly popular Korean novels that inspired the hit webtoon! A man who wants nothing more than to kick back and relax must use his wit and wiles to survive the fantasy novel he’s fallen into.

About Lout of Count's Family:
All Kim Roksu wants is a peaceful life. Unfortunately for him, he nods off while reading an action-packed novel—only to wake up inside it! Worse yet, he’s in the body of Cale Henituse, a count’s handsome slacker son destined to take a serious beating from the novel’s hero. Leeching off the count’s wine and wealth is fine and all, but there’s no way he’s going to be the hero’s punching bag…or worse! In this world of dragons, magic, and deception, can Kim Roksu change the novel’s plot to get off scot-free and enjoy the finer things in life?

Lout of Count's Family (Novel) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in September 2024 for $19.99 USA / $25.99 CAN, with the series available in large-trim editions with new covers. Ebook editions 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