Seven Seas Announces New Manga & Light Novel Acquisitions (June 2024 #2)

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

Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of both the light novel and manga series Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! by Atekichi, Keiko, and Yukiko. In this isekai series, one girl is reincarnated into an otome game and gets ready to clean house—literally!

About Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!:
"I will become the world's most wonderful maid!" With her skirt fluttering in black and white, the girl shouted. Her name is Melody. A reincarnated former Japanese girl, she now pursues her dream in her new life, working as an all-purpose maid for a poor count's family in the kingdom of Théolas. When she makes it, even cheap tea turns into a luxury brew, and a dilapidated mansion is quickly restored to new! Cleaning, serving, hunting, DIY—leave it all to her and her powerful magic. Unbeknownst to Melody, this world is actually an otome game, and she is the most powerful and invincible heroine, the saint! Yet, she remains oblivious to this fact. Romance with handsome men? Attacks by the Demon Lord? Work comes first! A fantasy of misunderstood work that unknowingly shatters destiny!

Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! (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 on digital platforms.

Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! (Manga) 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.

I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons manga series by Uri Sugata, Izumi Sawano, and Miru Yumesaki. Being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this romantic comedy between a free-spirited duke’s daughter and a stubborn prince!

About I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons:
Leticia Dorman is living every girl’s dream—she’s the daughter of a duke who’s grown up in the lap of luxury and she’s engaged to be married to none other than the ruggedly handsome crown prince, Clarke. But if this is a dream, somebody wake her up! In preparation to become part of the royal family, Lettie has endured ten painful years of lessons on everything from dancing to etiquette. And once she becomes queen, then she’ll have to put it all into practice. Her only chance of escape lies in the prince breaking off their engagement, which seems unlikely…until he shows up at a royal ball with a mysterious woman on his arm. This could be Lettie’s chance to break free once and for all, but not if Prince Clarke has anything to say about it!

I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons (Manga) 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 Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Ghost Ship imprint aimed at older male readers, the license acquisition of The Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword by Fukury and Saya Kojima. In this spicy isekai manga, swords do more than clash on the battlefield!

About The Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword​:
Just an ordinary high school student, Fujinomiya Sojiro’s life was cut short when he was stabbed by a burglar one fateful night. Or so he thought. Revived by a mysterious deity, Sojiro finds himself transported to another world, armed with a legendary samurai sword, “Hotomaru,” plus the very blade that ended his life. What’s more, Sojiro discovers that these enchanted blades can transform into beautiful babes! As Sojiro embarks on a thrilling adventure full of magic and danger, he will need to build a harem of steel in order to survive this strange new world. For Mature Readers.

The Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2024 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN as part of Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Todai Revengers

​Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of Todai Revengers manga series by Shinpei Funatsu, based on the original Tokyo Revengers series by Ken Wakui, in omnibus format. This official parody of Tokyo Revengers dares to reimagine the main character as a hopeless university student in love!

About Todai Revengers:
Why does Michitake Icho feel like a loser? Well, he’s a Todai (Tokyo University) graduate, but he’s got nothing to show for it except a part-time job where everyone treats him like dirt. One day, he turns on the TV to discover the crush of his life, Hayase Yuki, is getting married! After a tragic bike accident, Icho suddenly leaps seven years back in time to the beginning of his college days. What could go wrong?

Todai Revengers (Omnibus) Vol. 1-2 will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2024 for $22.99 USA / $29.99 CAN with the series available in oversized omnibus editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Wild Roses and Pretenders

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the series Wild Roses and Pretenders by Kamoburger. Experience a beautiful Boys' Love manga featuring a romance between a servant and his master–from the author of Our Sweet One-Room Apartment!

About Wild Roses and Pretenders:
Desperate to financially support his ailing mother, Noah leaves his hometown to enter into the service of the Reinhardt family. Upon his arrival his new master, Lord Rupert, demands that Noah pretend to be his lover! Lord Rupert wishes to avoid a political marriage, and Noah is determined to keep his job, so the two men work out an arrangement.

However, the more time they spend together, the more Noah realizes that his forlorn master is beset by loneliness—and Noah wants their love to be real. Can Lord Rupert ever see him as more than just a servant?

Wild Roses and Pretenders Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2024 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas BL label (Boys’ Love titles). Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

Sweet Room Escape

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of Sweet Room Escape by Owarl. A one-night stand turns into something more in this spicy, Mature-rated Boys’ Love manga!

About Sweet Room Escape:
Globetrotting businessman Haruto has achieved the optimal formula for work-life balance: put in your hours and then party hard off-hours. He makes the most of wherever the job sends him, building rapport in each local gay scene and a bon(e)afide booty-call directory. But the hot shot meets his match against the genteel, winsome Albrecht when en route to France. From airplane rowmates, to an invitation to drinks, to the best sex ever in a luxury suite, it's as if fate itself seems to be green-lighting this opportunity. But now Haruto can't seem to escape that heavenly night and resume his carefully crafted no-strings-attached game plan... Especially when Al seems to be plotting to capture Haruto's heart!

Sweet Room Escape 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 the Seven Seas BL label (Boys’ Love titles). Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Steamship imprint dedicated to sexy romance for women, the license acquisition of The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire by Kiichi Kojima and Chizu Aoi. In this steamy series, a newly awakened omega's life heats up when she finds herself in the arms of a dangerously handsome alpha who’s also a Yakuza leader!

About The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire:
Niikura Wakana is a struggling romance author whose latest challenge is to interview Tatara Kunimitsu, the irresistibly handsome and notoriously unattainable leader of the Koukyou Yakuza. Dubbed an alpha among alphas, Kunimitsu is an enigma wrapped in the allure of power. In her daring attempt to reach him, Wakana infiltrates a high-end club as a hostess, only to be ambushed by her first heat. As her dormant omega traits awaken, her pheromones wreak havoc, drawing unwanted attention her way. Just as peril closes in, the very man she came to see rescues her. Will Wakana be able to navigate her burning attraction to Kunimitsu while untangling the secrets of her own untamed heart? For Mature Readers.

The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire 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’ Steamship imprint. 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