Seven Seas Announces New Manga & Light Novel Acquisitions (May 2022)

It's that time of the week where our friends at Seven Seas outline some of their new license acquisitions and they have four new manga titles, and a light novel, for everyone to look forward to! Details and covers for these titles can be seen below!

My Sister, The Cat

Seven Seas Entertainment is delighted to announce the license acquisition of the manga series My Sister, The Cat by senko. In this heartwarming slice-of-life comedy, a young man is adopted into a family of cats who walk, talk, and live like humans!

About My Sister, The Cat:
After losing his mother at a young age, Nekota is taken in by family friends...who happen to be a couple of human-sized walking, talking cats. Not only do his new parents have paws, tails, and furry pointed ears, but now he also has an adorable little sister, Neneko-chan! As a high schooler, he’s integrated well into their household, and his precocious adoptive sister has fully accepted him as her big brother. Whether she’s showing him things she brought home from elementary school, purrsistently asking him to play with her mouse toy, or waking him up at the same early hour every morning for breakfast, life with this charming feline family is never dull!
 
My Sister, The Cat Volume 1 will be released for the first time in North America in January 2023 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions.

No Longer Human... In Another World

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series No Longer Human... In Another World by Hiroshi Noda and Takahiro Wakamatsu, a dark comedy starring a famous historical writer who would honestly rather die than live out an isekai fantasy.

About No Longer Human... In Another World:
An adventure in another world with cute girls by your side and video game-like powers--sounds like an anime fan’s dream, right? Not so for melancholic author Osamu Dazai, who would quite literally prefer to drop dead. Video games haven’t even been invented yet when he gets yanked into another world in 1948. Really, all the fantastical adventure he keeps running into is just getting in the way of his poetic dream of finding the perfect place to die. But no matter how much he risks his hide, everything seems to keep turning out okay. Follow a miserable hero like no other in this cheerfully bleak isekai comedy!
 
No Longer Human... In Another World Volume 1 will be released for the first time in North America in October 2022 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions.

The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls

Seven Seas Entertainment is happy to announce the license acquisition of the manga series The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls by Masanari Yuduka. In this beautifully illustrated slice-of-life fantasy, a young girl sets out to become a valiant knight by first serving as a squire.

About The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls:
Rosa dreams of taking up arms and protecting the people as a courageous knight! But in order to achieve this, she must first become a squire, and those duties around the castle are much less glorious. One moment she’s caring for horses in the stable, the next she’s chopping a huge pile of firewood or battling a mountain of laundry–and, of course, she must also be ever-ready to assist the knight she serves! Though her tasks in this role may seem mundane, all are important steps on her journey to becoming a knight worthy of legend. Rosa will face every challenge with the heart of a hero!
 
The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls Volume 1 will be released for the first time in North America in January 2023 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions.

Gap Papa: Daddy At Work

Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Gap Papa: Daddy At Work and at Home by Utakata. This charming, full-color story about a devoted family man began as a popular webcomic!

About Gap Papa: Daddy At Work:
His colleagues at work see him as handsome, cool, and distant...but the moment he’s back home, this frosty-looking salaryman shows his true colors as a doting father and husband. Playing silly games with his young daughter, showering kisses on his beloved wife–what a gap between his appearance and behavior! This sweet, full-color manga about a wholesome family is sure to warm your heart.
 
Gap Papa: Daddy At Work and at Home Volume 1 will be released for the first time in North America in February 2023 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in single large-trim color editions.

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World’s Fastest Level Up!

Seven Seas Entertainment is glad to announce, through its Airship light novel imprint, the license acquisition of the light novel series World’s Fastest Level Up! by Nagato Yamata and fame. Get ready for dungeon diving done quick in this modern fantasy adventure where life on Earth is like a video game!

About World's Fastest Level Up!:
It has been twenty years since dungeons began appearing all across the world, an incident that coincided with humanity receiving supernatural abilities–all of which transformed everyday life into a living RPG. Amane Rin is one of countless people plundering dungeons with the dream of getting rich quick with his unique skill. Rin is far from capable, though, and is quickly written off as a weak adventurer. However, one day, his skill evolves, taking a new form that allows Rin to break the dungeon system and level up at warp speed! Will this new power make him the strongest adventurer in the world?
 
World’s Fastest Level Up! (Light Novel) Volume 1 will be released for the first time in North America in November 2022 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, available in print and (early) on digital platforms in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Airship imprint.

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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