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

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

Now That We Draw

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Now That We Draw by Kyu Takahata and Yuwji Kaba. Opposites attract in this hysterical rom-com about two high school manga artists who can’t catch a break!

About Now That We Draw:
Dweeby high schooler Uehara Yuuki has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine—she’s bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara’s dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Miyamoto Niina—an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them have any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara’s concocted, and he certainly isn’t the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters?

Now That We Draw Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in February 2025 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN, with the series available in large-trim paperback editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of both the light novel and manga series The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom by Fuyutsuki Koki, Masami, and Mago Ayakita. When a powerful saint is sent away for being too perfect, she becomes the only hope for her homeland in this fantasy tale.

About The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom:
Philia’s family has produced saints for generations. It’s no surprise that she’s known as the greatest saint of all time—and set to marry the second prince, Julius. What no one expects is for Julius to call off the engagement, claiming that Philia’s perfection makes her charmless and unlikable. To add insult to injury, Philia is packed off to a neighboring country in exchange for gold and resources, forcing her to leave her homeland! Despite bracing herself for mistreatment, Philia finds a warm welcome in her new town, where she puts her saintly abilities to good use erecting barriers against monsters and curing epidemics. But even as she flourishes in her new life, her homeland is under threat of destruction!

The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom (Light Novel) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in February 2025 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 Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom (Manga) Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in February 2025 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN with the series available in single-volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.

12 Dirty Deeds to Unite the Princess and Her Heroine

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Ghost Ship imprint dedicated to sexy manga for mature readers, the license acquisition of the yuri/Girls’ Love manga series 12 Dirty Deeds to Unite the Princess and Her Heroine by Moridam. This fun and spicy tale follows a princess and the knight she loves—who returns from an epic battle as a pervert!

About 12 Dirty Deeds to Unite the Princess and Her Heroine:
When Princess Sephilia and the fearless heroine Lenaria were young, they pledged their futures to one another. But when Lenaria returns triumphant after slaying the demon lord, it’s not the princess’s hand in marriage she requests—it’s her royal panties! Cursed by the demon lord in its final moments, Lenaria must now perform twelve wildly perverted acts to lift the spell that threatens her very soul.

12 Dirty Deeds to Unite the Princess and Her Heroine Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in March 2025 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 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.

Choking on Love

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Choking on Love by Keiko Iwashita. Opposites attract in this shojo romance manga about a career-focused artist and the bad-boy guitarist who turns her world upside down!

About Choking on Love:
Hibari, a single-minded art student with dreams of becoming a graphic designer, feels insecure about being "ordinary" compared to her peers. Gaku, a free-spirited guitarist from the same university, turns her world upside down after a chaotic encounter at a ramen shop. Hibari wants nothing more than to escape the disorder Gaku brings to her perfectly planned life. But as he slowly breaks down her walls, Hibari starts to realize that a little chaos might be just what she needs.

Choking on Love Vol. 1 will be released in the English language in February 2025 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 Missing “O”

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Steamship imprint dedicated to sexy romance for women, the license acquisition of The Missing “O” by Face Park. In this Mature-rated, full-color manhwa/webtoon series from Lezhin, one woman is on a mission to experience another night of ecstasy with a man whose name she never caught, but whose touch she can't forget.

About The Missing “O”:
Seven years ago, Eunsung was plucked from disaster by an enigmatic savior. What she remembers most isn’t the heroic rescue, but what happened next. After winding up in bed with her hero, she didn’t catch his name, but she did get the most amazing night of pleasure in her life! Since then, she's searched for the perfect climax with countless others, yet it always remains tantalizingly out of reach. Undeterred, Eunsung continues her hot pursuit of the elusive “Big O” and the mysterious man who holds the key to her ultimate satisfaction.

The Missing “O” Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English print in January 2025 for $21.99 USA / $28.99 CAN, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint.

You Are My Alpha

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the mature-rated omegaverse Boys’ Love manga You Are My Alpha by Arata Asanae. In a school meant for alphas, one young man goes through a change that could get him expelled—or worse. See how two honor students do whatever it takes to protect each other!

About You Are My Alpha:
Shunya and Ryota are honor students attending a prestigious high school exclusively for male alphas. And while their alpha nature places them at the top of the social hierarchy, these two friends hope to one day create new medicines that help omegas instead and put an end to the discrimination they face. But everything changes in an instant when Shunya suddenly manifests as an omega himself and goes into heat! With his best friend now vulnerable to attack by their alpha classmates, will Ryota be able to protect him and realize their dream? Or will they both fall prey to the instincts they’ve tried so hard to resist?

You Are My Alpha will be released for the first time in the English language in March 2025 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, with the manga available in a large-trim paperback edition as part of Seven Seas’ Boys’ Love imprint. An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.

Silent Reading: Mo Du

Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the danmei/Boys’ Love novel series Silent Reading: Mo Du by priest. The hit danmei thriller from the author behind Guardian: Zhen Hun and Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang–both available from Seven Seas!

About Silent Reading: Mo Du:
Something lurks beneath the city of Yancheng, and as international spotlight falls upon it, the darkness begins to stir.

As one of the police force’s best investigators, the task of unraveling the city's morbid mysteries falls to Luo Wenzhou. But as the case develops, a common thread seems to emerge: the infamous playboy and wealthy CEO, Fei Du.

With a harrowing past of his own, Fei Du is no stranger to the ins and outs of the crime investigation unit, and his suspiciously shrewd insights into the workings of the criminal mind are a great help to Luo Wenzhou's team. As they work together to pursue justice,  Luo Wenzhou must reconcile this new version of Fei Du—sharp, astute, with impeccable skills of deduction—with the troubled child he once helped...

Silent Reading: Mo Du (Novel) Vol. 1 will be released in the English language in Fall 2025, with the series available in large-trim paperback editions as part of the Seven Seas Danmei label. 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