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Summer is near, my dear friends, and our tablets and phones will need some extra space for all the amazing anime that are coming our way.
Seven Seas Entertainment released another set of licences for North America. Check out Ghostly Things by Ushio Shirotori, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Zero by Ryo Shirakome and Ataru Kamichi, Arifureta: I Love Isekai by Ryo Shirakome and Misaki Mori, and The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Setona Mizushiro as well as its sequel The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice, also by Mizushiro. We have the synopses of the stories below!
Ghostly Things
High school student Takahara Yachiho has just moved into a notoriously haunted house on the outskirts of town. With only her cat Fuku-chan for company, Yachiho is disturbed by strange sounds and happenings… until the day she comes across a small passage leading to a hidden lower floor. There she discovers spirits of all shapes and sizes, guided by the tiny supernatural ‘manager’ Moro. If Yachiho is to call this place home, she’ll have to deal with its ghostly denizens – and find a mysterious book that may be the key to locating her missing mother.
Ghostly Things will be published in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. The first volume will be released on 1 October 2019 for $12.99 USA / $15.99 CAN.
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Zero
The manga is a spin-off from the hit multimedia franchise and takes place before Hajime was transported to Tortus. The Synergist Oscar Orcus has his own adventure – but not willingly! Oscar is a simple working man, keeping his head down to earn his money and support an orphanage, until Miledi Reisen bursts into his life. She wants Oscar to join her in a quest of defeat the gods. Oscar refuses to chase after that kind of danger… until that kind of danger finds its way to him.
The first volume will be released in print and on digital platforms on 10 September 2019 for $12.99 USA / $15.99 CAN.
Arifureta: I Love Isekai
In this spin-off, Hajime and the beautiful women around him pause their epic fantasy adventures for a slice-of-life comedy. Follow the everyday antics of the crew in this new collection of 4-panel manga!
This manga will be released in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions from 1 December 2019 for $12.99 USA / $15.99 CAN.
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
Ootomo Kyoichi is a weak-willed salaryman in a troubled marriage who is cheating on his wife. To his surprise, his wife hires a private eye to expose his affair. The one she hired for the job is Kyoichi’s underclassman from college, Imagase. Imagase offers Kyoichi to hide his infidelity in exchange for a make-out session with Kyoichi, since he is gay and always had a crush on him. Kyoichi reluctantly agrees, thinking it will save his marriage, but things with Imagase soon spiral out of control.
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese as well as its sequel The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice will be published for the first time in North America in single volume editions. The first book will be released on 5 November 2019 for $13.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
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