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@SorryTeamNA Noooo!! Straight to jail 😤

KODANSHA WHAT HAPPENED TO COLOR PAGES WE HAD THEM LAST VOLUME WHY WOULD YOU TAKE THEM AWAY

１巻が売れないと五話で終わりです！ 🙏😭🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

@laura_a_grace @SquareEnixBooks I finished it this morning. The second half had me gasping and craving more!

I haven't read Cherry Magic (same creator!), but the premise of this one sounds SO good! 🧵 (3/9)

Have you been looking for some underrated #shoujo and #josei debuts? When I was preparing for my video this past Wednesday, I thought it would be fun to make a list of some #manga that I think should be on more people's radars (including mine)! 🧵 (1/9)

@die_zehnte @CrossedHearts_X Yay!!! Congratulations!! ✨️✨️💖 I'm so happy for you and for future me to be able to read this amazing series in English! Good luck with volume one's release 💜💜💜

@kcolemoose @CrossedHearts_X It's all thanks to you!! Thank you so, so much!! We love you!! 😭🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂💖💗💘🥹

We’d love to hear from our readers! As we continue expanding our catalog, we’re looking to explore more shounen, seinen, action, mystery, thriller, and horror manga. 👀 What series would you most like to see licensed in English? Our current licensing efforts are already well underway across shoujo, josei, yuri, and yaoi, but we’re eager to broaden our horizons and bring even more genres to you. Drop your wishlist titles in the comments below. Whether they’re fan favorites, hidden gems, or long-shot dream licenses, we want to know what’s on your radar! ✨ #shounen #seinen #wishlists #manga

Hoping for no AI (unless it’s Ai Yazawa)😍

And they are up!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Honey Lemon Soda novel isn't yet but YESSSS to these!! (Though RIP my wallet this December!! 🤣 #worthit)

@foolserenade I'm right there with you 🫂 my friend asked what I've been reading because they never here me talk about it but like how do I explain I read 2 chapters of this 3 volumes of that and oh 3 pages of something I've been dying to read for months but couldn't focus

Idk if anyone feels like this or has felt like this before...

Rant // I really need to finish reading/watching what I start...

@VIZMedia Honestly, this comment makes me trust you guys even less. Say sorry, pledge to do better, and move on. Replying a week later full of excuses is such a bad look. For once I'm glad you guys aren't licensing any books I want.

Things this video did use: weeks of creative planning, a handful of meetings, several rounds of internal review and editing, and the musical composition talents and backing vocals of one of our top creative agency partners. It was made by people, and that's important for our social posts that promote manga, an art form also driven by artists by hand. We did just learn last night, however, that computer-generated vocals were used in the creation of the audio track. We didn’t intend for AI to be used, and that’s the last time we let our social media intern give creative direction. READ KINGDOM! Buy books! Support art.

One of the most anticipated manga in history is finally here! Check out Kingdom!

▶Reposted from the author's blog with permission. June is Pride Month. Around this time last year, from May through August, I was pitching the storyboard for Counterfeit Symphony No. 10 to various publishers. One thing I heard again and again was: "This isn't real yuri." "The character designs need to be more feminine and cute." "She's too masculine. It's uncomfortable to look at." As a lesbian whose partner is butch, I often found myself receiving advice about what "proper yuri" should be - from cisgender heterosexual men. To be fair, this isn't unique to yuri. BL, seinen manga, heterosexual romance aimed at women - commercial entertainment isn't reality. That's precisely why someone like me, a lesbian, can write BL based entirely on imagination and fantasy. And it's why male editors can give advice about lesbian characters to a lesbian creator. Comments about character appearance, behavior, or marketability - the inevitable "this isn't quite right" feedback - are simply part of the business. (And of course, if your execution is strong enough, nobody needs to point anything out. Ultimately, creators are responsible for communicating their vision effectively.) Entertainment is a business. People pay money for it. If a creator falls apart every time they're criticized in a meeting and starts shouting "bias!" or "prejudice!" at every note, they're only sabotaging themselves. If that's unacceptable, nobody is stopping you from staying in the world of self-publishing. And yet... Knowing all that intellectually didn't make it hurt any less. Especially when I heard: "She just looks like a substitute for a man." That was a phrase that had wounded me many times in real life as well. Masculine lesbians exist. So why does "diversity" so often feel like something we're expected to receive permission for? I started wondering if my portrayal of Leon was really that flawed. And the only thing growing deeper was the crease between my eyebrows. During that period, what kept me going was the television drama Gentleman Jack. Set in 1830s Yorkshire, it tells the story of Anne Lister - a landowner, entrepreneur, and a figure often described as one of the earliest visible butch lesbians in history (though historians continue to debate aspects of that label). She is unapologetically butch. She isn't always a victim. Sometimes she's selfish. Sometimes she's the one causing problems. She can be proud, reckless, frustrating, even pathetic. And yet she walks forward with her head held high, striding through the world without apology. Not a saint. Not an icon carved from perfection. Just a human being. Watching her gave me permission to believe: "It's okay to draw this." Until then, I had spent much of my life keeping my distance from queer empowerment stories. Partly out of self-protection. I'd tell myself: "I don't need empowerment through entertainment." "Bright, uplifting queer stories only make me feel worse." "Reality is painful enough already." (Though horror films saved me more times than I can count.) But I was wrong. Completely wrong. Honestly, it's a little embarrassing to admit. Anne Lister gave me courage. Real courage. For years I watched Pride Month from a distance. Thinking: "Oh, so people actually wave flags and do all that." I was afraid of being seen as annoying. Afraid of being judged. Afraid of taking up space. But there were butch lesbians before me who stood up during and after the Stonewall era. Who fought for dignity. Who refused to disappear. Because of them, I can sit here today and create the manga I truly wanted to make: Counterfeit Symphony No. 10. And so, for once, I'd like to add my own small voice. (And of course, the right not to come out should always be respected and protected.) For a tomorrow that never needed anyone's permission. Happy Pride Month. Thank you. Truly, thank you.

What do you mean we’re getting this in print soon and FATALE GAME?! WE’RE LIVING IN A BATTAN RENAISSANCE

And English editions of these manga will be published as well! I’ll share more details, including the release timing, at a later date

AI ad for Kingdom??

all fatale game chapters are currently free on k manga except for the two latest chapters until june 11th! if you were planning on reading it now is the perfect time 💘 between beautiful art with wonderful panels, amazing characters & a pleasing story, i highly recommend it 🥰

Please do check out the free release! And if possible… please press the little heart button at the end too 😂❤️ #贋作の第十番 championcross.jp/series/315c6e5…

@laura_a_grace Thank you! It's been so hard keeping track of print club releases 🥀

Working on the Shoujosei Release Calendar for June and was shocked to see that the paperback of Secondhand Sisters is available for purchase! 😱 Thought I would share for anyone interested in getting the physicals over the ebooks!

@VLordGTZ @AnimeExpo Classic shoujo?? 👀🥹

I’m trying so hard to not overhype this, but some our license announcements for @AnimeExpo will literally be crazy! Among them is a classic shojo title from a mangaka whose work has never been printed in English, and an amazing shonen series from a mangaka who hasn’t been published here in over 20 years. I don’t believe it myself, but it’s happening.

@yenpress GUSTS AND BEATS FOR SURE!!! (Actually all the shoujo but extra extra hyped for gusts and beats)

And that's a wrap--thanks for staying up with us 🥰 Let us know in the comments (or swing by our booth this weekend if you're at Anime North) and let us know which release you're most excited for! 🥳

@laura_a_grace *squeals* yay!!! I've been complaining to my husband that I need this in print! Definitely a series I want to reread all the time!! ✨️✨️

NO FREAKING WAY I GOT A WIN!!!!!

@LassaBeauty94 @colleensmanga Colleen is the reason why I gave this one a try and dhdgajdofn it's my favorite series rn!!! SO happy!

Someone wake up @colleensmanga!!!!