Manga, manhwa and light novel news — new licenses, volume releases, serialisations, endings, adaptations and publisher announcements.
More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers is coming back. Creator Yūki Kanamaru took to X on October 1 to announce that the romantic comedy manga will return from its hiatus in this year’s December issue of Kadokawa’s Young…
Kakao Entertainment’s plan to shut down Tapas now has a date and a set of hard terms. The North American webtoon and webnovel platform will close on March 31, 2027, and readers will lose access to the service and to…
Kotomi Aoki’s Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru is coming back for a one-off return. The November issue of Shogakukan’s Cheese! magazine announced that Aoki will publish a new work for the series in the next issue, due on October…
Saburō Nagai has a new series. Shinchosha’s Kurage Bunch magazine announced on Monday that the creator will launch a new boys-love manga titled Iei ga Nai! (translated by the report as “There’s No Deceased Portrait!”) in the magazine on Tuesday.…
Miyakokasiwa’s Battle in 5 Seconds manga is back. The series, published in English as Battle in 5 Seconds and known in Japan as Deatte 5-byō de Battle, resumed on Thursday after a break of several weeks. The return ends a…
Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ editorial department is ending its outsourcing arrangement with Mix Green, the editorial company founded by former Chainsaw Man editor Shihei Lin. The Jump+ staff announced the decision on Wednesday, adding that any titles Lin had been handling…
The Magic: The Gathering manga Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. is coming back for one more run. The November issue of Kadokawa’s Monthly Shōnen Ace announced that Katsura Ise and Takuma Yokota will launch a new miniseries beginning…
Anko Chōchin’s Kuri Hime Ayakashi Yobanashi, the manga adaptation of Hyuganatsu’s novel series of the same name, will end in the next issue of Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum on October 28. The announcement came in the magazine’s November issue. The…
Manga creator Katsuwo has launched a manga adaptation of Renren Ii’s Ōja no Ban Kuruwase: Net Shōgi no Teiō, Real Taikai de Chōjō o Mezasu (roughly, Underdog Upsets the King) light novels. The first chapter ran in the November issue…
Shueisha’s MANGA Plus platform will add Digimon Eggs, a new manga by Ayumu Minato, as a simulpub title on October 2. The Digimon franchise announced the move on X, and the same day the series launches in Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump…
The artist behind Battle Royale: Enforcers has a new series, and it is trading a death game for the undead. Hero’s Inc.’s HERO’S Web announced on September 16, 2026, that Yukai Asada will launch a new manga titled Zombie Dakedo…
Despera is finally moving forward — as a manga. Chiaki J. Konaka, the script supervisor behind Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze and Hellsing, announced at the Japan Weekend Madrid event in Spain that Yoshitoshi ABe’s long-dormant Despera project will be adapted…