Manga, manhwa and light novel news — new licenses, volume releases, serialisations, endings, adaptations and publisher announcements.
The Detective Is Already Dead is heading for a conclusion. Author nigozyu confirmed in the series’ 14th volume, published Friday, that the next novel will be the last. That makes volume 15 the finale of a story that started in…
Seven Seas Entertainment has picked up Secret Relationships for English print. The license covers McQueen Studio’s boys’ love office romance webtoon, which finished in 2023 and later became a live-action series. The first print volume arrives in August 2027. Seven…
Haruko Ichikawa has a new series. Cosmic Mimimi launches in the next issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Afternoon, which goes on sale November 25. The announcement ran in the magazine’s December issue, out now in Japan. Kodansha is billing the series…
Bagudan is ending less than a year after it started. The December issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Dessert announced that Yūichirō Momose and artist Hina Hinata’s Bagudan: Sono Otoko-tachi Toriatsukai Chūi ni Tsuki will finish in the magazine’s next issue on…
Michiko Aoyama’s Mokuyōbi ni wa Cocoa o has sold more than 460,000 copies as a novel. It now exists as a manga, drawn by Nao Emoto, and as of October 20 the chapters are readable online. The adaptation started in…
Kodansha is turning one of its English-language one-shots into a full series. The November issue of Monthly Young Magazine, out this week, announced that Rin Shimokawa’s Godmother will start serialization in the magazine’s next issue on November 18. The one-shot…
Twisted Sisters finally has a finish line. The 10th collected volume revealed this week that volume 11 will be the last, and Kodansha has it scheduled to ship early next spring. That leaves Kazumi Yamashita a few months to close…
Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket app has landed a new series from one of the biggest names in its lineup. Shinobu Ohtaka, the creator of Magi and Orient, launches Geek and Crown (Geekrown) on October 27, the app’s official X account announced…
Moscow 2160 is done. The manga’s fifth collected volume ships on December 25, and Amazon Japan lists that book as the final one. The series also wrapped up serialization in Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan on October 23, which is…
Oreko Tachibana is coming back with a new manga this winter. The announcement sat inside the 13th and final volume of Firefly Wedding, which shipped on Monday, and confirms the creator will stay with Shogakukan’s Manga ONE app rather than…
Nakama Press will publish Uoto’s 100 Meters in English for the first time, beginning with two volumes in 2027. The Mad Cave Studios imprint announced the license on Thursday alongside a second pickup, Buichi Terasawa’s Goku Midnight Eye. 100 Meters…
Negi Haruba’s Go! Go! Loser Ranger! is off again. This year’s 47th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on Wednesday that the manga is going on hiatus because of Haruba’s health, and the notice did not give a return…