Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed seven new manga series and one light novel title set for release later this year in November and December.
The new licenses include many titles in the Boys’ Love genres including Wild Roses and Pretenders, Sweet Room Escape, and The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire. Other titles include The Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword, Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!, I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons, and Todai Revengers.
Here are the details for Seven Seas’ newest licenses:
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons
Story: Izumi Sawano
Manga Art: Uri Sugata
Original Character Design: Miru Yumesaki
The first volume of the manga adaptation will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2024, with the series available in single-volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
The light novel and manga are also available to read digitally on J-Novel Club.
An anime adaptation from EMT Squared will premiere in 2025.
Synopsis:
Leticia Dorman is living every girl’s dream—she’s the daughter of a duke who’s grown up in the lap of luxury and she’s engaged to be married to none other than the ruggedly handsome crown prince, Clarke. But if this is a dream, somebody wake her up! In preparation to become part of the royal family, Lettie has endured ten painful years of lessons on everything from dancing to etiquette. And once she becomes queen, then she’ll have to put it all into practice. Her only chance of escape lies in the prince breaking off their engagement, which seems unlikely…until he shows up at a royal ball with a mysterious woman on his arm. This could be Lettie’s chance to break free once and for all, but not if Prince Clarke has anything to say about it!
Wild Roses and Pretenders
Story and Art: Kamoburger
From the author of Our Sweet One-Room Apartment, the first volume of the manga will be released for the first time in English in November 2024, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas BL label (Boys’ Love titles). Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Desperate to financially support his ailing mother, Noah leaves his hometown to enter into the service of the Reinhardt family. Upon his arrival his new master, Lord Rupert, demands that Noah pretend to be his lover! Lord Rupert wishes to avoid a political marriage, and Noah is determined to keep his job, so the two men work out an arrangement.
However, the more time they spend together, the more Noah realizes that his forlorn master is beset by loneliness—and Noah wants their love to be real. Can Lord Rupert ever see him as more than just a servant?
The Cursed Sword Master’s Harem Life: By the Sword, For the Sword
Story: Fukuryu
Art: Saya Kojima
The first volume of the ecchi isekai manga will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2024 as part of Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship mature readers imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Just an ordinary high school student, Fujinomiya Sojiro’s life was cut short when he was stabbed by a burglar one fateful night. Or so he thought. Revived by a mysterious deity, Sojiro finds himself transported to another world, armed with a legendary samurai sword, “Hotomaru,” plus the very blade that ended his life. What’s more, Sojiro discovers that these enchanted blades can transform into beautiful babes! As Sojiro embarks on a thrilling adventure full of magic and danger, he will need to build a harem of steel in order to survive this strange new world.
Sweet Room Escape
Story and Art: Owarl
The first volume of the mature rated BL manga will be released for the first time in English in December 2024, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of the Seven Seas BL label (Boys’ Love titles). Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Globetrotting businessman Haruto has achieved the optimal formula for work-life balance: put in your hours and then party hard off-hours. He makes the most of wherever the job sends him, building rapport in each local gay scene and a bon(e)afide booty-call directory. But the hot shot meets his match against the genteel, winsome Albrecht when en route to France.
From airplane rowmates, to an invitation to drinks, to the best sex ever in a luxury suite, it’s as if fate itself seems to be green-lighting this opportunity. But now Haruto can’t seem to escape that heavenly night and resume his carefully crafted no-strings-attached game plan… Especially when Al seems to be plotting to capture Haruto’s heart!
The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire
Story: Chizu Aoi
Art: Kiichi Kojima
The first volume will be released for the first time in the English language in December 2024. The series will be available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Niikura Wakana is a struggling romance author whose latest challenge is to interview Tatara Kunimitsu, the irresistibly handsome and notoriously unattainable leader of the Koukyou Yakuza. Dubbed an alpha among alphas, Kunimitsu is an enigma wrapped in the allure of power. In her daring attempt to reach him, Wakana infiltrates a high-end club as a hostess, only to be ambushed by her first heat. As her dormant omega traits awaken, her pheromones wreak havoc, drawing unwanted attention her way. Just as peril closes in, the very man she came to see rescues her. Will Wakana be able to navigate her burning attraction to Kunimitsu while untangling the secrets of her own untamed heart?
Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! (Light Novel & Manga)
Story: Atekichi
Light Novel Illustrations: Yukiko
Manga Art: Keiko
Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the isekai light novel and manga series Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!.
The first volume of the light novel series will be released for the first time in English in December 2024, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Airship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
The first volume of the manga adaptation will be released in English in November 2024. The manga series will be available in single-volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
“I will become the world’s most wonderful maid!” With her skirt fluttering in black and white, the girl shouted. Her name is Melody. A reincarnated former Japanese girl, she now pursues her dream in her new life, working as an all-purpose maid for a poor count’s family in the kingdom of Théolas.
When she makes it, even cheap tea turns into a luxury brew, and a dilapidated mansion is quickly restored to new! Cleaning, serving, hunting, DIY—leave it all to her and her powerful magic. Unbeknownst to Melody, this world is actually an otome game, and she is the most powerful and invincible heroine, the saint! Yet, she remains oblivious to this fact. Romance with handsome men? Attacks by the Demon Lord? Work comes first! A fantasy of misunderstood work that unknowingly shatters destiny!
Todai Revengers
Story and Art: Shinpei Funatsu
The manga is an official parody of Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers that reimagines the protagonist as a hopeless university student in love.
The first volume of the manga will be released in oversized omnibus editions, collecting the original series’ first two volumes. It will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2024. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Why does Michitake Icho feel like a loser? Well, he’s a Todai (Tokyo University) graduate, but he’s got nothing to show for it except a part-time job where everyone treats him like dirt. One day, he turns on the TV to discover the crush of his life, Hayase Yuki, is getting married! After a tragic bike accident, Icho suddenly leaps seven years back in time to the beginning of his college days. What could go wrong?
Source: press release