Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed five new manga and light novel series throughout Fall 2024 and early Winter 2025. The new licenses include The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: Secret Love Story, A Suitable Fetish, Home Sweet Home, The Lady Knight and the Beast-Eared Child, and My Boyfriend is a Dog.
The publisher also announced a deluxe hardcover release of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s Boys’ Love danmei novel series Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu. It will be a new rerelease that features special designs, including a new metallic foil illustration on a cloth hardcover, a dust jacket with all-new art, printed edges, and a cloth bookmark. The first volume will be released in October 2024 in a single large-trim hardcover, with the rest of the 8-volume series to be published after.
Here are the details for the newly licensed titles from Seven Seas:
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: Secret Love Story (Light Novel)
Light Novel Story: Hamubane
Original Story: Rikito Nakamura
Illustrations: Yukiko Nozawa
The special collection of spinoff stories will be released for the first time in English in November 2024, as part of Seven Seas’ Ghost Ship imprint. An ebook edition will also be available early on digital platforms. The volume will also include new illustrations from series artist Yukiko Nozawa.
Synopsis:
Rentaro loses his memory, Nano gets possessed by an alien, everybody gets isekai’d into Shizuka’s favorite book, the cast pilot a giant robot — what on earth is going on?!
A Suitable Fetish
Story and Art: Shin Kawamaru
The first volume will be released for the first time in the English language in October 2024, with the series available in single large-trim editions as part of Seven Seas’ Steamship imprint. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Sakuramori Miu is, by all appearances, a prim and proper young lady with a respectable job in planning and development. There’s no way she could be anything but vanilla and innocent! But when she’s off the clock and behind closed doors, Miu’s got a taste for more sensual pleasures and fetishes. To her surprise, her sales manager, Takeda Shiro, is also hiding his own secret fantasies behind his buttoned-up reputation. When the two match their desires, they’ll make for one steamy office romance!
Home Sweet Home
Story and Art: Minami Mizuno
The first volume of the shojo manga series will be released for the first time in English in January 2025, with the series available in single-volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Tired of having to change schools because of her dad’s job, Moemi, a first-year high school student, is allowed to stay behind at her parents’ home on the condition that she lives with the daughter of her dad’s boss. This girl, however, ends up being…a boy! And not just any boy, but one of the most handsome and popular boys at school! Moemi’s formerly humdrum life becomes anything but as she traverses the excitement of living with a hot upperclassman!
The Lady Knight and the Beast-Eared Child
Story and Art: Taboengine
The first volume of the fantasy manga will be released for the first time in English in October 2024, with the series available in single-volume editions. Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Olivia was a lone monster subjugator who refused to take on an apprentice until she rescued a young Beastkin named Noah. Now, they look out for one another in an often brutal world. Despite the dangers they face, the two at times find beauty in their shared journey. As Olivia teaches Noah the art of battle, he teaches her how to enjoy life’s quieter moments. But can a boy with such a tender heart live up to his apprenticeship when faced with terrifying foes?
My Boyfriend is a Dog
Story and Art: KADIRO
The first volume of the BL slice of life manga will be released for the first time in English in October 2024, with the series available in single-volume editions as part of the Seven Seas BL label (Boys’ Love titles). Ebook editions will also be available on digital platforms.
Synopsis:
Kentarou is a gruff and stoic dogman who can’t help but wag his tail whenever he sees his boyfriend, Inukai. Despite his stern exterior, he’s an affectionate and doting boyfriend. Along with coworker Nekomiya and his feline boyfriend Shimada, Kentarou and Inukai enjoy days filled with sappy partners and heaps of affection!
Source: press release