Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global service has added seven manga in English over the past ten days, Anime News Network reports, with new titles arriving almost every other day from Oct. 22 through Oct. 31.
The lineup leans heavily on romance and comedy, with a few darker fantasies mixed in:
Crimson Prince by Sōta Kuwahara (Oct. 22): Demon prince Koujirou Sakura enrolls in a human high school to find the person who will threaten the demon realm and steal their soul. With no clue who that is and the boys’ dorm full, he ends up living off campus with a girl.
The Perfect Cross-Dressing Couple by Mikaduki Lamp (Oct. 23): A romantic comedy about Shion, a gorgeous “girl” who is actually a boy, and Yukari, a handsome “guy” who is actually a girl.
Not Quite Love by Daisuke Hagiwara (Oct. 24): From the artist of Horimiya, high schooler Umi Sayama moves in with the family next door and finds that Shoya, the honor student she idolized as a child, has turned into a homebody who never changes out of his sweatpants.
The Evil Princess Will Kill No More by Yakiimohokuhoku and Otyabomizu (Oct. 26): Executed for her tyranny, Candace wakes up back in time and resolves to give up her quest for love to avoid the same fate.
The Witch of Dawn by Sayuco Shingyōji (Oct. 28): After the kind but reckless Witch of Dawn disappears, her only disciple teams up with the Witch’s Heart she left behind to search for the 13 other witches.
Reading Our Way to a Happy New World by Chac Choa (Oct. 30): In a post-apocalyptic world where manga have become the record of human history, Mekuri and Kiyoshi travel to collect and decipher them.
My Spooky Storyteller Is an Adorable Klutz by Ōgi Ishikawa, kodamazon and Reiri (Oct. 31): A girl with a gift for the supernatural agrees to help a classmate gather material for ghost stories and gets pulled into midnight adventures.
Manga UP! Global is one of several services competing to bring more Japanese manga to English readers digitally, as publishers keep expanding their English slates, from apps like this to new English editions of classics like Georgie.
