Seven Seas Licenses Nighthawk, Once Again and Dumbass Zombies!!! Manga for 2027

ComicsA messy, dark apartment with a glowing handheld game device on a low table among takeout boxes, coins, headphones, a sheathed knife and a soy sauce bottle, while zombie silhouettes shamble in the street outside the window.

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced a new batch of licenses, with three manga and one audiobook headed to English-language readers, according to the publisher’s announcement reported by Anime News Network.

Nighthawk, Once Again by Fuyuki Izumida is a comedy about a legendary hitman who has let herself go. Nighthawk was once so feared that the most dangerous criminals shook at the mention of her name, but eight years after her last job she lives alone in a filthy apartment and spends every yen she has on gambling and gacha games. With eviction looming and her savings gone, she has to return to work. The first volume is due in October 2027.

Dumbass Zombies!!! An Intermediate-Level Survival Guide for a World Where You Can Die Just Going to Borrow Soy Sauce, by Azuki Arai and Osatō, takes a laid-back look at the end of the world. Long after the zombie apocalypse began, the chaos has become an everyday nuisance, and three tired young women try to get through daily errands while dealing with the mess the undead leave behind. Volume 1 arrives in November 2027.

Will You Take a Bath with Me? (Goodnight Routine) by Maki Marukido is a Boys’ Love title. Kazuya lets his junior colleague Mika stay at his place in exchange for doing the housework, only for Mika to learn that his senior hates taking baths. It is due in October 2027.

Seven Seas is also releasing an audiobook of The Misdeeds of an Extremely Arrogant Villain Aristocrat, by Yukiha Kuroyuki with illustrations by uodenim, under its Siren imprint. Narrated by Erras Croft, the first volume follows Luke Witharia Gilbert, who is reborn as the doomed villain of a fantasy novel and sets out to become the strongest student at Aslan Magic Academy to escape his fate. It arrives Nov. 12.

English-language manga publishers have been busy this month, with classic titles like Georgie also headed to English readers in 2027.