On Wednesday, Seven Seas announced that it has licensed World’s Fastest Level Up, My Sister The Cat, No Longer Human… In Another World, The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls, and Gap Papa: Daddy at Work and at Home. One licensed title is a light novel while the rest are manga. You can find more information about each title below.
World’s Fastest Level Up!
Story: Nagato Yamata
Illustration: fame
Type: Light Novel
Release Date: November 2022
Price: $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN
“It has been twenty years since dungeons began appearing all across the world, an incident that coincided with humanity receiving supernatural abilities–all of which transformed everyday life into a living RPG. Amane Rin is one of countless people plundering dungeons with the dream of getting rich quick with his unique skill. Rin is far from capable, though, and is quickly written off as a weak adventurer. However, one day, his skill evolves, taking a new form that allows Rin to break the dungeon system and level up at warp speed! Will this new power make him the strongest adventurer in the world?”
Seven Seas will publish the first light novel volume of World’s Fastest Level Up! in November 2022. It will be available in print and (early) on digital platforms in single large-trim editions. The series will be a part of Seven Seas’ Airship imprint.
My Sister The Cat
Story & Art: senko
Type: Manga
Release Date: January 2023
Price: $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN
“After losing his mother at a young age, Nekota is taken in by family friends…who happen to be a couple of human-sized walking, talking cats. Not only do his new parents have paws, tails, and furry pointed ears, but now he also has an adorable little sister, Neneko-chan! As a high schooler, he’s integrated well into their household, and his precocious adoptive sister has fully accepted him as her big brother. Whether she’s showing him things she brought home from elementary school, purrsistently asking him to play with her mouse toy, or waking him up at the same early hour every morning for breakfast, life with this charming feline family is never dull!”
Seven Seas will release the first manga volume of My Sister, The Cat in January 2023. It will be available in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions.
No Longer Human… In Another World
Story: Hiroshi Noda
Art: Takahiro Wakamatsu
Type: Manga
Release Date: October 2022
Price: $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN
“An adventure in another world with cute girls by your side and video game-like powers–sounds like an anime fan’s dream, right? Not so for melancholic author Osamu Dazai, who would quite literally prefer to drop dead. Video games haven’t even been invented yet when he gets yanked into another world in 1948. Really, all the fantastical adventure he keeps running into is just getting in the way of his poetic dream of finding the perfect place to die. But no matter how much he risks his hide, everything seems to keep turning out okay. Follow a miserable hero like no other in this cheerfully bleak isekai comedy!”
Seven Seas will release the first volume of No Longer Human…In Another World in October 2022. It will be available in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions.
The manga is a parody about the real-life author, Osamu Dazai, who wrote the classic Japanese novel No Longer Human. The novel is the second best selling novel in Japan and featured heavy themes of depression, alienation, and suicide. No Longer Human has been in the public domain since 2019 and has had many different interpretations since then. Human Lost, an action sci-fi anime movie based on the novel was released in October 2019.
The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls
Story & Art: Masanari Yuduka
Type: Manga
Release Date: January 2023
Price: $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN
“Rosa dreams of taking up arms and protecting the people as a courageous knight! But in order to achieve this, she must first become a squire, and those duties around the castle are much less glorious. One moment she’s caring for horses in the stable, the next she’s chopping a huge pile of firewood or battling a mountain of laundry–and, of course, she must also be ever-ready to assist the knight she serves! Though her tasks in this role may seem mundane, all are important steps on her journey to becoming a knight worthy of legend. Rosa will face every challenge with the heart of a hero!”
Seven Seas will release the first volume of The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls manga in January 2023. It will be available in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions.
Gap Papa: Daddy at Work and at Home
Story & Art: Utakata
Type: Manga
Release Date: February 2023
Price: $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN
“His colleagues at work see him as handsome, cool, and distant…but the moment he’s back home, this frosty-looking salaryman shows his true colors as a doting father and husband. Playing silly games with his young daughter, showering kisses on his beloved wife–what a gap between his appearance and behavior! This sweet, full-color manga about a wholesome family is sure to warm your heart.”
Seven Seas will release the first volume of the Gap Papa: Daddy at Work and at Home manga in February 2023. It will be available in print and on digital platforms in single large-trim color editions.
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