Seven Seas adds more mature manga and light novels to this year’s release slate

Seven Seas continues its mid-week tradition of announcing new acquisitions and the latest slate features more mature manga for older readers. The shorter than usual slate also features a new BL manga and more horror manga for that growing fandom alongside a light novel prequel, rounded out by more cute cat manga.

My Kitten is a Picky Eater (Manga)
by Migiri Miki

A kitten, on the verge of death, lies in the snow, only to be rescued by a kind young man, Mano Taiyo. Nursing the ailing kitten back to health, Taiyo names his new charge “Yuki.” As a first-time pet owner, however, Taiyo struggles with Yuki’s very particular palate. This picky kitty refuses to go anywhere near store-bought cat food! There’s only one option left: while he’s never cooked a single meal in his life, Taiyo resolves to make a meal worthy of his adorable new feline friend! 

My Kitten is a Picky Eater Vol. 1 will be released in November 2024.

The Second Alpha (Manga)
by Yofune Shibue

When alpha Morita Souichi prepared for his first day at a brand-new job, he never expected to discover his destined mate! After a literal run-in with his coworker, Matsumoto Takashi, Morita instantly knows that the other man is not only an omega but the person he is meant to be with. There’s only one problem: the ring on Matsumoto’s finger. Yet suddenly, Matsumoto goes into heat, and Morita’s alpha instincts take over. As they lay entwined together, he hears Matsumoto’s tearful apology to someone named “Haruma.” Is this alpha-omega pair destined for failure? Recommended for Mature Audiences.

The Second Alpha will be available in November 2024.

100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death (Manga)
by Anji Matono

Forever Haunted
A boy sits in a room.
Alone.
Telling tales of horror.
One by one. Night by night.
The shadows breed terror.
Shall we begin?

One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bid to stall for time, asks him, “Do you know the round of a hundred ghost stories?” Hina tells Yuuma about a ritual where, if you tell a hundred ghost stories, you’ll see ghosts afterward. Learning this gives Yuuma a new lease on life. Chapter by chapter, he shares ghost stories with the reader, slowly but surely inching his way toward one hundred…

100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death Vol. 1 will be released in December 2024.

A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO (Light Novel)
Written by Touya and illustrated by chibi

It’s three hundred years before Fia and her friends’ adventures in Náv, and Princess Serafina, the blind second princess of the land, lives hidden away in the forest. With only the forest spirits and her cousin, the young knight captain Sirius Ulysses, to keep her company, Serafina leads a peaceful life. But one day, an incident causes mysterious powers to awaken within her, and Serafina takes her first steps on the path that will ultimately lead her to becoming the one and only Great Saint!

A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO (Light Novel) Vol. 1, the prequel to the light novel and manga series A Tale of the Secret Saint will be released in December 2024.

The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him (Manga)
by Tabireco

Kururi is a super-elite succubus looking to devour her one-thousandth man, but it can’t be just any old shmuck! She wants to harvest the energy of a primo virgin. That should be easy, right? After all, no man’s ever been able to refuse her charms…until she meets Jien, an ascetic monk in training. He proves immune to her potent aphrodisiac, forcing her to whip out every sexy trick in the book (and even invent some new ones). It’s a battle of wills as their worlds collide!

The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him Vol. 1 will be released in August 2024.

Source: Press Release

This latest slate from Seven Seas is shorter than usual, but I’m personally looking forward to more cat manga. Which titles are you looking forward to the most?

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