Yen Press have announced five new licenses for manga and light novels that will be releasing at TBD date in June 2022. Learn more about Yen Press' new series! You can also check out all of the manga you have to look forward to in 2022 so far, including the Yen Press releases mentioned below.
Mato Seihei no Slave Manga (Chained Soldier)
By Takahiro and Youhei Takemura
You may already have heard of Mato Seihei no Slave, because it is getting an anime adaptation at a TBD date. It is the latest series by Takahiro, who is also the creator of Akame ga Kill!, and Youhei Takemura. It has yet to be published with English translation, but Yen Press announced that they acquired a license for the Mato Seihei no Slave manga! The first volume is releasing on June 21, 2022. The manga was first published in Japan in 2019 by Shonen Jump+.
What is Mato Seihei no Slave about?
Mato Seihei no Slave is an ecchi fantasy manga.
Mato Seihei no Slave is set in Japan where mysterious entrances to another dimension called Mato start popping up everywhere. This brings about a new resource called "Peaches," which give special abilities only to women.
Powerful monsters called Yomotsu Shuuki also exist within this dimension and they are the cause of many disasters. In response to this, an Anti-demon Corps is formed by the government, which is made up of a chosen and elite group of women that have gained power from the Peaches.
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Shadows House Manga
By Soumatou (Kuro)
Shadows House received an anime adaption in 2021 with animation by CloverWorks and now it is getting a manga release by Yen Press in June 2022. The series first released in Japan in 2018. It was also confirmed that Shadows House Season 2 is coming at a TBD date.
What is Shadows House about?
Shadows House is a supernatural, slice of life manga by Soumatou.
The story is set in Shadows House, a mansion that sits high atop a cliff and is home to a faceless clan that pretends to live like nobles. They express their emotions through living dolls that also endlessly clean the home of soot. One such servant, Emilico, aids her master Kate as they learn more about themselves and the mysteries of the house.
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Magical Explorer Manga
By Yukari Higa and Iris
The Magical Explorer is an isekai manga that's releasing with English translation in June 2022. The series first released in both light novel and manga formats in Japan in 2020. The first volume is releasing on June 21, 2022.
What is Magical Explorer about?
Magical☆Explorer or MagiEro for short is a legendary Bishoujo game where the protagonist has cheat-like skills and a harem of beauties. Our main character is reincarnated into the game; Not as the main protagonist, but instead a third-wheel character who is always laughing at his side.
One day though, he discovers magic. He decides to abandon his position to train in magic in hopes of becoming the strongest in this world.
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The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend Manga
By Fly (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki) and Kennoji (Cheat Pharmacist's Slow Life: Making a Drugstore in Another World), You Midorikawa
The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend originally released as a light novel and manga in Japan in 2020, but it is getting a manga in June 2022 with English translation by Yen Press. The first volume is releasing on June 21, 2022.
The light novel is originally written by Kennoji with art by Fly, but the art in the manga is done by You Midorikawa.
What is The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend about?
The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend is a school, romance manga.
Ryou, a second-year high school student, saves her childhood friend Hina Fushimi from a horrible experience on a train one day. She has been estranged from Hina since junior high school, but from that day on, a positive relationship began.
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Yokohama Station Fable Light Novel
By Yuba Isukari and Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Yokohama Station Fable is the follow-up to the Yokohama Station SF light novel, which released in 2021.
What is Yokohama Station Fable about?
All Hiroto has ever known is a life on a tiny coastal speck of Japan. Much of the country has been swallowed by Yokohama Station, a mysterious, ever-growing series of buildings that's been around for as long as anyone can remember.
The few who live outside its many entrances have never seen Inside and know only rumors and legends of the station's interior. That all changes when Hiroto is given an 18 Ticket, a mysterious item that lets him enter the massive complex for five days. The young man has always sought a purpose, but the one he finds may not be the sort he'd hoped for...
These are the new manga and light novels that Yen Press have in store for us in June 2022. Also be sure to check out all of the new manga that's releasing in 2022 so far!
