Yen Press announced during its Anime Expo 2023 panel that it has licensed eight manga and seven light novels.
Yen Press will release the following titles in December 2023-January 2024.
Title: Beastrings manga
Author: Shikaku Yamamoto
Summary: Welcome to the city of Juso. The hero who once saved the city serves as mayor—now he and his two secretaries are hard at work running Juso. Elsewhere, a young elf and her wolfman butler live out a rom-com plot, and a dragon and a bard form an unlikely musical duo. Everyday life in this diverse and harmonious city is already full of adventure and surprise. But when disaster threatens to strike, will these citizens become part of an all-new legend?
Title: God Bless the Mistaken manga
Author: Nio Nakatani
Summary: Middle schooler Kon lives in a world with periodic exceptional phenomena—more commonly known as bugs. As the unofficial assistant of his landlady, Kasane Himesaki, a leading researcher in the field, he helps study the effects and impact of these mysterious abnormalities. Some bring fun, others bring intrigue, and still others cause inconveniences to their daily lives, but one thing's for sure—in a world like theirs, every morning may bring a new surprise.
Yen Press began releasing the manga as a simulpub in October 2021.
Title: Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen manga
Authors: Kafka Asagiri (story), Shiwasu Hoshikawa (art), Sango Harukawa (character design)
Summary: From Shiwasu Hoshikawa, the artist behind the manga adaptation of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, comes a prequel featuring two of the series' most popular characters.
Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, he orders a young Osamu Dazai to investigate an ominous rumor of something called "Arahabaki." Whoever or whatever it is seems to have some connection to Mori's deceased predecessor—and the new boss would very much like for the dead to stay buried. Along the way, Dazai runs into a gravity manipulator named Chuuya Nakahara, leader of the Sheep gang of youths. Together, the two will one day achieve infamy as the fearsome duo known as Twin Dark, but for now, they'll have to learn to put aside their differences if they want to get to the bottom of this mystery.
Title: A Witch's Life in a Micro Room manga
Author: Akitaka
Summary: Maj and Lilica are novice C-rank witches living together in a cramped, single-room apartment. The jobs they can get don't pay much—barely enough for a sad dinner of plain cabbage. They want a better life where they can have pets, buy lots of grimoires, and even eat meat for dinner. It may seem like a long shot, but if they work a little bit harder, their dream life might just be within their grasp.
Title: Bride of the Barrier Master manga
Authors: Kureha (story), Odayaka (art), Bodax (character design)
Summary: 18-year-old Hana, born to a branch family of a clan of guardians, has always been stuck in the shadow of her more capable, beautiful, and popular twin sister. When a strong power awakens within Hana, she chooses to hide it so she can continue living a quiet life out of the spotlight. But that ideal lifestyle begins to slip out of reach when Saku Ichinomiya takes over as the new head of the Ichinomiya clan and sets out to find a bride strong enough to stand by his side.
Title: Higurashi: When They Cry: MEGURI manga
Authors: Ryukishi07 (story), Tomato Akase (art)
Summary: June 1983... has passed. At long last, through many trials and tribulations, Rika and her friends have finally escaped the tragedy. The gameboard has been cleared, the pieces scattered, and all that remains is the rest of her life. Or so Rika believes, until she gets pulled into yet another fragment.
Will the sequel to the Higurashi Gou manga unravel its mysteries? Or leave even more questions behind?
Title: holoX MEETing! manga
Author: Anmitsu Okada
Summary: La+ Darknesss. Takane Lui. Hakui Koyori. Kazama Iroha. And Sakamata Chloe. Collectively known as Secret Society holoX, their goal is nothing less than world domination! But how exactly did they end up as Virtual YouTubers? Discover the origins of the self-proclaimed "rightful rulers of Eden's planet" in this story based on the megapopular stars of hololive. "YES MY DARK!"
Title: Taking Care of God manga
Authors: Liu Cixin (story), Jun Yokoyama (manga adaptation), Golo (art)
Summary: One strange day, roughly 20,000 otherworldly spaceships flew into stable orbit around the Earth. After six months with no contact from the mysterious crafts, in a certain Asian village, a young girl named Zihan discovers an old man who fell from the sky. Soon, many more elderly drifters in similar clothing begin popping up all over the world—their numbers surpassing two billion in total. What is the goal of these mysterious visitors? Find out in this adaptation of a story by popular Chinese sci-fi author Liu Cixin.
Title: Durarara!! Side Stories?! light novel
Authors: Ryohgo Narita (story), Suzuhito Yasuda (art)
Summary: This collection of short stories and vignettes provides nine tales of not-so-ordinary life in Ikebukuro, including some reminiscing at Celty and Shinra's big hot-pot party, the coming-of-age ceremony of the older Raira gang, and another supernatural visitor to Tokyo.
Title: Re:Zero Short Story Collection light novel
Authors: Tappei Nagatsuki (story), Shinichirou Otsuka (art)
Summary: The world of Re:Zero continues to grow with every new tale and this collection of short stories is the perfect place to learn more about everyone's favorite characters. What will Rem and Ram have to deal with today? Where will Emilia's new adventures take her? And how will Subaru land himself in yet another scrape?
Title: The Contract of the Phantom and His Servant light novel
Author: Michiru Sawarano
Summary: Masamichi Adachi has been having the worst luck. He failed his college entrance exams, locking him into a second year of spinning his wheels; he lost his part-time job; and then he nearly died in a hit-and-run. But while he's bracing for the end, a frighteningly handsome man appears and invites Masamichi to be his servant in exchange for his life. When Masamichi agrees to the terms, he finds himself bound to an antique-shop owner who only appears to be human.
Title: Babel light novel
Author: Kuji Furumiya
Summary: The sequel series to Unnamed Memory. One day, college student Shizuku Minase stumbles from modern-day Japan into a fantasy world. While wandering through a backwater region of this world of sword and sorcery, she meets Eric, an eccentric young man studying a magical script. The pair strike a deal: He'll help Shizuku return home if she teaches him Japanese. Thus the pair set off across the magical continent of Farsas in search of a way back to Earth.
Title: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table light novel
Authors: Yuji Ukai (story), Nekometal (art)
Summary: Yuuki wakes up to find herself wearing a maid's uniform in a strange manor. After wandering into the dining room, she comes across five other girls, each in the exact same outfit. Soon, the girls learn that the manor is brimming with lethal weapons and an array of deadly traps... and that they can only escape by playing the most gruesome of games. As the terrifying truth sets in, each girl's face goes pale—except Yuuki's. Why? Because this isn't her first go-round. That's right—Yuuki is a professional death game player who lives off the prize money she collects from winning brutal killing competitions, and she's not about to let this chance pass her by.
Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Astrarea Record light novel
Authors: Fujino Ōmori (story), kakage (art)
Summary: Seven years before a certain boy will arrive in the Labyrinth City, an era of chaos and strife reigns supreme. Ryu Leon spends her days serving the goddess Astrea while searching for a brand of justice she can believe in. She's not alone, for the rest of Astrea Familia are a rare source of light in these dark times. In the shadows, however, something evil is stirring—a threat that will shake Orario to its very foundations.
Title: The Kept Man of the Princess Knight light novel
Author: Toru Shirogane
Summary: Matthew is just another parasite in the chaotic dungeon city of Gray Neighbor. People say he's a lazy weakling who gambles and drinks away all the money he gets from his keeper, princess knight Arwin. But the truth is, no one in this town knows what he's really like—a ruthless protector who works in the shadows and will do whatever it takes for the sake of his mistress.
Source: ANN
