Publisher TOKYOPOP gives a preview of a variety of upcoming manga series scheduled to launch in Q1 of 2024.
The series include new BL manga releases from the LoveLove imprint such as NEVER LET GO, STAR CROSSED, THE PRINCE IS IN THE VILLAINESS’ WAY, COVER MY SCARS WITH YOUR KISS and HEAT X BEAT: I MAY BE AN OMEGA BUT I’M GOING TO BE AN IDOL!.
Also set for release from TOKYOPOP comes the award-winning slice-of-life drama, SINCE I COULD DIE TOMORROW, and the kinetic action of RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS – THE BEGINNING.
NEVER LET GO, Vol. 1, by Saki Sakamoto
For Mature Audiences ∙ Available January 16, 2024
Rich-kid Haruto is used to being flattered and fawned over by fellow students, so when he’s kicked out of his elite Alpha school, he finds himself as the ultra-desirable Alpha transfer student at a mixed-gender high school. Everyone is quick to try to befriend him — everyone, that is, except student council president Miyabi, who seems to despise him.
Haruto swore he wouldn’t get involved with anyone at his new school, but something about openly hostile, sickly-looking Miyabi keeps drawing Haruto in…
**This book contains sexual content and is intended for an audience aged 18 years and up.
STAR CROSSED, by Crimson Chains
Available February 6, 2024
This is a story about a king and his knight…
Polaris is king of the stars; with his celestial paint brush he breathes life into constellations, which protect his kingdom. Yildun is his loyal knight, ever at his side, but always in shadow as his station dictates him to remain unseen. Together, they will face a battle for the throne from Polaris’ brother — as well as their own conflicting feelings. A love story written in the stars!
SINCE I COULD DIE TOMORROW, Vol. 1, by Sumako Kari
Available February 6, 2024
Sawako Honna, 42, single; she works hard at a film promotion company. One night, suddenly, her heart palpitates, and her body goes cold… Could it be that she’s going through menopause!?
Not as hard-working as in your 20s. Not as flippant as in your 30s. The mental and physical changes, and the obstacles you face in your 40s. Sudden illness, menopause, fatigue you can’t get rid of, changes in working patterns, money worries, life, and plans for the future.
Winner of the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner.
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
THE PRINCE IS IN THE VILLAINESS’ WAY, Vol. 1 by Minami Shiima
Available February 6, 2024
Iris, the “Wise Princess Who Never Smiles,” has just remembered her past life as Fiona, Warrior Princess from the neighboring kingdom. In this lifetime, however, the events that lead to Fiona’s death have yet to happen, and Iris becomes determined to use the knowledge from her reincarnation to stop the person she suspects is behind her murder: Fiona’s cousin, Prince Alvin.
In disguise, Iris moves to the neighboring country and becomes the princess’ educator. But when she meets Prince Al, he turns out to be a cool-headed flirt, who, most-shockingly of all, is actually very sweet with Fiona… Can Iris figure out the truth in time to save Fiona from her fate?
COVER MY SCARS WITH YOUR KISS, Vol. 1 by Io Imaki
Available March 5, 2024
Seiichi Kurusu is the handsome eldest son in line to inherit a large company. After running into insecure dentist Nao Seto not once but twice coincidentally, Seiichi wonders if fate is at play. When Nao reveals that Seiichi reminds him of the man he’s been unrequitedly in love with, Seiichi proposes a deal with him: for the length of time, he receives his dental treatment from Nao, the two of them will date. Nao’s tragic love history, combined with Seiichi’s status as family heir and the impending countdown… can something good come from such a relationship?
RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS – THE BEGINNING, by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Available March 12, 2024
Before the events of the 2021 animated series, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Leon Kennedy is called in to investigate alongside Pittsburgh PD when a bomb kills a guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art. But when that guard rises from the autopsy table and begins a chain reaction of undead corpses hunting for blood, Leon is once again caught in a complex web of intrigue. A terrorist cult, a mysterious virus, and the corpses of the dead returning to life to assault the living…
HEAT X BEAT: I MAY BE AN OMEGA BUT I’M GOING TO BE AN IDOL! by Ken Homerun
Available March 19, 2024
Asahi wants nothing more than to be an idol, and when he’s chosen as the latest member of boyband B-Marks he’s over the moon. Except for one little detail; Asahi is an omega, and one of the other members, Madoka, is an alpha. Insisting on staying unmated to remain loyal to their fanbase, Asahi agrees to a “friends with benefits” arrangement to appease their hormonal urges without commitment. At least, that’s what he intends…
Source: Press Release
