Publisher TOKYOPOP puts love in the air for Spring as it announces 4 new BL titles set for release under its LoveLove imprint.
Things start off in February with WHITE LIAR, a steamy boys love one-shot from the prolific BL manga creator Tomo Serizawa (Snow Fairy, Scarlet Secret) depicting a drama-filled romance between an actor and his beautician.
March sees the release of TOUCH WITHIN THE ABYSS, a BL manga love story about a hitman who struggles to kill a young blind man with whom he falls in love. This is the highly anticipated debut release from the award-winning rising manga star Moyori Mori. TOKYOPOP also offers the March release of WILD BEAST FOREST HOUSE’s second volume, the latest full-color graphic novel release in the hit Boys Love series with over 22 million views on WEBTOON, now available for the first time in print in English.
Also catch the March debut of the MY TROUBLESOME MAN Light Novel, the third and latest BL release in the MY BEAUTIFUL MAN light novel series by accomplished creator Yuu Nagira.
WHITE LIAR, by Tomo Serizawa · Print SRP: 13.99 · 216 pages · ISBN: 978-1427878021· Available February 11th
Shiraishi Kei is a talented freelance beautician who’s experienced more downs than ups when it comes to past relationships and so has decided to swear off love. However, when the mysterious up-and-coming actor Taiga Jinnouchi enters his life, their casual one-night stand turns into much more. Unbeknownst to Kei, Taiga has been harboring a secret for years — something that changes the meaning behind “fooling around” as the line between lies and sincerity are blurred in this whirlwind showbiz love story!
Tomo Serizawa is a romance and BL manga author from Japan who loves azuki beans and dogs. She’s known for such titles as Snow Fairy, Scarlet Secret, Color Collection, and Grapefruit Moon.
TOUCH WITHIN THE ABYSS, by Moyori Mori · Print SRP: 14.99 · 226 pages · ISBN: 978-1427881274 · Available March 25th
Hitman Chinatsu once failed to pull the trigger on his target, and it cost him his brother’s life. That day, the sole witness who took Chinatsu’s trembling hand had clear eyes that stared right through him… straight into the abyss within.
Five years later, a purse-snatching reunites Chinatsu with his savior: Kasumi, a young blind man searching for a way out of his own lonely world. Chinatsu knows better than getting involved with a potential witness, but he can’t help but be drawn to Kasumi’s radiant smile. If Kasumi knew the truth of their provenance, could he ever forgive the sins of Chinatsu’s past?
Moyori Mori is a BL author whose debut work, TOUCH WITHIN THE ABYSS, won the Denrakuten Kobo e-book Award 2023, Comicomi of the Year 2022, and BL Award 2023 BEST Next Category 4th place.
WILD BEAST FOREST HOUSE, Vol. 2, by Inma R · Print SRP: 19.99 · 288 pages · ISBN: 978-1427880727 · Available March 25th
The Wild Beast Forest House is the only place where wild animals can rest peacefully no matter the species. Well, wild animals and Yule, the domestic cat who managed to convince Ragnar, the owner, to let him stay. And now that he’s living there, he can’t help but notice all the missed opportunities for love around him. Why can’t everyone just communicate? And, in fact, Yule himself has something he wants to say to Ragnar…
Inma R. is a webtoon artist from Spain, known for Wild Beast Forest House, The Violinist and the Nerd, and OUT (Once Upon a Time).
MY TROUBLESOME MAN Light Novel, by Yuu Nagira, illustrated by Rikako Kasai · Print SRP: 19.99 · 256 pages · ISBN: 978-1427877543 · Available March 25th
Even from a young age Hira was an introvert, too nervous to speak up, disappearing into the crowd at his high school. From afar he admires his classmate, Kiyoi, ruling as the king of the class with his handsome looks and his aloof attitude. To him, everyone is equally worthless.
With his low self-esteem, Hira is happy to play his part as Kiyoi’s loyal gopher, but even he’s surprised when he finds Kiyoi’s phone number added to his cellphone. Every glance, every scrap of attention is precious. Could these lonely, suffocating feelings be love?
Yuu Nagira is an accomplished writer known for her long list of published titles. She has won numerous awards, including the grand prize in the 17th Bookstore Awards and 7th place in the 17th Kinobesu! awards for The Wandering Moon, and the grand prize in both the 20th Bookstore Awards and the 10th Naoki High School Student Awards for Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku.
Rikako Kasai is a Japanese artist primarily known for her contributions to light novels and story compilations, including My Beautiful Man, Mesuochi BL, and Kemono/Jingai BL.
Also catch the MY BEAUTIFUL MAN manga series, which covers the events of the first light novel. Volumes 1 and 2 are available now from TOKYOPOP, with Volume 3 of the manga also coming in March.
Browse TOKYOPOP’s full catalog of LoveLove manga and light novel titles at: https://tokyopop.com/collections/love-x-love
Source: Press Release
