The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 Review

By Justin D Williams

It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed—as if Hikaru isn’t gone—would be crazy...but when it looks so very like Hikaru...and acts so very like Hikaru...


Kyle's Little Sister Review

Kyle's Little Sister Review

My name is Grace, not "Kyle's little sister!" Having a good-looking, friendly, outgoing older brother sucks—especially when you're the total opposite, someone who likes staying home and playing video games. Your parents like him better (even if they deny it!

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King of Eden Vol. 1 (Manga Review)

King of Eden Vol. 1 (Manga Review)

Entire villages are going up in flames across the globe, with the same man left standing at the scene every time. Meanwhile, rumors abound of a highly contagious virus where those infected fly into a blind rage, killing anything and everything that crosses their path. As the death toll rises, agencies from nations around the world get together, looking for answers-How are these incidents connected? Who is that man? And most importantly...can the massacres be stopped before humanity is doomed?

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Yen Press Announces 4 New Manga and Light Novel Acquisitions

Yen Press Announces 4 New Manga and Light Novel Acquisitions

Yen Press, LLC announced a slate of upcoming titles that include the manga series When a Magician’s Pupil Smiles and Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana and the light novel series and manga adaptation of I Was
a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister.

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Yen Press Highlights Horror Manga Release - KING OF EDEN

Yen Press Highlights Horror Manga Release - KING OF EDEN

Yen Press amps up the horror with the release of the new manga, King of Eden. The visceral new work is written by Takashi Nagasaki is the acclaimed co-author (along with famed creator Naoki Urasawa) of Monster, 20th Century Boys, Master, Keaton, Billy Bat and Pluto.

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Secretly, I've Been Suffering About Being Sexless (Manga Review)

Secretly, I've Been Suffering About Being Sexless (Manga Review)

Togame and her husband are happy in love and want to have kids. There's just one problem: Their bedroom has turned into a no-bang zone! With her raging libido frustrated by her beloved husband's practically nonexistent sex drive, Togame is climbing the walls in search of release…Left to her own devices to get her fix, will fulfilling her needs spell doom for Togame's marriage?!"

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I Love You So Much, I Hate You (Manga Review)

I Love You So Much, I Hate You (Manga Review)

What do work and love have in common? They can both take over your life...

Saori Fujimura and her boss, Ayako Asano, are an unbeatable duo at work, but after hours their relationship is more than just professional. As tensions mount between Ayako and her husband and Saori's feelings grow stronger, they'll have to decide-is it love they seek, or merely pleasure?

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The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya November Debut Detailed By Yen Press

The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya November Debut Detailed By Yen Press

Following an announcement from the Kadokawa Shoten’s Sneaker Bunko Twitter account of The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya, the next installment of the classic light novel series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yen Press, LLC announced a digital release of the highly anticipated volume scheduled for November 25, 2020, simultaneous with the Japanese release.

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The Garden of Words Novel By Famed Japanese Director Debuts From Yen Press

The Garden of Words Novel By Famed Japanese Director Debuts From Yen Press

Yen Press is set to release the novelization of famed anime Director Makoto Shinkai’s award-winning 2013 film The Garden of Words, an emotional drama about two lonely souls who meet in the garden of Shinjuku during rainy season and help each other "learn to walk again" in life.

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Yen Press Announces New SEKIRO Manga Series Based On Hit Video Game

Yen Press Announces New SEKIRO Manga Series Based On Hit Video Game

Life beyond death...A foolish notion with which to deceive oneself. But what happens when death does not come? Hanbei the Undying has lived longer than most, yet he's found no sense of purpose along the way-no reason to swing his blade. With a history vaster than most could hope to comprehend, it's only natural to wonde

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Yen Press Launches New Manga Series - I"M A BEHEMOTH

Yen Press Launches New Manga Series - I"M A BEHEMOTH

A comedic fantasy manga based on the popular light novel series. In this new adventure, a knight finds himself reincarnated as a behemoth, one of the most powerful monsters in the world, and when he meets a beautiful elf girl, he's ready to fight at her side. Problem is, a baby behemoth looks an awful lot like...a housecat?

Yen Press will also launch the original light novel series for I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet under its Yen On literary imprint this summer.

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