June 2021 Digital Debuts!

As announced during the latest episode of Kodansha Live, we’re revealing some upcoming digital manga series debuts coming from Kodansha in June 2021.

As a reminder, these new digital debuts as well as returning favorites will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including BookwalkercomiXologyGoogle PlayKindle, Nook and izneo.

To see what other new releases will be available in June 2021, and other months take a look at our the Release Calendar!

Ya Boy Kongming
By Yuto Yotsuba, Ryo Ogawa

Release Date: June 01, 2021

The Tokyo Party Scene isn’t NEAR ready for the star general of the Three Kingdoms era, but he sure is ready for it! Get down, shake your thing, and prepare to laugh out loud with this historical fantasy timeslip comedy, Ya Boy Kongming!

Police in a Pod
By Miko Yasu

Release Date: June 8, 2021

The tale of two policewomen and their ever-changing lives – the manga that won the 66th Shogakukan manga award!

Undead Girl Murder Farce
By Yugo Aosaki, Haruka Tomoyama

Release Date: June 15, 2021

Vampires, a supernatural detective, and a girl’s head in a birdcage, oh my! The mysterious game is afoot in Victorian England in this atmospheric supernatural story that’s sure to keep you on your toes!

Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence  
By Hazano Kazutake  

Release Date: June 22, 2021

What’s a priest to do when the Saint he’s tasked to take care of is…a klutz? One thing’s for sure…every day is bound to be lively!

Quality Assurance in Another World  
By Masamichi Sato

Release Date: June 29, 2021

A fantasy world with a dark secret can still hold cheery villagers! But what happens when things start to go wrong in a reality so fantastic?


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Discover Shonen & Seinin

Continuing our Discover series we’re pointing the focus now to Shonen & Seinin. What HASN’T been said about this wide-reaching genres? Ranging from battles, to sports, to dark mysteries and beyond we’re featuring some of our best manga series during this amazing Shonen & Seinin Digital Manga sale!

That’s right now you can take up to 50% off select volumes off such modern shonen classics as FAIRY TAIL, and Fire Force. Looking for stories with a gritty sense of action and drama check-out Ajin: Demi-Human, and Ninja Slayer Kills. If genre stories are more your speed then there’s plenty of fantasy, sci-fi and even horror in series like Altair: A Record of Battles, Mardock Scramble, and Parasyte. It’s tough to know where to start but with this sale you can sample to your hearts delight without taking a bite out of your wallet.

But this big sale won’t last long so be sure to visit your favorite digital vendor to save up to 50% off select titles from the series mentioned below: Bookwalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from May 25th to May 31st!

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, EDENS ZERO!

And see below that for the full list of titles being offered during this sale, with links to read other chapter 1s FREE!

A.I.C.O. Incarnation
Ace of the Diamond
Again !!
Aho-Girl
Air Gear Omnibus
Ajin: Demi-Human
ALIVE
All Out!
All-Rounder Meguru
Altair: A Record of Battles
APOSIMZ
As the Gods Will: The Second Series
Ayanashi
BAKEMONOGATARI (manga)
Basilisk
BECK
Bloody Monday
Cage of Eden
Can You Just Die, My Darling?
COPPELION
DAYS
Deathtopia
Devils’ Line
Die Wergelder
Dolly Kill Kill
Drifting Dragons
EDENS ZERO
Fire Force
The Flowers of Evil
FAIRY TAIL
Flying Witch
Fort of Apocalypse
Genshiken Omnibus
Giant Killing
GTO Paradise Lost
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Happiness
I’m Standing on a Million Lives
In/Spectre
Interviews with Monster Girls
Karate Heat
Kino’s Journey
Love Hina Omnibus
Magus of the Library
Mardock Scramble
Mushishi
Negima! Omnibus
Ninja Slayer Kills
Noragami: Stray God
Parasyte
Princess Resurrection
Pumpkin Scissors
Rave Master
Space Brothers
Vinland Saga
UQ HOLDER!
Wave, Listen To Me!

Tokyo Revengers Vol. 1 for 99¢

Read beyond the fan-favorite anime today!

Have you been enjoying the Tokyo Revengers anime on Crunchyroll? Want to read the manga that inspired the Spring Anime Season fan-favorite? Now’s the perfect chance with the Wayback Wednesday Tokyo Revengers sale! That’s right for a limited time you can read the 1st volume of this time-traveling delinquent gang epic for only 99¢ and ALSO take up to 50% off select volumes after that!

Tokyo Revengers is the story of Takemichi Hanagaki who learns while watching the news that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he’s a complete and total virgin… At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps twelve years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto’s most sinister delinquent gang!!

This deal will soon be in the past so try Tokyo Revengers volume 1 for only 99¢,  and save up to 50% off select volumes after that! Just visit our participating digital vendors to take advantage of this great discount: BookWalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from May 19, until May 25!

Curious but want to see more? Check out the 1st chapter preview FREE below!

Discover Shojo & Josei

We’re starting our Discover series of sales, meant to spotlight and discount some of latest, greatest and hidden gems of a specific genres starting with Shojo & Josei! And if you think there’s nothing in these specific genres that might appeal to you, prepare to be wrong!

Right now take up to 50% off 100 shojo and josei series with a variety of styles and themes sure to entice any manga fan. Like a little bit of the supernatural with your romance? Try Vampire Dormitory, Until the Full Moon, or That Wolf-Boy is Mine. Want to feel the thrill of sports battles with some doki-doki moments? Try Waiting for Spring, Chihayafuru, and Knight of the Ice. Or if you do want romance with a lot of heart, laughs, and a little spice, try, A Sign of Affection, Wotakoi Love is Hard for an Otaku, and Sweat and Soap. The range you’ll find in shojo and josei titles is vast so why not dive right in at a discount!

But this big sale won’t last long so be sure to visit your favorite digital vendor to save up to 50% off select titles from the series mentioned below: Bookwalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from May the 18th to May 24th!

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, A Sign of Affection!

And see below that for the full list of titles being offered during this sale, with links to read other chapter 1s FREE!

1122 for a Happy Marriage
10 Dance
A Springtime with Ninjas
A Kiss, for Real
Abe-kun’s Got Me Now!
Aoba-kun’s Confessions
Arisa
Asahi-sempai’s Favorite
Atsumori-kun’s Bride-to-Be
Beauty Bunny
Beware the Kamiki Brothers!
Black Panther and Sweet 16
Can I Kiss You Every Day?
Chihayafuru
A Condition Called Love
Cosplay Animal
Defying Kurosaki-kun
Drowning Love
Ex-Enthusiasts MotoKare Mania
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
Gakuen Prince
Guilty
Hotaru’s Way
House of the Sun
I Am Here!
I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die
I’m in Love and It’s the End of the World
Kakafukaka
Kamikamikaeshi
Kira-kun Today
Kiss Him, Not Me
Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight
Kitchen Princess Omnibus
LDK
Let’s Dance a Waltz
Liar x Liar
Living-Room Matsunaga-san
Love and Lies
Love in Focus
Love Massage Melting Beauty Treatment
Love’s Reach
Lovesick Ellie
Manga Dogs
Mikami-sensei’s Way of Love
Missions of Love
My Boss’s Kitten
My Boyfriend in Orange
My Boy in Blue
My Little Monster
My Pink Is Overflowing
My Sweet Girl
Nodame Cantabile
Our Fake Marriage
Our Precious Conversations
Peach Girl
Peach Girl NEXT
Peach Heaven
Peach Mermaid
Perfect World
Princess Jellyfish
Queen Bee
Ran the Peerless Beauty
Real Girl
Say I Love You.
Prince in His Dark Days
Prince’s Black Poison
Prince’s Romance Gambit
The Walls Between Us
The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn
That Wolf-Boy Is Mine!
Those Summer Days
Tokyo Alice
Tokyo Tarareba Girls
Until the Full Moon
Vampire Dormitory
Waiting for Spring
Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty
Wizard and His Fairy
World’s End and Apricot Jam
Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku
You Got Me Sempai!
To Write Your Words
That Blue Summer
Dorm of Love and Secrets
I’ll Win You Over Sempai!
I Fell in Love After School
Sweat and Soap
Star Crossed!!
A Sign of Affection
Knight of the Ice
Something’s Wrong with Us
When We Shout for Love
Men’s Life
Heroine for Hire

Maid in Honey
My Best (♀) Butler
Practice Makes Perfect
Writer and His Housekeeper
When We’re in Love
Whisper Me a Love Song
Story of Our Unlikely Love

The Drops of God Final Volumes!

All Forty-Four Digital Volumes Now Available in English for the First Time

Today’s Release of Volumes 34-44 Completes the Story for English Readers Everywhere

It’s time to pop open a bottle of your favorite red or white, because comiXology Originals and Kodansha are releasing the final eleven volumes of the international bestseller The Drops of God. This marks the first time that the forty-four volume manga series is available in its entirety in English. Volumes 34-44 join the previously released volumes, all of which can be read digitally as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive content at no additional cost for members of Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited and comiXology Unlimited. These titles are also available for purchase from the Amazon Kindle store and comiXology.

Created and written by Tadashi Agi with artwork by Shu Okimoto, The Drops of God has had an unprecedented impact on the international wine market and the various wines featured throughout the series.

The Drops of God weaves an intoxicating tale of family dynamics and wine education. When world-renowned wine critic Kanzaki Yutaka passes away, his will reveals that his fortune of a wine collection isn’t automatically bequeathed to his only son Kanzaki Shizuku, who, in a snub, went to work at a Japanese beverage company whose main focus is selling beer. In order to take ownership of his legacy and the inheritance, Shizuku must correctly identify and describe thirteen wines, the first twelve heaven-sent wines known as the “Twelve Apostles” and the thirteenth known as the “Drops of God,” while competing against the stellar young wine critic, Toomine Issei.  With determination, a strong sense of taste and smell, and an uncanny ability to describe his experiences, Shizuku submerges himself in the world of wine to try to solve its mysteries and defeat Issei.

For more updates on comiXology Originals, check out http://comixologyoriginals.com.

And for more information on this and other Kodansha USA Publishing titles please visit: kodansha.localhost/.

Manga for Mommy Dearest

Still glowing from the love of Mother’s Day? We’re (un)officially extending the celebration of moms everywhere by featuring series that spotlight some of our favorite manga moms, during the Mommy Dearest Digital Manga Sale!

That’s right save up to 50% off mom saga’s like the featured isekai rom com, I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World! Or check out the tales of an orphaned cat looking for mom with Chi’s Sweet Home and Chi’s Sweet Adventure. Or if you’re looking for a not-so-sweet series, check-out the deadly supernatural melodrama, Kasane. Get all these titles and more at a price that will make your mom proud you’re saving money!

But this sale won’t last long, so don’t get scolded for missing out! Visit your favorite digital vendor to save up to 50% off select titles from the series mentioned below: comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from May the 11th to May 17th!

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World!

And See below that for the full list of titles being offered during this sale,
with links to read other chapter 1s FREE!

May 4th Sci-Fi Savings!

Though your eyes may be looking to the skies for different reasons (i.e. space wizards, and galactic wars) we’re here to let you know there’s a universe of sci-fi well within reach and we’re beaming you some savings during the May 4th Sci-Fi Sale!

Teleport into multiple universes of sci-fi action like with the recent shonen classic EDENS ZERO. Or you can try a sci-fi classic of a different kind with the anime & feature film inspiring series like, Battle Angel Alita & The Ghost in the Shell. Looking for an unfolding and dark sci-fi thriller? Look no further than the Breaking Bad meets Robocop saga, Inuyashiki. With more savings than you can shoot a blaster at, get started on a ton of series and still keep some credits in your account.

But be sure to jump on these sci-fi savings before time runs out! Visit your favorite digital vendor to save up to 50% off select titles from the series mentioned below: comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from May the 4th to May 10th!

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Battle Angel Alita!

And See below that for the full list of titles being offered during this sale,
with links to read other chapter 1s FREE!