New Kodansha Print Club & Fall 2027 Print Licenses Announced at Kodansha House NY
Kodansha Reveals Upcoming Kodansha Print Club and Fall 2027 Print Manga Licenses at Kodansha House NY
Just announced at Kodansha House NY—new print manga licenses spanning additions to the Kodansha Print Club line, as well as upcoming series debuts for Fall 2027.
Starting at the beginning of 2027 Kodansha Print Club will see the print debut of digital-first favorites like Burn the House Down, the Netflix drama-inspiring revenge thriller and Manchuria Opium Squad, the historical fiction organized crime saga. New-to-English print licenses also debuting via Kodansha Print Club in 2027 include When Arika Went Missing, the disappeared idol mystery; Umwelt and Other Stories, a collection of folklore-centric short stories by the inimitable Daisuke Igarashi; and Ark of the Canaries, the haunting apocalyptic sci-fi story from the author of Skip and Loafer.
Kodansha’s Fall 2027 slate of new series debuts include the much requested Tell Me, Dear Butler, an opposite social status attract rom-com; Hitorijime Boyfriend: RE, the long-awaited sequel to the Hitorijime Boyfriend BL; Prisoners of Twilight Town, the action-packed wrongful incarceration game-of-death; Jackpot Girls, the rags-to-riches lottery comedy from the author of Girlfriend, Girlfriend, and many more!
The new print licenses announced at Kodansha House NY and set to debut in Fall 2027 will be available for purchase at physical and online book stores like Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Amazon, and more, while select digital editions will be available upon release across all our participating vendors, including Bookwalker, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, and more! Fans can also purchase and read all Kodansha digital manga directly on kodansha.us.
Upcoming Kodansha Print Club titles will be available to pre-order in the coming months via retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Books-A-Million, Kinokuniya, Hudson Booksellers, and Powell’s. These titles may even be available at your local bookstore, but if you don’t see these titles, you can ask to special order them. Shipping of Kodansha Print Club titles may vary by retailer and may take longer for international orders.
Kodansha continues to invite fans to be part of this program by not only purchasing Kodansha Print Club titles, but also by letting the publisher know which series they would like to see added to this ever-expanding roster. Suggestions, comments, and requests can be submitted via Kodansha’s Publishing suggestion feedback form.
Full details of each new Kodansha print license announced at Kodansha House NY can be read below:
New Kodansha Print Club Licenses:
Burn the House Down
By Moyashi Fujisawa
JP Title: 御手洗家、炎上する
Debut Date: January 2027
In this suspenseful, 8-volume drama, follow one woman’s path of vengeance against a powerful, twisted family. Live-action adaptation now streaming on Netflix!
Assuming a false identity and working as a housekeeper, “Shizuka Yamauchi” infiltrates the well-to-do Mitarai household in pursuit of the truth. Thirteen years prior, when the Mitarai home was engulfed in flames, Shizuka’s mother was forced to take the fall for the crime. Now, on her first assignment with the family, Shizuka homes in on Makiko, the beautiful second wife of Dr. Mitarai. But Mrs. Mitarai harbors sinister secrets of her own…
Rated: 16+
When Arika Went Missing
Story by Moyashi Fujisawa, Art by Kumakazu
JP Title: 私のアリカ
Debut Date: January 2027
A suspenseful idol mystery where everyone has something to hide. From the mind behind Burn the House Down!
Beloved idol Arika Mamiya has been missing for a year, but her best friend Nana Miyajima hasn’t stopped looking for answers. Determined to uncover the truth, Nana sets out to infiltrate Arika’s group by becoming a member herself—a daunting mission for a rude, tone-deaf loner who couldn’t be further from idol material. But when auditions begin and Nana tanks in the fan rankings, she’s forced to ditch her lone-wolf ways and fight for the spotlight, all while discovering the ugly world that lurks beneath the smiles and sparkle of idol life.
Rated: 16+
Manchuria Opium Squad
Manga by Shikako, Story by Tsukasa Monma
JP Title: 満州アヘンスクワッド
Debut Date: January 2027
In the corrupt, conflict-ridden Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, the illegal opium trade is a perilous path to quick riches—or a swift death. Desperate to save his doomed family, the young Isamu Higata seizes a dangerous opportunity, using his botanical expertise to make mind-blowing opium in hopes of cashing in. But when sinister gangs and the oppressive state catch wind of his operation, Isamu is thrust deeper and deeper into a treacherous world of deceit and depravity to protect himself and those he loves.
Note: This series is a work of fiction and contains graphic depictions of intense violence, drug abuse, and other shocking imagery. The story and its contents are not recommended for young or sensitive readers. Reader discretion is advised.
Rated: 18+
Kamakura Bakeneko Club: Uncanny Cat Tales
By Daisuke Igarashi
JP Title: かまくらBAKE猫倶楽部
Debut Date: February 2027
An old rumor persists in the ancient coastal city of Kamakura: find your way to the elusive Bakeneko Club, and you’ll be reunited with a lost or departed cat. Remote worker Arisa spends her days at a local café, where visitors drawn by the rumor share stories of their uncanny feline encounters with the two peculiar young men behind the counter. But in this primeval place where the boundary between the human world and the spirit realm wears thin, their tales might awaken the interest of more than just a curious eavesdropper…
Rated: 16+
Umwelt and Other Stories
By Daisuke Igarashi
JP Title: ウムヴェルト 五十嵐大介作品集
Debut Date: March 2027
Ten unforgettable short stories, spanning modern folklore to surreal science fiction, from Daisuke Igarashi, the award-winning artist behind Children of the Sea and Witches.
Rated: 16+
Futarijime Romantic
By Chihiro Kanisawa
JP Title: たりじめロマンチック
Debut Date: March 2027
Kokomi Kumamori has been waiting ever since a kindergarten first kiss for fate to deliver the storybook romance she was promised. Then Kyohei Tajima—a boy with the very same name as her childhood prince—walks into her life. But he’s rude, romance-averse, and definitely the wrong Kyohei…so why does he keep making her heart skip a beat? From sports-festival sparks to beachside butterflies, every new side of him she discovers has Mr. Wrong seeming more and more like Mr. Right.
A hopeless romantic finds something better than the love story she’s always imagined—but not without a few fantasies shattered along the way. One high school girl learns that love rarely follows the script in this short and sweet three-volume shojo rom-com.
Rated: 13+
Ark of the Canaries
By Misaki Takamatsu
JP Title: カナリアたちの舟
Debut Date: April 2027
A sci-fi rumination on humanity, this single-volume manga is about a strange, dying world, and the one girl trying to survive it. A speculative fiction story from the author of Skip and Loafer.
Gossip, track meets, squabbles with mom… Upbeat Yuri’s not ready for high school to be over, but graduation looms on the horizon. One afternoon on her walk home, a flying mass swallows up the sky, raining destruction upon all she can see. The place Yuri later wakes up in is quiet; the lone being there with her is a man in a lab coat. As social ritual and organic matter unravel around the girl, desolation threatens her singular goal: returning home.
Rated: 16+
New BL & Yuri Licenses:
Hitorijime Boyfriend: Re
By Memeco Arii
JP Title: ひとりじめボーイフレンドRe
Debut Date: Fall 2027
The long-awaited return to the story that launched the global hit spinoff Hitorijime My Hero!
More than a decade after the BL one-shot Hitorijime Boyfriend, original creator Memeco Arii returns to the couple that started it all: After many tribulations, Kensuke and Hasekura have graduated from high school and moved in together! But Kensuke’s just as popular at his part-time job as he was in school, and Hasekura can feel his jealousy bubbling back up… Then, one morning, he notices Kensuke’s covered bite marks?! Don’t miss this single-volume sequel sixteen years in the making!
Rated: 18+
I Remember the Color of the Wind
By Kazari
JP Title: 風の色まで憶えてる
Debut Date: Fall 2027
A sweet and poignant friend-to-lovers BL about falling in love at first sight, perfect for fans of Blue Summer Haze, What If I Said “I Love You”?, and Whisper Me a Love Song.
When Mori hears his classmates trying to nervously build up the courage to talk to Michioto, one of the most popular boys in school, he has no problem offering to get his enigmatic classmate’s phone number. But when Mori’s eyes meet Michioto’s, it’s more than Michioto’s good looks that takes Mori’s breath away, and Mori falls in love at first sight. Soon, Mori is overwhelmed by feelings of first love. Luckily for him, circumstance and after circumstance starts to bring him and Michioto closer together, and the two become fast friends. But will Mori’s newfound friendship alone be enough to satisfy him, or will he risk it all for the chance of something more?
Rated: 18+
Powerless Without You
By TAMA TAMASAKI
JP Title: 無力聖女と無能王女
Debut Date: Fall 2027
In this thrilling yuri fantasy, Nana’s just out of college, trying to make her way on a series of part-time jobs, when she finds herself whisked away from her bedroom into a parallel world of magic! To her shock, she’s told that she is the great Saintess who will bring peace and prosperity to the whole country. Except for one tiny problem—she soon discovers she has absolutely zero magical power—none! To make matters worse, the princess she’s been summoned to serve with can’t cast even a single spell. A Saintess with no magic power, and a princess who can’t use her own—a pair of failures, doomed to become a laughingstock…or a partnership that might deepen into something more?
Rated: 16+
New Romance Licenses:
Tell Me, Dear Butler
By Michi Masaki
JP Title: おしえて執事くん
Debut Date: Fall 2027
The hot-headed and judgmental Kikyo is used to having servants appease her every need. As a child, she scared away almost all of her attendants. But when the new young butler, Hanayagi is introduced, he engages with her in a rather unique way. Treating each other as equals. They are both kids, after all. Now in high school, Kikyo hasn’t given up this unrequited love for her butler, despite it being indecorum for her social status. No matter how many times she tries to get his attention, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on him…or does it? This romantic comedy was the inaugural winner of the Honto Aotagai Comic Award, an award for up-and-coming manga.
Rated: 13+
My Rebound Has Too Much Game!
By Asumi Takabuchi
JP Title: クラスの陰キャに彼氏の才能がありすぎる
Debut Date: Fall 2027
A four-eyed ugly duckling turns to swan in a hilarious contemporary high school rom-com about overcoming rejection, getting revenge, and finding love again.
When Kohane gets unceremoniously ghosted and dumped by her boyfriend, she’s determined to move on and immediately sets her eyes on Mizuma, a bespectacled shy boy at school who’s a dreamboat of a neighbor without his glasses at home. Mizuma is a reluctant rebound at first, but Kohane takes the fake it till you make it approach, conspicuously posing them as the perfect lovey-dovey couple in public. The sham relationship started out as a petty game of revenge, but could the rebound turn into true love?
Rated: 16+
Zacha’s Undying Love
By Nori Arashiyama
JP Title: ザハの恋
Debut Date: Fall 2027
Searching for his lost love, handsome vampire Zacha turns up at the home of the elderly Tsugumi and her granddaughters Yumeko and Himari. Thrilled by the arrival of a real-life vampire in her humdrum town, Yumeko is eager to help Zacha, but as they piece together the extraordinary life story of the woman he loved, Yumeko begins unearthing her own family secrets.
Rated: 16+
New Action, Adventure, and Comedy Licenses:
Prisoners of Twilight Town
Manga by Morohoshi Fuji
Story by Nagoya SHOKI
JP Title: 黄昏町プリズナーズ
Debut Date: Fall 2027
Yuma Sendo says goodbye to his picture-perfect life when a wrongful conviction sends him to Twilight Town, a lawless region where Japan’s most heinous criminals serve out sentences of capital punishment. Here, even basic necessities must be purchased via pounds of flesh, earned by offering up the corpses of fellow inmates. What hope does the very ordinary Yuma have to survive this dog-eat-dog world? The answer may lie in him accepting that he may not be so ordinary after all…
Rated: 16+
Snow Globe Town
By Rie Kano
JP Title: スノードームタウン
Debut Date: Fall 2027
High school students Ako and Tako share a dream of leaving their hometown of Takaoka to pursue the literary life in Tokyo—but they face more than the ordinary obstacles of small-town dreamers. For the past 10 years, Takaoka has been cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious, ceaseless snowfall, fostering a superstition among its residents that venturing beyond means risking death. When a famous novelist suddenly arrives in town, his presence shakes up Ako and Tako’s lives, and a flurry of strange and sinister events begin to swirl around them.
Rated: 16+
Jackpot Girls
By Hiroyuki
JP Title: ドリーム☆ジャンボ☆ガール
Debut Date: Fall 2027
When two high school girls win seven hundred million yen in the lottery, their lives are forever changed. But what kind of insane hijinks will these ladies get up to when there’s not a drop of common sense and barely any financial literacy between the two of them? The latest manga by renowned comedy author Hiroyuki, author of Aho-Girl and Girlfriend, Girlfriend.
To secure her future financial and career success, studious high school student Chie aims to get accepted into the prestigious Tokyo University. Meanwhile her best friend, the air-headed goofball Kanae, just wants to enjoy her life in the moment. One day, Kanae buys a lottery ticket and ends up winning first prize! And how much money is that you may ask? A staggering 700 million yen! When the girls decide to split the winnings, Chie suddenly finds that the burden of being responsible for such a fortune is too much and she ends up flunking her entrance exams! With her planned-out future crumbling around her, Chie decides, “Screw it!”. If her life isn’t going to go the way she’d planned, then she’s going to use her newfound fortune to live the best life she ever could!
Rated: 13+
Occult Times
By Idonchi
JP Title: オカルトタイムズ
Debut Date: Fall 2027
One girl is in it for the spooks, one is in it for the cuteness, but together they’re publishing the Occult Times—if they can stay out of the way of all the ghosts, demons, and werewolves haunting their school hallways!
Rei’s dream is to become a photojournalist, so when she enrolls at Hazama Academy, she naturally joins the school newspaper…which she’s shocked to find has only one other staff member: another girl named Shiro, who is obsessed with the occult! She’s about to walk out the door, when Shiro accidentally discovers Rei’s weakness for all things cute. In exchange for a plushie of a mythical flying cat, Rei joins Shiro on a nighttime stakeout, hoping to catch a ghost in the school bathroom. In the darkness, Rei can hardly believe her eyes when Shiro, in her excitement, starts to transform…into an adorable catgirl?! Can this school really be haunted with all kinds of monsters…cute ones?
Rated: 16+
