Twenty One Exciting New Licenses Coming in July 2025

You already knew that the Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint novel was coming, but did you know that we have even more surprises for July 2025? In case you missed our social media announcements, we have a staggering twenty one new titles joining us this summer! Discover them now!

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Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer’s Bible, Complete Edition
By Ryoko Kui

Back for seconds? With more than seventy pages of brand-new comics, character info, and secrets on the menu, this updated edition of the Delicious in Dungeon World Guide, covering the complete series, is packed with all you need to know to explore even the deepest of labyrinths!

Level Up with the Gods
By Ohyeon, (Art) B. Ain

After the world as he knew it came crumbling down, ordinary college-student-turned-warrior Yuwon Kim, made his way to the Tower in the company of the Inner Gods. But even with his hard-earned skills and mighty companions, taking on the Outer Gods was an impossible feat—at least this time. Given a second chance, Yuwon returns to the beginning, before it all began, with a promise to return and fight again. Armed with the knowledge of a returnee, can he level up once more and find his place among the Gods? 

Dead Mount Death Play Side Story: Phantom Solitaire’s Art of Disguising Oneself as a Supernatural Being
By Ryohgo Narita, (Art) Yata Sugami

Catch the manga edition of the novel following a certain delightfully devious criminal!! “This astonishing autobiography written by me, Sorimura Tena, follows my rise to the top as well as how I became known as Phantom Solitaire. You’ll find some familiar names, including our friends at the Shinjuku police department! It’s phenomenal, extravagant—you’ve never read anything like it before! That’s right—get a front-row seat to this DEATH PLAY!”

Super String: Marco Polo’s Travel to the Multiverse
By IN-wan YOUN, (Art) BOICHI

When Marco Polo’s parents are wrapped up in a royal conspiracy and executed, he takes on a job as a deckhand in order to provide for his younger siblings. But one day, a monster attack causes a shipwreck, leaving Marco stranded in a mysterious town in Asia. As it turns out, this is just the beginning of a cross-dimensional journey spanning time and space, in which the fate of the world—including Marco’s family—hangs in the balance!

MONSTER TRIBE (manga)
By Jyuu Masui

Ten is a high school boy who wants nothing more than an average, uneventful life. Unfortunately, that’s not going to be easy for a half-human, half-monster child whose entire family is made up of monsters! What’s more, Ten and his brother are assigned an extraordinary mission—to hunt down the monsters threatening the human world! With the fate of humanity on his shoulders, will Ten ever be able to achieve the normal life he dreams of?!

 Almark (manga)
By Hiyoto Yunoki, (Original Story by) Noboru Yamada

In the northern lands where war continues without end, young Almark hopes to be a mercenary like his father one day. Thinking the timid boy ill-suited for such a life, however, his worried father envisions a different future for him—all the way at the Nork Magical Academy in the peaceful South, once he’s old enough to attend. And so, despite Almark’s efforts on and off the battlefield, he eventually sets out for the academy to respect his father’s wishes. But what lies ahead on his journey to becoming a magician?

Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda’s Gokura-chou
By Akihito Sakaue

It’s not about the money. It’s about heart. Here in this masterpiece historical anthology, that heart will be laid bare to you: the spirit of craftsmanship, flowing from fingertip to final product, be it a barrel, indigo cloth, razor-sharp sword, soft tatami mat, or even complete plastered building…

Suzuki-kun’s Mindful Life
By Yuki Fujimoto

Kaoru Suzuki is the kind of guy who towers over his classmates and exudes an intimidating presence, but beneath his tough exterior, he’s just a student who loves sweets, crafts, and flowers. When a handsome and unexpectedly tough classmate steps in to save him from a drunk on the first day of school, this unlikely duo becomes fast friends.

Double the Trouble, Twice as Nice
By Ryo Ichino

This was a mistake. A very big mistake. Well, it’s not like Yuri Hayama could just abandon an unconscious child in the middle of the street… And since her phone was dead, she ended up bringing him back to her place, which leads to her current dilemma—there’s a ridiculously hot guy in her bed! Plus, because he has a mysterious ability to transform from angelically cherubic to sinfully sexy and zero qualms about using that to get whatever he wants, he’s already got her twisted around his little finger…

Li’l Miss Vampire Can’t Suck Right
By Kyosuke Nishiki

Luna Ishikawa is a dark and mysterious vampire—or so she’d like her new classmates to believe. The truth is, while she may be one of the not-so-mythical bloodsuckers, she doesn’t really live up to the hype. She’s short and clumsy, and she can’t even suck blood properly! So when her classmate Tatsuta Ootori discovers her little “drinking problem,” he can’t help but lend a hand. Can he nurse Luna from the small, timid animal she is into a fearsome creature of the night?!

Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: React
By Spider Lily

Welcome to Café LycoReco! Join Chisato, Takina, and their Lycoris co-workers inside for a taste of their lives off-the-clock from Lycoris duty, whether it’s devising new menu items or balancing the books!

Bocchi the Rock! Comic Anthology
By Anthology

Hitori “Bocchi” Gotoh might find it hard to make friends, but that doesn’t mean she’s lacking in admirers! This rockin’ anthology features a lineup of all-star guest authors ready to take the stage for the ultimate Bocchi the Rock! tribute concert! With a set list featuring hits such as “What If Bocchi Was Totally Ripped?,” “Kessoku Band Tours in Another World,” and “Hitori Gotoh vs the Police,” you’ll discover new sides to your favorite characters you never even dreamed of!

A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans (manga)
By Atsu Benino, (Original Story by) Kurusu Natsume

Rei Hitoma is a former schoolteacher and a self-professed misanthrope due to past trauma. Hoping to live a slow, relaxing life, he takes a new teaching job in the mountains. But it turns out that this place is actually an all-girls school for demi-humans who want to become full-fledged human beings!

Guillotine Bride (manga)
By Daigo Murasaki, (Art) Kayahara and Shibakame

Rinne Irako, a girl with the potential to bring the world to ruin, has been sentenced to execution. But on the way to the guillotine, a sudden incident sends her crashing down to earth—right in the path of Ryuunosuke Dazai, a boy who’s eager help save Rinne and the world. All he has to do…is marry her?!

Konosuba: Even More Explosions on This Wonderful World!
By Kasumi Morino, (Original Story by) Natsume Akatsuki, (Art) Kasumi Morino

Yearning to follow in the footsteps of the silver-haired girl she met at the Eris Festival, Megumin decides to form her own band of thieves! She soon attracts several like-minded allies, but considering her nature, perhaps that’s not such a good thing… 

The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya 
By Nagaru Tanigawa, (Illustrations) Noizi Ito

SOMETIMES EVEN HARUHI DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS! While the SOS Brigade visits a shrine to ring in the New Year, Kyon can’t help but notice a distinct lack of supernatural or reality-bending phenomena. Despite this, he’s as wary as ever. After all, Haruhi has a tendency to turn even the most mundane events into impossible uproars! That danger could not be more pressing when their club activities lead them into a world of school wonders and whodunit mysteries. Even peaceful moments are remarkably bizarre when Haruhi is around...

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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Collector’s Edition (novel)
By Fujino Omori, (Illustrations) Suzuhito Yasuda

In Orario, fearless adventurers search for fame and fortune within the monstrous underground labyrinth known as the Dungeon. But Bell Cranell has bigger plans. He wants to pick up girls! Blessed by the clumsy but caring goddess Hestia, Bell forges friendships, makes alliances, and continues to venture deeper into the Dungeon. There are big decisions to make, trouble is constantly afoot, and—most importantly—there’s always beautiful women to encounter! 

This collector’s edition of the first 10 volumes features a cover printed on silver foil with embossed border areas and silver-printed edges, with a custom blue ribbon. The spine is designed to ensure the book lies flat so fans can enjoy the dazzling interior art as if it’s a full spread. Fans can look forward to future, color-coded editions, ensuring a dazzling collection of this beloved series. 

[Oshi No Ko]  Spica of the First Star (novel)
By Hajime Tanaka, (Original Story by) Aka Akasaka, (Illustrations) Mengo Yokoyari

Sometime after joining B Komachi, Ai Hoshino tells Ichigo Saitou, the president of her talent agency, that she has decided to quit the idol business. Though her group appears to be thriving on the surface, there is serious discord among its members. That’s when Ichigo offers her a different proposition…

A companion to the hit manga, this volume also includes the story of how Gorou and Sarina meet and part ways before becoming Aqua and Ruby, and a special bonus episode entitled "POV B"!

To Sir, Without Love: I’m Divorcing You, Part 1 (novel)
By Kori Hisakawa

At sixteen years old, Byletta was married off to Arnald, a nobleman’s son with a reputation for being both ruthless and handsome—although she hasn’t seen him once in eight years. Thankfully, Byletta is a strong, independent woman, who don’t need no man! When the empire’s war finally comes to an end, he returns home as a distinguished army commander…so Byletta takes the opportunity to request a divorce. But in response, he proposes a wager that’ll keep them together for one more month. A clumsy love story unfolds between a young woman with the reputation of a villainess, and a young man who has never known love!

Sword of Stallion (novel)
By Gakuto Mikumo, (Illustrations) Manyako

Rass Tarlion has fallen far. A mercenary who once single-handedly slayed a Greater Dragon, he now indulges in a hedonistic lifestyle, visiting brothels night after night, earning him the derisive nickname The Stallion by people all across the empire. Yet one day, the Imperial Princess Fiarca—his ex-fiancée who was thought to be dead—appears before him. To save the country from impending doom, the princess takes Rass back to the Imperial Palace…and tells him he has to seduce the crown prince’s fiancée, Princess Tishna from the neighboring kingdom!

How to Eat Life (novel)
By Ao Juumonji, (Original Story by) Eve, (Art) lack

Tobi Otogiri, a second-year student in middle school, doesn’t spend much time with his peers. Instead, he mostly chats in secret with his pal Baku, a mysterious backpack he received the day he last saw his older brother. Or at least, Tobi thought his chats were secret until a girl in his class named Ryuuko suddenly mentions Baku. Soon, strange things start happening at school, and the two of them realize the cause might be a creature only they can see… Thus begins an adventure blending reality and fantasy, human and nonhuman—a story about life eating life.

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Memen & Mori
By Shinsuke Yoshitake

Meet Memen, the calm and collected elder sister, and Mori, the curious younger brother. When Mori asks big questions like, “What is the meaning of life?” how does big sis Memen respond? Through humorous and tender moments, the two siblings teach that sometimes, the answer to life is less complex than we think.

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And that is all!