Seven Seas Announce Five More Manga Acquisitions Including Hello, Melancholic! and 2.5 Dimensional Seduction

Seven Seas aren’t slowing down with their announcements. The publisher revealed five more titles they will publish in the west with many of them scheduled for a 2022 release. Regardless, we can still look forward to them.

Hello, Melancholic!

by Yayoi Ohsawa

Asano Minato is a tall but stooping first-year high school student. Though she’s an awesome trombone player, she does everything she can to fade into the background. Despite her best efforts, however, Minato catches the attention of her bubbly and charismatic upperclasswoman Hibiki, who wants Minato to join the band she’s forming at school and won’t take no for an answer! Will Minato be able to let go of the past and play in a band again? Can polar opposites harmonize through music? Slow jam your way into this dulcet yuri series!

Seven Seas will publish the manga series Hello, Melancholic! for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single-volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in February 2022 for $13.99.

2.5 Dimensional Seduction

by Yu Hashimoto

“I have no interest in real girls!” So claims Okumura, the president of the school’s manga club. He’s your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Lilliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer–and guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.

Seven Seas will publish the Mature-rated manga series 2.5 Dimensional Seduction for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single-volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in February 2022 for $13.99.

Sheeply Horned Witch Romi

by Yoichi Abe

The world has changed: everyone has fallen into a deep slumber, except the sheep…plus a sheep-horned witch and her senpai. And now monsters are closing in! Why are the only people still awake two teenagers in love with each other? Find out in this beautifully illustrated, unique dark fantasy!

Seven Seas will publish the manga series Sheeply Horned Witch Romi for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in March 2022 for $12.99.

The Muscle Girl Next Door

by Amesuke Ano

College student Daria isn’t a big guy–he’s thin and kinda scrawny, and he’s a little self-conscious about it. When he bumps into Rubi-san, a totally cut lady who can haul massive logs around, he thinks she’s the epitome of macho coolness. And it’s more than just admiration or even envy–he’s immediately smitten by her! Watch slight Daria chase after the buff and sexy Rubi in this charming modern love story.

Seven Seas will publish the manga The Muscle Girl Next Door for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in a single volume edition. The book will be released in June 2022 for $13.99.

Witches: The Complete Collection

by Daisuke Igarashi

On a visit to the capital of a small country in the far west of Asia, a British girl named Nicola falls in love. The object of her affections is Mimar, a young man who works at a bazaar–yet despite her attempts, he doesn’t notice her. Back at home in England, the ache of her unrequited love festers.

After years spent obtaining wealth, fame, and “the secret of the world,” she returns to the bazaar to exact her deadly revenge upon Mimar and those he holds dearest. This story is just one of many in this dramatic collection, which features tales of witchcraft across the globe and even in the far reaches of outer space. Originally published as two volumes in Japan and winner of an Excellence Prize at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival, now you can own the entire series in English for the first time in this beautiful omnibus release.

Seven Seas will publish the manga Witches: The Complete Collection (Omnibus) for the first time in North America in a single omnibus edition. The book will be released in March 2022 for $19.99.