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Seven Seas Adds Holy Corpse Rising Manga From Ninja Girls' Hosana Tanaka

Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Hosana Tanaka's Holy Corpse Rising (Seigai no Majo) manga. The company plans to release the series in single volumes starting with the first volume on November 29, 2016.

Seven Seas describes the story:

In fifteenth century Rome, witches have declared war against humanity. A young man named Nikola, whose parents were cruelly murdered by a witch before his eyes, discovers that he is now the key to winning the war. Using sorcery skills acquired through years of careful study, Nikola must revive twelve witches known as the “First Witches” who will become his allies and weapons to defeat the enemy. But there is one small hitch: in order to revive the witches from their eternal slumber, Nikola must form a marriage contract with each one. Just how many witches can Nikola marry in order to save the world?

Tanaka began the series in Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine in October 2014. Shonengahosha published the second compiled volume on November 30.

Del Rey Manga licensed Tanaka's Ninja Girls for North American release in 2008, and released four volumes before Kodansha took over Del Rey's manga titles in 2010 and published the rest of the series. Tanaka was the former assistant and protégé of Takashi Shiina (GS Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!, Zettai Karen Children).