Acquisitions Announcement— Eight Exciting New Licenses from Yen Press

NEW YORK, NY (8/9/24) –Yen Press, LLC announced the upcoming release of eight new titles, including five manga (The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse; I'm Here, Beside You; Takahashi from the Bike Shop; Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret; Hell Is Dark with No Flowers) and three novels (Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus; Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days; Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky). These eight titles are set to release in January 2025. With a great selection of titles that includes a deluxe complete collection of the iconic Solo Leveling novel, readers can start off the new year with a bang!

Solo Leveling Collector's Omnibus (novel)
Story by Chugong
With Art by DUBU(REDICE STUDIO)

Arise, Solo Leveling fans! Experience all eight novels chronicling the tale of Jinwoo Sung in a deluxe omnibus fit for the strongest S-rank hunter. Featuring stunning art from the hit webcomic, this edition is sure to level up your collection!

Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days
Adapted by Asaura
Original Story by Spider Lily
With Aniplex, ABC Animation, and BS11
Illustration by Imigimuru

Located on the east side of Tokyo, overlooking the old, destroyed radio tower, Café LycoReco is a stylish and delicious place to relax. And this is a story depicting the everyday, extraordinary life of the charming staff who work there. Irresistible sweets, gun action, incredible games, heartwarming dramas, zombies and monsters...and a touch of love!? Of course, you can't forget the coffee!

The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse
By Haruo Iwamune

A girl walks alone in a world without humans. Her mission—to search for survivors and cleanse the land. But is anyone still out there in the lonely, beautiful ruins, waiting to be found?

I'm Here, Beside You
By TEA natsuno

Ibuki Doi has never forgotten his first love from high school—Mikami Baba, the kind, handsome, and totally straight student council president. Though he was too shy to approach Mikami back then, Ibuki always held his idol near and dear to his heart, wishing him nothing but the best! However, when he learns Mikami is soon to be married to a man, he just can't help it—he's absolutely devastated. He drinks himself into a stupor to drown his sorrows but is surprised to wake up and find...he's back in high school?! Could this be Ibuki's second chance to make things go his way?

Takahashi from the Bike Shop
By Arare Matsumushi

From unwanted advances from her boss to work dumped onto her by coworkers, thirty-year-old Tomoko Hanno, or Panko for short, struggles to stand up for herself. But when her rusty bike breaks down, she meets Ryohei Takahashi from the neighborhood bike repair shop. Although he can be a bit overbearing, Panko finds herself relying on his considerate nature and her world begins to shift...

Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky
Story by Nanigashi Shima
Illustration by raemz

On an April night in Tokyo, still too early for fireworks, university student Kakero Mano meets a woman named Koharu Fuyutsuki. She is a beautiful girl who stands out from the crowd, laughs a lot, and exudes a warmth that contrasts sharply with Kakero's own introversion. But there was something Kakero didn't know at first— she can't see.

Unlike Kakero, Koharu hasn't given up on anything, even with her blindness. She attends university daily, shows interest in clubs, makes friends—and dreams of launching fireworks one day. Kakero wonders why, when she can't see them...but maybe it doesn't matter. And maybe he can start moving forward, too, for the girl who's always been by his side.

Everyone’s Darling Has a Secret
By Kashiko Amane

Hizashi Hiruno, a freshman at a super-elite high school, has just finished his first academic proficiency test of the year. He anxiously awaits the results, which will set the tone for his next three years at school. But due to a mistake on his answer sheet, he receives an abysmal score and gets sent to remedial lessons! If there's one silver lining, he's not the only one—and his comrade could be the girl of his dreams?!

Hell is Dark with No Flowers (manga)
Original Story by Yoru Michio
Art by Ruka Tōdō

Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It's a curse that has driven him to a life of despair...but all that changes one evening when he stumbles across a bewitchingly beautiful boy in a huge European mansion. The boy introduces himself as Shiroshi Saijou, and before he knows it, Seiji has agreed to become Shiroshi's part-time assistant. It turns out that Shiroshi's “proxy service” is to consign yokai-possessed sinners to Hell, which will bring Seiji face-to- face with an unimaginable host of horrors!

About Yen Press, LLC
Yen Press, LLC, is a joint venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Founded in 2006, Yen Press has quickly risen to become one of the largest and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in the North American marketplace and a driving force in the introduction of light novels and Japanese literature to new readers through its Yen On and Yen Audio imprints. For more information, visit www.yenpress.com.