Seven Seas Licenses Afterglow Boys' Love Manga

(January 8, 2025) — Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the Mature-rated Boys Love manga Afterglow by Wagimoko Wagase. A doctor at rock bottom finds himself entangled with a handsome yakuza who helps ease his sorrows with a night of passion. Could this relationship be just what the doctor ordered or is it merely a case of lust-clouded judgement?

Higuchi Kiyotaka has hit rock bottom. Once a promising doctor on his way to becoming a cardiovascular surgeon, a traumatic incident has forced him to relocate to a rural town in Kyushu where he's relegated to practicing general medicine. Each day is a struggle to communicate with his heavily accented patients and overcome his intense feelings of guilt and depression. After an evening spent drinking himself into a stupor, he has a fateful encounter with a mysterious yakuza named Tenju, who promises to help the young doctor forget all his troubles for a night. As Higuchi finds himself drowning in unknown pleasures, he can't help but wonder--just who exactly is Tenju? And what does he want from him?

Afterglow will be released for the first time in the English language in November 2025 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, with the manga available in a single volume edition as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys' Love titles). An ebook edition will also be available on digital platforms.

About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment is an award-winning publisher that specializes in bringing the best of Japanese manga and light novels to English-language audiences alongside the hottest danmei, webtoons, and other books from around the globe, as well as producing audiobooks, original comics, and youth literature. All of Seven Seas' print book imprints are distributed throughout the world by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com