Seven Seas Licenses Cupid is Struck by Lightning Boys' Love Manga Series

(January 29, 2025) — Seven Seas Entertainment is happy to announce the license acquisition of the Mature-rated Boys Love manga series Cupid is Struck by Lightning by Minta Suzumaru, creator of I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love (also from Seven Seas). A charming Boys Love manga about a cheerful matchmaker who falls hard for his kuudere senpai!

First-year high schooler Shingo is a one-man information network. For the right price (lunch, in most cases) he'll find out whatever you want to know about your crush, using his top-notch conversational skills and easy-going nature. But Shingo meets his match in the handsome yet terrifying second-year Ao, a boy whose gloomy presence doesn't hurt his popularity one bit. For some reason, Shingo gets tongue-tied around Ao, but when he uncovers a secret about the older boy—one that has nothing to do with the mysterious scar on his face—he notices his feelings starting to change…

Cupid is Struck by Lightning Vol. 1 will be released for the first time in the English language in October 2025 for $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN, with the manga available in large-trim paperback editions as part of the Seven Seas BL Label (Boys' Love titles). Ebook editions 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