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The publishing house KAZÉ Manga has already presented the first part of its next program, which of course we do not want to withhold from you.
Below you will find the licensed titles sorted alphabetically and with the most important known details:
Blue Lock
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With “Blue Lock” penned by author Muneyuki Kaneshiro and draftsman Yusuke Nomura, KAZÉ will be bringing an interesting mix of sport and survival or mind game to us in German-speaking countries in the upcoming program. In Japan, the series, which has already achieved great success there, currently comprises 13 volumes. In this country, it starts in November 2021, with the manga initially being published every two months. Each volume costs € 7.00 (DE) or € 7.20 (A). If you can get along with the e-book, you only pay € 5.99. In addition, KAZÉ announced that exclusive color pages are planned for the German version and that all five volumes will optionally be offered with a collection slipcase.
Plot (via KAZÉ):
You won’t become the best striker in the world if you don’t have the right ego! That much is clear. Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar … they are all top strikers who lead their national teams to victory.
And where does Japan stand? Again with the countries that no football nation takes for granted. If the national team survives at least the group stage, it will be rewarded with an appreciative nod of the head (nobody really expects it), but that’s about it. After the defeat at the 2018 World Cup, in which Japan made it into the top 16, the Japanese Football Association finally wants to do something about it – or at least its newest member Anri Teieri. Since Japan, in contrast to the top soccer nations, lacks a star striker with the appropriate ego, she wants to “breed” one from a pool of 300 students. For this purpose, the future soccer heroes are locked up in a training camp, the “Blue Lock”, divided into different groups and have to assert themselves against all others. Your trainer is appropriately called “Ego”.
Yoichi is one of the chosen strikers, although he has just lost his team’s entry into the Nationals in the truest sense of the word: Since he wanted to be on the safe side, he passed the ball once too much instead of scoring the goal himself – and lost in order to. Although he is a very good player, he finds himself in the worst Team Z with the number 299. As soon as they arrive at the Blue Lock, the first ones are sorted out in a 2-minute game. Although Yoichi is of the opinion that football is a team sport, he soon has to learn that this attitude will hardly help him in the Blue Lock. Because here it is important to assert yourself against the others in order to be number 1 in the end. And the price of failure is very high: it means the abrupt end of the future national football career, as none of the losers will have a chance to become a national player. And then one of his “team members” also says that he has a monster inside him that comes out when it really matters … Does Yoichi really have what it takes to become so selfish and at the same time so incredibly good to stand up to to enforce his 299 competitors?
I Want to Do What Lovers Do
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For boys love fans, KAZÉ holds, among other things, the single volume “I Want to Do What Lovers Do” (Japanese: Tomodachi Ijou no Koto, Shitai) von Tomo Kurahashi (ua Deliciously in love with Invisible Scar) ready. This is to appear in German in stores in January 2022, with a price of € 7.00 (DE) and € 7.20 (A).
Plot (via KAZÉ):
Suga and Hara have known each other since they were children, they know each other’s quirks, their preferences and what they hate. So it’s no wonder that as students they decide to live together in order to save rent, after all they know everything about each other. Really everything? There is one thing that Suga never told … He has been secretly in love with Hara for a long time and has never confessed his love to him because he does not want to destroy their intimate friendship. One evening when Hara is not there, Suga begins to satisfy himself with a shirt from Hara. To his great surprise, Hara not only comes home earlier than expected and catches him doing it – he also offers to give him a hand … O /// O
Idol x Me
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Just like “Blue Lock”, another new series will start at KAZÉ in November. This is the comedy story “Idol x Me” (Japanese: Oshi ga Watashi de Watashi ga Oshi de) by Manga-ka JUNKO, which the fans in this country already know for the series “Kiss him, not me”. In Japan, “Idol x Me” has been completed and comprises a total of four volumes. In this country, buyers will have to put € 6.50 (DE) or € 6.70 (A) per volume on the table, whereby the e-book will be available for € 5.49. A two-month publication cycle is planned.
Plot (via KAZÉ):
Azusa is a huge fan of the idol group “Prinz-4-U” and has an immortal crush on the member Chika. At the opening concert of their new tour, a spotlight crashes onto the stage and threatens to kill Chika. Azusa throws herself at him with presence of mind to protect him! However, that didn’t really help, except that now both are dead and find each other again in heaven. While Chika doesn’t think that’s that great, it seems like a dream has come true for Azusa. But then God appears to them and reveals to them that his co-workers made a tiny mistake: It was actually not their turn to die. Then he sends them back into their bodies, which of course … are “repaired” beforehand. Phew, lucky again! Or not? Not at all, because both are now in the body of the other! Asuka doesn’t see any big problems doing Chika’s idol chores, after all she knows her idol, his moves and songs inside out! Doing the physical things like going to the bathroom, however … Soon the two of them find out that they can swap bodies again by kissing, but apparently this state does not last long. What should they do now and how can they survive the tour of Prinz-4-U ?!
Revenge tastes sweet
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With “revenge tastes sweet” (Japanese: Watashitachi wa douka shite iru) penned by Natsumi Andou, KAZÉ also publishes a somewhat dark Josei title that takes you into the interesting world of Japanese sweets. The ongoing series currently comprises 14 volumes in Japan and is expected to appear in stores in this country from October 2021, with one volume being published every two months. The price is € 6.50 (DE) or € 6.70 (A) per volume, with an e-book available for € 5.49 per volume.
Plot (via KAZÉ):
Sweet Nao had an equally sweet childhood: her mother is a pastry chef in the famous Kogetsuan, where the most wonderful and beautiful sweets are made. She also befriends the owner’s son, Tsubaki, and everything just seems to be perfect … Until one evening the owner of the shop is found dead and Tsubaki points to Nao’s mother as the murderer. Nao’s mother was sent to prison, where she died soon afterwards. Nao herself was thrown out of the Kogetsuan. 15 years later, at the age of 21, Nao followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a top pastry chef who is now supposed to present sweets for a wedding party. However, she is not alone: She competes with none other than Tsubaki from Kogetsuan, who, however, does not recognize her. Shortly before, she met a “fan of her mother’s work,” as he puts it, who pressed a letter into her hand. Her mother wrote this a long time ago and includes the simple line “It wasn’t me!”. More than ever, Nao is now trying to find out what exactly happened that fateful night so many years ago, and to get revenge on Tsubaki as well. When Tsubaki Nao later proposes to marry, she accepts his proposal in order to get closer to his family and their secret …
Second first love
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The last track for the time being from the autumn program 2021, which KAZÉ revealed today, is another Boys Love single volume with the title “Second First Love” (Japanese: Hatsukoi no Atosaki). The love drama is a spin-off story from Shoko Hidaka’s manga “After a Storm”, which was published in German by Carlsen Manga. This spin-off, which took place two years after the events of “After a Storm”, is to appear in German in December 2021 and will be offered for € 7.00 (DE) or € 7.20 (A). The fee for the e-book is € 5.99.
Plot (via KAZÉ):
In high school, Nishina and Miyama were something of a couple. While it was clear to Nishina that when she finished school, her sexual adventures would also end, Miyama was hopelessly in love with Nishina. After school they go their separate ways: Nishina leads a life that is often expected of a Japanese man: he gets married and has a well-paying job. How it should be. Or not? His wife falls in love with someone else, is getting divorced, and Nishina’s life feels empty. Then he met Miyama again by chance through a colleague, who made his dream come true and is now the proud owner of a café. Apparently he has a man by his side … Nishina recognizes Miyama immediately, but Miyama shows no movement, he doesn’t seem to recognize him. Has Nishina changed so much? He tries to find out more about Miyama’s new life and now comes to the café more often …
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