{"id":30027,"date":"2026-06-12T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/yen-press-licenses-alma-chan-wants-to-be-a-family-witches-cant-be-collared-more-december-2026-titles\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:39:02","slug":"yen-press-licenses-alma-chan-wants-to-be-a-family-witches-cant-be-collared-more-december-2026-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/yen-press-licenses-alma-chan-wants-to-be-a-family-witches-cant-be-collared-more-december-2026-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Yen Press Licenses Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!, Witches Can\u2019t Be Collared &#038; More December 2026 Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yen Press<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announced the license acquisitions of 15 manga and light novel series, as well as the release of a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bungo Stray Dogs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> box set collection. The new licenses consist of eight manga series and six light novel titles.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are the details on Yen Press\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">latest licenses<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;color: #000000\">Manga<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Witches Can\u2019t Be Collared\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original Story: <\/span>Yuri Yumemi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Character Design: <\/span>Wata<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manga Art: <\/span>Makuei<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Las Lilte Empire, with boundless magic power at their command, has grown to great prosperity\u2026but in the wrong hands, that power can pose a grave threat. To counteract the rampant abuse of magic, the Empire established the Magic Crimes Bureau. In the imperial capital, Elayl, hardened detective Rogue has to make a deal with the most despicable criminal of them all\u2014because only Miseria, the witch who unleashed hell on the world, has the kind of power that can help him solve the case surrounding the Lifetaker. But when you\u2019re dealing with convicted witches, standard investigation protocol just won\u2019t cut it\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Your Castle\u2019s Little Helper: Please Feed Me, I\u2019ll Work\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original Story: <\/span>Kazuhito Minagi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Character Design: <\/span>PenekoR<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manga Art: <\/span>Kazumi Kurihara<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the darkest corner of a grand castle, a starving young girl collapses from hunger\u2026but the second she thinks her life is over, the soul of a former Japanese office worker, Chihiro Sagami, awakens inside of her\u2014and there\u2019s no way Chihiro is dying here!! As she wanders the castle in search of food, Chihiro happens upon the kitchen and begs the kindhearted chefs working there for help\u2026and so begins her new life! Revitalized by the delicious cooking, Chihiro agrees to start working around the castle and gains a fond reputation as their little helper. But behind her eager eyes, there\u2019s a secret unknown even to her that could decide the future of the entire world\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>Nanateru<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The manga inspired an 11-episode TV anime adaptation in 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are two underappreciated scientists to do when their greatest invention, the ultimate self-learning android, Alma, insists they\u2019re her parents? Become an extraordinary nuclear family, of course! Alma may be small and cute, but she\u2019s got wicked combat capabilities and an insatiable curiosity about romance and family. Unfortunately, the unexpected co-parents have zero experience with those subjects and constantly find themselves at the mercy of Alma with her barrage of questions and razor-sharp analyses!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">I\u2019m the Monster Girl You Once Saved: A Middle-Aged Teacher in Another World Is Concerned About His Sudden Popularity<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>Okinosuke<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After twenty long years, Washio, a teacher summoned to another world, has gone to seed and become the laughingstock of the student body\u2026until one day, he catches the eye of a breathtakingly beautiful girl who tells him: \u201cI\u2019m the monster girl you once saved!\u201d By some strange twist of fate, he\u2019s won the favor of these students who were once his monster pupils\u2026What will happen to this past-his-prime teacher?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Love Me to My Core<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>An Momose<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokiwa is complete and utter trash. At least, that\u2019s how Yuzuriha would describe his jerk of a classmate, if anyone asked him. Too bad nobody ever looks past his pretty face to see what\u2019s underneath. So when the opportunity to connect with someone on a deep level comes knocking, he jumps at the chance! Too bad life\u2014or more specifically, Tokiwa\u2014seems intent on screwing him over! Caught in front of a love hotel, one thing leads to another, and Tokiwa\u2019s left with only one wish: for someone to love him on the inside too\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">The Purple Clavel: They Took Everything, So I\u2019ve Bloomed Once More as a Villainous Femme Fatale<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original Story: <\/span>Daifuku Hoshimi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manga Art: <\/span>Ichino Tomizuki<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maria lives a charmed life as a duke\u2019s daughter\u2014until her father is forced from his position through a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, and she loses everything! Now in hiding with her kid sister and her trusty lady-in-waiting at her side, Maria vows to secure safe passage into the nearby kingdom of Angelique. As luck would have it, a large trading company led by Angelique\u2019s Count Holden is hiring\u2026but Maria must disguise herself as a man to work for them! This is the story of a proud girl who fights with everything she has to protect the ones she loves\u2014and the origin of a legendary seductress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">The Reincarnated Devil\u2019s Plot for Raising the Ultimate Hero<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original Story: <\/span>Candy Tamagokake<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Character Design: <\/span>Megumi Nagahama<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manga Art: <\/span>Ryuu Segawa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low-ranking demon Kakyuu has amassed unparalleled power during his two millennia in hell. But when he gets caught in the cross fire during a battle between gods, he\u2019s freed from that cruel life\u2014and banished to another world altogether!! He finally has the peaceful, relaxed life he\u2019s longed for, but peace doesn\u2019t come easy\u2026especially when the village that took him under its wing is razed to the ground. When he finds Alus, a baby who was left in the ruins of the village, this demon vows to repay his debt of gratitude\u2014by making this baby the happiest child in the world!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Yamada\u2019s Class Diary<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story and Art: <\/span>Rui Aomi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High schooler Nina Yamada is serious, studious\u2014and the only girl in her class at a formerly all-boys school. She doesn\u2019t exactly get along with her classmates, but she\u2019ll work her butt off for a good college recommendation no matter what! So one day, when her teacher asks her to get the truant Murata to come back to school, she puts aside her reservations and braves the local arcade\u2026only to find Murata surrounded by girls waiting on him hand and foot! Can Nina get through to this absentee playboy, or will it prove to be the one thing her hard work won\u2019t help with?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Bungo Stray Dogs Case Files: BSD 01 \u2013 10 Box Set<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span>Kafka Asagiri<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Art: <\/span>Sango Harukawa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get the first ten volumes of Bungo Stray Dogs in one gorgeous box set! A young man kicked out from his orphanage, Atsushi Nakajima is in despair when he happens upon a stranger at death\u2019s door and rescues him. This eccentric fellow is Osamu Dazai, and he\u2019s actually a member of a crime-fighting supernatural detective agency whose powers and identities carry a literary twist!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 24px;color: #000000\">Light Novels<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Playful Relationships<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span>Sekina Aoi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustrations: <\/span>Kurehito Misaki<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to board game caf\u00e9 Gather Round, where love starts with a roll of the dice. Join interim manager Kotarou \u201cBanjo\u201d Tokiwa, who has a crush on the youthful, fashionable part-timer Mifuru Takanashi but can\u2019t ask her out because she has a boyfriend!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Nation\u2019s Dragon Guardian Is Reborn as a Downtrodden Young Lady<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span>Hyogo Amagasa<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustrations:<\/span> LINO<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elna, the adopted daughter of a baron, lives in the Wizrain Kingdom and endures constant abuse from her elder stepsister. But one fateful day, it all comes rushing back to her. In a past life, she was the famed dragon Elnarfia who protected the nation and longed to be human! Soon, a kingdom-wide search for the girl who is Elnarfia\u2019s reincarnation brings Elna face-to-face with a dear friend from her previous life: the legendary hero, now reborn as the king of Wizrain. But can the two of them rekindle their old bonds, or will they have to start from square one in this new life\u2026?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Mafia<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span>Shinano Sano<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustrations: <\/span>Nigata Ammon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the violent, crime-ridden underworld of Broken Ark, everyone knows Amrita\u2014it\u2019s one of the biggest gangs in the city, and also the most philanthropic. But precious few have seen its enigmatic boss, Lucy. And so, when she\u2019s targeted by a series of escalating attacks, the suspects are limited. Someone among Amrita\u2019s top brass is a traitor, but who?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Episode Asfi\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original Creator: <\/span>Fujino Omori<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span>Fumikaru Nishijima<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustrations: <\/span>nilitsu<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Character Designs: <\/span>Suzuhito Yasuda<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asfi is never not busy, so it takes some doing to get her to accept a quest to investigate a mysterious ship that keeps showing up recently. But when she, Hermes Familia, and Lyu board the vessel, they are attacked by a horde of ghosts! While enduring an endless stream of inexplicable phenomena, the ship takes them to a place that shouldn\u2019t exist\u2014Asfi\u2019s lost homeland.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">Shino &amp; Ren: Future\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original Story and Illustrations: <\/span>Minori Chigusa<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Light Novel Story: <\/span>Tsuzuro Hibi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lovebirds Ren and Shino have left their school days behind and set out into the world of working adults. Independence is exciting, but living on their own and starting their careers come with a whirlwind of challenges. Ren is struggling to make time in her busy modeling schedule for her girlfriend. Shino is happy about Ren\u2019s success, but she can\u2019t help but notice all the admiring gazes Ren attracts. Then when they\u2019re finally alone, Shino shies from physical intimacy! And to top it all off, Shino gets along with her coworkers and students so well that it\u2019s stoking Ren\u2019s jealousy. Do these high school sweethearts have what it takes to clear these hurdles and build a future together?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;color: #000000\">The Immortal Witch Would Sacrifice Ten Thousand Lives to Fulfill a Simple Wish\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Story: <\/span>Haruichi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustrations: <\/span>ituca<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Synopsis<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After being reincarnated in another world as an immortal witch lich with the appearance of a young girl, Yuurai is arrested by royal guards on the charge of killing and manipulating the corpse of a princess. While being tortured, she casts her \u201cDescend into Darkness\u201d skill, consuming twenty thousand souls to gain the mighty power of a Demon Lord\u2014and in doing so, becomes a target for extermination. Yuurai is hunted by holy knights and first-rank adventurers before eventually coming face-to-face with the kingdom\u2019s army of ten thousand soldiers. All she wants is to live in peace, but the vicious cycle never ends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Source<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: press release<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yen Press announced the license acquisitions of 15 manga and light novel series, as well as the release of a Bungo Stray Dogs box set collection. 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