AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on Thursday that five new English-language manga titles will be added to its emaqi e-bookstore service in late June. The lineup spans a wide range of genres, from isekai fantasy to workplace drama.
Releasing June 19
I Was Banished From My Clan for Sleeping Too Much and Dumped in a Forest, but While I Was Napping the Monsters Around Me Built a Kingdom But I Don’t Care, I’m Going Back to Sleep
(JP title: Aru Hi, Damin wo Musabotteitara Ichizoku kara Tsuihōsarete Mori ni Suteraremashita)
- Story: Hakua Shiranami
- Art: Sayu Igusa
- Character Design: Masayo
Claire is a vampire with one true passion: sleep. After her grandfather banishes her to an unfamiliar forest for her incorrigible laziness, she stumbles upon a Fenrir — a legendary monster — and takes it as her kin. More monsters soon flock to her side, and while she slumbers, the wild forest gradually transforms into a monster kingdom. The humans, however, are beginning to take notice.
Releasing June 26
Shrine of the Morning Mist (Asagiri no Miko)
- Creator: Hiroki Ugawa
High schooler Amatsu Tadahiro returns to his hometown of Miyoshi and moves into a shrine where the priesthood has been passed down through the female line for generations. His reunion with a childhood friend is cut short when he is suddenly attacked by a supernatural being. Based on the yokai tale Ino Mononoke Roku, this fantasy romantic comedy manga marks its English debut on emaqi.
Do You Like Painfully Awkward Women?
- Creator: Wakana
Shiori Itai, a 26-year-old office lady who has been single her entire life, is desperate to be popular. She obsessively researches and boldly takes on every challenge — but her natural clumsiness and cringeworthy tendencies always seem to get in the way. A hilariously relatable slice-of-life comedy about the everyday misadventures of a lovably awkward single woman.
Resignation Agency: The Worker’s Last Resort
- Creator: Kensei Hokamoto
Workplace harassment, crushing workloads, unfair wages, impossible targets — can anyone truly escape a toxic “black company”? This labor drama follows fierce lawyer Shiranui and rookie Riko as they take on exploitative workplaces, arguing that quitting a job is never the same as running away.
An Elf, a Motorcycle, and an Imperial Geographic Surveyor and… (Elf to Bike to Teikoku Chiri Chōsain to)
- Creator: Tsuyoshi Isomoto
Nonoa, an elf working as a surveyor’s assistant at the Imperial Geographic Institute, rides her motorcycle through monster-infested provincial roads alongside her partner Kago, updating maps of a drastically changed world. During a rest stop at a spring, an unexpected visitor appears before her. An otherworldly bike fantasy adventure awaits.

