Yen Press announced on Friday that it has acquired licenses for eight manga series, six novel series, and one box set, all scheduled for release in December 2026.

Manga Licenses

Witches Can’t Be Collared

Art by Makuei, based on the original story by Yuri Yumemi with character designs by Wata. Set in the Las Lilte Empire, where magic power has driven great prosperity but also great danger, the Magic Crimes Bureau was established to combat rampant abuse of magic. Hardened detective Rogue is forced to strike a deal with the world’s most despicable criminal — the witch Miseria — whose power may be the only thing that can crack the case of the Lifetaker.

Your Castle’s Little Helper: Please Feed Me, I’ll Work

Art by Kazumi Kurihara, from the original novel by Kazuhito Minagi with character designs by PenekoR. The soul of Japanese office worker Chihiro Sagami awakens inside a starving young girl on the verge of death in a grand castle. After the castle’s chefs take her in, she begins a new life as the castle’s eager little helper — but a secret she doesn’t even know she carries could determine the fate of the entire world.

Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!

By Nanateru. Two underappreciated scientists find their lives turned upside down when their greatest creation — Alma, the ultimate self-learning android — insists they are her parents. Small and cute but armed with fearsome combat capabilities and endless curiosity about love and family, Alma subjects her reluctant “parents” to a relentless barrage of questions and razor-sharp analyses.

I’m the Monster Girl You Once Saved: A Middle-Aged Teacher in Another World is Concerned About His Sudden Popularity

By Okinosuke. Washio, a teacher who was summoned to another world twenty years ago, has become the laughingstock of his students — until a breathtakingly beautiful girl approaches him and declares: “I’m the monster girl you once saved!” His former monster pupils now seem to adore him, but what does that mean for this past-his-prime teacher?

Love Me to My Core

By An Momose. Yuzuriha considers his classmate Tokiwa to be complete and utter trash — a pretty face that nobody looks past. But when a chance for a deeper connection presents itself, things spiral in unexpected directions, leaving Tokiwa with one simple wish: for someone to love him on the inside too.

The Purple Clavel: They Took Everything, So I’ve Bloomed Once More as a Villainous Femme Fatale

Art by Ichino Tomizuki, from the original story by Daifuku Hoshimi. Maria, a duke’s daughter, loses everything in a coup d’état and goes into hiding with her younger sister and lady-in-waiting. To secure safe passage into the kingdom of Angelique, she disguises herself as a man to work for Count Holden’s trading company. This is the origin story of a legendary seductress who fights with everything she has to protect those she loves.

The Reincarnated Devil’s Plot for Raising the Ultimate Hero

Art by Ryuu Segawa, from the original story by Candy Tamagokake with character designs by Megumi Nagahama. Low-ranking demon Kakyuu has spent two millennia amassing power in hell before being banished to another world entirely. When he discovers a baby named Alus in the ruins of a village that sheltered him, he vows to repay his debt of gratitude by making the child the happiest person in the world.

Yamada’s Class Diary

By Rui Aomi. Nina Yamada is the sole girl in her class at a formerly all-boys high school — serious, studious, and laser-focused on earning a college recommendation. When her teacher tasks her with bringing the truant Murata back to school, she heads to the local arcade only to find him surrounded by adoring girls. Can her trademark hard work get through to this absentee playboy?

Novel Licenses

Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Nation’s Dragon Guardian Is Reborn as a Downtrodden Young Lady

By Hyōgo Amagasa, illustrated by LINO. Elna, the abused adopted daughter of a baron in the Wizrain Kingdom, suddenly recovers memories of a past life as Elnarfia, the legendary dragon who once protected the nation. A kingdom-wide search for Elnarfia’s reincarnation brings her face-to-face with a dear friend from that previous life — now reborn as the king of Wizrain.

Mafia

By Shinano Sano, illustrated by Nigata Ammon. In the crime-ridden underworld of Broken Ark, the gang Amrita is known for both its power and its philanthropy — but its enigmatic boss, Lucy, is rarely seen. When she becomes the target of escalating attacks, suspicion falls on someone within Amrita’s own inner circle.

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Episode Asfi

Original series by Fujino Ōmori, story by Fumikaru Nishijima, illustrated by nilitsu, character designs by Suzuhito Yasuda. Asfi reluctantly accepts a quest to investigate a mysterious ship alongside Hermes Familia and Lyu, only to be attacked by a horde of ghosts on board. The vessel then carries them to a place that shouldn’t exist — Asfi’s lost homeland.

Shino & Ren: Future

Story and illustrations by Minori Chigusa, written by Tsuzuro Hibi. Sweethearts Ren and Shino have graduated and entered the working world, but adult life brings new challenges: Ren’s packed modeling schedule, Shino’s shyness around physical intimacy, and a growing undercurrent of jealousy on both sides. Can these high school sweethearts build a future together?

Playful Relationships

By Sekina Aoi, illustrated by Kurehito Misaki. At board game café Gather Round, love starts with a roll of the dice. Interim manager Kotarou “Banjo” Tokiwa has a crush on the stylish part-timer Mifuru Takanashi — but she already has a boyfriend.

The Immortal Witch Would Sacrifice Ten Thousand Lives to Fulfill a Simple Wish

By Haruichi, illustrated by ituca. Reincarnated in another world as an immortal witch lich with the appearance of a young girl, Yuurai is arrested on charges of killing a princess. Tortured and desperate, she unleashes her “Descend into Darkness” skill — consuming twenty thousand souls to gain Demon Lord-level power — and becomes a target for extermination by holy knights and a ten-thousand-strong army. All she wants is to live in peace.

Box Set

Bungo Stray Dogs Case Files: BSD 01–10 manga Box Set

Story by Kafka Asagiri, art by Sango Harukawa. The first ten volumes of Bungo Stray Dogs are collected in a single gorgeous box set. The series follows Atsushi Nakajima, a young man cast out of his orphanage who rescues a stranger named Osamu Dazai — a member of a crime-fighting supernatural detective agency whose powers and identities are inspired by literary figures.

All titles are scheduled for release in December 2026.