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Manga Up! Global Releases It’s Not Easy Being Cute, Slasher Maidens, Inuta Manga in English – News

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Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global added in English Shō Asahina‘s It’s Not Easy Being Cute (“Kawaii” wa, Tokidoki Kurushii.) manga on Wednesday, Tetsuya Tashiro‘s Slasher Maidens (Kaijin Reijō) manga on Thursday, and Mo-suke Mattaku‘s Inuta: My Canine Classmate (Inuta-san) manga on Saturday.

Manga UP! describes It’s Not Easy Being Cute:

College student Himesaki Nozomi was a girl who took her beauty into her own hands through plastic surgery. One day she was asked by the natural beauty Tennōji Ruka to teach her how to be “cute.” At first, Nozomi was irked by her ignorance. How could she ask her for something like that when she had never even tasted the pain of being ugly? However, she soon learns that Ruka has her own struggles: she’s trapped by a “princely” image that prevents her from being the girl she truly wants to be. Together, they navigate the pressures of modern lookism to forge their own paths.

Asahina launched the manga on X (formerly Twitter) in September 2024. It began serialization on Gangan pixiv in September 2025. Square Enix shipped the second compiled book volume on February 20.

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Manga UP! describes Slasher Maidens:

Around the world, a phenomenon is observed where those whose mental stress reaches a peak transform into monsters called “Kaijin” and succumb to murderous impulses. Such supernatural events were completely unrelated to proud pervert Asuma Sudo, but after he transfers to an all-girls school while chasing the girl of his dreams, he discovers that the school was actually a front for an anti-Kaijin special agency!

Tashiro launched the manga in Square Enix‘s Monthly Gangan Joker magazine in April 2018. The series entered its final battle in volume 11 in November 2023. Square Enix published the 15th volume on March 21. Yen Press published the 13th volume in English on February 24. The manga entered irregular serialization on Wednesday.

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Manga UP! describes Inuta: My Canine Classmate:

The most beautiful girl in class sits right next to me. There’s just one thing: Inuta-san is 100% a dog—inside and out!

Whether it’s her sweet morning greetings, shared lunches, or walks back home together, the good girl Inuta-san is proving that man’s best friend makes for the best school life ever! Get ready for a puppy love comedy that’s all bark and no bite!

Mattaku launched the manga on X (formerly Twitter) in April 2024. Square Enix shipped the manga’s second volume on October 22.

Source: Email correspondence

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Webtoon ‘Villains Are Destined to Die’ Gets TV Anime

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Publishing company Kakao Piccoma announced a television anime adaptation of Gyeoeul Gwon’s Villains Are Destined to Die webtoon on Sunday, revealing a visual commemorating the conclusion of the main story (pictured above).

Gwon penned the original web novel on the KakaoPage website from March 2019 to August 2020. D&C Media published the series in four volumes, as well as the side story the following month.

SUOL originally began drawing the webtoon on the Kakao Webtoon platform in May 2020 and ended the main story with 214 chapters on Sunday. D&C Media published the ninth volume on January 29.

Tapas released the web novel in English between September to December in 2023. Yen Press licensed the novel in English for physical release under its Ize Press imprint in October 2024 and released the third volume on May 12. The fourth volume is planned for a September 15 release.

Tapas began publishing the webtoon chapters digitally in English in October 2020. Yen Press licensed the webtoon under its Ize Press label in July 2022 and published the eighth volume in November 2025. The ninth volume is scheduled to go on sale on August 18.

Synopsis

The latest otome game is all the rage recently, so a regular university student decides to see for herself if its fame is well-deserved. She clears the normal mode in no time and finds herself pitying the villainess, Penelope Eckhart. Penelope is a fake―a replacement for the duke’s missing daughter, the protagonist of the game.

Initially confident about clearing the hard mode as well, the woman is shocked by the sheer leap in the level of difficulty, eventually passing out from exhaustion. However, when she wakes up, she no longer recognizes her surroundings, for she has been reincarnated into the body of the villainess!

In a world where everyone seems to be out for her blood, Penelope must make wise decisions that keep her away from the death route. A tyrant prince, a suspicious magician, a nobleman from a fallen nation, or one of her nasty adoptive brothers―whose affections will she win? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Webtoon special site: https://page.kakao.com/content/54845189/

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Happy International Cat Day 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part II – Interest

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If Cat Day in Japan on February 22 wasn’t enough, Japan gets a second dedicated day to celebrate cats with International Cat Day on August 8. While Cat Day in Japan is primarily a wordplay on the number two (ni) in Japanese sounding like a cat’s meow (nyan), International Cat Day raises awareness on the health and welfare of domestic cats — and the anime and manga worlds are celebrating with their very own cats:

Akira Failing in Love


International Cat Day
Manga panel: Carried away by cats


Black Torch

Cyberpunk 2077

HIDIVE

Inherit the Winds


Today is International Cat Day🐈‍⬛
The world belongs to cats🌎


Atsushi Kamijou (To-Y)

August 8 is International Cat Day🐈

August 8 is International Cat Day🐈 blue cat

August 8 is International Cat Day🐈 Niya and Nia

August 8 is International Cat Day🐈

Yori Katakura (Yakuza vs. Cat)

May all the cats be happy🐾

Mitsuru Kido (Too Cute Crisis)


Today, August 8 is International Cat Day
May all the cats and their owners around the world be happy.


Kodansha

Kojima Production

Licca-chan


Today is International Cat Day☆
The kitties all gathered for Dad’s birthday party♪
Everyone’s gathered around the cakes, and it’s so lively, meow♡


Pragmata

Here are the cats from Pragmata🐱✨

Daisuke Sakuma


International Cat Day
Tomboish Shachi-chan←
　　　　　　　　　　　Mischievous Tuna-kun→


Miki Tori (Anywhere But Here)

International Cat Day

Yajima (Neko oji: Salaryman reincarnated as a kitten!)

International Cat Day

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Happy International Cat Day 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part I – Interest

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August 8 marks International Cat Day around the world. The International Fund for Animal Welfare created the day in 2002 to raise awareness for cats. Today, the unofficial holiday is run by International Cat Care, which strives to improve the health and welfare of domestic cats. The anime and manga worlds are doing their part to celebrate the holiday with greetings and more:

ANGYAMAN (Red Cat Ramen)

International Cat Day

Kamen Rider

International Cat Day

Medalist


🐈⛸️✨
International Cat Day


Yūsuke Nakamura

I am International Cat Day.

I’m also International Cat Day

Manabu Nii


International Cat Day 🐾
Takina: “Thanks for… the ears?”


Nontan

Have you read it?

Masami Ōbari


International Cat Day
A distinctive shot from my opening animation sequences
A kitty that embodies “that dazzling thing from the upper left”🐱✨


Ocha-ken

Let’s pretend to be cats and relax~🐈

Oyoneko Boonyan


Today is International Cat Day
We’d love to do something for cats through Oyoyo😺


Red Cat Ramen


＼＼　 \ 　/ 　／／
　Today, August 8 is
🐈International Cat Day🐈‍⬛　
／／　 /　 \　 ＼＼
May all the cats around the world be happy✨
Please share your favorite photo 📸🐾 too!!
“Red Cat Ramen Season 2”
Premieres in January 2027🍜


Rui (Usagi no Tsumori no Katatsumuri)

International Cat Day

Umi Sakurai (A Man and His Cat)


Toady, August 8, is International Cat Day meow🐱🐱🐱❗️❗️
I’ll make everyone in the world happy with my fluffiness, meow✨


Sega

SEGA & cat

Shikaruneko


Today is International Cat Day!
Today is “World Cat Day”!
May all the cats around the world live in happiness!!
To all you cat owners out there, show off your beloved cats in the comments section!🐾
Comic: Panel 1: Apparently today is International Cat Day
Panel 2: So, please spend the day playing with cats❤️
Panel 3: Hey! Not all day long! People have busy lives, after all…
Panel 4: Look, look❤️


SNK

Today is International Cat Day 🐈

Did we miss any International Cat Day 2026 greetings? Feel free to let us know in our forums or by email!

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