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K Manga Adds Atsuko Namba’s Square Up for Love, Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as Snow Manga in English – News

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May 1, 2026

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hhkbtweawaat55w — Image via K MANGA’s X/Twitter account

Kodansha‘s K Manga service announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday and Friday that it has added Atsuko Namba’s Square Up for Love (Koi Suru Shikaku) manga and Hajime Inoryū and Shōta Itō‘s Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as Snow (Furitsumore Kodokuna Shi yo) manga in English.

K MANGA describes Square Up for Love‘s story:

Mize Takahashi is a 28-year-old office worker who lives by herself. She’s currently dating Sakurai-senpai from the same company☆―or so she thought. Is it possible that she’s actually the one he’s cheating on his girlfriend with?! While heartbroken, Mize has an unexpected reunion at her family’s restaurant with her childhood friend Ritsu, who is nine years her junior. It has been ages since Mize last saw him, but the person he likes is…actually her?! At age 28, an uncertain love begins.

Namba launched the manga in Kodansha‘s Be Love magazine in July 2024. The company shipped the fourth compiled book volume of the manga on April 13.

12th volume cover of Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as Snow — Image via Amazon Japan

Lonely Deaths Lie Thick as Snow launched on Kodansha‘s Magazine Pocket app in August 2021. The manga will end with its 12th compiled book volume. Kodansha published the 11th volume on December 23.

Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga and describes the story:

A routine call regarding a burglary at an empty mansion leads cocky young police detective Jin Saeki to a gruesome and shocking discovery. The corpses of 13 children, along with the presence of a strange symbol, spur a manhunt for Juzo Haikawa, the mysterious absentee owner of the house. So begins an investigation (and an obsession) that will take Jin all over Japan and into the darkest recesses of both the past and the human soul.

Kodansha USA shipped the first volume on March 3 and will ship the second volume on May 12.

The manga inspired a live-action series in July 2024.

Source: K Manga’s X/Twitter account (link 2)

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Black Clover Manga Ends – News

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May 1, 2026

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Manga reached climax in 3-chapter finale

Black Clover Climax — Image via Jump Giga’s website

This year’s spring issue of Shueisha‘s Jump Giga magazine published the final three chapters of Yūki Tabata‘s Black Clover manga. Shueisha had previously announced that the manga would reach its climax in this issue.

Tabata launched Black Clover in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015. The manga moved to the quarterly Jump Giga magazine in 2023. Viz Media is publishing the manga digitally and in print, and Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service is also publishing the manga digitally.

The manga went on hiatus for a planned three months in late April 2022 so that Tabata could prepare for the “final arc” of the manga (the wording used could also be translated as “final saga”). The manga then resumed in August 2022.

The Black Clover anime premiered in Japan in October 2017. The show was originally listed with 51 episodes, but it continued into a new season with episode 52 in October 2018, and continued on again into a new season in October 2019. Crunchyroll streamed the series in Japanese with English subtitles, and Funimation streamed the show’s English dub. The anime debuted on Adult Swim‘s Toonami programming block in December 2017. The anime last aired in March 2021 with its 170th episode.

The new season will debut in 2026. Studio Pierrot will return to animate the new season. Crunchyroll will stream the anime.

Crunchyroll describes the story:

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!

The Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King (Black Clover: Mahо̄tei no Ken) anime film opened in Japan and debuted on Netflix worldwide in June 2023.

Sources: Jump Giga spring issue

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‘Buchigire Reijou wa Houfuku wo Chikaimashita.’ Announces Additional Cast, Theme Songs

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May 1, 2026

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The official website for the Buchigire Reijou wa Houfuku wo Chikaimashita. Madousho no Chikara de Sokoku wo Tatakitsubushimasu (A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires) television anime revealed additional cast, theme songs, and a key visual (pictured) on Friday. The anime series adapting Metabo Hagure‘s fantasy drama light novel will begin airing in July 2026 on TV Tokyo, BS11, AT-X, and other channels.

Cast

Misha Tail: Ayumi Uehara

Lunoa Carlton: Yui Ogura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou)

Mireille Kataria: Ikumi Hasegawa (Sousou no Frieren)

Voice actress Yui Ogura is performing the opening theme “Q.E.D.” and Aguri Onishi (Seirei Gensouki) performs the ending theme “Goodbye Lullaby.”

Naoyuki Kuzuya (Izure Saikyou no Renkinjutsushi?) is directing the anime at Studio Comet. Mitsutaka Hirota (Gimai Seikatsu) is handling the series composition and Sayaka Anezaki (Touhai: Ura Rate Mahjong Touhairoku) is designing the characters. Satoshi Houno (Isekai Yakkyoku) and Kaori Nakano (Fuguushoku “Kanteishi” ga Jitsu wa Saikyou Datta) are composing the music.

Hagure began penning the novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2020. Hobby Japan began publishing the novel in May 2022, featuring illustrations by Masami (Kanpekisugite Kawaige ga Nai to Konyaku Haki sareta Seijo wa Ringoku ni Urareru). The seventh volume went on sale in August 2025.

Oonoimo began drawing a manga adaptation in Comic Fire in May 2022. Hobby Japan published the tenth volume on March 2.

J-Novel Club licensed the manga and light novel for digital release in English in November 2023 and January 2024, respectively. The sixth novel volume was released in May 2025, and the seventh volume will go on sale on May 13. The seventh manga volume was published on March 25.

Source: Comic Natalie

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Manga ‘Black Clover’ Concludes Serialization

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May 1, 2026

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The Spring issue of Jump GIGA magazine published the 392nd and final chapter of Yuuki Tabata‘s Black Clover manga on Friday, concluding its eleven-year serialization.

Tabata began serializing the manga in Weekly Shounen Jump in February 2015, after publishing a one-shot in Shounen Jump NEXT! in May 2014. The manga transferred to Jump GIGA magazine in December 2023. Shueisha published the 37th volume in September 2025, with the 38th and final volume scheduled to be released on August 4.

Produced by Pierrot, the first anime season premiered in Fall 2017, airing a total of 170 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime with subtitles and later with an English dub. The second season is scheduled to premiere in 2026.

The Black Clover: Mahou Tei no Ken (Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King) anime movie opened in Japan in June 2023.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in June 2016 and released the 36th volume in January 2025.

Synopsis

In a world full of magic, Asta—an orphan who is overly loud and energetic—possesses none whatsoever. Despite this, he dreams of becoming the Wizard King, a title bestowed upon the strongest mage in the Clover Kingdom. Possessing the same aspiration, Asta’s childhood friend and rival, Yuno, has been blessed with the ability to control powerful wind magic. Even with this overwhelming gap between them, hoping to somehow awaken his magical abilities and catch up to Yuno, Asta trains his body relentlessly every day.

In the Clover Kingdom, once a person turns 15 years old, it is time for them to receive their Grimoire, an item allowing its wielder to use their magic to its full capacity. At the ceremony, Yuno obtains a Grimoire with a legendary four-leaf clover, indicating the exceptional strength of its wielder, while Asta pointlessly waits for his. Feeling dejected, yet unwilling to give up, Asta sees Yuno caught by a mage who is trying to steal Yuno’s special Grimoire. Despite being completely overpowered by Yuno’s captor, Asta’s will to keep fighting rewards him with his very own Grimoire—one with an unheard-of black five-leaf clover. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official manga site: https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/bclover.html

Official manga X (Twitter): @blackclover_off

Source: Official X