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J-Novel Club has a bunch of shoujo and J-Novel Heart series included in their sale this month. You can check out the list of series on sale and preview each light novel and manga volume on their website.

• Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower: This is by the author of Sugar Apple Fairy Tale. Complete with 11 volumes.
• The Reincarnated Princess Spends Another Day Skipping Story Routes
• Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner! (manga): Complete with 6 volumes. J-Novel Club has also licensed the light novel, but it is not part of the sale.
• A Lily Blooms in Another World: This one is also available in print.
• The Emperor's Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride: Both the light novel and manga are on sale. This is by the author of I Refuse to Be Your Enemy.
• Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On?!
• I Refuse to Be Your Enemy!: This is by the author of The Emperor's Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride. Complete with 6 volumes.
• Girls Kingdom
• Marriage, Divorce, and Beyond: Complete with 2 volumes.
• A Royal Rebound: Complete with 3 volumes. J-Novel has also licensed the manga, but it is not part of the sale.
• Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte: J-Novel has also licensed the light novel, but it is not part of the sale.

Yen Press announced some new licenses this week! I didn't see these posted here yet. According to the ANN article, these will release in November. There will be another round of new licenses next week for Anime North.

Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: From Overlap's Comic Gardo (official chapters) and has 2 volumes so far. This is an adaptation of a light novel from Overlap Novels F that has not been licensed yet. The series is by the same author of Lacey Longs for Freedom.

He Was My Brother: From ComicSmart's Ganma. There are 9 volumes so far. The series had been licensed digitally by Mangamo, but Yen Press is giving it a print release.

The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening: Light novel from Kadokawa's Fujimi L Bunko. There is 1 volume so far. There is a manga adaptation running in B's-Log Comic (official chapters). The series is by the same author of My Happy Marriage and The Bubble Love of the Mermaid.

Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me was the winner for best shoujo manga in the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards. If you want to check out the series, both the light novel and manga are officially licensed in English.

Source: ANN article, XCancel

Seven Seas releases a survey every month to take suggestions for new series to license. You can suggest 3 comics and 3 novels for them to consider. When you fill out the suggestions, I recommend including the title in its original language, so that Seven Seas can more easily identify which series you are referring to. For any light novels/novels you suggest, I would recommend also writing out on the survey that you want your suggested series in print, as they have been doing a few digital only light novel licenses recently.

Link to May 2026 survey

Making licensing suggestions to other English publishers:

I recommend taking a look at Behind the Manga's website (see the posts titled "Suggesting Manga to Publisher"). It lists methods for making licensing suggestions to various English publishers in more detail and it also lists some Japanese publishers that each English publisher has already licensed series from. When you suggest a series to an English publisher, I recommend including the title of the series in its original language, if possible.

1. Yen Press: Suggestions can be emailed to the email address listed on their contact page. They also have a contact form that you can use.
2. Viz Media: The series suggestion form can be accessed through their contact page.
3. Kodansha: The publishing suggestions form can be accessed through the contact form on their support center page. You can provide a link to your suggested series and specify in the final section of the form that you want it in print.
4. J-Novel Club (digital only): They have a licensing suggestion forum. You can also vote on existing suggestions.
5. BluPetal: They have licensing suggestion forms that are linked on a post on Twitter (XCancel).
6. Crossed Hearts: The licensing suggestion form can be accessed through the link in their Twitter bio (XCancel). All licensing suggestions must include the title and author in its original language, source publisher, and a link to the series (XCancel).
7. Comikey (digital only): Suggestions can be submitted through their contact form or emailed directly to the email address listed under the platform section of their FAQ.
8. One Peace Books: They have a suggestion form at the bottom of their contact page.
9. Manga Mavericks: They have a manga licensing suggestions option on the contact form that is linked on their contact page. Licensing suggestions can also be emailed to the email address listed on the page.

Feel free to share your licensing suggestions for the Seven Seas survey or other English publishers!