Manga Mavericks Books announced two newly licensed titles during its panel at Anime Boston that will be added to its catalog in Q4 2026 and Q1 2027.

The latest releases include the girls’ love school drama series ONI & DAWN: BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS by Hana Ikuta (published in Japan by TWO VIRGINS), the first volume of which is scheduled for release in print and digital formats in October 2026, and the award nominated queer drama BALL & CHAIN by Minami Q-ta (published in Japan by MAGAZINE HOUSE), the first volume of which is scheduled for release in both print and digital in a 2-in-1 omnibus format starting in March 2027.

ONI & DAWN: BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, VOLUME 1

by Hana Ikuta ∙ Print SRP: $14.99 / Digital SRP: $6.99
176 pages ∙ ISBN: 9781968054403 ∙ For Readers 13+ ∙ Available October 2026 

Pack your bags and grab your sword, because class is now in session for this dramatic GL series.

Somewhere in Japan, very special students have gathered at Koharu Girls’ High School. What makes them special, you ask?

Sakamoto, Takasugi, Katsura, Katsu, Hijikata, Okita, Kondo…

All these girls possess the souls of the great samurai from the Bakumatsu period! Living as teenage girls with their memories intact, they must navigate modern society, deal with messy historical baggage, and fight for love in a school that forbids romance.

ONI & DAWN: BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS is a 3 volume series published in Japan by TWO VIRGINS.

Manga Mavericks Books will be releasing the series in single volumes at A5 (5.83″ x 8.27″) size.

BALL & CHAIN, OMNIBUS 1

by Minami Q-ta ∙ Print SRP: $19.99 / Digital SRP: $9.99
320 pages ∙ ISBN: 9781968054465 ∙ For Readers 13+ ∙ Available March 2027   

“Maybe I could have chosen something different…”

Keito is a late-20s company employee who’s planning to get married as a “woman,” despite not feeling cemented into a specific gender or sexuality.

Meanwhile, Aya is a married woman in her 50s who continues playing out the role of “wife” despite being in a marriage that’s long since gone cold.

They both struggle with a gender that was decided upon birth and the “wife” role that became nothing more than a pantomime at some point.

This is a story of two queer people who harbor doubts about how they’ve been treated and shoved into a “normalized” box, and try to take back their true selves.

BALL & CHAIN is an ongoing series in Japan published by MAGAZINE HOUSE, and is currently nominated for the 30th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Manga Mavericks Books will be releasing the series in a 2-in-1 omnibus format at A5 (5.83″ x 8.27″) size.