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Solo Leveling Vol. 9 packs a lot into one volume and starts to reveal the bigger picture

Jinwoo follows the call of the system and returns to the double dungeon that started it all in the hope of finally receiving some answers. What he doesn’t expect is to find his toughest opponent yet! Meanwhile, an S-rank gate looms over Tokyo, and after the loss of their strongest hunters, Japan turns to outside help―but with a worldwide increase in magic beast activity, only one S-rank hunter accepts their offer…Will that be enough to stop the magic beasts before they lay waste to Japan and beyond?

Original Story: Chugong
Art: Dubu (redice Studio)
Adapted by: h-goon
Translation: Hye Young Im
Rewrite: J. Torres
Letterer: Abigail Blackman

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NYCC 2024: IZE Press announces Three Korean Webnovels Coming to Print

Along with the four new webcomic licenses announced at the Yen Press Industry Panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Ize Press revealed the release date for the English print edition of the highly anticipated award-winning novel Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Ize Press also announced the acquisition of two other webnovels: the iconic enemies-to-lovers Boys Love series Semantic Error and the beloved reincarnation romantasy series Villains Are Destined to Die. The Korean content powerhouse is already publishing the comic adaptations of these three novels, and readers can look forward to adding these prose masterpieces to their collection. Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (novel) is set to release in July 2025. The publication date of the Semantic Error and Villains Are Destined to Die novels will be announced on the Ize Press social media pages in the coming months. All three novels will be released in print, eBook, and audio formats.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (novel)

By singNsong

The global hit fantasy novel finally coming to print in English! 

Struggling office worker Dokja Kim’s sole joy in life is an online novel so obscure that he’s its only reader. Then one day the story comes to an end…and so does the world. Horrific monsters, ordinary people forced to kill or be killed, and goblins gleefully streaming the carnage to a celestial audience—with the apocalypse straight out of his favorite novel unfolding around him, Dokja is the only one who can see this story to the finale!

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (novel)

Semantic Error (novel)

By J. Soori

The heart-pounding novel that inspired the hit BL comic! 

Computer science major Sangwoo Choo lives by the following tenets: reason, routine, and rules. So when the rest of his groupmates flake on their class presentation, he deletes their names from the project without hesitation—inadvertently destroying one groupmate’s plans to graduate and study abroad. That’s got nothing to do with Sangwoo, though…or so he thinks, until he realizes that Jaeyoung Jang, the talented design major he was hoping to hire for his video game, is not only that very same classmate, but eager to get some payback! Will Sangwoo be able to debug this semantic error before it upends his entire life? 

Semantic Error (novel)

Villains Are Destined to Die (novel)

By Gwon Gyeoeul

Surprise event unlocked—the release of the original novel behind the hit fantasy romance comic!

When a college student with a tragic past picks up reverse harem video game Daughter of the Duke’s Super Love Project, she immediately sees herself in one of the characters. Not the adored heroine of easy mode, Ivonne, no—but the protagonist of hard mode, misunderstood villain Penelope. Little did she know that she’d go to sleep playing the story…and wake up in Penelope’s body! The only way to escape the game world? Charm one of the love interests and reach his good ending. But with affection meters starting in the negative and the inability to speak without choosing from preselected dialogue, it quickly becomes clear that a single wrong move means her demise—and this villain might just be destined to die!

Beware the Villainess! Vol. 1 has a solid ending but the rest doesn’t stand out from similar stories

When a modern-day college student wakes up in the body of Melissa Foddebrat, the villainess of a cliché reverse-harem novel, she is determined to cast aside the plot and live a quiet life of luxury, but…AGH! Why are all the men in this novel trash?! A sleazebag crown prince, an asshole sniper, a crazed werewolf, and an obsessive merchant―Melissa can’t just stand by and watch the innocent heroine suffer at the hands of these four male leads. Scummy love interests, begone ― this story is getting a rewrite!

Original story: Soda Ice
Adapted by: Berry
Art: Blue Canna
Translation: Tapas Entertainment
Lettering: Dietrich Premier

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SSS-Class Revival Hunter Vol. 1 is the familiar dungeon crawler genre but a nice twist

Some people are just born lucky, fated to enjoy all the riches and fame, while those beneath fade into obscurity. Gongja Kim, an F-class hunter with zero skills, is definitely not one of the fortunate ones. He spends his days bemoaning his lame existence and enviously following the exploits of the star hunter Flame Emperor, for whom the mysterious, monster-filled Tower is nothing but a red carpet. Then one day, Gongja gets the chance to finally catch up to his idol when he receives the ability to copy other people’s skills. The only catch? He has to be killed by them first!

Covering chapters 1 to 10

Story: Sinnoa
Art: Bill K
Adapted by: Neida
Translation: Kakao Entertainment
Letterer: Ivo Marques

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The Boxer Vol. 8 is another amazing volume with some small flaws

Yu’s bloody beatdown against Fabrizio is interrupted at the end by the appearance of an unexpected guest, the boxer J. This legend is not only making his grand return into the world of boxing, but also to Yu, asking him to remember when they first met. K seethes at the sight of his grand finale ruined, but his line of sight isn’t against J―yet. He wants Yu to challenge his last pupil, and possibly the greatest boxer in the world―Aaron Tide. But before Yu can do that, he must first get through a gauntlet of even more fighters.

Covering chapters 68 to 77

Story: JH
Art: JH
Translation: Webtoon
Letterer: Adnazeer Macalangcom

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NYCC 2024: Ize Press Licenses Lady Devil, Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner, Lover Boy, and Radio Storm

At the Yen Press Industry Panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Ize Press announced the print publication of four comics: Lady DevilMurderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit DinnerLover Boy, and Radio Storm. Lady Devil and Lover Boy are set to release in April 2025. The publication date of Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner and Radio Storm will be announced in the coming months.

Lady Devil

Art by Choco FUKI
Adaptation by hanheun
Original Story by B.Cenci

Giovinetta Valdemar, Lady Devil herself, was branded as such after her first husband’s heart was ripped out on their wedding night. Years later, she is betrothed once more to a much older nobleman, and in her desperation, makes a wish to the devil of Ducommun for help—a plea that is answered by transforming her twin brother, Johannes, the exalted hero of Valdemar, into a devil! Will this creature be her salvation or lead her down an even more treacherous and forbidden path?

Featuring twisted characters and dark themes, Lady Devil is a historical romance manhwa that was adapted by hanheun, who oversaw the adaptation of Marriage of Convenience. Complete in 140 episodes, the webcomic is serialized on both Tappytoon and Manta Comics. This tragic tale of a young girl’s forbidden love with her twin brother takes readers on a tumultuous but enthralling ride.

Lady Devil

Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner

Art by MUK_BU
Adaptation by 0L
Original Story by Sumnagi

A string of murders has left the residents of Ira Street feeling uneasy….although that’s none of Shavonne’s business. The penniless author is too busy trying to secure his next paycheck to pay much attention to such matters—well, that and figuring out what the deal is with his strange new neighbor, Lewellyn, a young and handsome man who spends his days peeling onions on the stairs right outside Shavonne’s apartment. Shavonne tries not to concern himself, but when he makes a gruesome discovery during a candlelit dinner at Lewellyn’s place, both his neighbor’s eccentricities and the murders plaguing the community become harder to ignore…

Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner is a historical murder-mystery Boys Love manhwa following the interactions between a down-on-his-luck writer and the peculiar neighbor with skeletons in his closet. This psychological thriller is serialized on Lezhin and complete in 90 episodes. Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner will engross readers with its amazing plot full of intricate details and plenty of emotional moments. The print publication of Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner is highly anticipated by fans of BL stories with obsessive lovers and character depth. 

Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner

Lover Boy

By ZEC

For Eunho Jung, there has always been one constant in life—his feelings for the boy next door, Jaeha Yoo. From a proposal at the age of three to a confession in his teenage years, the torch Eunho carries for the older man has never died out…not even when Jaeha got married. Now in college, a chance meeting leads Eunho to reconnect with the recently divorced Jaeha—and he’ll do everything in his power to make his crush see him for the potential lover he is, not the cute kid he was. Will this finally be the right time, right place for these two? Or will Jaeha’s inability to let love in lead them to crash and burn? 

From the artist of The New Recruit comes a riveting Boys Love manhwa about a university student chasing after his unrequited love and a self-destructive divorcee who struggles to open his heart. Lover Boy features black-and-white artwork and is rated mature for its steamy romance scenes. Complete in 87 episodes, the webcomic has received over 196 thousand views and 20 thousand likes on Tapas. Lover Boy is a great read for BL fans who love childhood reunion stories, bisexual protagonists, and tantalizing intimacy.

Lover Boy

Radio Storm

By Team S&S

Are love and salvation possible at the end of the world? For core-user Sak, such a dream is unthinkable. Bullied by his peers at the war academy for his seemingly useless abilities, Sak spends every day focused only on survival.  But when a deadly plague compromises the haven of his school, fantasy suddenly starts looking a whole lot more like reality. Now Sak must find his Caller—a person who amplifies his powers and who he’ll feel an innate, deep sense of affection for. The only problem? When he finally meets his stranger, he thinks Sak has lost his mind! In the face of unreciprocated feelings, weaponized distrust, and life-or-death stakes, can Sak and his Caller meet on the same wavelength? Or will their journey lead them to a hell of regret…?

Taking place in a dystopian zombie apocalypse setting, Radio Storm is a supernatural Boys Love manhwa that follows an apathetic protagonist whose pheromones can determine the fate of humanity and a sexy rogue soldier with a tragic backstory. Radio Storm features beautiful black-and-white artwork with spot color sprinkled throughout the pages. The webcomic was serialized on Tapas and is complete in 80 episodes. Creating a wholly unique reading experience, Radio Storm is perfect for BL readers looking for a horror mystery comic with an unreliable narrator, intricate world-building, plenty of plot twists, and steamy scenes of affection.

Radio Storm

NYCC 2024: Semantic Error’s Angy is an official guest

Semantic Error

New York Comic Con, the biggest comic and pop culture event on the East Coast of the United States, announced the attendance of Angy, the artist of the Semantic Error comic, as an official guest at this year’s show.

While New York Comic Con has hosted several notable comic creators through the years, Angy will be the first high-profile guest in the realm of Korean comics, a category that has seen a meteoric rise in popularity in the western world in recent years. 

Angy is an illustrator and comic artist from Korea whose earlier works include Mr. Kim and the Suspicious Wife and Master Baek’s Case Notes. Her most noteworthy work is the comic adaptation of Semantic Error, an iconic Boys Love series that has been widely celebrated in various formats, including the original webnovel, the popular webcomic, and the award-winning live action K-drama. The Semantic Error webcomic was serialized in English on Manta, where the series rose to become one of the most popular works of Korean Boys Love. In April 2024, Ize Press, the biggest and most prolific English-language publisher of Korean comics in print, announced a print release of Semantic Error, which immediately became the imprint’s most highly anticipated announcement of the year.

Information on Angy’s upcoming visit will be announced on Ize Press social media at a future date. New York Comic Con takes place from October 17 to 20.

Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Vol. 5 packs a lot in setting up what’s to come

As the Freidkin family prepares for the Queen Mother’s return, they’re filled with dread and anticipation―until the woman arrives, and she actually seems…nice? Abigail’s first impressions of Sabrian’s mother are hardly what she was expecting, but that doesn’t mean she’ll let her guard down. When she senses a change in Blanche’s behavior, Abigail begins to suspect something is off, and her suspicions are confirmed when she learns of the Queen Mother’s plans to marry off her stepdaughter!

Story: Iru
Art: Mo9rang
Translation: Kakao Entertainment
Letterer: Chana Conley

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Your Letter is one of the best comics released so far this year. An emotional gut punch

Sori Lee is hoping for a fresh start at her new school–which is easier said than done when every single thing reminds her of why she transferred. As luck would have it, an anonymous letter taped to the bottom of her desk provides a perfect distraction. Little does Sori know that she’s about to embark on the scavenger hunt of a lifetime! What starts off as simple curiosity becomes a healing journey as Sori discovers just how far a small act of kindness can go.

Story: Hyeon A Cho
Art: Hyeon A Cho
Translation: Webtoon
Letterer: Abigail Blackman

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The Boxer Vol. 7 is another amazing entry in a series that gets better with every release

“GET YOUR REVENGE IN THE RING.” Coach K’s words echo in Yu’s ears, the image of Carmen’s unconscious body still fresh in his mind. Dirty tricks had always been a possibility―the Santorinos were known to use underhanded tactics like bribing referees and doping to gain an edge in their matches. But attacking Carmen took things too far…and Yu is going to make Fabrizio pay. When the day of the middleweight championship arrives, the audience quickly realizes they have bought tickets to a showdown between a man and a monster. Yet the true monster may not even be in the ring at all…

Covering chapters 58 to 67

Story: JH
Art: JH
Translation: Webtoon
Letterer: Adnazeer Macalangcom

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