J-Novel Club has announced the acquisition of nine new light novel series and five new manga titles, revealed during their Anime Expo panel on Thursday. These new licenses are set to launch immediately, expanding the digital publisher’s diverse catalog.
New Light Novel Acquisitions
The nine light novel titles added to J-Novel Club’s roster cover a range of genres, from fantasy and action to heartwarming slice-of-life stories. These new additions include:
- Guild Handyman? More like Mastermind! Using My Hidden Skills in the Shadows (Story by Sakaku Hishikawa, Illustrations by Yu-nit): This series follows Tenes Lumel, a seemingly ordinary guild handyman who secretly orchestrates events from the shadows to dismantle a twisted world system. The first two parts of Volume 1 are available now.
- The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies (Story by Yuu Tanaka, Illustrations by Llo): Reincarnated into a harsh new world, Koichi Suzuki, now Thor, gains a unique magical ability to cook monsters and embarks on an adventure with furry companions.
- Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade.
- The Goddess Says, “Kill the Tsundere Witch!”.
- Zero Damage Sword Saint: I Enrolled in a Magic School and Wound Up in a Contract with the Demon Queen.
- Blade Skill Online: Crushing the Competition with My Abysmal Stats, Useless Class, and Garbage Weapon!.
- This Gyaru’s Got a Thing for…Vampire Hunters?!.
- Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse!. This series features Akira Tennou, a janitor transported to a parallel world, cursed, but also gifted with purification magic.
- Worthless at Home, Whiz to the World. This story centers on Noa, who leaves home to become an adventurer, unknowingly wielding incredible strength and magic due to his exceptionally powerful sisters.
New Manga Titles
In addition to the light novels, J-Novel Club has also licensed five new manga series:
- Details on the specific manga titles are not as extensively detailed in the provided snippets as the light novels, but they were part of the same announcement of five new manga titles.
These new digital releases are available immediately for J-Novel Club members.
