SEAN: We're close to Halloween, so I've declared manga to be candy. ASH: Oh! Maybe I should try giving out manga this year... but that could be dangerous. SEAN: Yen divided its October pretty evenly this time around, so there's a lot this week as well. This includes three light novel debuts. From Yen On
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