SEAN: As we inch ever closer to Halloween, beware of the manga yokai, which look like Shonen Jump volumes but lure children to their doom. ASH: I absolutely believe this tale to be true. MELINDA: Okay, I lol’d. SEAN: Airship has two print light novel debuts. We get print versions of The Haunted Bookstore – Gateway to a Parallel Universe and The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real!. ASH: Looking forward to giving The Haunted Bookstore a try now that it’ll be in print! SEAN: Also in print (and same-day digital): Monster Girl Doctor 8. Early digital volumes include Adachi and Shimamura 7, Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! Lily’s Miracle (a side-story), and Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life...
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