
Four New Manga Series Announced by Dark Horse Manga
Dark Horse Manga is expanding their manga lineup with four new titles coming to English language audiences. Suicide Island, Babanba Banban Vampire, Asobi Asobase Omnibus Vol. 1, and Forget-Me-Not will be released in November 2026 through January 2027.
“An unassuming worker in a long-established public bathhouse is really the lustful 450-year-old vampire Ranmaru Mori!” the description for Babanba Banban Vampire reads. “The heir to this esteemed Koi No Yu Bathhouse, Rihito Tatsuno, is a 15-year-old virgin – who is about to fall in love for the first time with a girl in his class! Ranmaru begins to weave a desperate plan to prevent Rihito from losing his virginity and to make him fall for Ranmaru instead, so the bloodsucker can eventually have pure, 18-year-old virgin blood for his own vampiric self!”
Babanba Banban Vampire from Hiromasa Okujima is translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (I Am a Hero). It will be in comic shops on November 10.
“Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi are three Japanese schoolgirls who love to play games – so they create a special club for themselves to challenge each other to intense, over-the-top games and dares! As they struggle with their own unique personalities, they also struggle to make their group an official club in the eyes of the student council,” according to the synopsis for Asobi Asobase Omnibus Vol. 1.
From Rin Suzukawa with translations by Jongwoo Kim, the Asobase Omnibus Vol. 1 collects Japanese volumes 1-3 and part of Volume 4. It arrives in stores on November 17.
“In a story evoking both Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale, a young Japanese man, Sei, is transported to the mysterious, remote Suicide Island after a failed suicide attempt – where he must live the rest of his days or figure out how to die!” per the description of Suicide Island. “With society turning its back on many suicidal citizens, the island fills up with haunted, driven characters, often in conflict with each other and sometimes barely holding onto sanity!”
Suicide Island is from Kouji Mori (Holyland), with translations by Kumar Sivasubramanian (I Am a Hero). It will be in comic shops on December 8.
Forget-Me-Not is set in Venice where young Italian-Japanese slacker Mariel Imari strums her guitar, plays on her laptop, and relaxes by reading. She is also a master of disguise with skills gained from being part of a famous group of detectives.
“But Mariel hasn’t yet cracked the one case that would allow her to inherit her grandfather’s estate – Forget-me-not, the painting stolen from the mansion 22 years ago, which she needs to recover as a condition of his will. You see, Mariel is brilliant, but also a bit lazy and slovenly and bored…and about to be a bit embarrassed, too, when her sisters show up from Japan, under the impression that she is rich! Will Mariel ever catch the master thief standing between her and an aristocratic lifestyle?” the description states.
Forget-Me-Not was created by Kenji Tsuruta (Emanon) with translation by Dana Lewis (Appleseed). It is scheduled for release on January 5, 2027.
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Four New Manga Series Announced by Dark Horse Manga
Dark Horse Manga is expanding their manga lineup with four new titles coming to English language audiences. Suicide Island, Babanba Banban Vampire, Asobi Asobase Omnibus Vol. 1, and Forget-Me-Not will be released in November 2026 through January 2027.
“An unassuming worker in a long-established public bathhouse is really the lustful 450-year-old vampire Ranmaru Mori!” the description for Babanba Banban Vampire reads. “The heir to this esteemed Koi No Yu Bathhouse, Rihito Tatsuno, is a 15-year-old virgin – who is about to fall in love for the first time with a girl in his class! Ranmaru begins to weave a desperate plan to prevent Rihito from losing his virginity and to make him fall for Ranmaru instead, so the bloodsucker can eventually have pure, 18-year-old virgin blood for his own vampiric self!”
Babanba Banban Vampire from Hiromasa Okujima is translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian (I Am a Hero). It will be in comic shops on November 10.
“Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi are three Japanese schoolgirls who love to play games – so they create a special club for themselves to challenge each other to intense, over-the-top games and dares! As they struggle with their own unique personalities, they also struggle to make their group an official club in the eyes of the student council,” according to the synopsis for Asobi Asobase Omnibus Vol. 1.
From Rin Suzukawa with translations by Jongwoo Kim, the Asobase Omnibus Vol. 1 collects Japanese volumes 1-3 and part of Volume 4. It arrives in stores on November 17.
“In a story evoking both Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale, a young Japanese man, Sei, is transported to the mysterious, remote Suicide Island after a failed suicide attempt – where he must live the rest of his days or figure out how to die!” per the description of Suicide Island. “With society turning its back on many suicidal citizens, the island fills up with haunted, driven characters, often in conflict with each other and sometimes barely holding onto sanity!”
Suicide Island is from Kouji Mori (Holyland), with translations by Kumar Sivasubramanian (I Am a Hero). It will be in comic shops on December 8.
Forget-Me-Not is set in Venice where young Italian-Japanese slacker Mariel Imari strums her guitar, plays on her laptop, and relaxes by reading. She is also a master of disguise with skills gained from being part of a famous group of detectives.
“But Mariel hasn’t yet cracked the one case that would allow her to inherit her grandfather’s estate – Forget-me-not, the painting stolen from the mansion 22 years ago, which she needs to recover as a condition of his will. You see, Mariel is brilliant, but also a bit lazy and slovenly and bored…and about to be a bit embarrassed, too, when her sisters show up from Japan, under the impression that she is rich! Will Mariel ever catch the master thief standing between her and an aristocratic lifestyle?” the description states.
Forget-Me-Not was created by Kenji Tsuruta (Emanon) with translation by Dana Lewis (Appleseed). It is scheduled for release on January 5, 2027.











