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emaqi Service Adds New 7 Manga, 18 Viz Media Titles

AI localization company Orange Inc. announced on Friday that its emaqi e-bookstore service is adding seven exclusive new titles this month. Six of the new titles will be available through its "emaqi Premium" monthly subscription service. Additionally, the service has added 18 Viz Media titles to its "emaqi Premium" subscription last Friday, including Komi Can't Communicate, Ranma 1/2, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Fly Me to the Moon, and more.

emaqi's exclusive new titles are:

Title: Ironfist Chinmi (vol. 1)
Author: Takeshi Maekawa
Release Date: August 21
Synopsis: Legends say that 100 years after the founding of the Dalin Temple, the Chosen One of Kung Fu will appear! Sharp-witted and handsome! His fists shall be as steel, and his kicks shall shatter boulders! Enter Chinmi, the young Kung Fu Boy from Sichuan Province, raised at the wellspring of the mighty Yangtze River. Full of vigor and ambition, he sets out on the long journey to become worthy of being the Chosen One...

Title: She's Out of My League: Takane no Hana-san (vols. 1-3)
Author: Koji Murata
Release Date: August 21 (emaqi Premium)
Synopsis: Love Level: 5th Grade ☆ A high-powered office beauty's heart-fluttering gap romcom!】Hana Takamine (27) is the superstar ace of the product planning department at Mitsubachi Confectionery... Every product she plans is a runaway hit! Flawless, gorgeous, and utterly untouchable, she shoots down every advance from the men around her—earning her the nickname "Takane no Hana," the unreachable bloom atop a lofty peak, and sparking rumors that she "must be seeing some incredible guy." But here's the twist! On the inside, her romance level is that of a fifth grader!! She's really just a pure-hearted, hopelessly clumsy girl, head over heels for her junior coworker, Yowaki!!! Will love finally blossom for our Hana? The smiles keep coming, the blushing never ends—a youth-packed office romcom, now beginning!!!

Title: Searching for Skeletons (vols. 1-2)
Author: Hosui Yamazaki
Release Date: August 14 (emaqi Premium)
Synopsis: Boy x One Summer x Adventure = Boy Meets Crime!!  A shocking, youth suspense thriller! One day during summer vacation, a boy called Isshin, real name Kazuma Inui, meets up with some friends from his junior high and sets off on a journey... A journey to reunite with "that girl," who disappeared several years ago. But the truth behind it all is tied to a string of child abductions gripping the local area.From Hosui Yamazaki, the acclaimed artist of the suspense-occult manga series, "The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service," comes a vivid portrayal of youth and the darkness of society!

Title: Devil of a Saint (vol. 1)
Author: Ai Sakai
Release Date: Available now (emaqi Premium)
Synopsis: Akuno the devil is a commander in the Demon Lord's army. After being defeated and knocked unconscious by the hero, she wakes up to find herself in some village in the human realm. There, in a strange twist of fate, she's mistaken for being a saint, and so begins this devil's struggle to really become a true saint!!

Title: Black Terror (vol. 1)
Author: MATSURI MIDO
Release Date: August 14 (emaqi Premium)
Synopsis: An anthology brought to you by the talented artist taking the manga world by storm, Matsuri Mido. A farce masked behind tragedy. Horror that appears to be humor. A comedy of terrors. An extravagant collection of 10 stories, as well as the acclaimed tale "Living Dead Baby," guaranteed to bring you thrills, chills, laughs, and even a touching scene or two.

Title: Climax Necromance (vols. 1-3)
Authors: Satoshi Mizukami (story), Ichiri Seto (art)
Release Date: August 14 (emaqi Premium)
Synopsis: Just before the final dungeon... a battlefield rages as human soldiers and a skeleton army engage in fierce combat. Scattering surrounding enemies as they advance, the necromancer Azlaira and the dark knight Wraith, who follows close by like a shadow, finally face off against their longtime nemesis, Paraizo! It's on this battlefield where Ichika, a messy-haired woman in a sailor uniform that doesn't match her age, is suddenly summoned! Thus begins an isekai summoning battle from the team-up of Satoshi Mizukami and his protege, Ichiri Seto!

Title: Plus-sized Love (vols. 1-2)
Authors: Koji Murata
Release Date: August 21 (emaqi Premium)
Synopsis: Chubby office lady Ann Maruyama has decided to go on a diet for love! But she just can't resist delicious foods...!? Pizza, yakiniku, sweets, ramen to close, etc... One temptation after another comes her way... Her complicated maiden's heart wavers between appetite and romance...!! Will she be able to slim down and find true love!?A chubby girl's loving diet struggle that sparked a storm of sympathy among certain readers!! The supremely cute romantic comedy that was a huge hit in the magazine is finally available as a volume!!!

Orange Inc. was founded in April 2021, and announced in July 2023 it had raised US$1.8 million. The company established its headquarters in the U.S. in March 2024.

Orange Inc. launched the app version of emaqi in May 2025.

The emaqi Premium monthly subscription launched on July 1.

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