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Comikey to Add Several Shōjo Manga from Hakusensha's Catalogue Digitally
posted on by Anita Tai
Comikey announced on August 17 it will release several shōjo manga titles from Hakusensha's catalogue in English digitally. The first announced title is sora's Crashout Schoolgirl and Degen Teacher (Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi) and the first seven chapters are available to read now.
The company stated its lineup of Hakusensha titles will include manga that have not had official English releases before.
Comikey did not specifically state what other manga it will release from Hakusensha. The above image features the following manga (from left to right): Kōcha Ōji, Gakuen Babysitters, Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyōshi, Kare Kano, Moon Child, Ōkami-Heika no Hanayome, and Mikado no Shihō. Of these titles, Kare Kano and Moon Child have had English releases before.
The company previously partnered with Hakusensha to publish some of its titles in 2021.
Other new series that Comikey added in August include Kamiharu Haruno's Shut Up, Takamori!; Akinoko's Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate; Asaki Asagiri and selen's The Princess Groom; and Nobuko Takekawa's Yuko, the Ghost in My Room manga.
Comikey partnered with Shogakukan in July 2021, and began releasing titles in English digitally from the publisher. Comikey also publishes manga from Shinchosha, Compass, and Coamix.
Comikey users can read the first chapter and most recent chapter of each manga for free. For other chapters, users have the option to purchase the digital "Keys" currency to unlock those chapters.
Comikey was founded in 2020, and also hosts other Asian comics such as webtoons and manhua. The company also localizes series into Portuguese. The platform officially launched in June 2021 with content from KuaiKan Manhua.
Source: Comikey's X/Twitter account
