Today, it was announced on the official Twitter account and the official Tumblr account of a shoujo-manga centered English publishing company, Viz Media’s Shojo Beat, that they have licensed two shoujo manga: Kyousuke Motomi’s (Dengeki Daisy, Beast Master) new romantic-comedy manga, QQ Sweeper and Arina Tanemura’s (Full Moon wo Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne) latest romance manga, 31☆Idream (Idol Dreams).
Announcements incoming….. (★^O^★)
— Shojo Beat (@shojobeat) February 6, 2015
☆New Shojo Beat #Manga Series Announcement☆ QQ Sweeper by Kyousuke Motomi Coming in October 2015 pic.twitter.com/RjxtQCOh7h
— Shojo Beat (@shojobeat) February 6, 2015
☆New Shojo Beat Manga Series Announcement!!☆ Idol Dreams by Arina Tanemura Coming in November 2015 pic.twitter.com/wuoBrBeZpK
— Shojo Beat (@shojobeat) February 6, 2015
On January 30, 2015, they had hinted on their Tumblr site that they will announce two new licenses.
One of the licenses was Kyousuke Motomi’s QQ Sweeper manga. The manga began serializing under Shogakukan’s Betsucomi magazine on March 13, 2014. There is currently one compiled manga volume for the series. It was released on September 26, 2014 while the second volume will ship on February 26, 2015. The first English volume version for the manga will be released on October 2015.
Read the first few pages of QQ Sweeper‘s first volume in Japanese here.
Synopsis of QQ Sweeper from Shojo Beat:
Kyutaro Horikita, the tall, dark and handsome cleaning expert of Kurokado High, is about to meet a sleeping maiden at the school: transfer student Fumi Nishioka! Fumi’s going to learn how to rid the school of nasty spirits with Kyutaro’s help, and her heart will surprisingly be “cleansed” too…!
The second license announcement was Arina Tanemura’s latest work, 31☆Idream manga. It began serializing under Hakusensha’s Melody magazine since April 27, 2013. There are currently two compiled manga volumes for the series. The first volume was released on March 25, 2014 while the second volume was released on December 25, 2014. The first English volume version for the manga will be released on November 2015.
Read the first few pages of 31☆Idream‘s first volume in Japanese here.
Synopsis of 31☆Idream from Shojo Beat:
At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missedher chances at love and success. When word gets out that she’s a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could turn back time to when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15. Now Chikage is determined to pursue everything she missed out on all those years ago—including becoming a star!
