It’s the day before Christmas and Yen Press decides to flood the bookstores with their new releases! Don’t they realize most of the money is gone by the 24th? How am I suppose to not only keep up with my favorite regular releases, but also pick up the new ones?! Spice and Wolf Volume 10 comes out this week, and as soon as I get volume 7 I will binge read to catch up. That’s how I got hooked in the first place, binge reading volume 1-6, so another binge can only be a good thing. While not a regular release, it is one that is good to see return. Tena on S-String hasn’t had a volume released since 2010, where the first arc ended, but nothing was resolved just yet. It returns this week in an omnibus 2-in-1, starting up a new arc. I wasn’t enamored by the series, but I grew to like the characters well enough that I wouldn’t mind seeing how the next arc starts.

Of the new releases, I do have some interest in the new light novel series A Certain Magical Index, and I wouldn’t mind seeing if Milkyway Hitchhiking read better as a volume instead of serialized, but the two new titles I’m looking forward to  Demon From Afar volume 1 and Love at Fourteen Volume 1. Demon From Afar is by Kaori Yuki, a creator who I have had more hits than misses with. It’s another series that deals with magic, demons and betrayal, but to be honest, I just can’t get enough of her work! I’m thrilled Yen Press was able to get this! Love at Fourteen is another title about teens finding first love. While these titles tend to bittersweet and melodramatic, they are teens after all, I do see some of the appeal to them. This one adds a level of maturity to its leads, which thankfully is just a facade to teens looking for answers.

 Full List per Diamond Distributors:

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT
D-Frag Volume 3 GN, $12.99

YEN PRESS
Accel World Novel Volume 2 The Red Storm Princess SC, $13.00
Accel World Volume 2 GN, $13.00
Are You Alice Volume 7 GN, $13.00
Barakamon Volume 2 GN, $15.00
Bloody Cross Volume 5 GN, $11.99
Certain Magical Index Light Novel Volume 1 SC, $14.00
Demon From Afar Volume 1 GN, $18.00
He’s My Only Vampire Volume 1 GN, $13.00
High School DxD Asia And Koneko’s Secret Contract GN, $13.00
Is It Wrong Try Pick Up Girls In Dungeon Novel SC, $14.00
Kingdom Hearts II Volume 3 TP, $19.00
Love At Fourteen Volume 1 GN, $15.00
Milkyway Hitchhiking SC, $30.00
Pandora Hearts Odds And Ends GN, $35.00
Soul Eater Not Volume 4 TP, $13.00
Soul Eater Volume 23 TP, $13.00
Spice And Wolf Novel Volume 13 Side Colors III Novel SC, $13.00
Spice And Wolf Volume 10 GN, $13.00
Sword Art Online Fairy Dance Volume 2 GN, $13.00
Sword Art Online Volume 3 Fairy Dance Novel SC, $13.00
Tena On S-String Volume 6 GN, $30.00
Triage X Volume 8 GN, $14.00