We're back! And with a new series! This is chapter 1 of Kenjutsu Komachi by Ayumi Komura, and it's a spin-off of Usotsuki Lily. Readers of that series may remember that Komachi's father is known for drawing a manga called "Sword Fighter Komachi" (Kenjutsu Komachi), and much to our surprise, Komura started a series for it in June. In the story, Komachi Mizuno's family runs a shrine and a sword fighting dojo, but she doesn't like fighting and often skips out on practice. On Komachi's 16th birthday, she is mysteriously transported to another world similar to classical Japan.
As of now, only the first chapter has been released, and the series is being released on the Margaret Book Store app, currently available only on iOS, but once you have the app, the manga is free to read (although there are other manga you have to pay for). The app has seen 3 updates to its content since it launched in June, but there's still only one chapter of Kenjutsu Komachi, so it's unknown exactly when the next chapter will be released. Maybe Komura is drawing it on a bimonthly schedule, and if so, chapter 2 should be out in about 9 days; we'll see.
Also, we were recently sent some raws for the bonus content that was included in the Josou Debut volume (retitled as Haruno to Natsukawa). It's very short though; only the back cover, and then another 3 bonus pages were included.
Next up, Bokura no Hentai volume 3 begins, soon to be followed by Kuragehime volume 12.
Kenjutsu Komachi ch. 1: Mediafire, Dropbox
Josou Debut omake: Mediafire, Dropbox
I'm surprised you picked up Kenjutsu Komachi. Despite its connection to Usolily, it doesn't seem like the kind of manga you'd usually go for. Though it may be too soon to tell, with only the one chapter out.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Usolily, volume 12 came out a few weeks ago. Any chance of seeing any of that in the future?
Usolily v12 will have to wait a little bit while we work on Bokura, Kuragehime, and both Waais soon enough. So probably not until late September or early October.
DeleteAs for picking up Kenjutsu Komachi, it was purely because of its connection to Usolily, even if the series basically has zero connection to Usolily story wise. We hope you enjoy future releases of it.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, everything about this post is perfect! It seems very Kimura like to suddenly release Kenjutsu Komachi. And this first chapter looks great. And thanks for more Josou Debut too!
Awesome cant wait to read this! Glad you guys are back after a much deserved break, looking forward to Bokura and Kuragehime!
ReplyDeleteThat plot seems extremely similar to Sengoku Strays.
ReplyDeleteThat was surprisingly good. When there's a mangaka character in a series you can't help but wonder how is their work... No surprise the twins are fans of Komachi Papa... I hope Kotaro appears soon in the story too!
ReplyDeleteHi Hachimitsu, do you guys know what other chapters are contained within the Dousei Chuu and Haruno to Natsukawa tanks?
ReplyDeleteThe listed page count for both of those tanks is quite a bit greater than the page content of just those stories so I figure there must be additional stories in there.
Dousei Chuu's other content contained four other one-shots. One was Hitomeboressu!! which we had previously released from Josou Shounen v02 Peach Group. The other three were unrelated one-shots Benny's had done for a different anthology, Kousoku Shoujo (Bound Girls).
DeleteAs for Haruno to Natsukawa, the only bonus content was what we were sent in the release above, so the other content is most likely the other one-shots Emiri had done for other Josou Shounen anthologies, Full Soubi, Maid Tsuki, and xx Maid Kissa, all of which we've done.
Thanks for the release guys!
ReplyDeleteand yaaay for Kuragehime 12 <3 good luck!
thanks for the awesome release ^w^
ReplyDeleteso happy that you decided to do Komachi, even though its only connection is Komura (which is reason enough for me to want to read it >=D) lol
I'm really glad it was you guys who did Komachi instead of someone else C=
thanks again!
Thank you again for all of your hard work~!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm super excited about Kuragehime because I saw a raw spoiler for chapter 66.
I can't wait. Oh my GOD. It is going to be GOOOODD..
In the mean time I'm checking this site for updates like... Every few seconds. xD
*heavy breathing* KURAGEHIME
ReplyDeleteehehehehe
SPOILER
some sort of tsukimixkuranosuke scene
Hello, I am writing from a scarlation in Spanish for permission to translate the manga komachi kenjutsu, I hope your answer.
ReplyDeleteKoneko no fansub.
You don't have to get our permission for this.
DeleteAsked to avoid problems with other fansub because then leave a bad stop if you do not have permission from the English scans.
Deletehey!!, what about the Waai and the Shounen Oujo you guys promised Aug. Is that still coming out this mouth ,AWW and i was really looking forward to it
ReplyDeleteAnything we say may be subject to change for any number of reasons. Waai Mahalo got pushed back, and then because of another reason, we won't have it until later this month, meaning there probably won't be any releases from that or Waai until September.
DeleteAs for Shounen Oujo volume 3, it is indeed being released in Japan in a couple of days, but we still won't have it for a while. We dislike giving a specific time schedule because things are subject to change, so when we do give an update, it's usually when there is a good chance it'll end up the way we say, but not always. Shounen Oujo will have to wait until October more than likely. That's the best we can do.
aww, ok thanks , i really really can't wait to read the next vol. I huge cross dressing manga fan!
DeleteHello, i wanted to ask where to buy this manga i can't find this manga anywhere, it's not on amazon.jp or the publisher's website...Do you know any places?
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