Tokyopop Adds 7 New Manga & Danmei Titles for Spring 2025 Release

Tokyopop has announced seven more manga and danmei novel titles set for release throughout Spring 2025. The titles most notably come from the romance and Boys’ Love genres, including two more additions to the company’s LoveLove imprint. 

Here are the details for Tokyopop’s latest Spring 2025 releases: 

We’re Not Cut Out To Be Lovers, Vol. 1

Story and Art: Kou Hirokawa

Release Date: April 22, 2025 

Synopsis: 

Introducing the noisy neighbor of your nightmares: a Youtuber.

It’s been six months since broody auto-mechanic Kumazawa moved in next door to Koichi, a streamer who claims to be an expert on love. After one too many loud recordings, Kumazawa finally snaps and shows up at Koichi’s door… only to shut him up with a passionate kiss!

Kumazawa has no interest in pursuing a straight guy, but Koichi stops by night after night and won’t leave until he’s “satisfied.” Coming off the heels of a traumatic breakup in which his partner cheated, Kumazawa is convinced he and Koichi won’t work out, but Koichi is determined to persuade him otherwise. Can a physical relationship between two people who are totally NOT “meant to be” turn into something real…?

The Little Bird Sleeps By The Seas

Story and Art: Yuu Minaduki

Release Date: April 15, 2025 

Synopsis: 

This heartfelt, emotional, boys love one-shot explores themes of healing from trauma, grief, and family both by blood and by choice. A beautiful tearjerker with immersive, atmospheric art by prolific BL creator Yuu Minaduki.

Left devastated after the tragic death of his parents and sister, Yuuichi Tachibana adopts his seven-year-old nephew, Ayumu. Seeking a new beginning, he chooses to move them to a new house with a view of the ocean, hoping for a peaceful setting where they can concentrate on their healing.

There they meet Ryou Kurebayashi, who owns a neighborhood deli, and become regular customers. As Ryou and Yuuichi grow closer, learning about each other’s unfortunately similarly tragic pasts, they begin to support one another — and Ayumu — day by day, building a little family of their own by the sea.

Fated Not To Meet, Vol. 1

Story and Art: Ei Eijou

Release Date: April 15, 2025 

Synopsis: 

Izumi, the sales ace with excellent grades, good looks and great communication skills, has someone he absolutely cannot lose to. His name is Sendo, the most unlikable man who took the top spot from Izumi. Izumi was the top salesman and fan favorite amongst the girls in the office… that is, until Sendo came along.

When a friend recruits him to be a plant for a gay dating app, Izumi agrees, so long as he never has to meet anyone in person. But when he makes a connection with “Kei”, the temptation to meet his new friend becomes irresistible. After all, even if they meet, it’s not like they have to start dating… right?! Well, turns out it is none other than Izumi’s rival, Sendo! Moreover, what Sendo has in mind for Izumi isn’t exactly “dating,” and the intense pleasure that awaits them both might just be worth defying fate.

Merry Witches’ Life, Vol. 1: The Three Widows of Berlebagille

Story and Art: Menota

Release Date: May 6, 2025 

Synopsis: 

Zoe, Shishka, and Eliza have very little in common. Zoe is a failed witch and a hopeless romantic, Shishka is a shop owner with a mysterious past, and Eliza is… well, a scarab beetle. However, the three of them do share something important: they are all recently widowed, and none of them are willing to give up on their beloveds!

From spells that go hilariously wrong to uncovering their island home’s hidden past, this story of romance and friendship is truly magical!

The Wizard: When Words Kill (Danmei Light Novel)

Story: Shi Wu

illustrations: Uri

Release Date: May 20, 2025 

Synopsis: 

Eighteen-year-old Cheng Jinxi is accused of brutally murdering a dozen of his relatives in just one night. Despite police officer Liang Yuanfeng doing everything he could to find evidence of his innocence, Cheng Jinxi confesses to the crime and is sent away to prison. Seven years later, a series of bizarre supernatural murders occur, and Liang Yuanfeng is given permission to bring Cheng Jinxi out of prison as a backup to help solve them. Cheng Jinxi can bring so much despair and pain with his powers, but Liang Yuanfeng believes the two of them can work together in the name of justice. And when the guilt and numbness he once felt fades into something new, Yuanfeng realizes this new feeling is love.

The Unwanted Bride Loves The Crown Prince With All Her Heart, Vol. 1

Story: Sua Tsumugi

Art: Maya Koike

Release Date: June 17, 2025 

Synopsis: 

When her country of Lidea loses the war, Princess Tinalia must wed the enemy prince, Keith. The arrangement isn’t as dire as it sounds, though: after all, Tinalia has been in love with Keith for years! 

Unfortunately for her, Keith doesn’t remember they already know each other. The circumstances of their first meeting were unfortunate, as their countries were at war, and Lidea committed too many atrocities against his people to forgive. Thus, Tinalia finds herself the hated bride of the crown prince, treated coldly and scornfully by everyone around her… even though she continues to love him with all her heart.

Sanctify: Lost Paradise 

Story and Art: Godsstation

Release Date: June 24, 2025 

Synopsis: 

​In this world, there is good and evil… and one cannot exist without the other.

Thirty-three-year-old Lance Hunter has no memory of his past lives, but the scars of his former selves remain etched in his skin. As the only remaining Exorcist in London, Lance is hired to investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a sinister cult. Accompanied by Gil, a mysterious policeman, Lance uses his spiritual powers to unravel the tangled truth of this case, unaware of the dark, sinister corners into which his new partner’s twisted desires may lead.

Source: press release