Welcome to the Otaku Collection sub-section dedicated to my light novel and manga collection. Similar to the main page, this one is geared towards the book side as I often pick up a couple volumes here and there and figured that since I only mention them in my monthly otaku collection updates that it would make sense to provide more information in-between in case some folks were interested.
Below will be a list of every series I have acquired volumes for and whether I intend on acquiring more or different series out there, as of Monday 4th March 2024.
Light Novel
J-Novel Club
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord | Singles | 1 / – |
| In Another World With My Smartphone | Singles | 1 / – |
| The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! | Singles | 1 / – |
J-Novel Club are mostly known for their digital light novel library and they eventually expanded into print releases. I acquired some of these early on and I do intend on getting more over time, though Amazon have deleted the listings for How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord so that’s going to be a challenge to collect. That said the publisher did partner up with Anime Limited to have their titles available on the online store which is a nice inclusion to have.
Seven Seas & Airship
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| ARIFURETA: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest | Singles | 7 / 13 |
| Failure Frame | Singles | 3 / – |
| Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash | Singles | 1 / – |
| How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom | Singles | 12 / – |
| Monster Girl Doctor | Singles | 8 / 10 |
| Monster Girl Doctor Zero | Single | 1 / 1 |
| Skeleton Knight in Another World | Singles | 3 / – |
| Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs | Singles | 3 / – |
Seven Seas eventually returned to distributing light novels like Yen Press had done, and some of their titles are actually sub-licensed by J-Novel Club for print. There has been some recent controversy regarding the editing choices but much like the manga side I want to be more selective to what I want to own from the publisher due to their low print runs.
Yen On
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Another | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Another 2001 | Single (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Another Episode S/O | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Combatants Will Be Dispatched! | Singles | 2 / – |
| Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody | Singles | 3 / – |
| Defeating the Demon Lord’s a Cinch (If You’ve Got a Ringer) | Singles | 1 / – |
| Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? | Singles | 1 / 11 |
| The Eminence in Shadow | Singles (Hardcover) | 2 / – |
| The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt | Singles | 1 / – |
| Goblin Slayer | Singles | 4 / – |
| The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious | Singles | 2 / – |
| High School DxD | Singles | 1 / 25 |
| I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivalled in the Real World, Too | Singles | 1 / – |
| Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Singles | 2 / – |
| KONOSUBA: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World | Singles | 2 / 17 |
| OVERLORD | Singles (Hardcover) | 11 / – |
| Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- | Singles | 1 / – |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Singles | 1 / – |
| Sword Art Online | Singles | 1 / – |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | Singles | 1 / – |
Yen Press has basically dominated the light novel scene for the English audience like Viz Media have done with manga. There’s a lot of fantasy and Isekai that have been acquired and I got a fair bit of them. They did start to discontinue some novel volumes but so far it’s primarily the volumes released many years ago. That said, I did play it safe by acquiring more OVERLORD volumes in the meantime.
Manga
Dark Horse
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Berserk | Singles | 3 / – [On-Hold] |
| Chobits | Omnibus | 2 / 2 |
| Gantz | Omnibus | 7 / – |
Dark Horse is a weird publisher because they really can’t decide whether to keep something in print or not. While they are considered one of the worst supporters of manga, they did manage to keep Berserk, Gantz and a few others in print and their omnibus releases are reasonably priced. I did buy a few volumes of Berserk early on, but I placed it on-hold because I may consider the Deluxe Editions or continue the singles that are under a new spine design again.
Kodansha Comics
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Attack on Titan | Singles | 6 / 34 |
| Go! Go! Loser Rangers | Singles | 1 / – |
| I’m Standing on a Million Lives | Singles | 1 / – |
| The Quintessential Quintuplets | Singles (Box Sets) | 14 / 14 |
| Vinland Saga | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / – |
I never really bothered with Kodansha Comics much but I did acquire a couple volumes for the two series above many years ago, both of which are still in print so I plan to complete them when I can but it’s not a priority at the moment.
Seven Seas & Ghost Ship
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 Dimensional Seduction | Singles | 6 / – |
| The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You | Singles | 6 / – |
| Blue Giant | Omnibus | 2 / 5 |
| Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight! | Omnibus | 4 / – |
| Destiny Lovers (Series 1) | Singles | 8 / 8 |
| Do You Like Big Girls? | Singles | 4 / – |
| The Dungeon of Black Company | Singles | 7 / – |
| GIGANT | Singles | 10 / 10 |
| Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers | Singles | 5 / – |
| How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? | Singles | 6 / – |
| Monster Musume | Singles | 16 / – |
| Plus-Sized Elf (Series 1) | Singles | 8 / 8 |
| Who Wants to Marry a Billionaire? | Singles | 5 / 7 |
| World’s End Harem | Singles | 12 / – |
| World’s End Harem: Fantasia | Singles | 7 / – |
| Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs | Singles | 24 / 24 |
Seven Seas is probably the most frustrating publisher between all of the manga distributors out there, primarily because they don’t reprint their titles much especially as they get older despite the vast variety of genres they cover.
I have managed to get a lot of titles from their line-up but it’s mainly because leaving them later would result in losing out on the volumes. But as of May 2022 most of the titles I have acquired are in a safe position.
Vertical
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| BLAME! | Omnibus | 1 / 6 |
Just a single series for Vertical which has recently announced that their manga stuff is now going to be under Kodansha so I’m curious to see how that will affect their print releases. Of the line-up of titles they have put out I’m mainly going to try and focus on BLAME! and the author’s other work Knights of Sidonia later if I can.
Viz Media
Shonen Jump
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Black Clover | Singles | 14 / – |
| Blue Exorcist | Singles | 6 / – |
| Burn the Witch | Singles | 1 / – |
| Chainsaw Man | Singles | 11 / – |
| Death Note | Singles (Box Set) | 12 / 12 |
| Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai | Omnibus | 5 / 25 |
| Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End | Singles | 9 / – |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 3 / 3 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 4 / 4 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 10 / 10 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 9 / 9 |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 3 / 9 |
| Jujutsu Kaisen | Singles | 17 / – |
| Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | Single | 1 / 1 |
| Komi Can’t Communicate | Singles | 7 / – |
| Mashle: Magic & Muscles | Singles | 13 / 18 |
| Naruto | Singles | 3 / 72 |
| One Piece | Singles (Box Sets) | 90 / – |
| One Punch Man | Singles | 12 / – |
| The Promised Neverland | Singles | 10 / 20 |
| Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man | Singles | 2 / 2 |
The Shonen Jump range has done well enough to remain in print. While some series released well over a decade ago might lose a volume or two, all of the major ones are currently still in print.
SIGNATURE
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Alice in Borderland | Omnibus | 7 / 9 |
| Asadora! | Singles | 1 / – |
| Fire Punch | Singles | 8 / 8 |
| Fist of the North Star | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 4 / – |
| Golden Kamuy | Singles | 3 / 31 |
| Goodnight Punpun | Omnibus | 7 / 7 |
| Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku | Singles | 13 / 13 |
| Jormungand | Singles | 1 / 11 [Dropped] |
| Maison Ikkoku | Omnibus | 2 / 10 |
| Master Keaton | Omnibus | 1 / 12 |
| Monster | Omnibus | 9 / 9 |
| Pluto | Singles | 8 / 8 |
| Tenjo Tenge | Omnibus | 11 / 11 |
| Terra Formars | Singles | 6 / – |
| Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Singles | 5 / – |
The SIGNATURE label is full of interesting titles. Jormungand unfortunately had to be dropped because one volume just stopped getting reprinted for over half a decade while the others stayed in print and I’m baffled how this even happened.
Misc.
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Junji Ito’s No Longer Human | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Junji Ito’s Remina | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Junji Ito’s Tomie | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Junji Ito’s Uzumaki | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 1 / 1 |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | Omnibus | 5 / 5 |
| Rurouni Kenshin | VIZBIG | 1 / 9 [Dropped] |
| Vagabond | VIZBIG | 1 / – |
Yen Press
| Title | Format | Vols. |
|---|---|---|
| Another | Omnibus | 1 / 1 |
| Azumanga Daioh | Omnibus | 1 / 1 |
| Highschool of the Dead | Omnibus (Hardcover) | 2 / 2 |
| Higurashi: When They Cry | Singles | 6 / 38 [Dropped] |
| Interspecies Reviewers | Singles | 1 / – |
| Is This A Zombie? | Singles | 3 / 8 [Dropped] |
| Prison School | Omnibus | 14 / 14 |
| Sekirei | Omnibus | 9 / 9 |
| Sekirei: 365 Days Without Her | Single | 1 / 1 |
| Yotsuba&! | Singles | 4 / – |
Considering Yen Press is focusing more on their light novel line-up (which is already strong), the manga side is slowly becoming uninteresting. That said I did pickup some titles here and there, with Prison School and Sekirei both completed for instance. Higurashi and Is This A Zombie? had discontinued volumes due to age so I stopped collecting them, then again both were adaptations which I’m avoiding more nowadays.
The Normanic Vault 