SEAN: Try to remember the kind of September when manga was slow and discussion was mellow. Ready? Then follow. MELINDA: (Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow…) SEAN: Going by their website, Denpa Books finally has the 2nd omnibus of Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji. ASH: Happy to see this series get back on track! SEAN: Seven Seas’ ero label Ghost Ship has FOUR titles out, including a debut. Welcome to Succubus High! (Succubus Gakuen No Inu!!) is a Takeshobo title from Web Comic Gamma Plus. An average boy is transferred to an all-girls school full of succubuses to teach them about men. Naturally, he does NOT want to have sex with any of them, because this is a Ghost Ship title and not a Fakku title. The line may be...
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