Earlier Today on April 24th, 2025, Manga Retailer Merry Manga Co. spotted that Kinryo Rock Volumes 1-3 were marked as Not Available- Publisher Cancelled with all retail listings pulled from retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books-A-Million, etc. Alien Books Manga Titles moving to IDW Publishing Catalog Behind The Manga reached out to Publisher Alien Books and we've received the following response from an Alien Books spokesperson: "KINRYO ROCK VOLs 1-3 and all new manga titles from Alien
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