SEAN: Bad news, folks, it's Yen Press week. Can we make it out alive? ASH: Fingers crossed! SEAN: We start with Yen On, who have a number of debuts. Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture (Jun Kyōju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu) is a BL-adjacent series about a college student who can see if someone has been
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