Digital Manga Platform BOOK☆WALKER Brings Square Enix Manga Onboard
Humberto SaabedraAhead of the first day of major events and panels at this year’s installment of Anime Expo, Square Enix Manga & Books has announced a new tie-up with Kadokawa’s BOOK☆WALKER Global digital manga platform, which will bring over 300 titles to the service including The Apothecary Diaries, My Dress-Up Darling, Daemons of the Shadow Realm and many more with special offers beginning today, such as a 30% discount on purchases of selected titles, as well as a 50% discount on digital volume set purchases of The Apothecary Diaries (manga), My Dress-Up Darling, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Hi Score Girl, and Ragna Crimson. covers and synopses for the five featured titles follow below.
 Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she doesn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?! |
 A high school boy with a passion for traditional dolls and a talent for sewing gets roped into making cosplay outfits for one of the prettiest, most popular girls in his class! As the odd couple grows ever closer, they find themselves in ever racier situations! |
 Hiromu Arakawa, award-winning manga creator of the best-selling smash hit Fullmetal Alchemist, draws readers into an intricate new web of magic, intrigue, and life-or-death stakes! In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night”—twins Yuru and Asa—to rule over these powerful entities. Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world… |
 Hi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri’s love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print! Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime series! When one game-crazed boy’s arcade winning streak is cut short by a girl from his class, a rivalry for the ages is assured…but an unlikely friendship isn’t too far behind either! |
 Defy fate. Seek absolute power. Slay all dragons! In a world where dragons rule sky, sea, and land, those who would fight them and win must surpass the limits of normal human strength. Set on victory at any cost, dragon hunter Ragna joins forces with the mysterious Crimson. Crimson’s motivations may be obscure, but their goal is the same: to destroy the dragon monarchs. |
