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It's nearly 2026 and I'm so excited for the upcoming manga releases. We've got idol Omegaverse, a cursed village, a dragon's bride, and mermaid horror yuri.  Below are some of the titles that you should keep an eye out for. Scenes from Awajima, Vol. 1   by Takako Shimura     Release: January 20, 2026 Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast! Hinatsugimura   by Aki Shimizu     Release: January 21, 2026 While looking for the ruins of a pre-WWII village deep in the mountain wilderness, a group of college students find themselves stuck thanks to a sudden thunderstorm. With no pho...

I'll start off this review by saying that I really adored the first two book in the series. Lostetter crafted fascinating villains and a really unique emotional-based magic system. However, my enjoyment for the third book, The Teeth of Dawn , was muddled by some bizarre narrative choices. I'm kind of baffled here. First off, the beginning of the book introduces us to a futuristic version of the world and a new set of characters that feel more like they belong more in a separate spin off series than the final book. In fact, I feel like the overall cohesion and pacing of the story would’ve worked better if these POVs had been removed entirely. Then when we actually do get back to our already established characters, apparently three years have passed since the happenings of the second book. The time skip felt jarring to me and really broke the continuity of the story. Overall, I feel like this book suffered from a lack of focus. It's the core characters of Krona, Thibault, and...