Latest Comics Volumes Go on Sale the Same Day: Young Animal No. 7 Goes on Sale Friday, March 27

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Young Animal 2026 No. 7

Cover and opening gravure: #BABABABAMBI

#BABABABAMBI (photography: Takanori Fujishiro)

All members of #BABABABAMBI, who will disband at their March 28 concert, “#BABABABAMBI -FINAL Baka Sawagi-,” appear together. On the day before the show, they are all dressed up and their excitement is at its peak. The issue also includes interviews with the members.

Special supplement

Double-sided BIG poster of #BABABABAMBI

D. Diver (Koji Mori) appears in opening color pages

D. Diver (Koji Mori), with color pages

A dark-hero story of transformation that has drawn a huge response. The long-awaited Volume 5 is also now on sale.

Young Animal Comics, D. Diver (Koji Mori), Volume 5

D. Diver Volume 5

• Author: Koji Mori
• ISBN: 9784592166702
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

Kagura transformed into an oni of his own volition and defeated evil. But was this impulse, which cannot forgive evil, truly what he wanted? Then another oni, who knows of Kagura’s power, appears. The latest volume of the hugely popular dark-hero transformation story is startling.

Soredemo Kakitai Arima-kun (Tsuzuru Sanada) gets color pages to commemorate the release of Volume 1

Soredemo Kakitai Arima-kun (Tsuzuru Sanada), with color pages

Arima-kun, who had tried to put down his pen, finds his heart wavering. Recommended by Soma Saito. Volume 1 is now on sale.

Young Animal Comics, Soredemo Kakitai Arima-kun (Tsuzuru Sanada), Volume 1

Soredemo Kakitai Arima-kun Volume 1

• Author: Tsuzuru Sanada
• ISBN: 9784592160403
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

Tsuzuru Sanada, whose Feelings of a Doujin Woman swept the internet, once again depicts people fired up by creative work. Arima-kun, an overworked employee at a black company, begins sharing an apartment with Misaki-kun, a coworker who wants to open a curry shop, after his company goes bankrupt. Adults want to dream, too. A comedy about a novelist who quits corporate life and gives a push to troubled people.

Kimi to Issho ni Kayoitai (Uoyama) gets color pages to commemorate the release of Volume 1

Kimi to Issho ni Kayoitai (Uoyama), with color pages

Marika is intimidated by Hikaru’s words. And then… The long-awaited Volume 1 is now on sale.

Young Animal Comics, Kimi to Issho ni Kayoitai (Uoyama), Volume 1

Kimi to Issho ni Kayoitai Volume 1

• Author: Uoyama
• ISBN: 9784592160366
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

Seita Hoshi, a middle-school student who is bullied, is invited by his childhood friend Hikaru to apply to Yuki High School, a selective private school run by its students. Seita studies desperately and is accepted, but he is then told that Hikaru, whose acceptance seemed certain, was not. When Seita learns why, he decides to take on the school. For the sake of their modest but difficult wish. A strong and gentle drama of friendship by Uoyama, creator of Yankee-kun to Hakujou Girl.

The shocking final chapter of Family Plan (Yuki Honda) appears with color pages

Family Plan (Yuki Honda), with color pages

What is the happiness of a married couple at the end of the worst?

I Am an S-Rank Behemoth Monster, but I Am Mistaken for a Cat and Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet Knight appears with color pages

I Am an S-Rank Behemoth Monster, but I Am Mistaken for a Cat and Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet Knight (manga: Taro Shinonome; original work: Nozomi Ginyoku; character originals: Taro Shinonome and Mitsuki Yono; ©2018 Nozomi Ginyoku and Mitsuki Yono), with color pages

Before the battle to defend the Japanese-style country of Ryudo, let us all take a bath together.

All three comic works based on Nozomi Ginyoku’s original works are now on sale.

Young Animal Comics, I Am an S-Rank Behemoth Monster, but I Am Mistaken for a Cat and Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet Knight, Volume 14

I Am an S-Rank Behemoth Monster, but I Am Mistaken for a Cat and Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet Knight Volume 14

• Authors: manga by Taro Shinonome; original work by Nozomi Ginyoku; character originals by Taro Shinonome and Mitsuki Yono; ©2018 Nozomi Ginyoku and Mitsuki Yono
• ISBN: 9784592164999
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

Reborn as a kitten!? Tama, active as the knight of the elf girl Aria, must face Belphegor, one of the Seven Great Demon Kings. Can the two overcome four S-rank monsters with unprecedented destructive power, including the man-made demon Bahamut Copy, which Walak of the Four Demon Tribes has unleashed? A new journey to the Japanese-style country of Ryudo also begins, and the great adventure of Tama and the others shows no sign of slowing, with turbulent developments ahead. Volume 14 of the hugely popular otherworld adventure fantasy.

Young Animal Comics, The Skeleton Enchanted by a Demon Sword: Ruling a Labyrinth and Leading an Invincible Army, the Strongest Sword Demon King, Volume 8, complete

The Skeleton Enchanted by a Demon Sword: Ruling a Labyrinth and Leading an Invincible Army, the Strongest Sword Demon King Volume 8, complete

• Authors: manga by Nobuhisa Tsuruoka; original work by Nozomi Ginyoku
• ISBN: 9784592166504
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

[The eighth act of the rise-to-power otherworld fantasy of the weakest skeleton and the strongest demon-sword beauty.] Walak, one of the Four Demon Tribes, stands in their way and unleashes the man-made demon Bahamut Copy. Can Saya and the others strike at four S-rank monsters of unprecedented destructive power? The otherworld fantasy of a lowliest skeleton’s peerless sword strikes comes to its conclusion.

Young Animal Comics, The Sacred Beast Behemoth Inherits Its Strongest Status and Is Reborn as a Human, Accidentally Stealing the Hero’s Fiancée, a Princess, Volume 3

The Sacred Beast Behemoth Inherits Its Strongest Status and Is Reborn as a Human, Accidentally Stealing the Hero’s Fiancée, a Princess Volume 3

• Authors: manga by Airi Mori; original work by Nozomi Ginyoku
• ISBN: 9784592163350
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

The hugely popular web novel by Nozomi Ginyoku, the original author of the otherworld fantasy I Am an S-Rank Behemoth Monster, but I Am Mistaken for a Cat and Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet Knight, which has sold more than 1.3 million copies in total, gets an ultra-cute comic adaptation. For a certain reason, I, the strongest being, Behemoth, have been reborn as a human. Asked to exterminate multiplying goblins, I head out with the city’s knight corps, but its captain is Sumire, a female knight who has long adored me. A sudden plunge into a harem paradise where three beautiful girls, Alicephine, Cheryl and Sumire, love me dearly!? The third act of this S-class cheat otherworld flirtatious reincarnation tale begins.

The latest chapter of Prisoner Hero: The Sword Slave Cast Aside as a Pawn Rises Through the Ranks in an Enemy Country is included

Prisoner Hero: The Sword Slave Cast Aside as a Pawn Rises Through the Ranks in an Enemy Country (original work: Riku Misora; manga: Shinjiro)

The story goes back to the meeting of the two. The long-awaited Volume 2 is now on sale.

Young Animal Comics, Prisoner Hero: The Sword Slave Cast Aside as a Pawn Rises Through the Ranks in an Enemy Country, Volume 2

Prisoner Hero: The Sword Slave Cast Aside as a Pawn Rises Through the Ranks in an Enemy Country Volume 2

• Authors: original work by Riku Misora; manga by Shinjiro
• ISBN: 9784592165552
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

Volume 2 of the exhilarating battle action manga, a leading candidate for the next great peerless-fighter fantasy. Dino, a sword slave discriminated against as an inferior species for having no magic power, has the strongest sword skills. Chosen by a princess of an enemy country, he rises through a world full of magic using only his swordsmanship.

The latest chapter of Q-ken (Akahori-kun) is included

Q-ken (Akahori-kun)

Osen High School has caught up to tie the score. The conclusion of the heated match is…

The long-awaited Volume 1 is now on sale.

Young Animal Comics, Q-ken (Akahori-kun), Volume 1

Q-ken Volume 1

• Author: Akahori-kun
• ISBN: 9784592160373
• Series: Young Animal Comics
• List price: 759 yen (690 yen plus 10% tax)

Yuki Mikage becomes so nervous over even small things that her mind goes blank, and this disposition leaves her unable to do anything well. She even quit quizzes after becoming isolated in middle school for causing trouble for those around her. After entering high school, she meets Ichika Konno, a classmate who declares that she will compete in the Quiz Koshien. Inspired by Konno’s words after she notices Yuki’s extraordinary memory capacity, Yuki declares, “Let’s win the Quiz Koshien together.”

Back-cover gravure: Rea Momosato

Rea Momosato (photography: Ryoma Kano)

Rea is an active nurse and gravure idol who is also active as a KNOCK OUT round girl. She returns after her previous appearance drew a huge response from readers. The issue presents Rea, a healing angel in whom innocence and a mature expression coexist.

Young Animal 2026 No. 7

• Release date: Friday, March 27, 2026
• Format: B5
• List price: 510 yen (tax included)
• Young Animal is released on the second and fourth Friday of every month.

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• Company: Hakusensha Co., Ltd.
• Address: 2-2-2 Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Representative: Yasufumi Takagi, President and Representative Director
• Established: December 1, 1973
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