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Orange Inc.'s e-Bookstore Service emaqi Adds The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior Manga

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Volume 1 of The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, featuring a girl in a school uniform reading a book.
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Orange Inc. adds The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou) manga. Orange Inc. describes the manga:
When Usa's left to live "alone" in a shared house due to his parents' job transfer, he finds himself surrounded by a bunch of weirdos and perverts.

But wait! His crush, Ritsu, lives there too?! Dive into this coming-of-age comedy with a perfect blend of 30% romance and 70% laughs!

Miyahara (released the manga in English.

The manga streamed it on Crunchyroll as it aired in Japan with the title The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior. Sentai Filmworks released the series on DVD in August 2015, and on Blu-ray Disc in December 2016.

emaqi also revealed it is hosting a welcome campaign, where first-time buyers get 80% off of specific manga between November 18 and December 19.


Orange launched the emaqi service in the United States and Canada on September 3. The "emaqi" platform featured approximately 6,000 volumes of manga from 13 publishers in its launch, with plans to add at least one new title previously unpublished in English every week. Orange Inc. announced that it has secured translation, publishing, and distribution rights from publishers including Kodansha USA Publishing.

The company's partnership with announced its new program to release all one-shots from the Shonen Jump+ service in English simultaneously.

Readers can create a free on emaqi and access the platform's wide range of content. Each manga has a detailed synopsis, and sample chapters or previews that are available for readers to try out. Readers can buy individual volumes of a manga title, or subscribe to an ongoing series directly through the platform.

emaqi is web-based, and Orange is considering launching the service as a mobile app next year.

Source: E-mail correspondence


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