Yen Press acquires three titles from Natsuki Takaya, including Fruits Basket!

[NormanicGrav]

This week US book publisher Yen Press have announced a new slate of titles for their catalogue, we've witnessed the acquisitions of new Yen On light novel titles including The Asterisk War and Re:Zero as well as simuplubs for new chapters of the new manga iteration of Baccano!. For the final announcement of the week, Yen Press will be bringing over three titles from Natsuki Takaya.

Fruits Basket

Volumes: 23
Chapters: 136
Serialised: Jul 18, 1998 to Nov 20, 2006

Tooru Honda is a high school freshman who is having a serious bout of misfortune. Not only was she recently orphaned with the tragedy of her mother's death, but she also has no where to live and is currently residing in a tent! However, when her luck to seems to be at its worse, she meets the Souma family, and is invited to stay with them in exchange for taking care of the household chores.

But it isn't long before Tooru discovers the Soumas have deep a secret. The family is cursed by the spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, and some of the children born into the Souma family are possessed by these spirits. When possessed, they cannot be "huggled" by the opposite sex, or they transform into their respective Zodiac animal!

However, this doesn't phase Tooru, who promises to keep their secret. She continues living with them, and her grave humbleness and thankfulness never wanes. As a result, they come to be very important people in her life, and the Soumas begin to realize how very lucky they are to have her.

Twinkle Stars (Hoshi wa Utau)

Volumes: 11
Chapters: 65
Serialised: Jun 5, 2007 to Jan 20, 2011

In a small town in the countryside, close to the sea, a young high-school girl lived alone with her cousin. When life seemed to her too painful and too sad, she contemplated the sky and was refreshed by looking at the stars. But one night in spring, she met a boy who sealed her destiny...

Liselotte & Witch's Forest (Liselotte to Majo no Mori)

Volumes: 5
Chapters: 31
Serialised: May 20, 2011 to Nov 20, 2013

Being banished from her hometown, Liselotte decides to try her best to get use to the country side. Being faithful, her former servants worry for her, and decide to follow. Whenever Alto or Anna show their worry, Liselotte says, "I didn't come here to die or rot away. I came here... to live."

The story slowly unravels with witches and a mysterious stranger being introduced. Should this stranger be feared or admired?

Knowing the publisher, all three titles will be available in book form in the future sometime in 2016. It's also worth noting that Fruits Basket was once distributed by Tokyopop so new fans can finally own the entire series once again.

 

[SnowWolf]

Twinkle Stars was previously published by Chang Yi so I'll be able to compare them soon.

Looks like I'll be buying a third translation of Fruits Basket for my blog too.

 

[Rena Ryuugu]

Nice to see Fruits Basket rescued, I can finally finish off my collection