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The lineup includes Hiroshi Takahashi\u0026#39;s long-running delinquent series Crows, which follows transfer student Harumichi Bouya into the violent Suzuran All-Boys High School, and Tetsuo Hara\u0026#39;s sci-fi revenge story Cyber Blue, about a gunslinger resurrected as a cyborg. Jiro Matsumoto\u0026#39;s Beautiful Place is set in a near-future Japan torn by civil war, where a prim student enlists as a trooper. Shiten Akiyama\u0026#39;s Horizon follows a burnt-out office worker who rediscovers herself after a chance encounter, and Casino Gui, by Hanaichi Nozaki and Shiro Yoshida, centers on a young man robbing an underground casino to save his childhood friend from debt.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeautiful Place\u003c/strong\u003e: by Jiro Matsumoto, releases January 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorizon\u003c/strong\u003e: by Shiten Akiyama, releases January 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasino Gui\u003c/strong\u003e: by Hanaichi Nozaki and Shiro Yoshida, releases April 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrows\u003c/strong\u003e: by Hiroshi Takahashi, releases February 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyber Blue\u003c/strong\u003e: by Tetsuo Hara, releases Q1 2027 in hardcover\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kodama Tales licenses five manga: Crows, Cyber Blue, Beautiful Place, Horizon, and Casino Gui. 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