Dark Horse Manga has unveiled four new releases for Fall 2026. They consist of Babanba BanBan Vampire, a supernatural BL comedy by Hiromasa Okujima (out November 10); the Asobi Asobase Omnibus, reprinting the first few volumes of Rin Suzukawa‘s gaming-themed schoolgirl series (November 17); Suicide Island, a series described as a cross between Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale by Berserk‘s Kouji Mori (December 8); and Forget-me-not, the tale of an Italian heiress and master-of-disguise by Kenji Tsuruta (January 5).
Check out the covers and full synopses for each book below:
Created by Hiromasa Okujima
Translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian
Lettered by Steve Dutro
“An unassuming worker in a long-established public bathhouse is really the lustful 450-year-old vampire Ranmaru Mori! The heir to this esteemed Koi No Yu Bathhouse, Rihito Tatsuno, is a fifteen-year-old virgin — who is about to fall in love for the first time with a girl in his class! Ranmaru begins to weave a desperate plan to prevent Rihito from losing his virginity and to make him fall for Ranmaru instead, so the bloodsucker can eventually have pure, eighteen-year-old virgin blood for his own vampiric self!”
Created by Rin Suzukawa
Translated by Jongwoo Kim
Lettered by Thiago Péres, Lucas Saguista, and Naaice
“Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi are three Japanese schoolgirls who love to play games — so they create a special club for themselves to challenge each other to intense, over-the-top games and dares! As they struggle with their own unique personalities, they also struggle to make their group an official club in the eyes of the student council.”
Created by Kouji Mori
Translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian
Lettered by Steve Dutro
“In a story evoking both Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale, a young Japanese man, Sei, is transported to the mysterious, remote Suicide Island after a failed suicide attempt — where he must live the rest of his days or figure out how to die! With society turning its back on many suicidal citizens, the island fills up with haunted, driven characters, often in conflict with each other and sometimes barely holding onto sanity!”
Created by Kenji Tsuruta
Translated by Dana Lewis
Lettered by Susie Lee
“Stroll along the banks of the canals in beautiful Venice, Italy, and you’ll see the slacker — a young woman noodling on her guitar, pecking a bit at her laptop, and maybe getting a little reading in. But watch your step in this ancient town, because some of the other people you might run into — the ragged derelict, the drunken streetwalker, even that clean-cut gondolier — they’re all her, too! She’s Mariel Imari, of Italian and Japanese descent, whose skill at disguise comes from being part of a famous dynasty of detectives.
But Mariel hasn’t yet cracked the one case that would allow her to inherit her grandfather’s estate — Forget-me-not, the painting stolen from the mansion 22 years ago, which she needs to recover as a condition of his will. You see, Mariel is brilliant, but Mariel is also a bit lazy and slovenly and bored… and about to be a bit embarrassed, too, when her sisters show up from Japan, under the impression that Mariel is rich! Will Mariel ever catch the master thief standing between her and an aristocratic lifestyle? Does she really want to?”
The books join the previously announced adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s The Dunwich Horror, by Gou Tanabe, releasing September 29. Babanba BanBan Vampire Vol. 1 will retail at 208 pages for $13.99, while Suicide Island Vol. 1 will weigh in at 232 pages for $14.99. Asobi Asobase Vol. 1 will cost $29.99 for 564 pages, while Forget-me-not Vol. 1 will cost the same at 256 pages. They are all available to pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local bookstore/comic shop.
In the meantime, you can watch the anime version of Babanba BanBan Vampire, available now on Netflix.
