Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the Boys' Love manga series 'As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea' by Chika Hongo. The story follows a merman working in a mansion who meets a young man that could change his life. This acquisition expands Seven Seas' BL catalog, offering English readers more diverse romantic fantasy titles.
Seven Seas Entertainment announced the license acquisition of the Boys' Love manga series 'As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea' by Chika Hongo. The series, a romantic fantasy about a merman and a young man, will be published in English for the first time.
This license adds to the growing selection of Boys' Love manga available in English, catering to fans of romantic fantasy and supernatural themes. For readers of translated web novels and manga, it represents another opportunity to enjoy diverse LGBTQ+ stories from Japanese creators, potentially inspiring similar cross-media adaptations.
Seven Seas Entertainment is a major publisher of manga, light novels, and web novel translations, known for licensing popular Boys' Love and yuri titles.
Original source: https://sevenseasentertainment.com/2026/04/29/seven-seas-licenses-as-fish-to-water-where-the-forest-meets-the-sea-boys-love-manga-series/
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