Kara Dennison
December 10, 2024 
The new year is less than a month away… and that means new manga! Today, we’re taking an early look at some fresh new Viz Manga titles hitting the shelves in January 2025. From unlikely romances to Beyblade battles, there’s something for everyone in the new year. Plus, we’ll get you caught up on continuing manga series with new volumes incoming!
Firefly Wedding
This new Viz Manga release takes “marriage of convenience” to a whole new level. Firefly Wedding, penned by Oreco Tachibana, follows a Meiji-era noble named Satoko who has a heart condition that threatens to cut her life short. Her father wants to find her a husband to support her in her scant remaining years, but her beauty and poise can’t hide the fact that she could die any day. And as the manga begins, “any day” might be today… because she’s been kidnapped by an assassin!
To save herself, Satoko offers to marry the assassin Shinpei. Not only does it work, but he’s ridiculously into it. Now on the run, with neither having any idea who hired Shinpei, the two work out their tenuous relationship. It’s a perfect pick for anyone who likes their romance with a heaping helping of angst and drama. If you like your boys troubled, weird, and willing to kill for you, Shinpei may be your new crush.
Firefly Wedding Vol. 1 goes on sale January 14.
Beyblade X
It doesn’t matter how much you know about Beyblade—this new Viz Manga will draw you right in. Beyblade X is written by the team behind Kakegurui and illustrated by the artist of The Promised Neverland, giving this entry in the kids’ battling toy series a vibe all its own. Our hero is Robin Kazami, an amateur Blader who dreams about battling in the prestigious X tower. When a rival team crushes his Bey after a battle, telling him this game isn’t a game at all, he’s about to give up for good. But then he meets the masked Blader X, and his whole world changes.
It turns out X is Jaxon Cross, a retired pro Blader who’s climbing the tower again to face his former teammate. Together with Multi, an idol who’s a master of many Beys, Robin and Jaxon hone their skills to prove that Beyblade can be both serious and fun. Whether you’re a Beyblade pro or new to this world, it’s a fun, action-packed series with a lot of heart.
Beyblade X Vol. 1 goes on sale January 14.
Returning Titles
Viz Manga isn’t just launching new titles next month; a lot of big hits are returning for their next installments! Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. untaps to start its next turn in January. Volume 1 was packed with nostalgia, Magic: the Gathering history, and teases of a bigger story to come. And with a bonus card in each new volume, you’ll want to pick this one up when it goes on sale!
The lush and terrifying After God returns with a second volume, and shojo manga classics Red River and Last Quarter also get second installments in. Both are available on the Viz app, but shojo manga enthusiasts will want these new printings for their shelves. Last but not least, Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Manga – Anthology and Trillion Game launch new editions.
