Two manga series get official English release on the platform.
Square Enix’s Manga UP! Global platform has added two new manga to its roster. The first one is Marumikan’s “My Pampering Turned the Cool Goddess Into a Clumsy Spoiled Girl” (Cool na Megami-sama to Issho ni Sundara, Amayakashi Sugite Ponkotsu ni Shite Shimatta Ken ni Tsuite), and the second one is writer Chiaki Kawamata and illustrator Kamui Fujiwara's “Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick” (Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō). Both manga series are currently available to read in English on Manga UP! Global.
What is My Pampering Turned the Cool Goddess Into a Clumsy Spoiled Girl manga about?
This manga series is an adaptation of Hiroshi Karui’s light novels. Karui launched the novels in the user-generated website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2019, and it ended in 2023. Hobby Japan published the three novel volumes in print form with illustrations by Yū Kuroto. Marumikan started the manga adaptation on Square Enix’s Gangan Online manga service in 2023.
Manga UP! Global describes the story as:
One day, Haruto Akihara, a high schooler who lives alone, finds that his stunningly beautiful classmate, Rei Mikoto, is now living with him! The so-called "Icy Goddess" acts coldly towards him at first, but Haruto's devotion slowly turns her into a shamelessly affectionate, hopelessly clumsy girl!
What is the Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick manga about?
This classic manga by Kamui Fujiwara and Chiaki Kawamata was first released in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine where it ran from 1991 to 1997. It inspired a short anime movie in 1996. Fujiwara, along with Junji Koyanagi also published the Emblem of Roto Returns side story manga in Square Enix's Gangan YG magazine in 2005. In 2022, the original manga released two special sequel shorts in the Young Gangan magazine.
Manga UP! Global describes the story of Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick as:
Many years have passed since the legendary hero Erdrick and his companions defeated the forces of evil.
But after a century of peace and prosperity, the world is once again under threat. Now Prince Arus, scion of the hero Erdrick, decides to take to the road along with his guardians and friends to counter the rise of darkness!