Two new manga series have been added to the platform’s roster.
Square Enix's Manga UP! Global has added two new manga series in its English publication roster. They include: Inariyama’s “My Faceless Classmate, Wakao” (Tonari no Wakao-san wa Miesōde Mienai), and Mita Totsuki’s manga adaptation of Syuu’s light novel “Charlotte: The Tale of a Castle Maid” (Charlotte: Toaru Jijo no Shirozukae Monogatari).
What is My Faceless Classmate, Wakao manga about?
Inariyama launched this romcom manga as a one-shot in Square Enix’s Gangan Online website in October 2023, and began serialisation in November 2024. Two volumes of the series have been shipped so far. Manga UP! Global describes the story of the manga as:
Mizuno, your average high-school guy, finds himself sitting next to the mysterious Wakao after a seat change.
While everyone else in class sees her as a perfectly beautiful, ordinary girl... To Mizuno alone, she appears as a Noppera-bo, the faceless yokai of Japanese folklore!
Yet... every so often, he’s actually able to catch rare, fleeting glimpses of her features.
In this romantic, often comedic coming-of-age tale, we follow this endearing couple as they navigate through the tribulations of high-school and first love!
What is Charlotte: The Tale of a Castle Maid about?
Syuu first launched the light novel series in the user-generated website Shōsetsuka ni Narō as a story from February to March 2022. Later, Hobby Japan released two novel volumes with illustrations by Tsukito in March 2024. Mita Totsuki began the manga adaptation in Square Enix's Gangan Online in February 2024. The fourth and final tankōbon volume of the manga was shipped on 12 February, 2026. Manga UP! Global describes the story as:
One year ago, her parents vanished.
Left all alone, Charlotte spends her days working as a maid in the castle. On her days off, she always returns to her family home, keeping it tidy so that her parents can settle back in the moment they return. But one day, she arrives to find a complete stranger inside! With trembling hands, Charlotte grips her wooden sword and prepares for the worst...!