Aurora Publishing is launching its josei imprint LuvLuv in January with Kanae Hazuki's Voices of Love. Josei manga (or 'Ladies Comics') are all about romance and relationships but they feature more realistic sexual content and more mature storylines than the shojo (girls') manga that has dominated bookstore manga sales here in the States. All of the LuvLuv josei releases are age-rated 18+. Aurora is the U.S. subsidiary of Ohzora, the leading Japanese publisher of josei manga, so there is no doubt that LuvLuv will have a wealth of quality material to choose from for its U.S. releases.
Voices of Love is a collection of five steamy romantic stories written for a mature female audience. The title story is about the relationship between a young teacher and an 18-year-old pupil. Teacher and student happen to be neighbors and their increasing proximity makes it difficult to control their rising passions.
The second LuvLuv release, which is due out in March, is Mitsuki Oda's Real Love, a collection of three stories, 'Real Love,' 'Baby,' and 'Love Star,' all of which portray realistic emotional and physical relationships.
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