One Peace Books • Anime UK News

From Our TBR Pile… New Recommendations! September 2025

Recommendations from the book shelves of our reviewers, including titles that you might want to read if you’ve already enjoyed the anime!

AUKN Staff • 16th September 2025

Manga Review

The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible Volume 1 Review

Can 30-year-old Rick show the world that he's not too old to become an adventurer? Especially after the rigorous training he went through with the nation's legendary party!

Noemi10 • 6th September 2025

Manga Review

The B-Rank Adventurer with a Scary Face Becomes a Father for the Hero and His Friends Volume 1 Review

One Peace Books debut a new fantasy series where a B-rank adventurer with a scary face ends up looking after a group of orphans! But one of them is supposedly the hero that will save the world...?

Demelza • 4th September 2025

Roundup

From Our TBR Pile… New Recommendations! August 2025

Join our reviewers at Anime UK News as they catch up on some mid-series manga and light novels (and one brand-new series that will appeal to cat lovers)!

AUKN Staff • 14th August 2025

Manga Review

I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons Volume 3 Review

Kohei starts a summer internship – but the hearing-impaired young graduate finds it far from plain sailing. Meanwhile his boyfriend Taichi is also having problems at work. Will they ever find time to spend together?

Sarah • 14th July 2025

Manga Review

Usotoki Rhetoric Volumes 6 and 7 Review

Soma is framed for murder, so it's left to Kanoko to solve the mystery while her boss is stuck in jail. Will she be able to figure out the truth on her own and prove him innocent?

Demelza • 10th July 2025

Manga Review

Teppeki Honeymoon Volume 1 Review

In the latest debut from publisher One Peace Books, we find a heroine in debt but her fortunes take a turn for the better when she finds herself suddenly engaged to the heir of a famous security company...

Demelza • 25th June 2025

Manga Review

My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending Volume 1 Review

An average college student finds himself reincarnated into the world of his favourite video game, but rather than being a hero, he winds up in the body of the villain!

Demelza • 21st June 2025

Manga Review

I Want Your Mother to be With Me! Volume 1 Review

One Peace Books latest debut is a slice-of-life romance between a part-timer and the single mother he's been in love with for six months. Will he be able to get her attention and prove himself worthy of becoming her boyfriend?

Demelza • 7th June 2025

Manga Review

Detectives These Days Are Crazy! Volume 1 Review

From publisher One Peace Books and ahead of its anime adaptation comes Volume 1 of Detectives These Days Are Crazy! But does this new series that follows a mismatched detective duo prove entertaining?

Demelza • 16th April 2025

Manga Review

You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! Volume 1 Review

You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! follows deaf protagonist Hiragi and her talkative classmate Taiyo who has a new and eccentric story to tell every day.

Demelza • 19th March 2025

Manga Review

The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life with an Angelic Girl Volume 1 Review

Shin'ichiro Niihama can't help but wonder what could have been had he made different choices in high school. Now stuck in a dead end job with a toxic boss, it's not long before Shin'ichiro collapses from overwork and finds himself waking up back in the very days he's been reminiscing about!

Demelza • 23rd January 2025

Manga Review

Kurokiya-san Wants to Lead Him Around by the Nose Volumes 1 and 2 Review

With teachers at their wits' end with gyaru girl Ruu Kurokiya, it's up to honor student Tadao Tadashi to tutor her and prevent her from flunking out of high school. As it turns out, the two are old rivals whose roles were completely reversed in elementary school...

Demelza • 15th January 2025

Manga Review

Nukozuke! Volumes 1 and 2 Review

Meet Kei and Sasame, two adorable ‘nukos’, and their human, Yuya, who’s doing his best to look after them in this slice-of-life manga which is bound to appeal to cat-lovers…

Sarah • 14th December 2024

Manga Review

I Was Sold Dirt Cheap, But My Power Level Is Off the Charts Volume 1 Review

I Was Sold Dirt Cheap But My Power Level Is Off the Charts Volume 1 follows the story of Yuta who's dreaming of confessing to the girl he likes when his class suddenly finds themselves transported to a fantasy world. Here they're ranked based on their Ludea Rates and our protagonist finds himself in all kinds of trouble when he ranks low...

Demelza • 8th October 2024

Manga Review

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Volume 1 Review

In a world where everyone is blessed with skills and a class at age ten, our protagonist Arel is surprised to find himself receiving neither at his blessing ceremony. But he's not going to let that stop him becoming a formidable adventurer!

Demelza • 17th September 2024

Book Review

Schoolgirl Review

One of Osamu Dazai's classic works returns to print with a new hardback release from One Peace Books. Schoolgirl follows a day in the life of a high schooler who's struggling with grief and the sense of responsibility that comes with approaching adulthood.

Demelza • 1st August 2024

Manga Review

I Hear the Sunspot Four Seasons Volume 2 Review

Hearing-impaired Kohei and his college friend Taichi are going out but the demands of job-searching for Kohei and working for SIG-N for Taichi mean that they have little time to see each other. How will the increasing demands and responsibilities of adult life affect their relationship?

Sarah • 27th July 2024

Manga Review

Usotoki Rhetoric Volumes 4 and 5 Review

These two new volumes of Usotoki Rhetoric treat us first to a collection of short stories revolving around some of the side cast before moving on to tying up some loose ends with Kanoko's past.

Demelza • 9th May 2024

Manga Review

Tales of the Tendo Family Volume 1 Review

Tales of the Tendo Family sees an unnamed protagonist take the place of a woman scared for her life as she's due to wed Masato Tendo, a man embroiled in a bloody succession battle.

Demelza • 25th March 2024