Dipping into the Bavel backlog

This isn't a big announcement or anything like that, but I still wanted to give you a small update on this topic.

First, some background information: in the middle of 2019, two of the magazines we publish—X-Eros and Shitsurakuten—went bi-monthly, and Europa relaunched as Dascomi. At the time, we weren't sure what this would mean for us, but we decided to add the quarterly Comic Aoha to the main lineup to make up for it. Now that we have a year of releases behind us, we have a better grasp of the situation. The flow of data is highly irregular given that none of these magazines are monthly, but roughly speaking, we receive around half of a smallish magazine's worth of content less on an average month.

While this has not affected the release output (the amount of new content made available each day), the reduced input of content (what we get from the publishers) means we're eventually going to run low of chapters to release. However, the gap isn't large enough to justify us picking up a brand new magazine. We also don't know how much of an impact the ongoing pandemic has had on this, and it's possible all magazines will bulk up in size next year.

So with all that said, our best solution for now is to dip into the Comic Bavel backlog. For starters, that means releasing the remaining volumes from 2017 that predates our acquisition of the magazine. The plan is to release them roughly in order, starting with the January issue and keep going until the May issue. I expect this will keep us occupied for the rest of the year, and then we'll reevaluate the situation and decide on our next step.

In summary, you'll start seeing content from Bavel 2017 sprinkled in among with the regular releases, with the first handful of chapter already out. Newer chapters from current magazines will still be a priority whenever possible, as we don't want to fall behind on those. Finally, this gives us a nice opportunity to bring back some authors who aren't as active anymore—typically because artists often go on an extended hiatus after a book release. Hopefully you'll get to see some old favorites pop up again in the next few months, or just enjoy more content from still active artists.

Check out the first releases below:
Twins Harassment by Oouso | Innocent Couple by Nokin | High School Hole in the Wall by yumoteliuce | Twin Healing by Asamine Tel

Excellent news, truly. More of the old Koh chapters would be appreciated as well if you end up wondering what to do next.

Yes, the first three covers should be added tomorrow!


The data should be on its way, but we haven't received it yet, no.

Excellent news.

I've been enjoying most of these older chapters a lot so far, so thank you!

We're not planning on doing that currently.

Now that some time has passed, I can say it's very convenient having a backup magazine like old Bavel. There's no pressure on us to release it, and we can simply tap into it when we're low on current data and need something else to work on. If we had the resources to do an entire extra magazine each month, we'd most likely pick up a brand new publication. While we're still just supplementing our regular lineup with a few chapters here and there, I think we'll stick to the backlog content available to us.


Everything is done on our end, and all that remains unreleased are a few color and non-h shorts. Those are basically just waiting for a release slot, but current magazine releases take priority over those in the schedule. Although, I've thought about throwing them in as extras, as we're not really at risk of running out of new content anytime soon, so they might show up sooner rather than later.