Manga Mavericks Licenses Zawayuki Taki's Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down
Manga Mavericks, a relatively young North American publisher, is expanding its catalog with a niche BDSM romance title that completed its Japanese run less than a year ago, suggesting a strategy of picking up recently concluded series with targeted audience appeal.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Trending.
Manga Mavericks Books announced on May 18, 2026, that it has licensed Zawayuki Taki's BDSM-themed manga "Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down" (originally serialized as "Shibatte Mitsumete"). The publisher will release the complete series as a single 3-in-1 omnibus volume in both print and digital formats in May 2027. The manga was originally serialized on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website from March 5, 2024, to May 20, 2025, and Shinchosha published three compiled tankobon volumes in Japan, the final one in July 2025. The story follows Sawada, a sales and marketing department head at a grocery store chain who feels crushed by responsibility. After discovering a fetish bar, he receives "special" care from a dominatrix named Nana and experiences liberation through bondage. Print pre-orders are now live on the Manga Mavericks Store. The company also shared a message from creator Taki as part of the announcement during its online Manga Mavericks Monday licensing event.
The announcement was made during Manga Mavericks' online "Manga Mavericks Monday" licensing event, which the publisher uses to reveal new acquisitions. Creator Zawayuki Taki provided a message to fans as part of the announcement, which Manga Mavericks shared alongside the licensing news.
Taki's manga ran on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website from March 5, 2024, to May 20, 2025. Shinchosha published three compiled tankobon volumes in Japan, with the final volume released in July 2025. The English omnibus will collect all three volumes into a single edition.
Manga Mavericks Books describes the story as follows: "To be free, you must first be tied down and stare into your captor's eyes." The protagonist Sawada is the head of a grocery store chain's sales and marketing department. After discovering a fetish bar, he meets Nana, described as "the queen of the bar," who gives him "special" care. The publisher's description notes that "the world of dominating and being dominated unfurls at the sound of a whip and the sensation of a rope tightening."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.