May 2026 Print Lineup Adds Lost in the Cloud and Voices in the Sea Foam
The month marks the English print debut of two webtoon-driven BL properties, Lost in the Cloud and The Reaper and The Waiting, showing how digital-first serials are claiming shelf space alongside magazine-originated manga.
Reporting from 2 sources: Yatta-Tachi, Manga Bookshelf.
The May 2026 print release slate adds two Boys' Love debuts alongside a wave of continuing volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the third volume of the full-color webtoon Lost in the Cloud on May 5, the same day Tokyopop issues the second volume of Monster and Ghost in paperback and hardcover. WEBTOON Unscrolled collects the complete supernatural series The Reaper and The Waiting into a single graphic novel. Vertical Comics releases Voices in the Sea Foam, a one-shot BL manga from Magazine Be x Boy about a college student who recalls a past life as a mermaid. Yen Press moves A Long and Short Love Story to May 12. Viz Media has no BL titles in the window but ships Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi volume one, Blue Box volume 20, and Boruto: Two Blue Vortex volume 5. Square Enix Books puts out The Art of Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Rising Tide and the ninth Apothecary Diaries light novel. Kodansha Manga prints the Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition omnibus and Stella Must Die. Inklore continues Wet Sand with volume three. The dates were compiled from publisher listings and are subject to change.
The full-color webtoon Lost in the Cloud, which Seven Seas began publishing in English print in 2024, reaches its third volume on May 5. The series follows Skylar, a young man who secretly photographs his crush Chan-il and stores the images online. When the photos vanish and an anonymous text exposes him, Chan-il's sharp-tongued best friend Cirrus turns out to be the blackmailer. Instead of outing Skylar, Cirrus proposes a deal that pulls him into what the publisher describes as "a web of awkward encounters, close calls, and a deeply personal game."
The same day, WEBTOON Unscrolled collects the complete supernatural series The Reaper and The Waiting into a single graphic novel. The story centers on Reaper, who guides souls to the afterlife, and a familiar soul called Waiting who follows him everywhere. Reaper prefers ignorance about his past life, while Waiting insists that knowing who you were matters. The publisher's blurb notes that the two "unpack the bittersweet mystery of their previous lives" as they travel together searching for lost souls.
Vertical Comics releases Voices in the Sea Foam, a one-shot BL title from Magazine Be x Boy. The protagonist, Aito, falls in love at first sight with a boy at school and then remembers his previous life as a mermaid who died for love. The memory leaves him unable to speak or stand without pain, and he swears off love entirely until a college classmate named Toru threatens that resolve. Kodansha Manga handles the print edition, which Manga Bookshelf calls a "potentially interesting" curiosity.
Tokyopop issues the second volume of Monster and Ghost in both paperback and hardcover. The series follows Tsubaki Koton, a violent delinquent with a chilling past, and Kabuto Yuuki, a ghost with "stunning jewel-like eyes" who sees past Tsubaki's fearsome exterior. Inklore continues Wet Sand with volume three, a crime-romance about a photographer named Jo who falls for Ian, a man trying to free himself from a dangerous gang and an on-again, off-again lover named TJ.
Kodansha also prints Stella Must Die, a Suiyoubi no Sirius series about a princess whose stepsister tries to kill her after their father dies. A protector works from the shadows. The Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition arrives as a hardcover omnibus of the first three volumes with color pages and unspecified bonus content. Manga Bookshelf calls it "a gorgeous edition of such a gorgeous series."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Yatta-Tachi May 2026 BL / Yaoi Manga, Manhwa, Manhua, Danmei, & Light Novel Releases in Print
- Manga Bookshelf Manga the Week of 5/6/26