Preorders for the Print Version of Mask Danshi: This Shouldn't Lead to Love Vol. 1 are Now Open

Tokyo, Japan –
The print version of Mitsuru Sangō's Mask Danshi: This Shouldn't Lead to Love Volume 1 will go on sale June 13, 2024. Preorders for US customers are now being accepted at the Animate USA Online Shop.
*The release date may be pushed back due to shipping delays

Customers who preorder or purchase Mask Danshi: This Shouldn't Lead to Love Volume 1 from the Animate USA Online Shop will receive an animate-exclusive door hanger with their purchase. Free shipping is available at the Animate USA Online Shop for the first 100 people who preorder. Please see the Animate USA Online Store website or @animateusa on X (formerly Twitter) for more information.

Animate USA Preorder Link:
https://en.animate-onlineshop.jp/products/mask-danshi-this-shouldn-t-lead-to-love-print-version-manga-vo-1?variant=40944393388150

Mask Danshi: This Shouldn't Lead to Love Volume 1 is also available at the animate International Online Store for international customers. Customers will get a bonus sticker with their purchase while supplies last.

animate International Preorder Link:
https://www.animate.shop/products/9798989570317

Preorders are also expected to be available online at Amazon and Crunchyroll. The manga will be on sale at animate LA, located on the second floor of the Del Amo Fashion Center (3525 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90503), and at Kinokuniya locations in Australia, Cambodia, Thailand, and the United States on the release date.

This is Animate International's second manga in print. The company printed Living With Him by Toworu Miyata in February 2024.
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Story Synopsis
Sayama is a pessimistic guy who always wears a face mask to school. When the most popular boy in class, Saikawa, rips off the mask out of curiosity, Sayama flips out. Despite his harsh words, he's somehow captured Saikawa's interest, who offers to tutor him with a bizarre condition: to let him do as he pleases with what's under Sayama's mask. Sayama hates it when people touch his bare face, lips, and mouth, but he can't resist Saikawa's attention...

About Animate International, Co. Ltd.
Founded in November 2020, Animate International helps Animate Group companies bring their properties to audiences outside of Japan and bring international properties and merchandise into Japan. Since December 2021, Animate International has published BL manga from Libre as eBooks. Print versions of some of their releases are scheduled for 2024. See the full list of their titles at https://linktr.ee/animateintl.