Embracing Love (Series)

春を抱いていた Vol. 1
Original Biblos Publication

春を抱いていた (Series)
Youka NITTA

Romanized Title:

Haru wo Daiteita

English Title:

Embracing Love
(SuBLime Manga)

Original Serialization

First Chapter:

Ch. 1: “Embracing Love”
b-BOY Zips, Vol. 3 (Jul. 1997)

Last Chapter:

Ch. 49: “Stand on Vessel (Pt. 4)”
BE×BOY GOLD (Aug. 2008)

Current Status

Japan:

Digital-only (Libre)

North America:

Vols. 1-6 (Hiatus)
(SuBLime)

Japanese Publisher Information
  • Originally published by Biblos from 1997-2006, then by Libre until 2009.
    Physical copies are out-of-print.
  • Revised edition published digitally by Libre from 2012-2017.
English Publisher Information
  • Be Beautiful licensed Embracing Love through Biblos and published the first 5 volumes from 2005-2007 before the company went defunct.
  • SuBLime Manga licensed Embracing Love as one of their first publications, and released volumes 1-6 in two-in-one omnibus editions, publishing the new revised edition from Libre.
    • Jennifer LeBlanc, editor at SuBLime manga, stated that she doesn’t believe Vols. 7-14 will be published any time soon.
Original Publication Release Dates
(Biblos | Libre)

Volume 1
Apr. 10, 1999

Volume 2
Jan. 10, 2000

Volume 3
Dec. 10, 2000

Volume 4
Jun. 10, 2001

Volume 5
Jan. 10, 2002

Volume 6
Aug. 10, 2002

Volume 7
Feb. 10, 2003

Volume 8
Sept. 10, 2003

Volume 9
Sept. 10, 2004

Volume 10
May 10, 2005

Volume 11
Feb. 10, 2006

Volume 12 (Libre)
Feb. 10, 2007

Volume 13 (Libre)
Mar. 10, 2008

Volume 14 (Libre)
Nov. 10, 2009

Republication Release Dates
(Libre: Digital-Only)

Volume 1
Dec. 7, 2012

Volume 2
Dec. 7, 2012

Volume 3
May 9, 2014

Volume 4
May 9, 2014

Volume 5
Jul. 22, 2014

Volume 6
Aug. 26, 2014

Volume 7
Mar. 31, 2015

Volume 8
Jun. 18, 2015

Volume 9
Aug. 20, 2015

Volume 10
Aug. 11, 2016

Volume 11
Oct. 13, 2016

Volume 12
Dec. 8, 2016

Volume 13
Feb. 2, 2017

Volume 14
Feb. 9, 2017

English License Release Dates
(Be Beautiful)

Volume 1
Sept. 5, 2005

Volume 2
Jan. 18, 2006

Volume 3
Feb. 22, 2006

Volume 4
Jan. 2, 2007

Volume 5
April 3, 2007

English License Release Dates
(SuBLime)

Volumes 1 & 2
Aug. 13, 2013

Volumes 3 & 4
Mar. 11, 2014

Volumes 5 & 6
Aug. 11, 2015

Archival Status
  • Original Publication:
    • Volume 1 – In-Progress
    • Volume 2 – In-Progress
    • Volume 3 – In-Progress
    • Volume 4 – In-Progress
    • Volume 5 – In Progress
    • Volume 6 – In-Progress
    • Volume 7 – In Progress
    • Volume 8 – In-Progress
    • Volume 9 – In-Progress
    • Volume 10 – In-Progress
    • Volume 11 – In-Progress
  • Original Publication (Cont’d):
    • Volume 12 – In-Progress
    • Volume 13 – In-Progress
    • Volume 14 – In-Progress
  • Libre Republication – N/A
  • Be Beautiful License
    • Volume 1 – TBD
    • Volume 2 – TBD
    • Volume 3 – TBD
    • Volume 4 – TBD
    • Volume 5 – TBD
  • SuBLime License – N/A
Additional Notes and Trivia
  • Characters from Nitta-sensei’s series Casino Lily, published from 1998-1999 in Novel BEaST, make a cameo in Embracing Love, Vol. 6.
  • A number of stories in Embracing Love were not published in a magazine, and were originally published as doujinshi before being compiled in tankōbon volumes.
  • An artbook titled Kiss of Fire (after one of the doujinshi stories of Embracing Love) was published by Biblos on Jun. 9, 2004.
    • Published in English by Digital Manga Publishing on Jul. 4, 2006.
  • Embracing Love continued in a sequel series, Embracing Love ALIVE, in 2013.
Further Reading