
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)
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.



































