Feast your eyes on the dazzling first volume of Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating.
Hai Tang Books, the English-language imprint of indie publisher Cherry-apple Culture & One Bean Culture, has released a stunning preview video for its debut English license. Preorder customers will receive a special edition featuring shiny green page edges and a removable dust jacket. Underneath the jacket, readers will find a sleek white-and-blue line illustration of Jing Huan and Yearning For—the leads of Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating. The volume also includes interior illustrations by Jessie L., while Fueki’s cover art captures Jing Huan with a mischievous smirk as he types away at his computer, plotting how to make Yearning For fall in love with him.
Written by Jiang Zi Bei, the webnovel has been translated by Juurensha and edited by Divi. Spanning four volumes, the English edition will include an exclusive bonus story. Readers who preordered before April 19 will also receive a bundle of extras: a character info card, a student ID card, a holographic sticker, a printed signature card, and a 5″ standee of Jing Huan.
If you’re looking for a danmei full of humor, revenge, second-hand embarrassment, and lovable characters, Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating should be your next read. The story follows Jing Huan, whose beloved cousin moves abroad after online bullies accuse her of being “the other woman” in a game. Furious, Jing Huan buys a female game character and a voice changer to pose as a girl, determined to make the scumbag behind the bullying fall in love—so he can break and stomp on his heart. But this isn’t a guide on how to succeed at online dating… and Jing Huan fails many times, in more ways than one.
A preview is available now on Hai Tang Books. While the publisher hasn’t announced a firm release date, Volume 1 is expected to launch later this year.
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