''Yen Plus'' was an American monthly

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, and original English-language (OEL) manga published by

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History

The first issue of ''Yen Plus'' went on sale on July 29, 2008, with five manga titles originally published by

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, four manhwa titles, and two OEL manga titles. The magazine contained over 450 pages per issue. Manga titles were read from right-to-left, while manhwa and OEL manga titles read left-to-right; because of this, each issue had two covers. Although ''Yen Plus'' did not publicize official circulation figures, Hachette Book Group publicity materials for the ''

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'' OEL manga reported a circulation figure for ''Yen Plus'' of "nearly 100,000 copies" as of late 2008. The July 2010 issue was the last issue of the physical magazine to be published; all subsequent issues were exclusively published online. In December 2013, the online magazine also folded.

Serialized titles

This is a complete list of all titles serialized in ''Yen Plus''. It does not include single chapter previews of titles. Twenty titles (ten manga, six manhwa and four OEL manga) were serialized, but only two (the manhwa ''One Fine Day'' and ''

Pig Bride ''Pig Bride'' () is a manhwa written and illustrated by Huh Kook-hwa () and Kim Su-jin (). The story follows Si-Joon Lee, who was tricked as an eight-year-old boy, into fulfilling a prophecy and marrying the mysterious "Pig Bride" - a young blo ...

'') were serialized in their entirety. ;Manga ;Manhwa ;OEL manga

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History

Serialized titles

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