Seven Seas revealed the cover for Vol. 1 of Panguan: The Twelfth Gate, a fantasy danmei by author Mu Su Li. [Source: Twitter/X, Bluesky]
The cover is provided by artist LINXIZHIYI, who also provided covers for Seven Seas’ English release of Twin Jades of Jiangdong. Interior B&W illustrations are provided by artist St., who has provided art for many Seven Seas Danmei releases, including The Husky & His White Cat Shizun and Ballad of Sword and Wine.
Seven Seas provides the following volume summary:
As a panguan, a cultivator tasked with putting the dead to rest, Wen Shi has spent a thousand years sending souls on to their next life. But without a soul of his own, he’s trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth, desperately searching for the lost pieces of himself.
Now, reborn for the twelfth time, he feels a constant hunger that can only be satisfied by consuming the dark miasma that clings to the dead. So when failed panguan Xie Wen responds to Wen Shi’s ad for a roommate, Wen Shi is taken aback by the dense miasma cloaking the handsome young man. Smug and irritating, Xie Wen instantly becomes Wen Shi’s most tempting meal. Yet the longer Wen Shi spends with Xie Wen, the more mysterious he seems. Xie Wen appears to know things about Wen Shi even Wen Shi has forgotten—things that could end his millennium of lonely wandering.
Panguan: The Twelfth Gate Vol. 1 also has a special edition on offer, which is set to include a bookmark, a poster, a papercraft standee, and a sticker sheet. As with all of Seven Seas’ danmei special editions, it will be limited to a single print run and will not be available for purchase again after stock is sold out.
When Seven Seas originally announced the license for this series in August 2025, only a standard edition release was planned. Panguan joins Remnants of Filth as another danmei series that earned a previously unplanned special edition, perhaps due to warmer than anticipated pre-release numbers.
Panguan: The Twelfth Gate Vol. 1 is scheduled for release on September 15, 2026. Preorders are available from several major retailers:
Panguan: The Twelfth Gate Vol. 1 (Standard Edition) – $19.99 USD
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Panguan: The Twelfth Gate Vol. 1 (Special Edition) – $29.99 USD
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Panguan: The Twelfth Gate
判官
[Synopsis Provided by Seven Seas Entertainment:]
As a panguan, a cultivator tasked with putting the dead to rest, Wen Shi has spent a thousand years sending souls on to their next life. But without a soul of his own, he’s trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth, desperately searching for the lost pieces of himself.
Now, reborn for the twelfth time, he feels a constant hunger that can only be satisfied by consuming the dark miasma that clings to the dead. So when failed panguan Xie Wen responds to Wen Shi’s ad for a roommate, Wen Shi is taken aback by the dense miasma cloaking the handsome young man. Smug and irritating, Xie Wen instantly becomes Wen Shi’s most tempting meal. Yet the longer Wen Shi spends with Xie Wen, the more mysterious he seems. Xie Wen appears to know things about Wen Shi even Wen Shi has forgotten—things that could end his millennium of lonely wandering.
Panguan: The Twelfth Gate (判官) is a danmei novel by Mu Su Li. The series is set in the same universe as Three Hundred Years of Longing and Copper Coins. It began serialization in 2020 and ran for 117 chapters (plus 6 Extras), and is available to read in Chinese on JJWXC.
The series has received an audio drama adaptation.
You can learn more about Panguan: The Twelfth Gate in the DanmeiNews catalog.
