Seven Seas revealed the cover for Vol. 2 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:
THREADS OF THE PAST
After unwittingly walking into a cage disguised as a terrifying escape room, Wen Shi, Xie Wen, and their unlikely band of companions find themselves trapped inside a haunted mansion with a gruesome secret buried in its past. Each clue they unearth seems to contradict the last: Is the ghost haunting the halls the perpetrator of the horror—or a victim herself? As members of their party disappear one by one, Wen Shi grudgingly teams up with Xie Wen to uncover the truth.
Wen Shi has never been one to rely on others. But the longer he works alongside Xie Wen, the more strangely familiar he seems. As they unravel the house’s mystery, this enigmatic man appears to anticipate Wen Shi’s every thought…almost as if they’ve known each other for a long, long time.
Panguan: The Twelfth Gate Vol. 2 is scheduled for release on December 1, 2026. Preorders are available from several major retailers:
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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.
