Youssef Mohamed

@youssef-mo.bsky.social

Manga Letterer & Touch up Freelancer - Working for Titan Manga! Portfolio: https://youssefportfolio-whoami.carrd.co/

Record Journey Vol. 1 releases today! This is one of the titles I’ve been most excited about. I’ve been interested in this series long before it even got licensed and as soon as I saw Titan announce it, I begged my editor to let me work on it haha 😆 I hope everyone enjoys it! #manga #lettering

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Most of my work involves making text fit word balloons designed for Japanese, making signs and background text readable for English speakers, or adapting sound effects via subtitles or erasing/redrawing them.

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Finally, this is out! I did the lettering for Kinato's Magic! I'll share some cool SFXs here! I liked the art and found the first chapter interesting tho! First, I designed a simple logo! Lettered by Me, translation by Andria McKnight (short thread)

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It's that time of year... Tiny cover images to show off what I worked on this year! I edited 9 novels, 12 manga (though several of these were things I actually worked on previously but didn't publish until this year), and a whole heck of a lot of copy edits and proofreads of various books!

Collection of covers for light novels and manga that Carly Smith worked on (or published) in 2025. Light novel editing: The Legendary Witch Is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess (volumes 3–5), The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods (volumes 1–3), My Magical Career at Court: Living the Dream After My Nightmare Boss Fired Me from the Mages' Guild! (volume 6), Buying You on the Day You Were to Die, and 1 gray box stand-in with the text "Coming Soon." Manga editing: After School Etude (volumes 2–3), Otonari Complex (volumes 3–5), Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire (volume 6), Throw Away the Suit Together (volume 3), Death's Daughter and the Ebony Blade (volumes 5–7), and 2 gray box stand-ins with the text "Coming Soon." Copy editing and proofreading (both light novels and manga): Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools (Side Stories, volumes 10–11), Lucia and the Loom: Weaving Her Way to Happiness (volume 3), Goodbye, Overtime! This Reincarnated Villainess Is Living for Her New Big Brother (light novel; volumes 3–6), The countess Is a Coward No More! (volumes 3–4), The Beginning After the End (volume 9), A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires (light novel; volume 1), Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain (volumes 3–5), This Gyaru's Got a Thing for...Vampire Hunters?! (volume 1), The Fearsome Witch Teaches in Another World (light novel; volume 1), Liar, Liar (light novel; volume 7; coming soon), Even a Replican Can Fall in Love (light novel; volume 4; coming soon), and a gray box stand-in with the text "Coming Soon."

Another year is in the books, so here's what I lettered in 2025! Here's hoping to another great year in lettering for 2026!

2025 Lettering in Review

Seven Seas:
Malevolent Spirts: Monogatari - Volume 14
Kenono Jihen - Volumes 17 to 20
100 Girlfriends - Volumes 16 to 18
Wait I Love You - Volumes 1 and 2
Chainsmoker Cat - Volumes 1 and 2

Yen Press:
Story of My Fiancee - Chapters 76 to 83
Spy Classroom: 2nd Period - Volume 2
Spy Classroom: 3rd Period - Volumes 1 and 2
White Rabbit - Volumes 2 and 3
Helena and Mr. Big Bad Wolf - Volume 2
BS Situation - Volume 2
Pandora Seven - Volumes 5 and 6
Level Up With The Gods - Volumes 1 to 3
Corpse Knight Gunther - Volumes 1 and 2
Secretly Hot Husband - Volume 5
Battlefront of the Great Powers - Volume 1
Guillotine Bride - Volumes 1 and 2

Kodansha/KMANGA:
Blue Lock - Volumes 33 to 37
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi - Volumes 7 and 8
Elegant Yokai Apartment Life - Volumes 30 and 31

Mangamo:
Tokyo Death Game - Chapters 44 to 46

J-Novel Club:
Elf Bride - Volume 13
Elf Bride Spinoff - Volume 3
Bibliophile Princess - Volumes 9 and 10
Der Werwolf - Volume 11

Hi! Here's every manga I lettered in 2025. 40 volumes, maybe 43ish if you count omnibuses. This was a recovery year for me "technically" but I still ended up pretty overloaded. I have about the right workload, but time management is a tricky beast. Will try better next year!

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It's around that time of the year, and though I didn't reach my goal of doing more work than the year before, I am proud of what I've done and the books I lettered. Here's my collage of projects I've done in 2025 and am looking forward to 2026, along with beginning my journey as a mother. 🥰 🫶

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It's the End of the year!!! And here I'm sharing with all of you what I did this year (As my first step since I started working in this industry) Not much of number but I'm really proud that I reached this far! And I'm looking for the next year! Early Happy New Year!

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