Alive 10, Bleach 10, Butterfly in Your Thumb 5, Crossroad 1 this October 6 (m&c! manga)

While there's life, there's hope.
Any change is accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
Man knows so much and does so little.

He definitely didn't have manga in mind, but Ralph Waldo Emerson has been quoted as saying that filling the hour is happiness. And while I'm chou ureshii at the prospect of a new Alive tankō (the above aphorisms are the titles of chapters 36 to 38), as well as latest installments of Bleach and Oyayubihime Infinity, it's the thought of a new series—ｃｒｏｓｓｒｏａｄ—filling up some of those hours that's responsible for the real doki doki anticipation.

Originally serialized in Akita Shoten's Princess mangazine, Cross Road is a Not Blood Siblings-troped shōjo manga by Mizuki Shioko-sensei. Go! Comi published all seven volumes of this series, my hopefully guilty pleasure, in English. (I've included a translation of m&c!'s synopsis after the list.)

m&c! manga (6 October 2008)

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1. Alive (Alive - Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen) 10 of 16+ by Kawashima Tadashi, Adachitoka

Alive - Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen 「 アライブ　最終進化的少年 」 by Kawashima Tadashi, Adachitoka Kodansha Gekkan Shounen Magazine, shōnen This volume first published in Japan 2006.10 English version Alive - The Final Evolution published by Del Rey

2. Bleach 10 of 35+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 「 ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－ 」 by Kubo Tite Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shōnen Subtitle: Tattoo on the Sky This volume first published in Japan 2003.11 English version published by VIZ Media

3. Butterfly in Your Thumb (Oyayubihime Infinity) 5 of 6 by Fujieda Toru

Oyayubihime Infinity 「 オヤユビヒメ∞ 」 by Fujieda Toru Akita Shoten Princess, shōjo This volume first published in Japan 2005.12 English version published by CMX (6 volumes, complete)

4. [Premiere] Cross Road (Crossroad) 1 of 7 by Mizuki Shioko

Crossroad 「 ｃｒｏｓｓｒｏａｄ 」 by Mizuki Shioko Akita Shoten Princess, shōjo This volume first published in Japan 2003.06 English version published by Go! Comi (7 volumes, complete)

5. Long Hu Men (Oriental Heroes) 152 by Tony Wong Yuk Long

Long Hu Men by Tony Wong Yuk Long
Culturecom, shōnen

6. Monika (Turma da Mônica) 115 by Mauricio (Mauricio de Sousa Produções)

Source: What's new (9 October 2008 update; may be subject to rescheduling)

Cross Road 1
by Mizuki Shioko

After a seven-year separation, fifteen-year old Kajitsu Toda is reunited with step-siblings Taro and Natsu. Kajitsu who has always liked Natsu gets her chance to be closer to him after circumstances force them to live under one roof as family.

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m&c! 13 October 2008 manga

~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) whose only Not Gets from this list are Turma da Mônica and Long Hu Men

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