minima 4 of 4, H2O 6, Lovely Days 5, Cherry 28, Izumo (m&c! 14 January 2009 manga and manhwa)

Cynical Orange © Yoon JiUn/Seoul Cultural Publishers

Minima, the shoujo manga series by Sakurai Machiko-sensei—about a girl and the animated doll who's her bestfriend—ends next Wednesday. (I'm referring to the Indonesian version published by m&c!, of course.)

Penultimates
Meanwhile, one soonjung manhwa, H2O by Hwang SookJi, and another shoujo manga, Lovely Days or Sakura Zensen by Obayashi Miyuki-sensei, are on their second to the last installments.

New series
There are two new manga this release, both looking like they're standalones. If I'm not mistaken, Everlasting Portrait is Morio Rina-sensei's Eien no Portrait, originally published under Kodansha's now defunct imprint Fureindo (Friends). Izumo (from the anime?) is most likely Yamamoto Kazue-sensei's ＩＺＵＭＯ　猛き剣の閃記, published by Kadokawa Shoten under the Kadokawa Comics A (Kadokawa Comics Ace) imprint.

m&c! manga and manhwa (2009.01.14)

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1. Cynical Orange 4 of 9 by Yoon JiUn

Cynical Orange 「 시니컬 오렌지 」 by Yoon JiUn Seoul Cultural Sugar, soonjung Volume 4 first published in Korea 2004.01 Published in English by Yen Press (six volumes, ongoing; volume 7 street date: 2009.05.12)

2. [New] Everlasting Portrait (Eien no Portrait) by Morio Rina

Eien no Portrait 「 永遠のポートレイト 」 by Morio Rina Kodansha Fureindo (Friends) imprint, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 1997.05

3. H2O 6 of 7 by Hwang SookJi

H2O 「 H2O(에이치투오) 」 by Hwang SookJi Seoul Cultural Wink, soonjung Volume 6 first published in Korea 2007.01

4. [New] Izumo by Yamamoto Kazue

Izumo 「 ＩＺＵＭＯ　猛き剣の閃記 」 by Yamamoto Kazue Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Comics A (Kadokawa Comics Ace) imprint, shounen This volume first published in Japan 2006.05

5. Lovely Days (Sakura Zensen) 5 of 6 by Obayashi Miyuki

Sakura Zensen 「 さくら前線 」 by Obayashi Miyuki Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo Volume 5 first published in Japan 2007.10

6. Minima 4 of 4 by Sakurai Machiko [Finale]

minima! 「 ｍｉｎｉｍａ！ 」 by Sakurai Machiko Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo Volume 4 first published in Japan 2008.02 Published in English by Del Rey (three volumes, ongoing)

mangazine (2009.01.14)

Cherry 28 (Shogakukan Sho-Comi/Ciao/Flower anthology)

NOTE | Cherry 28 retails for IDR 20,000.

Source: Elex Media STO 14 Jan 2009

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available

• Level Comics: Perfect Girl Evolution 18, X 18, Love Affair 2, Tokyo Juliet 2 (2009.01.07)
• Elex Media: Otomen 2, Rough 7, MÄR 7, Cross Game 12, Ask the Angel (2009.01.08)
• m&c!: Princess Princess 1, My Heavenly Hockey Club 7, Born to Cook 2, Tsunamix 2/2 (2009.01.08)

other upcoming manga

• 2009.01.14: Yakitate!! Japan 7, Midori's Days 8/8, Dragon Brothers 5/5, Hayate no Gotoku 8, Flash of Wind 23 (Elex Media)
• 2009.01.14: Harlequin: Dark Heritage, Harlequin: Marriage Without Love, Nurse Aoi 9, (Level Comics)

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