Tokyo Juliet 7 and Hajime no Ippo 68 (Level Comics 14 July 2009 manga)

Hajime no Ippo © Morikawa Joji/Kodansha

the leitmotif for this two-manga batch of Level releases ... Battle Royal??

In volume 68 of Hajime no Ippo, the longest boxing manga of all-time (Komikologi July 2009), Ippo has to go through the Champion Carnival and take down Take Keiichi first, before he can face off with Miyata. Eiji gives Ippo the lowdown on Keiichi; the latter, it turns out, is the one boxer Eiji dreads.

For the first time, Ippo feels uneasy before a fight. But just what exactly has got Eiji so spooked?

Meanwhile in Tokyo Juliet volume 7, there's a new transfer student in town. Hailing from Italy, Konno Risa sports waist-length blonde hair, just like Minori used to. To complicate matters, Minori catches Risa in the act of trying on the wedding gown Akira made! Before she can give the interloper what-fer, Minori receives the shock of her life: Risa is engaged to Akira, and the Minori wannabe is determined to wrest Akira from Minori's "clutches."

So the leitmotif for this two-manga batch of Level releases is Battle Royal??

Level Comics manga (2009.07.14)

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1. Fight!! Ippo (Hajime no Ippo) 68 of 88+ by Morikawa Joji

Hajime no Ippo 「 はじめの一歩 」 by Morikawa Joji Kodansha Shuukan Shounen Magazine, shounen Volume 68 first published in Japan 2004.04

2. Tokyo Juliet 7 of 13 by Kitagawa Miyuki

Tokyo Juliet 「 東京ジュリエット 」 by Kitagawa Miyuki Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo Volume 7 first published in Japan 1997.12 Series re-released in six volumes in 2002

Source: Elex Media STO 15 July 2009

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• Elex Media 15 July 2009 manga: Yotsuba&! 8, Rocket Man 8, Alice Academy 11, La Corda D'Oro 1, The Best Skilled Surgeon (Saijou no Meii) 1 by Irie Kenzo & Hashiguchi Takashi
• m&c! 15 July 2009 manga: Bleach 13, Alive 15, Happy Café 10, Not an Angel (Tenshi Ja Nai!) 1-2 by Shigematsu Takako, Archlord 6 of 6, Battle Story Rockman Exe 4 of 4

~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who is actually *not* looking forward to the catfight in Tokyo Juliet 7

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manga available this week (7 and 8 July 2009 street dates)

• Chuang Yi - Singapore (7.07): La Corda D'Oro 6, Hellsing 9, Those With Wings 6 of 6, Spriggan 11 of 11, and Vagabond 16
• Level Comics (7.07): Rainbow 12, Psychometrist Eiji 5, Bad Guy (Warui Otoko) by Yoshimura Akemi
• Elex Media (7.08): Nodame Cantabile 21, Eyeshield 21 volume 27, C.M.B. 10, Dragon Drive 14 of 14, Touch 17, Golden Days 4
• m&c! (7.08): Venus Capriccio 1, The Magic in Me 5 of 5, Crossroad 6, Yokohama Shopping Blog 14 of 14, Dawn Aria 1, A Future Doctor 2

related links

Level Comics July 2009 manga: Featuring Yoshimura Akemi's Bad Guy (Warui Otoko) and Sora Flight Attendant (Sora!) 1 by Yajima Masao & Hikino Shinji

other invaluable resources

7&Y · Amazon Japan · Baka-Updates Manga

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