Updated with the 30 September 2009 manga
Barairo My Honey © Ohmi Tomu/
Shogakukan
All systems green and no weather days permitting, we should be getting the series finale to Nakajo Hisaya's Hana-Kimi manga this September 2009.
I can still remember the +90-dB Kyaaa!s and Finally!
smugness that attended Level's first release of this a-dowable series back in 2006 — when the imprint was still based in Surabaya, and now, it's time to bid Sano x Mizuki bah-ha-hai... (with Level now housed in Palmerah.)
September 2009 "Executive Summary"
Twenty-eight manga have been tentatively scheduled for September 2009 (according to Komikologi), 12 of them series premieres, two of which—Jio by Kishimoto Seishi and Sora Flight Attendant by Yajima Masao & Hikino Shinji—were inherited from the past months.
The rest of the new manga
A josei and shoujo manga have me specifically breaking out into hyperventilation: Barairo My Honey by Ohmi Tomu that Level is releasing retitled My Lovely Honey and Triple Kiss by Shimaki Ako.
My Lovely Honey by Ohmi Tomu
Originally serialized in Petit Comic, Barairo My Honey by Ohmi Tomu stars printing company employee Koume who has a date with destiny
— in the guise of a tiger
! [From Aerandria Scans' summary]
Am telling you now, this three-volume series is chou romachikku! I actually prefer it to the more popular Midnight Secretary that Ohmi-sensei also created (though I wouldn't mind if Level also releases the latter).
Triple Kiss by Shimaki Ako
Meanwhile, Triple Kiss by Shimaki Ako (Gekka no Kimi manga-ka) is apparently a rabu triangle story. Yukino fell in love with a boy who promised her that they will meet again if she remains a good girl
; transfer student Seiji seems to fit that first love's profile, but another guy Hikaru claims to have the same memory.
After a hiccup with Shimaki Ako-sensei's Mucha Kucha Daisuki (that Elex released as Crazy for You), I've loved what I've read of Shimaki-sensei's works. Am hoping Triple Kiss, originally serialized in Cheese! will top the anthology Suki ni Naru Made Matte AKA Please Wait Until I Fall In Love, which is currently my Shimaki Ako bar.
So even if Level didn't, am paw-printing these two series as Must-Haves. « Edit: Neither of these manga are releasing in September.
New manga blah-blah continued after the manga list.
Level Comics manga (September 2009)
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3X3 Eyes (Sazan Eyes) volume 28 of 40 by Takada Yuzo« 9.09[Premiere] Attack!! 1 of 10+ by Oshima Tsukasa« 9.02- Basara 11 of 27 by Tamura Yumi
[Premiere] Cesare 1 of 7+ by Souryo Fuyumi« 9.16- Chocolat 2 of 7 by Kubonouchi Eisaku
- Death's Notice (Ikigami) 2 of 7+ by Mase Motoro
- Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei) 8 of 12+ by Matsushita Yoko
Feverish Girl (Binetsu Shoujo) 7 of 10 by Miyasaka Kaho« 9.09- Fight!! Ippo (Hajime no Ippo) 71 of 89+ by Morikawa Joji
[Premiere] Fly, Daddy, Fly 1 of 2 by Kaneshiro Kazuki and Akishige Manabu« 9.02For You in Full Blossom (Hana-Kimi) 23 of 23 by Nakajo Hisaya [Finale]« 9.16- Glass Chair (Garasu no Isu) 3 of 8 by Nakamura Mariko
- Hotaru's Light (Hotaru no Hikari) 8 of 15 by Hiura Satoru
[Premiere] Jio (666 Satan) 1 of 19 by Kishimoto Seishi« 9.16[Premiere] Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files (Karasuma Kyouko no Jikenbo) 1 of 7+ by Hiroi Ouji and Kozaki Yusuke« 9.30Life 16 of 20 by Suenobu Keiko« 9.16- [Premiere] My Lovely Honey (Barairo My Honey) 1 of 3 by Ohmi Tomu
[Premiere] Officer Monju (Seigi Keikan Monju) 1 of 8+ by Miyashita Hiroki« 9.30- Psychometrist Eiji (Psychometrer Eiji) 7 of 25 by Ando Yuma, Asaki Masashi
- Red Eyes 12 of 13+ by Shindo Jun
- [Premiere] Shadow Skill 1 of 5+ by Okada Megumu
[Premiere] SORA! (SORA! Flight Attendant Monogatari) 1 of 5 by Yajima Masao & Hikino Shinji« 9.09A Spirit of The Sun (Taiyou no Mokushiroku) 2 of 17+ by Kawaguchi Kaiji« 9.16Team Medical Dragon 9 of 20+ by Nogizaka Taro and Nagai Akira« 9.30- Tokyo Juliet 9 of 13 by Kitagawa Miyuki
- [Premiere] Triple Kiss 1 of 2 by Shimaki Ako
[Premiere] Zenith (Jinasu - Zenith) 1 of 6 by Yoshida Satoshi« 9.30[Premiere] Zipang 1 of 41+ by Kawaguchi Kaiji« 9.30
Attack!! 「 アタック！！ 」 by Oshima Tsukasa
Shinchosha Comic bunch, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2007.04
Basara 「 ＢＡＳＡＲＡ 」 by Tamura Yumi
Shogakukan Flowers, shoujo
Volume 11 first published in Japan 1994.03
Re-released in 15 bunko volumes
Basara published in English by VIZ Media (27 volumes)
Cesare 「 チェーザレ 破壊の創造者 」 by Souryo Fuyumi
Kodansha Morning, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2006.10
Chocolat 「 ショコラ 」 by Kubonouchi Eisaku
Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2000.08
Ikigami 「 イキガミ 」 by Mase Motoro
Shogakukan Young Sunday, seinen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2006.04
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit published in English by VIZ Media (volume 2 street date: 2009.08.11)
Yami no Matsuei 「 闇の末裔 」 by Matsushita Yoko
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 8 first published in Japan 1999.12
Descendants of Darkness published in English by VIZ Media (11 volumes, ongoing)
Binetsu Shoujo 「 微熱少女 」 by Miyasaka Kaho
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
Volume 7 first published in Japan 2000.09
Re-released in five volumes in 2006
Hajime no Ippo 「 はじめの一歩 」 by Morikawa Joji
Kodansha Shuukan Shounen Magazine, shounen
Volume 71 first published in Japan 2004.12
Fly, Daddy, Fly 「 フライ，ダディ，フライ 」
by Kaneshiro Kazuki and Akishige Manabu
Shogakukan Young Sunday, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2005.05
Related series: Revolution No.3 (prequel) · Speed (sequel)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 「 花ざかりの君たちへ 」 by Nakajo Hisaya
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 23 first published in Japan 2004.11
Series re-released as aizōban (collector's editions) in 2007
Hana-Kimi published in English by VIZ Media (23 volumes)
Garasu no Isu 「 ガラスの椅子 」 by Nakamura Mariko
Kodansha Be Love, josei
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2005.08
Hotaru no Hikari 「 ホタルノヒカリ 」 by Hiura Satoru
AKA It's Only Little Light in My Life
Kodansha Kiss, josei
Volume 8 first published in Japan in 2007.04
666 Satan 「 ６６６～サタン～ 」 by Kishimoto Seishi
Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2001.12
Published in English as O-Parts Hunter by VIZ Media (volume 17 street date: 2009.08.11)
Karasuma Kyouko no Jikenbo 「 烏丸響子の事件簿 」
by Hiroi Ouji and Kozaki Yusuke
AKA Kyoko Karasuma - Detective of the Asakusa Police Department
Gentousha Comic BIRZ, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2003.09
LIFE 「 ライフ 」 by Suenobu Keiko
Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo
Volume 16 first published in Japan 2007.09
LIFE published in English by TOKYOPOP (volume 9 street date: 2008.06.10)
Barairo My Honey 「 薔薇色ｍｙハニー 」 by Ohmi Tomu
Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei
Volume 1 first published in Japan in 2005.10
Seigi Keikan Monju 「 正義警官モンジュ 」 by Miyashita Hiroki
Shogakukan Sunday GX, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan in 2005.09
Psychometrer Eiji 「 サイコメトラーＥＩＪＩ 」
by Ando Yuma and Asaki Masashi
Kodansha Shuukan Shounen Magazine, shounen
Volume 7 first published in Japan 1997.08
red Eyes 「 ｒｅｄ Ｅｙｅｓ 」 by Shindo Jun
Kodansha Magazine GREAT and Magazine E-no, shounen
Volume 12 first published in Japan 2008.02
Shadow Skill 「 ＳＨＡＤＯＷ ＳＫＩＬＬ 」 by Okada Megumu
Kodansha Afternoon, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2001.09
SORA! -Flight Attendant Monogatari- 「 ＳＯＲＡ！‐フライト・アテンダント物 」 by Yajima Masao & Hikino Shinji
Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2006.03
Taiyou no Mokushiroku 「 太陽の黙示録 」 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2003.05
Iryuu -Team Medical Dragon- 「 医龍 」 by Nogizaka Taro and Nagai Akira
Shogakukan Big Comic Superior, seinen
Volume 9 first published in Japan 2005.07
Tokyo Juliet 「 東京ジュリエット 」 by Kitagawa Miyuki
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
Volume 8 first published in Japan 1998.06
Series re-released in six volumes in 2002
Triple Kiss 「 トリプルＫＩＳＳ 」 by Shimaki Ako
Shogakukan Cheese!, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2008.02
Jinasu - Zenith 「 ジナス－ＺＥＮＩＴＨ－ 」 by Yoshida Satoshi
Kodansha Morning, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2006.09
NOTE
(1) Source: September 2009 Komikologi Elex
(2) Links like this are Amazon.com search and/or product links (commercial), in case you're interested in another language version.
New manga continued...
As you see from the list above, two of the manga premieres are slated to release this 2 September: Attack!! and Fly, Daddy, Fly.
The following are also set to debut: Cesare by Souryo Fuyumi, Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files (Karasuma Kyouko no Jikenbo) by Hiroi Ouji and Kozaki Yusuke, Officer Monju (Seigi Keikan Monju) by Miyashita Hiroki (Level attributes to manga to a Yamashita
Hiroki in Komikologi), Shadow Skill by Okada Megumu (the revived version by Kodansha), Zenith (Jinasu - Zenith) by Yoshida Satoshi, and the long-running Zipang by Kawaguchi Kaiji (this seems to be kin to another Kawaguchi Kaiji-sensei manga also scheduled for this September: the second volume of A Spirit of The Sun).
Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files by Hiroi Ouji and Kozaki Yusuke
Karasuma Kyouko no Jikenbo AKA Kyoko Karasuma - Detective of the Asakusa Police Department is a futuristic, supernatural police procedural featuring the sixteen-year-old Kyoko who investigates criminals straight out of Asian myths and legends, Oni and Tengu being just some of her adversaries. [From Baka-Updates Manga's description]
Kozaki Yusuke-sensei, responsible for the character design of Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto and Speed Grapher anime, illustrates the manga still ongoing in Gentousha's Comic BIRZ (in which Saitoh Misaki's Hinata no Ookami - Shinsengumi Kidan, published by Elex Media as Wolf's Sanctuary was also serialized).
Baka-Updates Manga recommends this if you also like Ghost Hunt, Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna, and Amatsuki. And I ♡ do.
Cesare by Souryo Fuyumi
This seinen series by the creator of Mars is based on the story of Cesare Borgia, the Spanish-Italian condottiero, son of Pope Alexander VI, and inspiration and real-life model of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince.
I will babble about the other manga premieres when they actually street.
Continuing series
Most notable: the reappearance of Basara (with volume 11) and A Spirit of The Sun or Taiyou no Mokushiroku (volume 2). Preceding tankou were released 25 November 2008. « Edit: Only A Spirit of The Sun 2 released in September.
Also, unless I was asleep in August (and I don't think I was, beyond the usual physiologically-required), Tokyo Juliet 8 has yet to street. This monthly, however, has Tokyo Juliet 9 in a holding pattern. I'm presuming the eighth will also release this September. « EDIT: Tokyo Juliet 8 released on September 9.
BTW, this represents the fourth appearance of Team Medical Dragon 9 in a monthly listing; it has been present — but not accounted for — since the June sked. « EDIT: Team Medical Dragon 9 is accounted for in the 30 September schedule.
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who also wants Shimaki Ako-sensei's à la Hana-Kimi gender-bending Boku ni Natta Watashi (I Became a Boy)
UP NEXT
Elex Media upcoming manga (September 2009 monthly schedule): Premiering The Bodyguard (Kage Kara Mamoru!) by Achi Taro · Fusui Gakuen by Shouji Haruka · Kampfer by Tsukiji Toshihiko · Prince's Girlfriend (Oujisama no Kanojo) by Aihara Miki
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related links
- Weekly schedules: 9.02 | 9.09 | 9.16 | 9.30
- August 2009: Premiering Ikigami · 21st Century Boys · Black Lagoon · Happy Hello Work at Age 21 · Ice Forest · Jio · Life Existence · Tomo'o
- July 2009: Sora Flight Attendant - Level Comics's newest seinen series
- June 2009: Premiering Chocolat by Kubonouchi Eisaku and Shattered Knife (Oboreru Knife) by George Asakura, among others
other invaluable resources
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Tweaked, III: 2009.09.20
3X3 Eyes 「 ３×３ＥＹＥＳ 」 by Takada Yuzo
Kodansha Weekly Young Magazine, seinen
Volume 28 first published in Japan 1998.06
English version by Dark Horse Comics dropped after eight volumes