Love Fighter! © Fujisawa Shizuki/Shogakukan
Published in Indonesia by 3L Comics
Aimless surfing netted me the Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu 6 advisory; a detour into Gramedia to GET! said tankou confronted me with three new shoujo manga from 3L: Love Fighter! by Fujisawa Shizuki (creator of Harem Lodge), Boy's Story by Yokoyama Mayumi, and Love Rookie by Nagayama Ei. (The latter standalone pair released earlier this month, 2nd December to be precise.)
So you can see that 3L's refusal to advertise its upcoming manga (instead reserving them for the end pages of already released volumes)—in this day and age—conspires to keep me lagging one step behind. (That sed, I might as well also tell you, to preclude further on the spot or belated finding out, that Ikeyamada Go's Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! is coming soon.)
But enuf with teh unseasonly rant. Below are the deets on the aforementioned shoujo manga:
Love Fighter! 1 of 2
By Fujisawa Shizuki
Original title: ラブファイター！
Shogakukan, serialized in Betsucomi
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2008.04
Published in Indonesia by PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/3L Comics
Street date: 17 December 2009
Synopsis
Saved by a kind and gentle boy after she accidentally destroys a school festival's haunted house attraction, Nami resolves to get into Wakamiya High, the select school her savior attends. This despite her less-than-impressive academic prowess. Nami's was even confined in a hospital for studying so diligently hard work actually pays off, but when she meets her former rescuer Sakuragi Haruka again, he all but shoves her out of his way.
It turns out that Haruka is known throughout the school as the cold, intolerant prince and Nami becomes, in public view, the 100th girl whose "love declaration" he rejects.
Infuriated, Nami vows to make the prince kneel before her to beg her forgiveness!
Mini-review by huamulan03
I've already read volume 1 and discovered that [SPOILER!] Haruka has more in common with Harem Lodge's Tetsuya than with (insert the name of an a*seholic hero of your choice here).
Do I recommend? Let's just say there are other more investment-worthy shoujo manga out there.
Otokonoko Zukan
© Yokoyama Mayumi/
Shogakukan
Published in Indonesia as
Boy's Story by 3L Comics
Boy's Story
By Yokoyama Mayumi
Original title: 男の子ずかん (Otokonoko Zukan)
Shogakukan, serialized in Betsucomi
This volume first published in Japan 2003.09
Published in Indonesia by PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/3L Comics
Street date: 2 December 2009
Synopsis
Boys are insensitive, unromantic perverts? Let's not get too judgmental and study these creatures instead. What will the empirical evidence reveal?
Haven't read yet, but this anthology by the manga-ka of Tonari no Danshi contains: Boy's Story
· Boy's Story 2
· Because I am a Boy
· A to Z's excuse.
Renai Rookie
© Nagayama Ei/
Shogakukan
Published in Indonesia as
Love Rookie by 3L Comics
Love Rookie
By Nagayama Ei
Original title: 恋愛ルーキー (Renai Rookie)
Shogakukan, serialized in Betsucomi
This volume first published in Japan 2007.12
Published in Indonesia by PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/3L Comics
Street date: 2 December 2009
Synopsis
Mei's school, Fura High, slots its students into a continuum from brightest to the dimmest light bulb on the tree. Pigeonholding the students into regular and elite extremes naturally kindles antagonism among the respective sections' members. In this never the twain shall agree scenario, it was only a matter of time before Mei, the festival coordinator for the regular section class 1-6 who has to work with section 1-1's matsuriya,
Goku, falls in love with her counterpart.
huamulan03's first impressions
Have sampled the three-chaptered title story and it remains the farthest from Itazura na Kiss or even School X Fight. Still, I will probably finish it because I'm anal like that.
This anthology also includes two other shorts: To the God of Fate
and Love Dog, Love Cat.
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who apologizes for the mecha-kucha ordering of the 3L release schedules
P.S. Please, 3L, put up your own website or at least, a Facebook page.
P.P.S. A Twitter account to follow would be good, too.
disclaimer
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manga currently on sale (22-23 December 2009 street dates)
- 3L Comics: Today, the Love Begin 6 by Minami Kanan
- Elex Media: Ouran High School Host Club 8 · La Corda D'Oro 6 · HanaLaLa 45/2009 · Yakitate!! Japan 15 · Innocent Love Story: Girls Who Pass Through Time by Kayama Yumi · Innocent World by Yamada Daisy
- Level Comics: First Kiss anthology by Miyasaka Kaho, Minami Kanan et al. · 21st Century Boys 2 of 2 · Death's Notice 4 · Lucky Luke - Jembatan Mississippi · Lucky Luke - Kid Lucky by Morris, Pearce, and J. Léturgie
- m&c!: Love Puzzle and Naze Nani Honey? by Satsuki Mikiko · Ohagi No 1 volume 1 by Komuro Eiko · NG Boy X Paradise 1-3 (of 3) by Miyawaki Yukino
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