And with that, this Level manga sked is done. Buh-bye.
Kidding! There's still the Lucky Luke - Menyusuri Sungai Mississippi or Lucky Luke: En remontant le Mississippi BD, which takes Luke down the Mississippi with Captain Barrows in a race to reach Minneapolis, all the while disrupted by rival skipper Lowriver. But over, above, beyond, obverse Luke — Mamoru!!
Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made © Takashige Hiroshi & DOUBLE-S
Square Enix [Serialized in Young Gangan]
Published in Indonesia as Until Death Do Us Part by Elex Media/Level Comics
The international terrorist organization “Plunder” launches an assault on the Ex Solid research center to steal the bio-chip the company developed in secret. The terrorists threaten to detonate bombs all over the metro—each C4 explosive weighing 100kg, which would claim casualties in the thousands and result in over ¥ 750 million in damages—if Mamoru & Co. do not hand over the bio-chip and Haruka. Mamoru counters with his terms: two billion dollars for both the chip and Haruka or no deal. [Additions from Ki-oon's Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, tome 3 summary and Nihil Sine Nefas scans]
What is Mamoru planning? Find out in Until Death Do Us Part 3, on sale today. (Mamoru fangirls, you can also drool over the blind swordsman's ripped abs while you're at it.)
Zipang 5 of 43 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
The JDS Mirai is ordered to dock to pave the way for talks to evacuate the Japanese soldiers in Gualdacanal. But while the Mirai crew get some needed R&R, Kusaka covertly meets with ex-military officer Ishihara and tells the story of Japan 60 years into the future, and the Mirai's role.
What is Kusaka's intention?
Shattered Knife 6 of 11+ by George Asakura
Not only does Natsume get marginalized after the kidnapping, she and Ko grow apart. From Otomo, Natsume learns that she's not alone in noticing how Ko has changed. Despite their distance, however, Natsume can't stop thinking about Ko...
Level Comics manga (2010.12.29)
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- Shattered Knife (Oboreru Knife) 6 of 11+ by George Asakura
- Until Death Do Us Part (Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made) 3 of 13+ by Takashige Hiroshi & DOUBLE-S
- Zipang 5 of 43 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
 | Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made |
Other languages
French (Ki-oon; Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, tome 12 per 2010.12.09), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan and Jade Dynasty Hong Kong)
 | Zipang 「ジパング」 by Kawaguchi Kaiji |
Awards
Best General Manga, 26th Kodansha Manga Awards (2002)
Other language versions
English (Kodansha Bilingual Comics; partial), French (Kana; tome 28 shipped 2010.08 • tome 29 street date: 2011.02.04) and traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press)
Adaptations
Anime by Studio DEEN starring seiyuu Inada Tetsu (Executive Officer Kadomatsu Yosuke), Hoshino Takanori (Gunnery Officer Kikuchi Masayuki), Ueda Yuuji (Navigation Officer Oguri Kouhei), Yara Yuusaku (Captain Umezu Saburo) and Touchi Hiroki (Lt. Commander Kusaka Takumi) aired in Japan from October 2004 to March 2005
Level Comics European comics (2010.12.29)
- Lucky Luke - Menyusuri Sungai Mississippi (Lucky Luke, tome 16: En remontant le Mississippi) by Morris
¹ Sources: Elex STO 29 December 2010 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² Only Shattered Knife 6 is priced at the standard IDR 18,500. Until Death Do Us Part 3, Zipang 5 and Lucky Luke - Menyusuri Sungai Mississippi retail for IDR 19,500; 20,000; and 30,000 respectively
UP NEXT: m&c! 29 December 2010 manga and manhwa
m&c!: You Can't Disappear From Me 4 of 4 · Female Wolf's Boy 11 · How to be a Man 5 · Bakugan Battle Brawlers 14 · Confucius 5 · Cherry 50/2010
other currently available manga (29 December 2010 street date)
- Elex Media: Pandora Hearts 12 · Absolute Peace Strategy 1 by Ogura Akane · Dodge Fighters 1 by Muragami Toshiya & Saito Muneo · The Recipe For Gertrude 1 by Kusakawa Nari · Traumeister 1 by Nakayama Atsushi · Welcome to Host Detective Agency 1 by Tateno Makoto · Wild Life 11 · Kisah Edo di Abad 21 vol.2 · Pokonyan Pika-pika 3 of 3 · Animal Doctor 5 · Legend of Nereid 12 · Spiral: The Bonds of Reason 10 · Summer Storm! 6 · Lum, The Invader Girl 28 · Shonen Star 78/2010
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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Oboreru Knife 「溺れるナイフ」 by George Asakura
Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo
Volume 6 first published in Japan 2007.07