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Manga: Elex (5.30) · Level (5.30) · m&c! (5.30) [Upcoming]
Anime: Hunter x Hunter, Weekdays, 630P [Finale per 5.28]
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital Premiere 29 May 2012, Tuesday, 630pm (airs weekdays thereafter)
Cardfight Vanguard, Sundays, 10AM
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3.08.2011

Neon Genesis Evangelion 11, Be a Naughty Girl 5 of 5, Kaicho's Kitten by Furumiya Kazuko (m&c! 9 March 2011 manga and manhwa)

Neon Genesis Evangelion 11 (m&c!)

Shinseiki Evangelion © Sadamoto Yoshiyuki, khara • GAINAX
Kadokawa Shoten [Serialized in Shonen Ace]
Published in Indonesia as Neon Genesis Evangelion by Gramedia/m&c!

After the destruction of Tokyo-3 and Rei's sacrifice which saved Shinji's life, Shinji discovers to his astonishment that she is still alive. But is she still the same person? Meanwhile, Kaworu turns out to be the last Angel. Taking possession of EVA-02, he enters Terminal Dogma where Adam is confined. Shinji commences pursuit, but... [Mechanically translated from Glénat's French Neon Genesis Evangelion, Tome 11 description]

Kaworu~~. Nuff sed...NOT! Manga-ka Sadamoto Yoshiyuki announced the resumption of Evangelion's serialization just a week ago. Is it coincidence that a week hence, m&c! releases volume 11? (I think not; I don't believe in happenstance.) Now, wonder when m&c! will resume the spin-off Iron Maiden the 2nd?

Be a Naughty Girl 5 of 5 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin

Be it one or 100 years that have elapsed, don't ever forget that you love me.

Yeong Won and Ha Ru's love story wraps this release, but not before (1) the pair first parts and Ha Ru withdraws from school; (2) Ha Ru ask for Yeong Won to wait for his return; and (3) Yeong Won attempts to study her way back to rank 1.

Thinking of 5K'g (marathoning) the Be a Naughty Girl manhwa now...

New m&c! titles: Kaicho's Kitten and If Only You Were Here

Two shoujo manga premiere: Kaicho's Kitten by Furumiya Kazuko and If Only You Were Here by Morio Rina.

Kaicho's Kitten (m&c!)

Kaichou-san Chi no Koneko
© Furumiya Kazuko/
Hakusensha
[Hana to Yume]
Published in Indonesia as
Kaicho's Kitten by m&c!

Student council prexy Hayami Rei'ichiro finds himself alienated from his peers because of his disciplinarian tendencies. One day, his workaholic mother (who doesn't live with him) dumps a kitten on Rei and asks him to take care of it. Fazed, Rei turns to the student council's resident cat otaku Shiraishi for help. [Additions from Baka-Updates Manga's Kaichou-san Chi no Koneko summary]

Cool × cute cat comedy is how the original Japanese blurb hypes this ex-HanaYume serial. “Megane × koneko” is mine.

Baka-Updates Manga adds that the Gakuran Ouji one-shot is also compiled in this tank. Kiyomi models the hero of her manga (also titled Gakuran Ouji) on Narumi-kun, for his absolute droolicious when wearing a gakuran. What will happen when Narumi-kun finds out what Kiyomi has been up to?

m&c! has also published these two other Furumiya Kazuko-sensei manga: My Dear Princess and Kimi to Scandal!. Furumiya-sensei is also credited with the vampire-troped Bloody Kiss; her current HanaYume serial is Navy Nats!.

Morio Rina's If Only You Were Here is previewed after the manga list.

BOX SETS: Bleach 13-18 and 19-24

In another bit of Just-in-Time-ness (Animax is set to premiere Season 2 of the anime this 18 March), m&c! value bundles Kubo Tite's Bleach volumes 13-18—still squarely in The Rescue arc—and volumes 19-24, which extends up to the battle with the Arrancar and Ichigo's encounter with the Visored. Each six-volume pack retails for IDR 95,000.

☆ The Elex 3.09 STO includes Majiko!'s Dynamic Duet volumes 1 and 2 as [reissues], but m&c! keeps quiet about the Mikansei No. 1 pair. Including, just in case.

m&c! manga and manhwa (2011.03.09)

  1. Be a Naughty Girl (Delinquent Lesson) 5 of 5 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin [Finale]
  2. Be a Naughty Girl 5 (m&c!)

    Delinquent Lesson날라리수업
    by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin
    Daiwon C.I. Issue, soonjung
    Volume 5 first published in Korea 2007.07

  3. Golden Age 13 of 15 by Samukawa Kazuyuki
  4. Golden Age 13 (m&c!)

    Golden*AgeGOLDEN★AGE
    by Samukawa Kazuyuki
    Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
    Volume 13 (chapters 117-126) first published in Japan 2009.03

  5. [Premiere] If Only You Were Here (Anata ga Ikiteiru Dake de) by Morio Rina
  6. If Only You Were Here (m&c!)

    Anata ga Ikiteiru Dake deあなたが生きているだけで」 by Morio Rina
    Kodansha Dessert, shoujo
    This anthology first published in Japan 2004.08

    Contains If Only You Were Here and School Days

  7. [Premiere] Kaicho's Kitten (Kaichou-san Chi no Koneko) by Furumiya Kazuko
  8. Kaicho's Kitten (m&c!)

    Kaichou-san Chi no Koneko会長さんちの子ねこ
    by Furumiya Kazuko
    Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
    This volume first published in Japan 2010.02

    Also contains Gakuran Ouji

  9. My Sweet Home 4 of 6 by MARU & Kim JinHee
  10. My Sweet Home 4 (m&c!)

    My Sweet Home.
    My Sweet Home 마이 스위트 홈
    by MARU & Kim JinHee
    Daiwon C.I., soonjung
    Volume 4 first published in Korea 2007.07

  11. Neon Genesis Evangelion (Shinseiki Evangelion) 11 of 12+ by Sadamoto Yoshiyuki
  12. Neon Genesis Evangelion 11 (m&c!)

    Shinseiki Evangelion新世紀エヴァンゲリオン
    by Sadamoto Yoshiyuki/kharaGAINAX
    Kadokawa Shoten Shonen Ace (in Young Ace starting 2009), shounen
    Volume 11 first published in Japan 2007.06

    Other languages
    English Neon Genesis Evangelion (VIZ Media: 12 volumes per 2011.02.15 and Chuang Yi: 11 volumes as at 2008.11), French (Glénat Tome 11: La mémoire des mains shipped 2008.10.22), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Argentina and Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico), Italian (Planet Manga), German (Carlsen Comics: latest Band 12), Dutch (Glénat Benelux), Danish (Carlsen), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen, Polish (JPF), Portuguese (JBC, starting from volume 11) and traditional Chinese (Kadokawa Media Taiwan)

    Related
    Developed alongside the anime to promote the 1995 and 1996 Animage Anime Grand Prix prize winning TV series that aired from October 1995 to March 1996, starring seiyuu Ogata Megumi as Ikari Shinji, Mitsuishi Kotono as Katsuragi Misato, Hayashibara Megumi as Ayanami Rei, Miyamura Yuko as Asuka Langley Sohryu and Ishida Akira as Nagisa Kaworu.

    Manga spin-offs:
    Petit Eva by Hamamoto Ryusuke (4-koma, three volumes)
    Shinseiki Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku AKA Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse by Ming Ming (four volumes, first serialized in Asuka)
    Shinseiki Evangelion: Ikari Shinji Ikusei Keikaku AKA Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project by Osamu Takahashi (11 volumes, ongoing serialization in Shonen Ace)
    Shinseiki Evangelion: Ikari Shinji Tantei Nikki AKA Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari's Detective Journal by Yoshimura Takumi (two volumes; first serialized in Asuka)
    Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd AKA Neon Genesis Evangelion: Iron Maiden the 2nd and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days (six volumes; first serialized in Asuka)

[Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details.]

m&c! box sets (2011.03.09)

  1. [Box set] Bleach 13 - 18 by Kubo Tite
  2. [Box set] Bleach 19 - 24 by Kubo Tite

[RE-STO] Reissues (2011.03.09)

  1. [RE-STO] Dynamic Duet 1 of 2 by Majiko!
  2. [RE-STO] Dynamic Duet 2 of 2 by Majiko! [Finale]

¹ Source: m&c! (covers and release advisory)
² GN priced at IDR 16,500 except Be a Naughty Girl 5 and My Sweet Home 4 (SRP: IDR 19,900). The Bleach box sets retail for IDR 95,000/bundle.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).

Previews continued

If Only You Were Here by Morio Rina

The I don't like the cover art If Only You Were Here—Morio Rina's Anata ga Ikiteiru Dake de shoujo anthology—compiles two stories that first appeared in Dessert. In If Only You Were Here, Kyoko works under widower Ueda in her company. Kyoko tries to console her grieving boss, only to lose her own heart in the process. Can Kyoko succeed in helping Ueda get over his wife and turning his affections to her?

In School Days, senior high school student Ai is dating Mitsuhiro and their relationship seems serious. But is it strong enough to weather a yet unrevealed new development? Can Ai and Mitsuhiro stay together after sed plot device?

Morio Rina-sensei also illustrated the shoujo tragedy Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome, a manga adapt of a 2007 TBS documentary; the ongoing shoujo slice of life Mama wa Kyabajou!; and the one-volume shoujo smut Ecchi na Honne.

The rest of m&c!'s ongoing series

  • Golden Age 13 by Samukawa Kazuyuki: Kamome Junior High walks off with the prefectural crown. The next conquest: the Saegusa Cup.
  • My Sweet Home 4 by MARU & Kim JinHee: Besotted parents equal increasing intimacy for Gona and Bian. Is this what is meant by “Happy Families”?

Other 9 March 2011 manga

  • Elex Media: One Piece 57 · Topeng Kaca 8 Deluxe · Smash! 1 by Saki Kaori · Demon King 32 · Detektif Conan 40 +Plus Super Digest Book · Global Garden 6 · Inuyasha 51 · Natural Honey Dormitory 7 of 7 · Red Haired Anne 2 · Want You 7 · Shonen Magz 3/2011
  • Level Comics: Soul Eater 4 · Bloody Monday 2 · A Hint of Purple 3 of 3 · Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 5 · 3x3 Eyes 36 · The Hunting of The Snark 3 of 3 · Miso-Com 6 · The Ravages of Time 8 · Lucky Luke - Bayangan Menara Minyak · Yakari - Rahasia Halilintar Kecil

Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography

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Alien said...

I hope they'll publish NGE on time.
I've already forgot about Iron Maiden.
Oh, well...never mind.

huamulan03 said...

Alien-san,
I also haven't seen an actual copy of EVA 11 yet. And LOL on Iron Maiden :D
I actually want m&c! to license Gakuen Datenroku. Already read volume 1 of the English Campus Apocalyse and am lurvin' it ^^

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