Also, simplified Chinese manga: Defense Devil #8 and One Piece #62: Adventure on Fishman Island.
Kuroshitsuji © Toboso Yana/Square Enix [GFantasy]
Defense Devil © Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl/Shogakukan [Shonen Sunday]
One Piece © Oda Eiichiro/Shueisha [Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Singapore as Black Butler, Metal Fight Beyblade Explosive Guidebook - The Complete Collection, Defense Devil and One Piece by Chuang Yi
Sebastian and Agni's Great Curry Battle continues in Black Butler 5; Kucabara tries to prove Jupiter's parents' innocence in Defense Devil #8; and unhappy fishmen attack Luffy and crew as they approach Fishman Island in One Piece #62. [More on the latter pair below the release list]
As at publication, Chuang Yi's synopsis for Black Butler 5 (ISBN: 978-981-4341-13-4) still obviously refers to FullMetal Alchemist, as you can see from the excerpt below:
The eclipse is upon Amestris, and the rebels have made a horrifying discovery - they've inadvertently brought the Father of the Homonculi exactly what he wanted: five ideal candidates, each of whom has opened the Gate of Truth, to be used as a catalyst to activate the Runic Circle that encompasses all of Amestris...
Black Butler 5 collects chapters 20 through 23: That Butler, Idea
; That Butler, Competition
; That Butler, Pure Heart
; and That Butler, Intermingling.
[*NOT Chuang Yi's chapter titles; excerpted from Wikipedia]
Metal Fight Beyblade Explosive Guidebook (ISBN: 978-981-4341-03-5), meanwhile, has neither summary (not that it really needs, what with the self-explanatory title) nor credits.
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.06.21)
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) 5 of 12+ by Toboso Yana
- [Premiere] Metal Fight Beyblade Explosive Guidebook - The Complete Collection (Complete)
Simplified Chinese manga (2011.06.21)
- Defense Devil #8 of 9+ by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl
- ONE PIECE #62 of 63+ by Oda Eiichiro
Source: Chuang Yi per 20 June 2011
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Defense Devil #8 of 9+ by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl
Here's Chuang Yi's synopsis:
他的职业是律师，帮助罪人的地狱律师。因为温柔而被魔界放逐的孤独恶魔…他的名字叫做库卡巴拉。与艾达玛丽亚一起回到魔界的库卡巴拉一行人，来到了囚禁茱比特双亲，一个非常不可思议的地狱…为了要洗刷冤情，库卡巴拉四处奔走！！
Here's an English version (not exactly equivalent; it comes from Wikipedia):
Kucabara and his friends enjoy their day at an oasis. Shugarl returns to the orphanage and attacks a demon giving Jupiter nightmares. The demon reveals he was showing Jupiter her parents burning in hell prompting Shugarl to save them. While Kucabara's companions are asleep, he and Zodi are guided through a storm of tornadoes by his deceased sister Bird. Priest Selma's past is revealed through flashbacks. He was a vigilante who killed criminals and was sent to the electric chair. Elimona signs a contract with him bringing him back to life and teaches him how to slay demons. Selma is introduced to a young Elimona and ordered by the church order to kill her but instead trains her to be an exorcist to contain the demon inside her. His actions prompted an attack who are unable to defeat him and instead, expel him from the order. Kucabara finds Jupiter's parents enslaved by a demon named Phoenix. Phoenix demands Kucabara to find proof of Jupiter's parent's innocence. While Kucabara investigates, his companions and Shugarl are forced to fight Legato's demon who plans on taking Jupiter's parents away. –Wikipedia
Defense Devil #8 compiles Judgements 40 to 50 or chapters 68 through 78:
- 68.
Judgement－40 Oasis
- 69.
Judgement－41 Calculation Mistake
- 70.
Judgement－42 Hummingbird
- 71.
Judgement－43 Kanto
- 72.
Judgement－44 Father Selma
- 73.
Judgement－45 Phoenix Hell
- 74.
Judgement－46 The Man In The Mirror
- 75.
Judgement－47 Innocence Item
- 76.
Judgement－48 Right Turn
- 77.
Judgement－49 Shugarl's Sixth Sense
- 78.
Judgement－50 Interrogation
[*NOT Chuang Yi's chapter titles; excerpted from Wikipedia]
The original Japanese compilation streeted on 2011.03.18. Chuang Yi also publishes an English Defense Devil which has yet to catch up with the simplified Chinese edition (last volume released: volume 2 per 2010.09.21).
ONE PIECE #62 of 63+ by Oda Eiichiro
Again, here's Chuang Yi's synopsis:
戴草帽一行人全员到齐，朝着新世界航向海底１万公尺的“鱼人岛”！但是前方难关重重，他们能平安脱险吗？以大秘宝《ONE PIECE》为巡航目标的海洋冒险传奇，等你前来一探究竟！
And once more, here's a not-a-direct translation, thanks to Wiki:
As they near Fishman Island, the Straw Hats are attacked by a crew of hostile fishmen and fall overboard. Though separated, all of the Straw Hats are able to make it to shore thanks to the friendlier fishmen and mermaids of the island. Luffy immediately begins to seek out the rest of his crew, all the while reconnecting with friends he hasn't seen in two years and exploring the island. When a fortuneteller predicts that Luffy will be responsible for the destruction of Fishman Island, the Straw Hats are invited to the royal palace on the pretense of helping to reunite them all. In actuality, it is a ploy to detain them and save the island. When the Straw Hats assembled there learn of this they are forced to defeat the king and his royal guard and take control of the palace in order to avoid capture. –Wikipedia
ONE PIECE #62: Gyojintō no Bōken
(JP release: 2011.05.02) compiles chapters 604-614:
- 604.
Into the Depths
- 605.
The Kraken and the Pirates
- 606.
Adventure in the Ocean Depths
- 607.
10,000 Meters Under the Sea
- 608.
The Undersea Paradise
- 609.
Adventure on Fishman Island
- 610.
Fortune-Teller Madam Shirley
- 611.
Hody Jones
- 612.
Led by the Shark They Saved
- 613.
The Mermaid Princess in Hard Shell Tower
- 614.
What's Done Is Done
[*NOT Chuang Yi's chapter titles; excerpted from Wikipedia]
Next release schedule: 5 July 2011 (Tuesday)
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Kuroshitsuji 「黒執事」 by Toboso Yana
Square Enix GFantasy, shounen
Volume 5 first published in Japan 2008.09
Other languages
Alternative English Black Butler (Yen Press: five volumes per 2011.04 • volume 6 street date: 2011.07.19), French (Kana: Black Butler tome 6 per 2011.03 • tome 7 ships 2011.07.01), German (Carlsen Comics: Black Butler Band 6 per 2011.04 • Band 7 street date: 2011.06.24), Indonesian (Elex Media: vol. 10 released 2011.03 • volume 11 scheduled 2011.07.06), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 黑執事 11 per 2011.04) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 黑执事 #8 released 2010.02.24)
Adaptations
The 24-episode A-1 Pictures anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Ono Daisuke (Sebastian Michaelis) and Sakamoto Maaya (Ciel Phantomhive), aired in Japan from October 2008 to March 2009. An unaired OAV side story, Kuroshitsuji: Sono Shitsuji, Kōgyō, shipped with DVD volume 9.
A 12-episode second series—Kuroshitsuji II—aired between July and September 2010. The new master and butler pair designed by Toboso Yana, butler Claude Faustus and master Alois Trancy, were voiced by Sakurai Takahiro and Mizuki Nana.
Two audio dramas preceded the anime. The first Kuroshitsuji Drama CD, released August 2007 by Geneon Entertainment, featured seiyuu Morikawa Toshiyuki, Takashiro Genki, Suzuki Chihiro, and Seki Tomokazu. The second Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) Karei Naru Drama CD, released November 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment, featured the anime cast.
A musical adaptation—That Butler, Friendship—enjoyed a theater run from May 28, 2009 to June 7, 2009. The second Musical Black Butler, The Most Beautiful Death in The World, A Thousand Soul and The Fallen Grim Reapers stage musical had Matsushita Yuya reprising his role as Sebastian Michaelis. Nishii Yukito replaced Sakamoto Shougo as Ciel Phantomhive in the second musical that ran between 3 and 23 May 2010 in Japan.
Related
Black Butler Character Guide “That Butler, Assembles” (2008.02) • The TV Animation Black Butler Black Record (2009.03) • Rainbow Butler official comics anthology (2009.03)