Will replace with m&c! artwork when I luck on a big enuf cover. » Done but Moa remains on the cover of NamiUsa :P
Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ © Minase Ai/Shogakukan [Serialized in Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ by Gramedia/m&c!
I don't remember this Namida Usagi cover girl—Narumi's girlfriend?—but whoever she is, she and her Innocence Not! don't figure in m&c!'s volume 4 preview:
Knowing that her love is destined for nowhere, Momoka tells Narumi that she wants to stop being his friend. Narumi's answer: he kisses her and then asks her to meet him the next day. Confession?? But when Momoka keeps their appointment, who should be waiting for her but...Amano.
Momoka ping-ponging between Narumi and Amano looks to continue, what with Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ logging eight volumes by 26 October, with no indications of wrapping up. (If you know otherwise, do leave a comment ^^)
‘Kiss’ also seems to be The Word in the other m&c! DO WANT!
Love Button 4 of 6+ by Usami Maki
Niina is shaken after hearing that Koga-kun once kissed his cousin Mirei, even though he claims it was a kiss without feelings. And as if challenging her to spot the difference, Koga-kun kisses Niina. But in her confusion, she scampers away and ever since that precipitous (cowardly) escape — Niina can't quit thinking about the kiss. What did Koga-kun mean?
Your mileage may vary, but that preview above is NOT guaranteed to make me give Love Button another chance, Usami Maki manga or no. :P I ab-so-lute-ly can't stand Niina, and Koga-kun doesn't endear himself to me either. (I'm with the Kisses are always significant camp.)
Kokoro · Button's latest release in Japan is volume 6, scheduled to street this 26 September. Can anyone confirm that this isn't the last tankou? (Amazon Japan has no synopsis.) Thanks~
New m&c! manga
One one-shot tankou ASSASSINS by Satogane Shou, a new ice hockey series, Eighty Eight by Namiki Hiromi, and the double-launch of My Clumsy Boy by Kumaoka Fuyu. Featuring ASSASSINS Above the Cut, so look for the other debuts below the release list.
ASSASSINS
© Satogane Shou
Mag Garden
[Blade Comics]
How does it feel to be held captive by a city closed off from contact, and the only way out is to fight to the death for egress?
Crack shot Asakura is trapped along with female assassin Sahara and several other hardened killers. Who among them will succeed in escaping? Also, who is behind the deadly confinement?
Other Satogane Shou manga
I'm pretty sure ASSASSINS is the first Satogane Shou manga to be licensed in Indonesia. I mean, can anyone tell me if Death God4, first serialized in Mag Garden's Comic Blade Masamune and collected into two tankou between May and November 2007 ever released here? Same question for the ex-Comic Blade Avarus shoujo manga Noble Savage (two volumes released in Japan in 2010.03 and 2010.10).
Definitely Dainashi, still ongoing Comic Avarus serialization hasn't registered yet on the radar, and it's still racking up tankou (volume 1 released 2011.02 in Japan, volume 2 by 2011.09.15).
m&c! manga (2011.09.22)
- [Premiere] ASSASSINS by Satogane Shou
- [Series Premiere] Eighty Eight (88 Eighty Eight) 1 of 4+ by Namiki Hiromi
- Love Button (Kokoro · Button) 4 of 6+ by Usami Maki
- Love, Romance and the World (Orera Kourin! ~Ai toka, Koi toka, Sekai toka~) 2 of 3 by Sugiyama Miwako
- [Series Premiere] My Clumsy Boy (My Hero!) 1 of 2 by Kumaoka Fuyu
- [Premiere] My Clumsy Boy (My Hero!) 2 of 2 by Kumaoka Fuyu [Finale]
- Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ (Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~) 4 of 8+ by Minase Ai
 | 88 Eighty Eight 「８８ エイティエイト」 |
 | Kokoro · Button 「ココロ・ボタン」 |
 | Orera Kourin! 「オレら降臨！」 |
 | My Hero! 「マイヒーロー！」 by Kumaoka Fuyu |
 | Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.04 |
 | Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ |
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Hong Kong manhua (2011.09.22)
- Long Hu Men - Next Level 7:
Naga Emas Mahkota Darah
by Tony Wong (Jade Dynasty)
[RE-STO] Restocked (2011.09.22)
- 1/6 Jump (1/6 Ja~npu!) by Satsuki Mikiko
- Bleach 6 (of 52+) by Kubo Tite (Latest m&c! release: volume 41)
- Bleach 7 by Kubo Tite
- Bleach 8 by Kubo Tite
- Bleach 9 by Kubo Tite
- Bleach 10 by Kubo Tite
- The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 1 of 20 by Khu Lung/Cai Jing Dong (Latest m&c! release: volume 19)
- The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 2 by Khu Lung/Cai Jing Dong
- The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 3 by Khu Lung/Cai Jing Dong
- The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 4 by Khu Lung, Cai Jing Dong
- The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 5 by Khu Lung/Cai Jing Dong
- My Sweet Kaicho (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) 6 (of 13+) by Fujiwara Hiro (Latest m&c! release: volume 11)
- My Sweet Kaicho (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) 7 by Fujiwara Hiro
- My Sweet Kaicho (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) 8 by Fujiwara Hiro
- Paradise Café (Gokujou no Yoru wo Ageru) by Morita Fuji
- See You by Bob Raigen
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War (Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen) 4 (of 16+) by Sawada Hirofumi (Latest m&c! release: volume 15)
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War (Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen) 5 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War (Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen) 6 by Sawada Hirofumi
¹ Sources: m&c! (covers and synopses) and Elex STO 22 September 2011 (release schedule).
² Manga, including restocks, retail for IDR 16,500 except restocked Bleach 6-10 manga (IDR 15,000 each) and The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 1-5 manhua (IDR 17,500 each). Long Hu Men - Next Level 7 is priced at IDR 70,000/volume.
New titles - continued
Eighty Eight 1 of 4+ by Namiki Hiromi
The ice hockey club to which Hikari Sano belongs has the distinction of a 10-game losing streak, but matches aren't the only thing it's losing. One by one members are leaving the club. The club's only hope lies with Hojo, a hockey player who dresses up like a...shinigami?!
88 Eighty Eight began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in 2008; the first compilation was released in Japan in September 2009. The shounen comedy fantasy remains current and its most recent tankou, volume 4, came out in May 2010.
Other Namiki Hiromi manga
Before 88, Namiki Hiromi worked with Nabeda Yoshiro on the ca. 2005-07 seinen manga Genzaikan Ryoukei Mofu, published here in its eight-volume entirety as Ministry of Finance by Level Comics.
My Clumsy Boy 1 of 2 by Kumaoka Fuyu
My Hero! © Kumaoka Fuyu/Kodansha [First serialized in Betsufure]
Published in Indonesia as My Clumsy Boy by Gramedia/m&c!
Jun never imagined she'd receive a proposal from Yutaro, a guy who always shows up in her class. She agrees to date him, at first out of pity, but when another girl comes between Jun and Yutaro, Jun gets...jealous?!
Of the tags Baka-Updates Manga users heaped upon My Hero! (My Clumsy Boy's original Japanese title), Realistic
is the one that raises teh eyebrows and eventually...dissuades me from GET! And no, Crush, Clueless Character, Clumsy Hero, Sincere Male Lead, Love at First Sight, Confession
don't convince either. Is it because I'm no Betsufure fan? (Outside Perfect Girl Evolution and C-Blossom - Case 729 -, that is.) Because that's where My Hero! first serialized in 2009, Betsufure.
Even a complete My Clumsy Boy double launch isn't enough to persuade me :P
My Clumsy Boy Volume 2 of 2
Jun starts dating Yutaro but trips over her tongue everytime she's about to tell him she likes him. What's more, the formerly distant Sawai-kun has gotten close lately. But love triangle or not, Jun is determined to confess her love for Yutaro!
Other Kumaoka Fuyu manga
Kumaoka Fuyu's current Betsufure manga is Hanagimi to Koisuru Watashi (volume 1 released 2011.08.11). The romance slice of life appears to be the only other Kumaoka Fuyu shoujo series besides My Hero!
Before this, Kumaoka Fuyu top-billed the Kodansha Comics Deluxe anthology Soredemo Wasurerarenai Koi (JP: 2009.11) and shared billing with Nanba Atsuko, Seino Shizuru and Kitagawa Yuka for (respectively) the Kodansha Comics Betsufure anthology Sekai de Ichiban Sukina Hito (2011.08.11); Gokujō Sweets Danshi! or Gokujyo Sweets Boys (2011.03, also a Betsufure antho); and the Betsufure Love Collection Nakitai Yoru no Kando Ai (2011.02).
Kumaoka Fuyu also contributed one-shots to the Kodansha Comics Friend B omnibuses Genshoku Tsundere Danshi Oresama Sweet (2009.03); Kindan no koibito (2009.06); Kataomoi to ryō omoi no Aida. (2009.04); and Ichiban daisukina kare (2008.12).
Featured
Love, Romance and the World 2 of 3 by Sugiyama Miwako
Misunderstood delinquent Renji confesses to Ria, and the clueless girl actually says "Yes" to a date. Player Kinzou, however, is not about to let Renji monopolize Ria and harasses the pair on D(ate)-Day.
Just like the first Love, Romance,and the World, volume 2 also includes a one-shot after the main Orera Kourin story, Summer Love Cherry.
Still not enuf? Here are the other 22 September 2011 manga
Elex Media: Kekkaishi 9 · Q.E.D. 37 · RAVE - Plue's Dog Diaries 3 of 3 · Natane 2 Deluxe · Barista 1 by Muronaga Kumi & Hanagata Rei · Mixim 11 Vol.5 · BECK 27 · Dodge Fighters 7 · Kojiro 2
Level Comics: Bambino! 14 · Black Lagoon 8 · Giant Killing 7 · Jepang Tenggelam 15 of 15 · Jio 18 · Miso Com 11 · Eternal Sabbath 6 · Fight!! Ippo 84 · Marsupilami - Serbuk Sari Urticando · Lanfeust of Troy - Gading Magohamoth by Arleston - Tarquin
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
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ASSASSINS 「ＡＳＳＡＳＳＩＮＳ」
by Satogane Shou
Mag Garden Blade Comics, shounen
First published in Japan 2006.02