Haven't led with a Bleach cover for awhile and luck of the draw gives me...Tōsen Kaname. Ah, well, the last time I got Yammy Llargo; there's a certain...I don't know...synchronicity?
Bleach © Kubo Tite/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!
Rukia is powerless before Espada Yammy's Cero! Good thing a transformed Ichigo busts into Las Noches and comes to her aid. So, too, do Byakuya and Kenpachi, with Rukia's onii-sama ordering Ichigo to leave Yammy to them and return to Karakura-chou to kick Aizen's a*se.
So why is Tōsen the cover boy? Wiki shares: Shinji starts fighting Aizen, while Tōsen attacks his former comrades, Komamura and Hisagi, with his new Hollow powers. Turned into a Hollow, Tōsen overwhelms Komamura...
GET! m&c!'s Bleach 44: Vice It for the rest.
Vice It compiles chapters 378 through 386: Eyes of the Victor,
Falta de Armonia,
Devil, Devil, Devil, Devil,
Words Just Don't Like You,
The United Front 「Discordeque Mix」,
TOO EARLY TO TRUST,
Can't Fear Your Own Sword,
Vice It
and Bells Are Blue.
[NOT m&c!'s chapter titles] The latest tankou chapter is 459, Death & Strawberry 2,
bound in Volume 52: End of Bond (Japan release: 2011.10.04) but not for long. Volume 53 streets in Japan on 2 December.
Tabi's rapidly gaining fans, as shown by the number of DO WANT! it got, placing it behind Bleach.
Tabi and Fellow Travelers vol 3 of 6
By Tanakanoka
Shyness and an inability to express herself made peers shun Tabi when she was younger. Only Kou-chan refused to distance himself from her. Tabi's heart always calmed down whenever she heard Kou-chan's stories of a star- and light-filled world. But what of Kurone who got rejected by Tabi?
New m&c! manga
Surprisingly, it's m&c! that licensed Mail Girlfriend. Surprising because Oshima Towa's Mel Kano. first serialized in the seinen Sunday GX, so you'd be forgiven for thinking that if any Indonesian publisher were to publish it, it would've been Level Comics. Neway, I preview Mail Girlfriend and the other debuts—Images of You 1 (Goto Junpei's Ginen Shounen, first serialized in Shonen Sunday Super), Our Gentle Love (Satsuki Mikiko's Futari Koi Fuwari. from the now defunct ChuChu) and Kurumatani Haruko's Suddenly Kiss (Sho-Comi's Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss)—after the release list.
m&c! manga (2011.11.23)
- Bleach vol 44 of 52+ by Kubo Tite
- [Series Premiere] Images of You (Ginen Shounen) vol 1 of 4 by Goto Junpei
- [Series Premiere] Mail Girlfriend (Mel Kano.) vol 1 of 5 by Oshima Towa
- [Premiere] Our Gentle Love (Futari Koi Fuwari.) by Satsuki Mikiko
- [Premiere] Suddenly Kiss (Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss) by Kurumatani Haruko
- Tabi and Fellow Travelers (Tabi to Michizure) vol 3 of 6 by Tanakanoka
- Tokyo Angels vol 3 of 3 by Fujii Mihona [Finale]
 | Ginen Shounen 「銀塩少年」 |
 | Mel Kano. 「メルカノ。」 |
 | Futari Koi Fuwari. 「ふたり恋ふわり。」 |
 | Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss |
 | Tabi to Michizure 「タビと道づれ」 |
 | Tokyo Angels 「東京ＡＮＧＥＬＳ」 |
m&c! manhwa (2011.11.23)
- Say Say Say vol 6 of 7 by Hwang MiRee
 | Say Say Say 「세이 세이 세이 (Say Say Say)」 |
Hong Kong manhua (2011.11.23)
- Pedang MahaDewa: Future vol 4 of 6 by Tony Wong
 | Pedang MahaDewa: Future |
[Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details.]
[RE-STO] Restocked - Individual volumes (2011.11.23)
- Doctor's Naughty Kiss (Dr. wa Ijiwaru na Kiss de) by Kawamaru Shin | Review: 8 of 10
- Doki-Doki Night Class (Yoru Nimo Makezu!) vol 1 of 2 by Majiko!
- Doki-Doki Night Class vol 2 of 2 by Majiko! [Finale]
- Flying Mermaid by Jinna Mai
- Full of Sunshine (Taiyou ga Ippai) by Aoki Kotomi
- Gals! vol 1 of 10 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 2 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 3 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 4 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 5 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 6 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 7 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 8 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 9 by Fujii Mihona
- Gals! vol 10 of 10 by Fujii Mihona [Finale]
- Girlish Season by Kawase Natsuna
- Holiday by YASUKO
- If Only a Dream (Karei naru Ai no Rekishi Emaki) by Nagaoka Yoshiko
- Secret Kiss by Aikawa Saki
- To Love a Cool Boy (Hieshou Danshi Kouryakuhou) by Sugishippo | Review: 6 of 10
¹ Source: m&c! (release schedule and covers)
² All manga (including restocks) retail for IDR 16,500 each, manhwa at IDR 19,900. Manhua Pedang Mahadewa: Future 4 manhua SRP is IDR 95,000/volume.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
New m&c! titles - continued
Mel Kano. © Oshima Towa
Shogakukan [Sunday GX]
Published in Indonesia
by Gramedia/m&c!
Mail Girlfriend vol 1 of 5
By Oshima Towa
Kakeru and Haruka are a couple on an Internet forum. But when they actually meet for an F2F date, their hopes are dashed. Does this mean that online relationships can't survive IRL?
Baka-Updates Manga gives a few more deets on ‘Kakeru’ and ‘Haruka,’ so go there for a more colorful lowdown on this Alter Ego, Chat Rooms, Computers, Delinquents, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Girlfriend
series.
The first six chapters of Mail Girlfriend are login,
proxy,
redial,
gateway,
overhead
and off-line
[Original titles].
The fifth and last volume of Mel Kano. streeted in Japan in June 2010.
Other Oshima Towa manga
In addition to Mel Kano., Oshima Towa-sensei also created Joshikousei Girls-High, serialized in Futabasha's Comic High! and Manga Action. Nine Action Comics High volumes were published between 2006.01 and 2007.08. The ecchi comedy was adapted to anime, and the manga's sequel, Joshikousei Girls-Live, currently serializes in Comic Sumomo (one Action Comics High volume per 2011.10.12).
Also current are Yonshimai Encount, another ecchi comedy that debuted in Enterbrain's Famitsu Comic Clear (three volumes released in Japan per 2011.10.15) and Manga Kazoku: Ikka 4-nin Zenin Mangaka, serialized in Manga Action (Action Comics volume 1 per 2011.03).
Concluded:
- Basute Tishan, serialized in Comic Candoll (publisher: Jitsugyou no Nihonsha); ManSun Comics release: 2010.11
- Dousei Recipe, serialized in Young Gangan (Square Enix); eight Young Gangan Comics volumes from 2006.08 to 2010.08
- Towakan: ManSun release: 2004.08
- Towakan spin-off: Towa Remix, published by Ichijinsha; DNA Media Comics release: 2009.07
Then there's Present published by Daitosha (Daito Comics: 2003.12), that Baka-Updates classifies under hentai, but which doesn't require age verification like these two other hentai titles—Berry Ecstasy and Love Game—that I don't feel like exploring neway. Not only kyoumi ne, there's NO WAY these things will ever be officially licensed :P
Images of You vol 1 of 4
By Goto Junpei
Only the camera knows events from a century hence.
Photography is senior high-schooler Matataki's hobby. He doesn't aspire to become a famous photographer; he only wants to be with the girl he loves. One day, as he peers into his viewfinder, he sees the future of his dream girl.
m&c! hypes Images of You via its access popularity when it was available on mobile. I presume that was when Ginen Shounen AKA Gelatin Boy was serializing in mobasun.com. The Childhood Friends, Girl Next Door, Photography, Male Lead Lives Alone, Precognition, Love Triangle, Love Rival, Friends Become Lovers
shounen manga was eventually collected in four volumes, the fourth released in Japan last January. The supernatural slice of life series appears to be Goto (or Gotou) Junpei-sensei's debut and is the only one on the manga-ka's backlist.
Our Gentle Love
By Satsuki Mikiko
Wanting to be close, to talk, to be together, to know the good and bad...everything.
Never been in love Nami finally starts dating, but as everything's new to her, she's frequently confused. She eventually learns that first love comes with ups and downs.
Our Gentle Love (originally Futari Koi Fuwari. ex-ChuChu) tells its bittersweet
story in two parts: Our Gentle Love
and Our Gentle Love. Complete Version.
The Butler Problem
one-shot is included in the same volume.
Other Satsuki Mikiko manga
Satsuki Mikiko isn't a name unfamiliar to m&c! regulars. In addition to Our Gentle Love or Futari Koi Fuwari., m&c! has published 1/6 Ja~npu! (1/6 Jump!),
Koi Puzzle (Love Puzzle) and Naze Nani Honey?. (Can anyone confirm whether m&c! or any other publisher ever released Tarot x Hunt—ChuChu Comics tankou: 2010.03—here?)
Satsuki Mikiko-sensei also contributed to the 16-sai Kiss antho along with Miyasaka Kaho, Minami Kanan and Nakamura Sayumi, but the Indonesian First Kiss was published by Level.
Suddenly Kiss
By Kurumatani Haruko
Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss
© Kurumatani Haruko
Shogakukan [Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia
as Suddenly Kiss
by Gramedia/m&c!
Hina adores the popular idol group Kiss - (Kiss Minus), especially its leader, Chiaki. So she's understandably ecstatic when she's chosen to appear on the group's show. She's so excited, she rams into Chiaki off-stage and accidentally kisses him! And since that accident, Hina becomes Kiss -'s ‘pet’ AKA the group's stress relief. Not only that, Chiaki apparently has something else planned for kiss thief Hina!
Other Kurumatani Haruko manga
Suddenly Kiss or Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss is the second Kurumatani Haruko shoujo manga published by m&c! The first was the two-volume Zenbu Chodai, doubled-launched last May as Give Me All Your Love. (CMIIW.)
Kurumatani Haruko-sensei's most recent releases in Japan were Hajimete o Anata to AKA With you the first time (serialized in Sho-Comi; Flower Comics tankou: 2011.10.26) and the third, not yet the series finale, Bokura no Koi wa Shi ni Itaru Yamai no You de (serialized in Cheese!; volume 3 also streeted 2011.10.26).
These were preceded by not obviously shoujo smut Okosama Punch! (serialized in Cheese!; Flower Comics: 2010.09); Mitsuaku Harem (serialized in Sho-Comi; FC: 2009.11); Aishite Kudasai, Sensei (FC: 2009.09); 0 kara Hajimeru Manga Kyoushitsu (serialized in Sho-Comi; Flower Comics Special: 2009.08); Kemono Renairon (serialized in Sho-Comi and Sho-Comi Zoukan; FC: 2009.04); and the gender bender Kiken Junai D.N.A. (serialized in Sho-Comi; three volumes published between 2008.01 and 2008.06).
Obviously smut: Gokujou Danshi to Kurashi Temasu. (serialized in Sho-Comi; two Flower Comics volumes from 2007.07 to 2007.09); Idol-sama no Yoru no Okao (Sho-Comi; FC tankou: 2007.03); Saikyou Kareshi (FC: 2006.11); Bishounen no Oheya (Sho-Comi; FC: 2006.09); Mayonaka wa Dame yo (Sho-Comi; FC: 2006.03); Kindan Wedding (FC: 2005.10); Akutou Danshi Collection (Sho-Comi and Sho-Comi Zoukan; FC: 2005.08); Yuuwaku Sha ~Kedamono Triangle~ (Sho-Comi; FC: 2005.04); Shounen wa Amaku Aisu (Sho-Comi; FC: 2005.01) AND Yajuu, Futari. (Sho-Comi; FC: 2004.08).
Other 23 November 2011 highlights
- Say Say Say vol 6 by Hwang MiRee: True, it's happiness unspeakable if/when our love is reciprocated. But what if that happiness causes someone else anguish?
- Tokyo Angels vol 3 of 3 by Fujii Mihona: The Angels find the drug ring boss they've been hunting all along in the last place they expect — their school, Nijigaoka High. Mei is shocked to learn the true identity, not only of ‘God,’ but also ‘ Daddy.’
Still not enuf? Here are the other 23 November 2011 manga and manhwa
Elex Media: Black Butler 12 · The Recipe for Gertrude 5 of 5 · Exposing Game 2 of 2 · The Dog's Magical Touch 1 by Anisaki Yuna · Gogogo to the West 3 · More a Flower than a Flower 1 by Narita Minako (Ex-9.28) · Kojiro 4 · Doraemon 13 · New Kobochan 12 · Shonen Star Issue 21/2011
[Value sets] Paket: The Fifth Columnist Vols. 1–2 · A Promise about Glass Shoe Vols. 1–2 · Shinagawa Cat Story Vols. 1–2
Level Comics: Dawn of the Arcana 4 · Soul Eater 12 · Under The Rose 5 (Ex-11.16) · Yugo in Tsushima, Kitakyushu by Makari Shinji and Akana Shu
[Value sets] Paket: Half an Apple, Vols. 1-5 · Happy Hello Work at Age 21, Vols. 1-4 · Hikayat Genji, Vols. 1-5 · Honey Hunt, Vols. 1-5 · Hurt Me Softly, Vols. 1-2 of 2 · Officer Monju, Vols. 1-6 · Red River, Vols. 1-5 · Revolution No.3, Vols. 1-3 of 3 · Rumiko Takahashi's Best Short Story Collection, Vols. 1-2· Show Me The Money, Vols. 1-2 of 2 · Wilderness, Vols. 1-4 · Zenith, Vols 1-6 of 6 by Yoshida Satoshi & Big O
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Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」
by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 44 (chapters 378-386) first published in Japan 2010.04
Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category
Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 36 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 37 street date: 2011.12.06), French (Glénat; Tome 44 shipped 2011.09 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.01), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany: Band 48 per 2011.09 • Band 49 street date: 2011.12.15), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #51: Love me Bitterly, Loth me Sweetly released 2011.10.04)
Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).
The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).
Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg released 2010.08.10.) The fourth and fifth Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED and Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED streeted in Japan on 2010.08.04 (same day as Volume 46: Back From Blind) and 2011.06.03 (along with Volume 50: The Six Fullbringers).
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 16: Lost Substitute Shinigami opened with episode 343 on 11 October 2011; latest episode 349 aired 2011.11.22). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; Fade to Black, I Call Your Name; and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.
At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.