The Breaker © Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan/Daiwon C.I.
[First serialized in Young Daiwon]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!
The Ilwol Sindan pill sets the energy within Lee Shi Woon ablaze. The ‘flame’ is so fierce, the weakling knocks out two Ilwol fighters sent after Shiho. What will Han Chun Woo do after he learns of his disciple's duel to the death?
My answer to the question m&c! poses: Give his pupil a more than passing grade. (Sawry for the flippancy...I'm not reading The Breaker.)
No m&c! cover, let alone synops, for the next DO WANT! manhwa, Crazy Girl Shin Bia 9. Maybe later, after I've gotten my copy. But I will tell you now that volume 9 should deal with the repercussions of Crazy Bia channeling Goody-Goody Bia on a wounded Prince MuYoung, whose ‘gratitude’ takes the form of ... :P (Don't know what I'm talkin’ ’bout? Then, grab volume 9—and volume 8 if you haven't already—STAT!) «Update: Crazy Girl Shin Bia 9 synops below:
Crazy Girl Shin Bia vol 9 of 19
By Hwang MiRee
Crown Prince Yoo Baek is at his wits' end trying to figure out why Goddess Bia is posing as Sleeping Beauty. Ga Yun knows why Bia can't get out of bed, but she's not talking.
Meanwhile, Prince Yoo Hui's fiancée pays a surprise visit. How does she look, this woman touted as the most beautiful in the southern country?
Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou
© Shiiba Nana/Shogakukan
[Betsucomi]
Published in Indonesia as
My Gentle Wolves
by Gramedia/m&c!
New m&c! manga
m&c! launches Yabuuchi Yuu's First Love Lesson, originally Hatsukoi Shinan, and a Shiiba Nana anthology, My Gentle Wolves (Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou). Hatsukoi Shinan first serialized in ChuChu, while Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou appeared in Betsucomi. Personal Shiiba Nana bias means My Gentle Wolves gets the Above the Cut spotlight:
My Gentle Wolves by Shiiba Nana
Her parents off to work abroad, Meguri finds herself sent to live in a luxury apartment belonging to one of her dad's acquaintances. Sed acquaintance has two sons in residence, both bishie. As if beauty weren't enough, the boys also possess brains...that they use to try to evict Meguri, by any means possible!
They don't sound at all like "Gentle Wolves," do they? What's more... [Continued after the release list]
m&c! manga (2012.01.18)
- [Series Premiere] First Love Lesson (Hatsukoi Shinan) vol 1 of 4 by Yabuuchi Yuu
- [Premiere] My Gentle Wolves (Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou) by Shiiba Nana
- My Lovely Class Leader (Gokujou!! Mechamote Iinchou) vol 7 of 15+ by Nishimura Tomoko
- Samurai Force (Eleven Soul) vol 3 of 11+ by Todono Seiuchiroh
 | Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou |
 | Gokujou!! Mechamote Iinchou |
Serializations/Other languages
Serialized in the Indonesian Cherry (ongoing)
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 戀愛班長 13 per 2011.10)
Adaptations
The 51-episode Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou anime produced by Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, starring seiyuu Ogawa Mana (Kitagawa Mimi) and Oshima Ryo (Toujou Ushio) aired from April 2009 to March 2010 in Japan. The Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou Second Collection sequel premiered 2010.04.03; episode 51 finale aired 2011.04.10.
 | Eleven Soul 「イレブンソウル」 |
m&c! manhwa (2012.01.18)
- Crazy Girl Shin Bia vol 9 of 19 by Hwang MiRee
- Full House: Love Continues (Full House II) vol 3 of 5 by Won SooYeon
- The Breaker vol 3 of 10 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan
 | Crazy Girl Shin Bia |
 | Full House II 「FULL HOUSE 풀 하우스 2부」 |
Related series
Prequel: Full House (16 volumes)
 | The Breaker 「브레이커 (THE BREAKER)」 |
Related series
Sequel: The Breaker: New Waves (two volumes per 2011.12.28)
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Reprints and Restocks
As with last week, m&c! reprints one-shot shoujo tankou. This batch — Cherry Love by Shigano Iori, Go! Go! Ichigo (Shoujo Shounen - Go! Go! Ichigo) by Yabuuchi Yuu, Guardian of the White Robe (Hakui no Shugomono - Guardian) by Himekawa Kirara, the first installment in Sakisaka Mea's Lovely Lesson series, Lovely Lesson, Takamiya Satoru's The Secret Prince In My Ring (Kusuriyubi Hime) and Shiiba Nana's The Underground Kids ♡.
Restocked (Individual volumes) —
- 1/6 Jump by Satsuki Mikiko
- Actions Speak by Sergio Aragonés
- Alsa by Onnie Krisnayana
- Android Love (Android na Koi wo Suru) by Morie Mako
- August December by Sparrow
- Bad Girl's Hero (Waruiko Hero) by Mori Chikako
- Be a Naughty Girl (Delinquent Lesson) vol 1 of 5 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin (Vol 5 of 5 per 2011.03.09)
- Be a Naughty Girl vol 2 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin
- Be a Naughty Girl vol 3 of 5 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin
- Because I Love You (Datte Aishiteru) volumes 1 – 2 of 2 by Akira Shouko
- Best Friends by Gita Juwita
- Binatang Jatuh by Erick Sulaiman
- Blooming Sakura (Nakizakura Kitan) by Saito Ken
- B.O.C.A.H. vol 1 by Ockto
- B.O.C.A.H. vol 2 by Ockto
- Boy Meets Girl (Boy×Mitsu×Girl) by Robico (Reviewed: 7.5/10)
- Bus Guide Story (Bus Guide Monogatari - Shoki kessakushuu) by Sakou Watari (Reviewed: 6/10)
- Butterfly Boy (Shounen Butterfly) by Arata Megumi (Reviewed: 8/10 ♡)
- Caramel: Si Kuda Jahil by Patrice Marsaudon
¹ Sources: m&c! (release schedule and artwork/synopses).
² All manga, including reprints and restocks are priced at IDR 16,500 each, all manhwa at IDR 19,900 except: The Breaker 3 and restocked Be a Naughty Girl volumes 1–3 (IDR 18,500); Full House: Love Continues 3 and restocked Actions Speak and Caramel: Si Kuda Jahil (IDR 25,000); restocked Alsa and Best Friends (IDR 12,500); restocked Binatang Jatuh (IDR 35,000); and restocked B.O.C.A.H. volume 1 (IDR 15,000)
New m&c! titles - continued
My Gentle Wolves
By Shiiba Nana
Attempted Rape
features as a Baka-Updates Manga's user tag for Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou; hope that doesn't pertain to either of My Gentle Wolves
X_X. In any case, it's also tagged Strong Female Lead,
which is a Very Good Thing, in addition to Bishounen, Glasses, Love Triangle, Mansion.
The Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou tankou was published in Japan in February 2011, but the story that christens the antho appeared earlier in the Betsucomi 40th anniversary Flower Comics Special, Mitsuai Celeb (2010.06), top-billed by Mitsuki Kaco.
Other Shiiba Nana manga
Who doesn't know Shiiba Nana? (No one in the Telor Ceplok audience raises her/his hand.) Excellent! Yup, m&c! has published quite a bit of the Betsucomi/Derakomi manga-ka's standalone tankou. Before there was My Gentle Wolves or Ookamitachi no Shiikuhou, there was Just Love Me! or Yacchimaina!! (which reviewer Lina-chan rated a heady 9 of 10 ♡), My Egoist Teacher (Sensei wa Egotist), the slightly lower, 8.5 of 10 ♡-rated Kiss Me After School! (Houkago Kiss), Gorgeous Twins (Gokujou Twins), Prince Romantica (Ouji Romantica) and The Underground Kids that you saw among this street date's reprinted titles.
These Nana-chan titles have not yet been released here: Sensei wa Sadistic (JP release: 2010.08), the Boarding House, Childhood Friends
Love Share (2010.05); and Not Sebastian!Bishounen Butler Bishounen Moraimashita (2008.06).
If you missed me asking the first time around, reiterating: Can anyone confirm whether m&c!, or any other publisher, has already issued Animal Jungle (JP release 2007.11) or Akuma na Kare to Ikenie Tenshi (2005.08) here?
First Love Lesson vol 1 of 4
By Yabuuchi Yuu
Nao dreams of the day when she's a successful shoujo manga-ka, but for now, her ‘love’ experience (and extensive shoujo manga library) allow her to dispense advice to friends. (It goes without saying that her personal romance experience is zero.)
Can Nao still wing it when she has to deal with player Kento?
m&c! recommends Love Strategy Manual First Love Lesson to comic lovers and anyone who wants to fall in love. The first volume contains the First Love Lesson or Hatsukoi Shinan story proper, followed by a Chu Chu Comic Lesson.
Other Yabuuchi Yuu manga
Too many! >.< I'm just gonna mention what's within Telor Ceplok's database and direct you to an »alternative listing if you want to know moar.
Aside from First Love Lesson there's the three-volume Between Two Hearts (Hitohira no Koi ga Furu), The Crescendo Memory (Koi o Kanaderu Kisetsu) and Go! Go! Ichigo which, like The Underground Kids, rates a reprint.
m&c! also published the Yabuuchi Yuu Fan Book in August 2010.
Featured ongoing series
My Lovely Class Leader vol 7 of 15+
By Nishimura Tomoko
This time, popular × pretty Class 2-6 leader Kitagami Mimi faces a rival in the sexy Class 2-1 president Jougasaki Rui. Rui apparently is close to Tojo. What's the deal between Tojo and Rui??
Other 18 January 2012 highlights
- Full House: Love Continues vol 3 by Won SooYeon: Elli doesn't recall ever having loved Raider and now professes to love the prince of Bartunia. Albeit shocked, Raider refuses to give up on helping Elli remember her past. He muscles in on a picnic with Elli, the prince and the Russian ambassador who apparently has a different, deadly agenda...
- Samurai Force vol 3 by Todono Seiuchiroh: The Itou troops engage the Shaher in battle and are forced to lose a comrade in the skirmish...
Still not enuf? Here are the other 18 January 2012 manga
Elex Media: Hayate The Combat Butler 26 · Blooming Youth 9 · Traumeister 3 · Dear Boys Act 3 vol 7 · Dodge Fighters 9 · New Kobochan 14 · Shonen Star Issue 01/2012
Level Comics: The Drops of God 10 · Eternal Sabbath 7 · Iliad 8 · Lost Man 7 · Adamas 1 by Minagawa Ryouji · Giant Killing 11 · Karakuri Circus 7 · Devil Devil 7 · K2 V10 · Zipang 11 · MOON - Subaru Solitude Standing 3 · Rantanplan: Sang Maskot
Iamque opus exegi,
~Niki C. DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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Hatsukoi Shinan 「初恋指南」
by Yabuuchi Yuu
Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2008.11
Other languages
German (Egmont Manga & Anime: Love Love Mangaka, four volumes per 2011.08)