Corrected Black Butler 9
typo advised by Dancer-san
Boy Friend © Yamada Daisy/Kodansha [First serialized in Nakayoshi]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
Before I get to the premieres —
Phantomhive Manor plays unintentional host to a serial killing. A butler-less master attempts to solve the crime. Just as the mystery deepens, who should appear but one hell of an arrogant...clergyman?
Who is this man of the cloth sporting a cynical smirk? Find out in Black Butler 10, streeting this Wednesday.
Black Butler X contains chapters 43-47: That Butler, Robust
; That Butler, Wailing
; That Butler, Transfer
; That Butler, Unnecessary
; and That Butler, Contemplating.
(*NOT Elex Media's chapter titles)
Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 12 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
The Six marked by the star finally assemble in the penultimate volume of Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits. Bound by a common goal, Ashikaga and Masashige are joined by Akamatsu, thus swelling the ranks of the fortress defenders and allowing them to defeat the largest amassing of shogunate troops in Rokuhara.
Meanwhile, Nagato and Nitta's troops forge their way to Kamakura, the joint forces bearing down on the bakufu.
New Elex Titles
Elex finally compiles one of Nakayoshi Gress!'s most popular series, Yamada Daisy's Boy Friend. I would've preferred the first XX Me! tankou, but as Elex is triple-launching the Doctor, Friendship, Bullying, Prodigy, Outsider, Runaway
shoujo drama, all's good.
Second-year junior high student Hijiki has just transferred to a new school, but already she's gained a lot of friends. Only one person knows that Hijiki hides something behind her cheerfulness — the guy who's always beside her, Utsugi Horai.
Earlier, Elex published Yamada Daisy-sensei's Innocent World and Love Honor.
The other debut is the short soonjung manhwa, Sweet Recipe by Yun EHyeon. Elex provides no blurb, just these chapter titles:
Recipe 1. Nasi super lezat! (Super delicious rice)
Recipe 2. Telur, ratunya protein (Egg, The Queen of Protein)
Recipe 3. Langkah awal memasak (The first step in cooking)
Elex Media manga, manhwa and manhua (2011.03.02)
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) 10 of 11+ by Toboso Yana
- [Series Premiere] Boy Friend 1 of 3 by Yamada Daisy
- Boy Friend 2 of 3 by Yamada Daisy
- Boy Friend 3 of 3 by Yamada Daisy [Finale]
- Crayon Shinchan 4 of 50 by Usui Yoshito
- Cynical Kanoko (Warau Kanoko-sama) 2 of 3 by Tsujita Ririko
- Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future 3 of 10 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Shogakukan English Comics)
- Dodge Fighters (Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters) 3 of 10 by Murakami Toshiya & Saito Muneo
- Dr. Koto (Dr. Koto Shinryoujo) 4 of 25+ by Yamada Takatoshi
- Fantastic Tales 3 of 5 by Ihuan
- Hitohira 2 of 7 by Kirihara Idumi
- Katsu! 10 of 16 by Adachi Mitsuru
- The Recipe For Gertrude (Gertrude no Recipe) 2 of 5 by Kusakawa Nari
- Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 12 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Sweet Recipe 1 of 2 by Yun EHyeon
 | Boy Friend 「ボーイフレンド」 by Yamada Daisy |
Serializations
Serialized in Indonesian in Nakayoshi Gress!
 | Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.12 |
 | Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.04 |
 | Crayon Shin-chan 「クレヨンしんちゃん」 |
Other languages
English (partially translated by ComicsOne and CMX), French (J'ai Lu, then, Casterman), Spanish and Catalan (Planeta DeAgostini Comics Spain), German (EMA), Italian ( Panini Comics) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)
Adaptations
Shin'ei Doga's anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Yajima Akiko (Shin-chan), ran from April 1992 to December 2010. At least 18 movie sequels have been released between July 1993 and April 2010.
 | Warau Kanoko-sama 「笑うかのこ様」 |
Related series
Koi dano Ai dano (sequel; two volumes per 2011.02, ongoing)
Other languages
English The Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko (TOKYOPOP: one volume; volume 2 ships 2011.04.05)
 | Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters |
 | Dr. Koto Shinryoujo 「Ｄｒ．コトー診療所」 |
Awards
Best General/Seinen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
Other languages
French (Kana: Dr Kotô tome 18 per 2011.01) and traditional Chinese 離島大夫日誌 (Ching Win Taiwan)
Adaptations
Dr. Coto's Clinic, an 11-episode live-action TV drama starring Yoshioka Hidetaka as Dr. Coto (Goto Kensuke) aired from July to September 2003 on Fuji TV, followed by two specials (the first aired between 9 and 10 January 2004 and the second from 12 to 13 December of the same year). The first season won the 38nd Television Drama Academy Awards for Best Drama and a Best Actor award for Yoshioka Hidetaka. A second 11-episode season followed between October and December 2006. This season was recognized with a Special Award for the Production Team in the 44th Galaxy Awards.
Related
Dr. Koto My First BIG Specials: The Advent!
, Miracle in the hand
(2006.10) and My First BIG editions: Suspected
, Despair
(2006.11) and Consider
(2006.12)
 | Hitohira 「ひとひら」 by Kirihara Idumi |
Other languages
English Hitohira (Aurora Publishing: three volumes [hiatus]) and traditional Chinese (Ever Glory Publishing Taiwan: 女優大試煉 4 per 2008.02)
Related series
Sequels: Hitohira Encore (one volume, complete) and Sakaki Mirei no Tame nara Boku wa...!! (one volume per 2011.02.12, ongoing serialization in Comic High!)
Adaptations
A 12-episode anime adaptation by XEBEC M2, starring seiyuu Kimoto Orie (Asai Mugi), Kawasumi Ayako (Ichinose Nono), Narita Ken (Katsuragi Takashi), Hikami Kyoko (Nishida Risaki) and Kishio Daisuke (Nishida Kai), aired from March to June 2007 in Japan.
 | Katsu! 「ＫＡＴＳＵ！」 by Adachi Mitsuru |
Reissues
Re-released in 8 volumes in Japan from 2009.07 to 2010.02.
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in Indonesian in Shonen Star
French (Pika Édition: 16 of 16 volumes)
 | Gertrude no Recipe 「ガートルードのレシピ」 |
Other languages
English The Recipe For Gertrude (CMX: five volumes)
 | Sanzoku Ou 「山賊王」 by Sawada Hirofumi |
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (concluded)
 | Sweet Recipe 「스위트 레시피」 by Yun EHyeon |
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Kuroshitsuji 「黒執事」 by Toboso Yana
Square Enix GFantasy, shounen
Volume 10 (chapters 43-47) first published in Japan 2010.09
Other languages
English Black Butler (Yen Press: four volumes per 2011.01 • volume 5 street date: 2011.04.26 and Chuang Yi: volume 4 released 2011.02.22), French (Kana: Black Butler tome 5 per 2010.11 • tome 6 ships 2011.03.04), German (Carlsen Comics: Black Butler Band 6 street date: 2011.04.22), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 黑執事 10 per 2010.11) 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)