Bleach 39, My Sweet Kaicho 10, Rival Next Door 2 of 2 (m&c! 30 March 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Manhwa, too, that you can see below.

(This incarnation reboots the earlier blitz listing. Warning: Hella long.)

My Sweet Kaicho 10 (m&c!)

Kaichou wa Maid-sama! © Fujiwara Hiro/Hakusensha [Serialized in LaLa]
Published in Indonesia as My Sweet Kaicho by PT Gramedia/m&c!

Miyabigaoka's student council prez invites Seika's Kaichou to a high-level bilateral conference. What is actually Igarashi Tora's motive? More importantly, why does Misaki's newfound knowledge about Usui give her the jitters?

So Perverted Alien© Usui lets Misaki (and us) in on his secrets, but what's the deal with Tora? Find out in My Sweet Kaicho 10 by Fujiwara Hiro, the First Runner-up DO WANT! of this m&c! release.

As for the most popular manga GET!

Bleach 39 of 49+ by Kubo Tite

Had it not been for Bleach Wiki, would never have guessed the cover of Bleach 39: El Verdugo to be Ayon, the Chimera-esque “pet” created from the limbs of Tia Hallibel's Fracciónes, Apacci, Mila Rose and Sung-Sun. But without it, I still would've known that

All-out war breaks out in Karakura Town. Gotei 13 Soul Reapers face off with the ridiculously-powerful Fracciónes, but appear outmatched, outclassed, out-everythinged. Hinamori comes to the rescue of a cornered Rangiku, only to have them both swatted by Ayon, forcing Supreme Commander Yamamoto to...

OK, there are additions there from Bleach Wiki and the regular Wiki. In any case, you know what to do to find out what goes down in this latest Indonesian Bleach, compiling chapters 332 through 340.

New m&c! titles

Fully half of m&c!'s 3.30 asplosion discharges newbies, if you include the two Jagoan Koloni local titles (launching KOLONI's high-octane action comics line). But even if you don't, 40% are still Pleased to Make Your Acquaintance. Let's not quibble over the fact that the 2×Watase Yuu anthologies—Books One and Two of Watase Yuu's The Best Selection—are actually recompiles of old one-shots, repackaged. Volume 1 DOKIDOKI Yagamin story!! My Kingdom 1 by Yagami Chitose is definitely new, as are the triple-launched P.A.R.T.N.E.R comedy manhwa by Ryu Seung-soon that Lina-chan recs as a definite GET! and the vampire-troped Ultramix Collection 1 by Mizuto Aqua. The Koloni Jagoan omnibuses are The Dreamcatchers and 1000 Giga Volts (click the orange titles for covers). The Dreamcatchers includes the eponymous story from Sweta Kartika, La Mia Indonezia by Satrio Galih Wicaksono & Muhammad Ismail and Fatamorgana by Mukhlis Nur & Wing Yudha. 1000 Giga Volts, meanwhile, consists of the antho christener by Bayu Harditama (creator of Jalan Komik), Atlas Chronicle from Kababonken Comics (I Want to Live) and Samu'I by Bening Andyani.

Watase Yuu's The Best Selection Book One (m&c!)

Watase Yuu the Best Selection
© Watase Yuu/Shogakukan

The lowdown on these new titles hides Behind The Cut, but mentioning up here that my only reason for contemplating buying Watase Yuu's The Best Selection—Book One, specifically—is the one-shot Touch You! Despite or prolly because it is the Stay in Touch! one-shot that closes Imadoki! volume 5, first published by m&c! in February 2003. (My copy carbon dates back to the April 2003 print run.) If only to read that short in original right-to-left, I would consider getting the first Watase Yuu Best antho. [Continued...]

Mangazines: Cherry 52/2011

Cherry 52/2011

[Kare to Kanojo to Kanojo]
© Morita Yuki/Shogakukan

The latest Cherry's front cover is Morita Yuki's Love Triangled Kare to Kanojo to Kanojo—ungrammatically rendered as She, Between He and Me—instead of “She, Between Him and Me” (yes, I'm a grammar nazi), or the canon subtitle Distance of our Love. I speculate Episode 3 of the ex-Ciao manga installs in this issue. (m&c! didn't provide a Table of Contents.)

Absence of a contents listing, however, doesn't stop me from assuming that these ChuChu/Ciao/Flowers serials can be found within: 7 Centi! by Nanajima Kana, I am not a Maid! by Iwaoka Meme, Kiss & Harmony by Takamiya Satoru, The Ring of God by Obara Shou, Super Sweet Honey by Aoi Michiru, Yomogi Loves Money? by Arai Kiyoko, Dawn Aria by Akaishi Michiyo and perhaps, My Lovely Class Leader by Nishimura Tomoko, the latter caveat based on how only a Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou side story, Blue Prince (Oujisama wa Blue), appeared in Cherry 51.

m&c! manga, manhwa and AMERO comics (2011.03.30)

  1. Bleach 39 of 49+ by Kubo Tite
  2. Bleach 39 (m&c!)

    BleachBLEACH-ブリーチ-」 by Kubo Tite
    Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
    Volume 39 first published in Japan 2009.06

    Volume 39: El Verdugo chapters:
    332. Stingy Stinger
    333. Ash & Salamander
    334. Dregs of Hypnosis
    335. chimaera chord
    336. El Verdugo
    337. Hall In Your Inferno
    338. Fall Into My Inferno
    339. The Deathbringer Numbers
    340. The Antagonizer

    Awards
    Best Shounen Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards

    Other languages
    English Bleach (34 volumes per 2011.03 • volume 35 street date: 2011.06.07), French (Glénat; tome 42 ships 2011.05.04), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: volume 48 per 2011.01.18)

    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 street date: 2010.08.10.)

    Adaptations
    Studio Pierrot's Bleach anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004, continuing to this day. Season 14 opened with episode 266 in April 2010; latest episode 315 aired 2011.03.29). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi and Namikawa Daisuke playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro and Arrancar Ulquiorra Cifer respectively. 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.

  3. Female Wolf's Boy 14 of 17 by Han YuRang
  4. Female Wolf's Boy 14 (m&c!)

    [Female Wolf's BOY]
    암컷늑대의 보이 (암컷늑대의 Boy)
    by Han YuRang
    Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
    Volume 14 first published in Korea 2007.11

    Related
    Based on the Korean Internet novel 암컷늑대의 BOY by i쿠키i조아 (iCookieiLike).

  5. Idol Shopping 7 of 12 by Hwang MiRee
  6. Idol Shopping 7 (m&c!)

    Idol Shopping아이돌 쇼핑
    by Hwang MiRee
    Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
    Volume 7 first published in Korea 2009.01

  7. Love in the Sky (Sora Log) 2 of 4 by Mitsuki Kaco
  8. Love in the Sky 2 (m&c!)

    Sora Logソラログ
    by Mitsuki Kaco
    Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
    Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.09

    Also includes a Love in the Sky ~Extra edition

  9. Monika dan Kawan-Kawan (Turma da Mônica) 139 by Mauricio
  10. [Series Premiere] My Kingdom (Ore-sama Kingdom) 1 of 4+ by Yagami Chitose
  11. My Kingdom 1 (m&c!)

    Ore-sama Kingdomオレ様キングダム
    by Yagami Chitose
    AKA Kings of My Love
    Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.10

  12. My Sweet Home 5 of 6 by MARU & Kim JinHee
  13. My Sweet Home 5 (m&c!)

    My Sweet Home.
    My Sweet Home 마이 스위트 홈
    by MARU & Kim JinHee
    Daiwon C.I., soonjung
    Volume 5 first published in Korea 2007.09

  14. My Sweet Kaicho (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) 10 of 12+ by Fujiwara Hiro
  15. My Sweet Kaicho 10 (m&c!)

    Kaichou wa Maid-sama!会長はメイド様!
    by Fujiwara Hiro
    Hakusensha LaLa, shoujo
    Volume 10 first published in Japan 2010.06

    Awards
    Fujiwara Hiro-sensei won the 'Outstanding Debut' award at the 31st Hakusensha Athena Newcomers Awards in Japan for this manga.

    Other languages
    English Maid Sama! (eight volumes per 2011.03 • volume 9 street date: 2011.05.31), French (Pika Édition: Maid Sama! tome 7 ships 2011.05.04), German (Carlsen Comics: Maid-sama Band 7 street date: 2011.08.26; serialized in Daisuki), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 会长是女仆 #11 released 2011.02), traditional Chinese (Ever Glory Taiwan: 學生會長是女僕! 10 per 2010.12)

    Adaptations
    J.C. Staff's 26-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Fujimura Ayumi (Ayuzawa Misaki) and Okamoto Nobuhiko (Usui Takumi) aired from April through September 2010 on TBS and Animax Asia. An earlier released Kaichou wa Maid-sama! drama CD featured Kobayashi Sanae and Sugita Tomokazu as Misaki and Usui.

    Related
    An official fan book, Kaichou wa Maid-sama! Koushiki Fan Book Goshujin-sama mo dai manzoku was released June 2010 by Hana to Yume Comics Special.

  16. [Series Premiere] P.A.R.T.N.E.R 1 of 3 by Ryu Seung-soon
  17. P.A.R.T.N.E.R 1 (m&c!)

    PartnerPartner 파트너
    by Ryu Seung-soon
    Daiwon C.I. Issue, soonjung
    Volume 1 first published in Korea 2006.03

  18. [New] P.A.R.T.N.E.R 2 of 3 by Ryu Seung-soon
  19. P.A.R.T.N.E.R 2 (m&c!)

    Volume 2 first published in Korea 2006.09

  20. [New] P.A.R.T.N.E.R 3 of 3 by Ryu Seung-soon [Finale]
  21. P.A.R.T.N.E.R 3 (m&c!)

    Volume 3 first published in Korea 2007.04

  22. Rival Next Door (Tonari no Koigataki) 1 of 2 by Shiraishi Yuki [Finale]
  23. Together in Love (Ai no Moto ni Tsudoe) 2 of 4 by Sakamoto Miku
  24. Ugly Duckling Become Swan (Miunohri to Swan) 9 of 13 by Hwang MiRee
  25. [Series Premiere] Ultramix Collection 1 of 2 by Mizuto Aqua
  26. Ultramix Collection 1 (m&c!)

    Ultramix CollectionUltramixこれくしょん
    by Mizuto Aqua
    Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.11

  27. [New] Watase Yuu's The Best Selection Book One by Watase Yuu
  28. Watase Yuu's The Best Selection Book One (m&c!)

    Watase Yuu The Best Selection
    渡瀬悠宇 The Best Selection
    by Watase Yuu
    Shogakukan Flower Comics Special, shoujo
    This anthology first published in Japan 2008.03

    Other languages
    Simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 渡濑悠宇 The Best Selection 1 released 2009.06.02)

  29. [New] Watase Yuu's The Best Selection Book Two by Watase Yuu
  30. Watase Yuu's The Best Selection Book Two (m&c!)

    Watase Yuu The Best Selection 2
    渡瀬悠宇 The Best Selection 2
    by Watase Yuu
    Shogakukan Flower Comics Special, shoujo
    This anthology first published in Japan 2009.06

    Other languages
    Simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 渡濑悠宇 The Best Selection 2 released 2010.09.07)

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Mangazines

  • Cherry 52/2011

KOLONI local comics

  1. [New] Jagoan Koloni: The Dreamcatchers by Sweta Kartika et al.
  2. [New] Jagoan Koloni: 1000 Giga Volts by Bayu Harditama et al.
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