Elex's Detektif Conan vol 64 preview—Satu-satunya petunjuk adalah lagu Let It Be yang disiulkan oleh pelaku
—sounded familiar and some flipping back to July answered the Why?
It was Shonen Star 13's Detektif Conan preview.
Meitantei Conan © Aoyama Gosho/Shogakukan
[Serialized in Shonen Sunday]
Published in Indonesia as Detektif Conan by Elex Media
I'm still no lawyer (not to mention remain a Conan virgin), so that
The statute of limitations on the unsolved 20-year old murder of Detective Morimura, Commissioner Matsumoto's subordinate, is set to expire. But a string of copycat killings extends the deadline. With clues thin on the ground—only the killer's Let It Be whistling as guide—Conan aids the police in tracking down the perp.
continues to be problematic. As I mentioned in that July post, apparently, Japan abolished the statute of limitations for murder in 2010, leading me to wonder whether that Under the new Law, the statute of limitations is not applied for crimes that are subject to the death penalty, such as murder and robbery that result in death
amendment had been Aoyama Gosho-sensei's inspiration. (Prolly not cuz volume 64 streeted April 2009.) In any case, not much has changed since I adapted the blurb, or in short, I still don't know what I'm talkin' about. >.<
The one certain thing: There's also the case of Saba, Koi, Tai and Hirame, and the beginning of another run in with Phantom Thief Kid,
the latter previewed in Wiki's Case Closed volume 64 summary.
Conan volume 64 compiles chapters 664 through 674: Ikkaku Rock,
Mackerel Carp Sea Bream Flounder
(that's Saba Koi Tai Hirame
), Thirst for Blood,
Scar,
The Boy of Memory,
Gari-kun,
The One Who Whistles,
The Connection,
ESWN,
The Common Pattern
and Iron Tanuki.
[*NOT Elex/Shonen Star chapter titles]
For up-to-the-minute Conan installments, bring home Shonen Star. The Indonesian Shonen Sunday Issue 19 streets the same day as Detektif Conan volume 64. The most recent Meitantei Conan chapter compiled in a tankou is 773: Possible Sniping!
(collected in volume 73; JP release: 2011.09.16).
NikOvershare® took up too much Above the Cut space, so look for One Piece 60 and other featured manga blurbs below the release list.
New Elex titles
Despite being credited to Kiuchi Tatsuya (on the cover), Exposing Game or Sarashi Asobi, one of three newbs this release, is by Tobina Toya, manga-ka of the mysophobic Keppeki Shounen Kanzen Soubi or Mr. Super Clean (m&c! license). Another premiere is Dalam Atap di Bawah Langit, the Manga Time Kirara 4-koma Sora no Shita Yane no Naka by Futami Sui. Look for the latter's preview after the release list. Imma expose Exposing Game up here. (For the lowdown on local comic Bengal: Circle of Crime, check out LXO's thread. You already know Bayu Indie's Bengal, don't you?)
Exposing Game vol 1 of 2 by Tobina Toya
Sarashi Asobi © Tobina Toya
Hakusensha [Hana to Yume]
Published in Indonesia as
Exposing Game by Elex Media
Her student constituency fears council president Ooba Ren. Too bad because despite her sharp tongue and bad reputation, the prez actually possesses a gooood heart. ♡
A bored Shinigami knows how long Ren has left to live and possesses her — to expose all that Ren holds dear.
While Shinigami Ai enjoys his Exposing Game, he also grows interested (infatuated?) in Ren. [Addition from Karma Falls Scanslations' Sarashi Asobi description excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga]
Sarashi Asobi started its Hana to Yume serialization in 2008. Volume 1 was published in Japan in March 2009, the second and final tankou in April 2010.
Other Tobina Toya manga
Sarashi Asobi and Keppeki Shounen Kanzen Soubi represent Tobina Toya (or Touya)-sensei's completed shoujo series. Currently s/he's working on the Werewolves, Atypical Art Style
Jiujiu, likewise serialized in HanaYume (four volumes released in Japan as of 2011.10.20).
Mangazines
Nakayoshi Gress! 10 streets with Shonen Star 19. Deets waaay below.
- Barista vol 2 of 6+ by Muronaga Kumi & Hanagata Rei «EX 10.19
- BECK vol 28 of 34 by Harold Sakuishi
- [Premiere] Bengal: Circle of Crime by Bayu Indie - SL
- [Series Premiere] Dalam Atap di Bawah Langit (Sora no Shita Yane no Naka) vol 1 of 2 by Futami Sui
- Detektif Conan (Meitantei Conan) vol 64 of 73+ by Aoyama Gosho
- [Series Premiere] Exposing Game (Sarashi Asobi) vol 1 of 2 by Tobina Toya
- Godhand Teru vol 34 of 59+ by Yamamoto Kazuki «EX 10.19
- GOGOGO to the West (Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden) vol 2 of 7+ by Konishi Noriyuki
- Hero Tales (Juushin Enbu Hero Tales) vol 4 of 5 by Huang Jin Zhou & Arakawa Hiromu
- Kojiro vol 3 of 7 by Muraeda Kenichi
- Kungfu Boy vol 6 of 18 Premium (Tekken Chinmi [Bunko]) by Maekawa Takeshi
- Metal Fight Beyblade vol 2 of 9+ by Adachi Takafumi
- Moonlight Act (Gekkou Jourei) vol 2 of 15+ by Fujita Kazuhiro
- One Piece vol 60 of 64+ by Oda Eiichiro
- Topeng Kaca 18 of 24+ Deluxe (Glass no Kamen [Bunko]) by Miuchi Suzue «EX 10.19
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Postponed title(s)
Princess Resurrection vol 4; pending new street date.
- Nakayoshi Gress! Issue 10/2011 (Indonesian Nakayoshi)
- Shonen Star Issue 19/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Sunday)
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Arakure 「アラクレ」 by Fujiwara Kiyo
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2006.03
Other languages
English Wild Ones (VIZ Media: 10 volumes)