First Love Summer Romanesque by Fujimi Rio, Osu Mesu Kiss by Ichidou Hikaru, Boys Girl 3 of 3 (3L shoujo manga out naaw) [UPDATED]

Streeted 27 September 2011, according to Angelzon.

Update: I missed advising Boys Girl's finale the first time around *sweatdrop*

Hatsukoi Summer Romanesque © Fujimi Rio/Shogakukan [First serialized in Ciao]
Osu Mesu Kissu © Ichidou Hikaru/Shogakukan [Flower Comics]
Published in Indonesia as First Love Summer Romanesque and Osu Mesu Kiss by Tiga Lancar Comic/3L

First Love Summer Romanesque sees Yume who's just dying to experience First Love bumping into Hotaru on the first day of summer. Hotaru introduces Yume to several firsts: first time exchanging text messages with a guy, first time playing with fireworks—literally (and perhaps, figuratively?!)—with a guy...

Along with Hotaru and his cousin, Yume spends the most fun summer holiday of her life, evar. So is it any wonder she finds herself falling for... (To find x, check out First Love Summer Romanesque. Hint: Yume's after The Cool Guy.)

Besides First Love Summer Romanesque, this Fujimi Rio omnibus also collects one-shots Rinrin Vivid!, Snow Whip Christmas and Gohoubi wa Sugar Sweet or Sugar is Sweet Reward. (*NOT 3L's story titles save the antho namer.)

Other Fujimi Rio manga
Hatsukoi Summer Romanesque appears to be the first Fujimi Rio manga licensed in Indonesia. Not surprising as there's only one other shoujo one-shot tankou in her/his backlist: the Ultra-romantic comedy handsome bodyguard Futari de Mamotte Agemasu!, first serialized in Ciao and collected into one volume in July 2010.

Meanwhile, the Teacher/Student-troped Osu Mesu Kiss is not the first Ichidou Hikaru manga 3L has published. Remember Let's Do Extracurricular Lesson? (If you're blanking out, click the link.) I preview Osu Mesu Kiss below the release list, but lemme just warn that despite 3L rating it for Remaja or Teens, the manga's title Osu Mesu Kiss transliterates to Sex Kiss. That should make you pause if you're not yet legal :D That First Love Summer Romanesque first appeared in Ciao and is compiled under the Ciao Comics label, however, is your guarantee of Not!Smut. [Continued...]

3L shoujo manga (2011.09.16)

1. Boys Girl vol. 3 of 3 by Nagayama Ei [Finale]

Boys Girl 「ボーイズ・ガール」 by Nagayama Ei
Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.10

2. [Premiere] First Love Summer Romanesque (Hatsukoi Summer Romanesque) by Fujimi Rio

Hatsukoi Summer Romanesque 「はつ恋サマーロマネスク」 by Fujimi Rio
Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo
This anthology first published in Japan 2008.10

3. [Premiere] Osu Mesu Kiss (Osu Mesu Kissu) by Ichidou Hikaru

Osu Mesu Kissu 「オス・メス・キッス」 by Ichidou Hikaru
Shogakukan Flower Comics, shoujo
This anthology first published in Japan 2009.11

Related series
Follow-up Osu Mesu Kissu Tsuishissu! (Japan release: 2010.09)

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Moar m&c! Love is Everywhere Valentine manga and light novels (Street date: 26 January 2011) [UPDATED]

Takoyaki Princess © Mizuho Rino/Shogakukan [First serialized in Ciao]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!

m&c! finally uploaded the covers for this Wednesday's manga and light novels release. Babble commences.

Love is Everywhere Valentine manga ♥ Part II

You know by now that Love is Everywhere is the catch-all for m&c!'s Heart Day 2011 romances (one-shots) and actually, there's a promo: If you buy three of the standalones between 20 January and 20 February—in selected Gramedia book stores—you get the chance to join a lucky draw. Up for grabs are Blackberry smartphones and iPod Shuffles. I will be posting a more complete advisory (which Gramed outlets are participating), but in the meantime, you can check out m&c!'s Twitter for details (here, here, here, here and here).

Cinta Sang Fashionista
© Archie the Redcat/
Gita Juwita/Bijou
Published by m&c!
[Indonesian synopses here]

m&c! expands Love is Everywhere to embrace the KOLONI local comic Cinta Sang Fashionista that compiles:

1. Panel by LUV's Archie the Redcat, the story of aspiring komikus Fey who catches the eye of a famous comic artist and the jealousy that comes with it
2. Pakai Baju Apa Hari Ini? (What to wear today?) by Best Friends's Gita Juwita, about fashionista Ghea, accepted as an assistant to renowned stylist Leoni on the condition that she transform Leoni's geeky younger brother into a hottie
3. Between You and Me by A Place in Your Heart's Bijou which has heroine Erin being laughed at by the school's most popular boy, Aditya, after she is punished to stay under the sun for tardiness

m&c! also includes:

• Takoyaki Princess by Mizuho Rino that tells of Michinobe Akari's quest to have all of Japan eating takoyaki and her duel with the owner of the meat bun/bakpao establishment Banri (falling in love along the way). This standalone finished serialization in Cherry.
• Princess Gal Paradise by Wao Akira, modest school girl Tachikagawa Himeko's Road to Becoming a Gal and her not-so friendshipping with Gal guru Mikami Tochiotome-sama...who happens to be a guy. (Wao Akira-sensei is the manga-ka of the Tokkou Sayaka series: Yankee Girl, Sayaka I Love You, Sayaka's Special Attack, Big Victory! and Tokkou Sayaka Tenkamuteki.)
• Ijime: No Need to Cry and Ijime: Undefeated Guts, the light novel collaborations of Takeuchi Masami (+ONE, St. Valentine's Bodyguard, Summer Kiss) and Igarashi Kaoru that belong in Igarashi Kaoru's Ijime universe: The Lonely War, Escape from Hell, The Invisible Malice and Courage. Both light novels are premised on how a group of three girl friends (one set met on the internets) tackle the problem of bullying.

More babble about the non-Valentine KOLONI found below the manga list.

m&c! Valentine manga: Love is Everywhere, Part II (2011.01.26)

1. Cinta Sang Fashionista by Archie The Redcat/Gita Juwita/Bijou [KOLONI]
2. Ijime: No Need to Cry by Takeuchi Masami/Igarashi Kaoru

「いじめ　もう涙はいらない」 by Takeuchi Masami/Igarashi Kaoru Shogakukan Ciao Novels, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2009.03

Contains:
1. Heart: Miwa's Story
2. Courage: Yuna's Story
3. Love: Erika's Story
4. New Morning

Related
Ijime: Undefeated Guts

3. Ijime: Undefeated Guts by Takeuchi Masami/Igarashi Kaoru

「いじめ　負けない勇気」 by Takeuchi Masami/Igarashi Kaoru Shogakukan Ciao Novels, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2009.09

Related
Ijime: No Need to Cry

4. [Series Premiere] Princess Gal Paradise (Himegal Paradise) 1 of 3+ by Wao Akira

Himegal Paradise 「姫ギャル　パラダイス」 by Wao Akira Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.11

5. Takoyaki Princess by Mizuho Rino

Takoyaki Princess 「たこ☆やきプリンセス」 by Mizuho Rino Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo This anthology first published in Japan 2008.12

Serializations
Indonesian Cherry (concluded)

m&c! ongoing manhua (2011.01.26)

• The Story of Wang Fenglei 8 of 10 by Tony Wong

m&c! KOLONI local comics (2011.01.26)

1. Be Boys (Revisi) by Van
2. [Premiere] The Butterfly Ink 1 of 2 by Wina Oktavia/Annisa Fadilla Yusuf
3. [Premiere] My Premium Girl by H-San
4. [Premiere] See You by Bob Raigen
5. [Premiere] Somme de Chat - Renee Sang Penyihir by KuDu

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I Need Job!! 1 by Yoshino Aki and Kon Kon x Honey by Maita Nao (3L josei and shoujo manga out now)

Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~ © Yoshino Aki/Shogakukan [First serialized in Petit Comic]
Published in Indonesia as I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~
by PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/Tiga Lancar Comic (3L)

What I wished for when King of Hearts was first published here finally came true: 3L licensed Yoshino Aki's job- (and love) hunting josei manga Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~. I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ 1 of 2 is now on sale.

Asaoka Yuri discovers you need more than just enthusiasm to get somewhere in the Tokyo job market. The college senior has applied to 49 companies and been unanimously rejected, much to her chagrin. It looks like even her 50th try is doomed, but what's worse, another student from the same university is there to witness (and snicker at) her epic #Fail.

Yuri should've bopped the too self-confident Manabe Ryoji on the head, but instead she lets fly a left-fielder to the Do you agree/disagree with the proposal to ban smoking in taxis question Ryoji poses. (She answers: The taxi should provide candies on board.)

With such a bad first impresh, youdathunk Yuri would've given Ryoji a wide berth, especially when they're back at the university, but nooo. Yuri actually goes and falls for Ryoji.

Manga GET!

I know, I know, the synopsis doesn't come across as a compliment to Yuri, much less a GET! recommendation for her manga starrer. In fact, Typical Shoujo Triad member dalina02-san only gave the first I Need Job!! a 6 out of 10 rating and suggests it as a Rent. But I enjoyed—muchness—Yuri's job hunt and found the required Ryoji × Yuri reading compelling. You be the judge.

I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ volume 1 contains chapters 1 through 5: Masa Sulit (Tough Times), Interview, Antusias (Enthusiasm), Saatnya Istirahat (A Well-earned Break) and Turning Point.

Aside from I Need Job!! and King of Hearts (my gateway Yoshino Aki manga), Yoshino Aki-sensei also created the oh-so-cute Petit Comic one-shot Non-chan to Watashi, the sports-themed Kimi wa Kirakira and Yuru Koi, which encloses the Heart no Ousama sequel Happy Birthday.

I synopsize the other 3L debut—Kon Kon x Honey by Maita Nao—that I didn't see (prolly overlooked) at Gramed Below the Cut. But before that, let me just say that this SFW pair is truly welcome after the recent spate of Dewasa/Mature 3L releases.

3L josei and shoujo manga (2010.12.20)

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1. [Series Premiere] I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ (Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~) 1 of 2 by Yoshino Aki

Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~ 「シューカツ！！～キミに内定～」 by Yoshino Aki
AKA Job Hunting～Tentative Job Offer
Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei
Volume 1 (chapters 1-5) first published in Japan 2008.01

2. [Premiere] Kon Kon x Honey by Maita Nao

Kon Kon x Honey 「コンコン×ハニー」 by Maita Nao
AKA Con Con x Honey
Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo
This anthology (main story chapters 1-3 and three one-shots) first published in Japan 2007.08

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Sayaka, I Love You! shoujo manga by Wao Akira (m&c! street date: 21 April 2010)

Tokkou Sayaka ☆ I Love You © Wao Akira/Shogakukan (First serialized in Ciao)
Published in Indonesia as Sayaka, I Love You! by PT Gramedia/m&c!

Sayaka, I Love You!

By Wao Akira
Original title: 特攻サヤカ☆愛羅武勇 (Tokkou Sayaka ☆ I Love You)
Shogakukan, originally serialized in Ciao, shoujo
This volume first released in Japan 2007.12
Published in Indonesia 2010.04 by Gramedia/m&c!

May contain [SPOILERS]

Synopsis

Sayaka and Aoi's rabu rabu relationship goes to the dogs when another yankee girl Shizuka marches in to snatch Aoi from Sayaka's "clutches." The original Yankee Girl, however, is not about to let the interloper get her way!

So, apparently, Sayaka, I Love You! is related to the earlier-released Yankee Girl (Tokkou Sayaka Yoroshiku) in that it is a sequel.

m&c! Sayaka, I Love You! street date: 21 April 2010

~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) via m&c! on facebook

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