All these shoujo manga streeted on 22nd June 2011.
1) When Love is Blooming by Shiumi Saki
Rating: 7 of 10
Kisahnya masih merupakan lanjutan dari When Love is Growing. Terdiri dari 3 chapter, Blended Love,
Jealous Love
dan Blooming Love.
Nothing special, masih merupakan kisah percintaan di sekolah antara Hijiri dan Ritsuka. Artwork oke namun ceritanya sendiri tidak meninggalkan kesan yang berarti.
In case you have a Valentine hangover, you might want to consider dipping into some moar Love is Everywhere manga and here are our recs. Who knows you might win in m&c!'s lucky draw if you buy these from selected Gramedia outlets (details here)
Kiss Me After School! by Shiiba Nana
Review/recommendation by Lina-chan
Rating: 8.5/10
Houkago Kiss © Shiiba Nana/Shogakukan
Published in Indonesia as Kiss Me After School! by Gramedia/m&c!
Kumpulan kisah cinta di sekolah yang romatis, fun dan sweet. Ada pasangan cewek tidak populer dan cowok sangar (Kiss Me After School, Another Kiss Me After School), cewek talent scout yang jatuh cinta dengan model cowok (Produce An Angel) dan cewek ceroboh yang jatuh hati dengan ketua osis yang perfeksionis (Prince Lock On). Jangan lupakan juga komik 4 panel yang menghiasi setiap kisahnya. Sangat lucu dan membuat komik ini makin oke
Read more »This m&c! Love is Everywhere shoujo manga—Boy Meets Girl by Robico—might've flown in under your radar, so we're highlighting it as one of our Valentine 2011 picks.
Boy×Mitsu×Girl © Robico/Kodansha
[First serialized in Dessert]
Published in Indonesia as Boy Meets Girl by Gramedia/m&c!
Boy Meets Girl by Robico ♥ Because Fate sed so
Review/Recommendation by Kia (Some rights reserved)
Rating: 7.5/10
Quick Summary
A compilation of four short stories:
Boy Meets Girl
Former baseball geek Nishino makes himself over into a hip high school boy. He reunites with his unrequited love in middle school, shy girl Akagawa, during a casual middle school reunion. After some thoughts and multiple encounters, the two are finally able to reach each other's heart.
Masamune-kun's Advice
Cheri-kun, who dreams of becoming a shoujo manga-ka, sights Sakura as his perfect, pure heroine. One day, he catches her in the act and her "pure" demeanor is laid bare before him. Does he dump his manga muse? No, he discovers a new feeling like he never felt before.
Rainbow House
Rinko just got dumped by her boyfriend and is stranded in a Ramen shack. A couple of rants and tears later, a college guy, Tetsunosuke, decides haul her to his apartment temporarily until she gets a proper job. But he's a straight face with no mercy for a jobless girl?
Twinkle Star
Misato wants to be a singer but every audition she attends rejects her for her "ordinary" voice. She decides to give up upon singing until she meets a cheerful street fortune teller who decides to take her out for some fresh air. After venting her anger on a starry sky, she takes back what she said before.
Kirei ni Naritai © Yorita Miyuki/Kodansha [Serialized in Dessert]
Published in Indonesia as To be Beautiful by Elex Media/Level Comics
There's a biscuit that can make a person beautiful? Satsuki meets the beautiful Shimokitazawa Seika, who flogs just such an item and is a walking, fast-talking ad for her product. Satsuki is lured into parting with her money after Misako refuses to concoct an acne medication for her.
At first, the pricey biscuit lives up to its outlandish claim and Satsuki's pimples clear up. But as more time passes, Satsuki ends up in debt and friends start giving her a wide berth.
What exactly is Seika's objective? Find out in To be Beautiful 5, out now.
The complete list of Level Comics manga (and one ROMIC/BD) below:
¹ Sources: Elex STO 8 December 2010 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² GN are priced at IDR 18,500 each except Desert Love (SRP: 17,000), Subaru 11 (IDR 19,500) and Spirou dan Fantasio - Bayangan Z (IDR 38,000)
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
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