Yuri surfaces in 14th century B.C.E. Hattusa, the Hittite Empire capital, in the central Turkey region now known as Anatolia. (The reason why Red River/Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori is more commonly known as Anatolia Story.)
Neway, to answer the question: Yuri was abducted by the maleficent queen Nakia, who intends to sacrifice the 15-year-old maiden to eliminate two princes vying for the crown. (Wiki shares that the Hittite Empire at the time was only rivaled by Egypt, ruled then by Pharaoh Tutankhamen.) But before Yuri's blood is spilled, Prince Kail Mursili rescues her by announcing that Yuri is no longer unsullied, that he had already taken her virginity. (Another aside here: compare a similar “she may be carrying my child” claim made by the time-slipping Emperor to save girlfriend Mi ju in New Sexy Simpleton 7.)
Later, the prince agrees to help Yuri return home, but for that to happen, they first have to retrieve the 20th century clothes Yuri came in from the queen. Not a simple task as—as Baka-Updates Manga points out—the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing interest in each other, keep those plans delayed.
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Volume previews continued
Yakumo goes to Amara to save Pai, trapped in Neglowni's studio, and is attacked by Hahn who, by all rights, should already be dead.
Meanwhile, Kaiyanwan plans to blow up Amara. Can Yakumo and Pai escape before Amara disappears into oblivion?
Convicted stock shirosagi Kuruma Kyosuke is up to his old tricks, evidently not learning repentance lessons from four and half years of incarceration. This time, using a dummy corporation as front, he lays traps for investors. Kurosagi wants to investigate Kuruma, but Katsuragi refuses to cough up any information on the white swindler.
Aided by Hayase, Kurosagi persists in his pursuit of Kuruma. But Hayase's information miss blows Kurosagi's cover. Can Kurosagi escape Kuruma's clutches?
Her suspicions piqued by her parents' reticence, Aoi digs through old documents to discover the truth about Izuru's birth. She unearths a photograph that just might be the key to solving the mystery. Meanwhile, Izuru regains part of his lost memories and breaks down upon remembering his childhood trauma.
Who is Izuru, really? And how will Aoi react after learning his identity?
“We need to be more proactive!”
Seeing Ushijima-san's condition worsening, Aoi proposes an aggressive medical care regime. Fortunately, ER head Misato agrees.
Ushijima's daughter seems to welcome the more aggressive treatment and acts cheerfully around her father. Ushijima's wife, however, loses hope and decides on a shocking course of action.
Can Aoi prevent a worst case scenario from happening?
Shino Ryoko falls for a guy driving Roadstar, and how! She even goes as far as letting herself get drenched by rain, just so she can meet Dream(y) Guy. She justifies the extreme measures by saying, “His driving is perfect!”
Level sez this Bus, Variations on a Theme
-tagged anthology compiles nine short stories, centering around bus stops and the dreams and yearnings of the people who wait there. Storm in Heaven (description excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga) meanwhile sez the omnibus contains two parts, Bus Hashiru (originally serialized in the seinen Comic Bunch) and Nanairo Sekai (shoujo Melody), and enumerates the following as the contents:
Sky-Winding Bus Stop
Sakura Street Bus Stop
Wasurena Hill Bus Stop
Weather Forecast
Dudleya Road
The Glasses Thief
(ex Nanairo Sekai)Adult-Uniform
(ex Nanairo Sekai)
I suggest GET! to confirm the actual contents of this IDR 25,000-priced antho.
Sahara Mizu-sensei uses Sahara Mizu for her seinen works, among them, her current Comic Bunch serial, My Girl, the Shinkai Makoto-authored Hoshi no Koe or Voices of a Distant Star and Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho or The Place Promised in Our Early Days, as well as Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan, the manga adapt of South Korean author Gong JiYoung's novel. But she creates BL manga as Yumeka Sumomo.
Soul and Maka's remedial lessons proceed apace, with the pair battling Dr. Franken Stein, the most powerful Death Weapon Meister Academy alumnus and the culprit behind Sid-sensei's transformation. Franken Stein's immense soul outclasses even Black*Star that Soul and Maka can only quail before it.
Can Maka overcome her fear and emerge from the assignment unscathed?
[With additions from Yen Press' Soul Eater, Vol. 2 description]
Wiki meanwhile adds that a new student enrolls at the DWMA and faces off with Soul and Black*Star.
Soul Eater volume 2 contains chapters:
002. Remedial Lesson (Part 2)
003. The ‘New Student’ and ‘Soul Observation’
004. Demon Sword (Part 1)
005. Demon Sword (Part 2)
Not only are Goldsmith and Broughton hunting them down, the police are also on the tail of the three Japanese nationals on the run in the Mexican desert.
As if mortal threats weren't enough, Ena is haunted by guilt over having killed someone. She succumbs to the strain and shoots Seruma, before going off to face death herself!
Wilderness volume 4 contains chapters:
13 Somebody to Remember (1-3)
14 ALL THE SCARED RABBITS (1-3)
15 Bloodline (1-3)
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m&c!: Ugly Duckling Become Swan 4 · Female Wolf's Boy 7 · Misunderstand Girl and Angry Prince by Shiumi Saki · Bakugan Battle Brawlers 11 · Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War 7 · Love Survival by Sugiyama Miwako · Be A Naughty Girls 1 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin · Memory Eater 2 of 2 · Long Hu Men 172 · KOLONI: Intan Permata Rimba 1 by Hans Jaladara · Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 10 of 10 · Cherry 48/2010
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03) who thanks Level editor Lenny-san for the Red River artwork *bows*
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other upcoming manga (27 October 2010 street date)
Elex Media: HanaLaLa 53/2010 · Detektif Conan 58 · Pokonyan Pika-pika 1 by Fujiko F. Fujio · English School Wars 1 by Matsumoto Tomo · Kindaichi Special Case - The Phantom Of The Opera 2 of 2 · Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 17 · Otoboke Section Chief 7 · Godhand Teru 27 · Buso Renkin 10 of 10 · Lum, The Invader Girl 26 · With My Brothers 9 · Shonen Star 75/2010
related monthly schedules
October 2010
Premiering Red River by Shinohara Chie,Gun Smith Cats Burst by Sonoda Kenichi andHunt for the Thumb by Yamada Yuusuke (standalone)
September 2010
Premiering Sky of Love by Mika & Haneda Ibuki and The Duke and I by Hara Chieko
other invaluable resources
Baka-Updates Manga · Wikipedia · 7net Shopping · ANN
Taiyou no Mokushiroku 「太陽の黙示録」
by Kawaguchi Kaiji
Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
Volume 12 (chapters 80-86) first published in Japan 2006.07
Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards
Grand Prize winner for the comic category, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival
Other languages
French (Tonkam's Spirit of The Sun, tome 17: per 2009.12)
Adaptations
Adapted into an anime special by Madhouse (two episodes)