Sugar Family 6 of 6, Gunslinger Girl 12, Ugly Duckling Become Swan 10 (m&c! 13 April 2011 manga and manhwa) [UPDATED]

Top DO WANT!s of this seriously manhwa m&c! release are both manga. Go figure. (Keeping my promise to Kia-chan and Cyan-san to not just list releases.)

Sugar☆Family © Hagio Akira/Hakusensha
[First serialized in LaLa DX]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!

“I can't always be your little sister.”

Yuka's heart wavers over Taichi's closeness to his “new little sister,” even as Arata presses Yuka to choose between him and her step-brother. Yuka picks...

Yup, the last volume 6 of the sibcestuous Sugar Family #loveComplexity streets this week. Don't imitate me, forgetting to GET! because of drooling over the new Hwang MiRee manhwa. (More on this below.)

But before the fluffy manhwa attack (that prompted tweep freakenari-san to tell m&c!: Just run your sword through me now!), let's detour to a manga rife with vengeance, blood and other dark things:

Gunslinger Girl 12 of 13+ by Aida Yu

The Croce Incident continues to haunt Gian and Giose. The brothers' hatred peaks when the affair's mastermind returns and obliterates two SWA cyborgs. Revenge takes a temporary back seat as Giose faces a nodus of clashing interests: save cyborg assassin Henrietta, bleeding to death on the battlefront, or allow her to rest in peace... forever.

Gunslinger Girl 12 compiles chapters 67 through 73: A New Family, The Croce Affair (Parts 1-4), Fantasma (Part 2) and Addio. [*NOT m&c!'s titles] Let's hope m&c! doesn't take the same amount of time the Japanese publisher did to release volume 13 (one full year).

I double feature ♥ Ugly Duckling Become Swan 10 and the ♥ penultimate Sandwich Girl (volume 7) Below the Cut to intro the promised debuts, the culprits of the Sugar Family sin of omission.

m&c! new manhwa

Crab Kiss and Say Say Say © Hwang MiRee/Samyang

NOT (yet) Crazy Girl Shin Bia series from Hwang MiRee (that's still upcoming). For now we get the Secret Kiss Crab Kiss and Radio Love Triangle Say Say Say—plus the Elite School Romance Idol's Love Story, the latter from Han YuRang, who, like HMR, can crank out 72 series (and counting) because of a gaggle of assistants.

Say Say Say is the story of Yun Say, a high school girl who streams radio broadcasts from home, and her true-blue listener, Timeless. Yun Say is convinced she will someday meet Timeless face to face, but fate messes up her plans — throwing at Yun Say two bishies who exemplify polarity: cute and sweet En Jun Hwi × handsome and arrogant Seo Young Won. (I already know who I favorite.)

The Say Say Say romance promises complexity as only HMR can craft it, if the Radio Show, Friends Become Lovers, Friends Betrayal, Cool Male Lead, Boy Band tags Baka-Updates users append to this soonjung manhwa are any indication. [Moar previews and NikBabble© after the release list.]

☂, II Similar to last week, the restocked [RE-STO] shoujo manga overwhelm the STO/Standing Order, a trend that maintains till the 20 April release as m&c! apparently spring-cleans. But unlike last or next week, the 4.13 holdovers count Psychic Detective Yakumo (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru) 1 and 2 by Miyako Ritsu & Kaminaga Manabu among the escapees.

m&c! manhwa and manga (2011.04.13)

1. [Series Premiere] Crab Kiss 1 of 10 by Hwang MiRee

Crab Kiss 「Crab Kiss 크랩키스」 by Hwang MiRee Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung Volume 1 first published in Korea 2005.12

2. Gunslinger Girl 12 of 13+ by Aida Yu

Gunslinger Girl by Aida Yu 「ＧＵＮＳＬＩＮＧＥＲ　ＧＩＲＬ」 MediaWorks Dengeki Daioh, shounen Volume 12 (chapters 67-73) first published in Japan 2010.04

Other languages
English Gunslinger Girl (ADV Manga, dropped; last volume 6 per 2007.11 and Seven Seas: volume 7 street date: 2011.08.02), French (Kazé Editions: Tome 12 per 2010.11), Italian (Shin Vision), German (EMA/Egmont Manga & Anime), Russian (Sakura-Press), traditional Chinese 神槍少女 (Kadokawa Media Taiwan: volume 10 released 2010.10)

Adaptations
Madhouse's 13-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2003 to February 2004 on Fuji TV and Animax, followed by the Artland-produced sequel, Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-, also 13 episodes, telecast on Tokyo MX TV from January to March 2008. Two episodes of the Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OAV were released in October 2008.

The seiyuu cast changed from the first anime to the Il Teatrino sequel:

Role	1st	2nd
Henrietta	Nanri Yuuka	Akutsu Kana
Rico	Mitsuhashi Kanako	Shiono Anri
Triela	Sendai Eri	Enomoto Atsuko
Claes	Koshimizu Ami	Mizuno Risa
Angelica	Terakado Hitomi	Hanazawa Kana

3. [Series Premiere] Idol's Love Story (Nobles' Love Company) 1 of 15 by Han YuRang

Nobles' Love Company 「IDOL SCHOOL OF 귀족연애사」 by Han YuRang Samyang, soonjung Volume 1 first published in Korea 2006.09

4. My Sweet Home 6 of 6 by MARU & Kim JinHee [Finale]

My Sweet Home. 「My Sweet Home 마이 스위트 홈」 by MARU & Kim JinHee Daiwon C.I., soonjung Volume 6 first published in Korea 2007.12

5. Sandwich Girl 7 of 8 by Han YuRang

Sandwich Girl 「샌드위치 걸」 by Han YuRang Samyang, soonjung Volume 7 first published in Korea 2006.12

6. [Series Premiere] Say Say Say 1 of 7 by Hwang MiRee

Say Say Say 「세이 세이 세이 (Say Say Say)」 by Hwang MiRee Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung Volume 1 first published in Korea 2007.09

7. Sugar Family 6 of 6 by Hagio Akira [Finale]

Sugar☆Family 「シュガー☆ファミリー」 by Hagio Akira Hakusensha LaLa DX, shoujo Volume 6 first published in Japan 2009.11

8. Ugly Duckling Become Swan (Miunohri to Swan) 10 of 13 by Hwang MiRee

Miunohri to Swan 「미운오리 백조되기」 by Hwang MiRee Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung Volume 10 first published in Korea 2007.12

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[RE-STO] Restocked (2011.04.13)

• Lead My Future (Hoshiyomi no Yogensha) by Kawase Natsuna
• Little Beans in Love (Ayakashi Tennen Beans) by Minami Sachi
• Love Strategy (Yoka Onago Nyuumon) by Hozuki Souta
• March Our Hearts Together (Kono Sora ni Hibike) by Shibano Yuka
• Miracle Ice Angel (Kururinpa!) by Imai Yasue
• My Cinderella (Watashi no Cinderella) by Kawase Natsuna
• Mysterious Thief Milky Drop (Kaitou Thief Milky Drop) by Iwaoka Meme
• Ninja & The Crescent Moon Princess (Hitai ni Mikazuki) by Tokeino Hari
• Psychic Detective Yakumo (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru) 1 of 2 by Miyako Ritsu & Kaminaga Manabu
• Psychic Detective Yakumo 2 of 2 by Miyako Ritsu & Kaminaga Manabu
• Red Devil of Onigawara Yokocho (Onigawara Yokochou Sanchoume) 1 of 2 by Yagami Chitose
• Red Devil of Onigawara Yokocho 2 of 2 by Yagami Chitose
• Rokka-chan's Love Another Story (Rokka-chan no Koi: Okawari!) by Fujita Nimi
• She's Kids! by Kitagawa Miyuki
• Since I Met You (Nanatsu Uekara Aishiteru) by Morishita Nodoka
• Sweet Sweet Darling (Konpeitou Darling) by Morio Masami
• Touch of Emptiness (Kara no Shounen) by Fujitsuka Yuki
• Twinkle Cherry by Obara Shou
• When Love is Hiding (Koigokoro Senpukuchuu) by Shiumi Saki
• When You Look Like an Angel by Miyawaki Yukino

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Happy Café 14, Sparkling Gingachou 9, Beauty Pop 7 (m&c! 16 June 2010 manga)

Shiawase Kissa 3-chome © Matsuzuki Kou/Hakusensha (Serialized in Hana to Yume)
Published in Indonesia as Happy Café by PT Gramedia/m&c!

Contains [SPOILERS!]

We're thisclose to saying Ba-ha-hye! to an m&c! shoujo manga pair ex borderline-nerdy Hana to Yume: Happy Café and Sparkling Gingachou, which have their penultimates out on the 16th.

In volume 14 of Matsuzuki Kou's reverse harem comedy turned drama with some sekuhara thrown in Happy Café:

Takamura Uru pressures Ichirou-kun and Abekawa Kazura to accompany her in tracking down a woman Uru suspects might be Shindou-san's mom. While Uru's busying herself with someone else's possible 'rent, her own family life sprouts another mystery. Uru's new neighbor is a bit too forward for comfort, the overfamiliarity apparently stemming from some kind of connection with Uru's dad.

From Shiawase Kissa 3-chome Happy Café Bonheur we hop, skip, and jump over to the Sparkling Gingachou shopping district a childhood sextet calls home. In Kirameki Gingachou Shoutengai volume 9 —

The grocery store's Mike and the fishmonger's Kuro finally admit their feelings for each other, but how will the rest of the Galaxy Street pals take to the newborn coupleship? Or is the foursome more concerned with respective love lives (or lack thereof) and post high school graduation futures to really pay attention?

k, that takes care of blurbing the first two post title mentions. Now for a preview of One of These Things is Not Like the Others, This One's from Ciao, Beauty Pop volume 7 by Arai Kiyoko:

Not!Narumi's shenanigans sling mud at the real deal, making the Scissors Project star the target of the female student body's ire. How will Kiri and honmono Narumi sideline the troublemaker?

VIZ's English Beauty Pop 7 blurb, meanwhile, points out another problem: Kiri still hasn't made up her mind over what career to pursue after graduation. Can Narumi's I'm going to turn pro, what else? resolve help Kiri decide her (hairstylist) vocation?

NEW TITLES: I Wish I Could Fly by Moto Naoko

Triple-launched I Wish I Could Fly is a hysterical, I mean, historical shoujo drama from Lady Victorian and Antique Romantic manga-ka Moto Naoko. The Princess serial originally titled Corset ni Tsubasa features orphaned tomboy Christine, sent off to a girls' boarding school by relatives after her father's death. What fate awaits her at the academy that sorts students into upper, lower, and special classes? [With additions from Which Scanlations's description, excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga]

In Japan, Corset ni Tsubasa was released in six volumes (from 2008.01 to 2010.03), but m&c! only has three, with the third designated as the finale. This makes me suspect m&c!'s either releasing omnibus editions or shipping just the first three. (Wouldn't be the first time the latter has happened; m&c! also released only one Backstage Prince volume (volume 2) and billed that a standalone.)

Other 16 June 2010 m&c! highlights:

• Giacomo Dante, architect of the “Cloche Incident,” returns in Gunslinger Girl 11, and with the Five Republics movement, demands that Aaron Cicero and 50 other imprisoned terrorists be freed. Gian and Giose vow to stop Giacomo, even if it means sacrificing the cyborgs.
• I have a split personality? Ai's mind whirls at Noda's conclusion, prompting her to ask friend Haruka to help lay the matter to rest in Jun X Ai Sensation volume 2.
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures: Four more thrilling tales of planets in peril and Jedi in jeopardy! Or so goes Dark Horse's Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 6 hype. The latest in the micro-series are It Takes a Thief, The Drop, To the Vanishing Point, and Means and Ends.

m&c! manga, manhua, and AMERO comics (2010.06.16)

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1. Beauty Pop 7 of 10 by Arai Kiyoko

Beauty Pop 「 ビューティーポップ 」 by Arai Kiyoko AKA Beauty Pop Stage 2¹ Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo Volume 7 first published in Japan 2006.11

NOTES
¹ Beauty Pop underwent a short hiatus but returned October 2006 under the title Beauty Pop Stage 2. The “sequel” covers volumes 7 to 10. The tankoubon releases, however, are still titled Beauty Pop.

OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Beauty Pop is published in English by VIZ Media (10 volumes); in French by Soleil; and in traditional Chinese by Tong Li.

Beauty Pop is serialized in Indonesian in Cherry.

ADAPTATIONS
A Beauty Pop drama CD was released in November 2004, starring seiyuu Minagawa Junko as Koshiba Kiri, Seki Tomokazu as Narumi Shogo, Makoto Aoki as Ochiai Kazuhiko, Shimono Hiro as Minami Kei, Kurata Masayo as Aoyama Kanako, Shimozaki Hiroshi as Komatsu Taro, and Hoshino Mitsuaki as Koshiba Seiji.

2. Gunslinger Girl 11 of 12+ by Aida Yu

Gunslinger Girl by Aida Yu 「 ＧＵＮＳＬＩＮＧＥＲ　ＧＩＲＬ 」 MediaWorks Dengeki Daioh, shounen Volume 11 first published in Japan 2009.07

Volume 11 contains chapters:

• 59: A Caged Memory (記憶の檻 Kioku no Ori)
• 60-62: Vendetta (ヴェンデッタ) (Parts 3-5)
• 63: Beatrice (べアトリーチェ)
• 64: Battlefield of the Vanquished (敗者の戦場 Haisha no Senjō)
• 65: Welcome Home, Enrica (おかえりエンリカ Okaeri Enrika)
• 66: The Blue Prince (青色の王子 Aoi no Ōji)

OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS
Gunslinger Girl was first published in English by ADV Manga (dropped; last volume 6 released 2007.11.28). Seven Seas picked up the license and is expected to re-release the first six books in omnibus format, before releasing single volumes from volume 7. The action manga is translated into French by Asuka Comics; in Italian by Shin Vision; in German by EMA (Egmont Manga & Anime); in Russian by Sakura-Press; and in traditional Chinese by Kadokawa Media (Taiwan).

ADAPTATIONS
A 13-episode anime adaptation by Madhouse aired in Japan from October 2003 to February 2004 on Fuji TV and Animax, followed by the Artland-produced sequel, Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-, also 13 episodes, telecast on Tokyo MX TV from January to March 2008. Two episodes of the Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OAV were released in October 2008.

The seiyuu cast changed from the first anime to the Il Teatrino sequel:

Role	1st	2nd
Henrietta	Nanri Yuuka	Akutsu Kana
Rico	Mitsuhashi Kanako	Shiono Anri
Triela	Sendai Eri	Enomoto Atsuko
Claes	Koshimizu Ami	Mizuno Risa
Angelica	Terakado Hitomi	Hanazawa Kana

3. Happy Café (Shiawase Kissa 3-chome) 14 of 15 by Matsuzuki Kou

Shiawase Kissa 3-chome 「 幸福喫茶３丁目 」 by Matsuzuki Kou Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo Volume 14 first published in Japan 2009.08

OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS
Happy Café is published in English by TOKYOPOP (volume 2 released 2010.03.30 • volume 3 street date: 2010.06.29). A traditional Chinese version is released by Sharp Point Press (Taiwan).

ADAPTATIONS
Geneon Entertainment released two 幸福喫茶３丁目 drama CDs in 2007: the first shipped 25 January; the second on 24 October. Seiyuu Kanda Akemi, Toriumi Kousuke, and Sugiyama Noriaki voiced protagonists Takamura Uru, Shindou Satsuki, and Nishikawa Ichirou.

4. [Premiere] I Wish I Could Fly (Corset ni Tsubasa) 1 of 3 by Moto Naoko

Corset ni Tsubasa 「 コルセットに翼 」 by Moto Naoko Akita Shoten Princess, shoujo Volume 1 first published in Japan 2008.01

5. [New] I Wish I Could Fly (Corset ni Tsubasa) 2 of 3 by Moto Naoko

Volume 2 first published in Japan 2008.06

6. [New] I Wish I Could Fly (Corset ni Tsubasa) 3 of 3 by Moto Naoko

Volume 3 first published in Japan 2008.12

7. Jun X Ai Sensation (Jun'ai Sensation) 2 of 5+ by Oobayashi Miyuki

Jun'ai Sensation 「 純★愛センセーション 」 by Oobayashi Miyuki Shogakukan ChuChu Comics, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.02

8. Long Hu Men (Oriental Heroes) 168: Pertarungan Akhir by Tony Wong

Long Hu Men by Tony Wong Culturecom

9. Sparkling Gingachou (Kirameki Gingachou Shoutengai) 9 of 10 by Fujimoto Yuki

Kirameki Gingachou Shoutengai 「 キラメキ☆銀河町商店街 」 by Fujimoto Yuki AKA Sparkling Galaxy Town Shopping Center Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo Volume 9 first published in Japan 2009.04

ADAPTATIONS
A キラメキ☆銀河町商店街 drama CD about the six childhood friends who grew up in the Galaxy Street shopping district was released by Geneon Entertainment on 2007.11.21, starring seiyuu Kawakami Tomoko, Fukuyama Jun, Ikezawa Haruna, Mizuno Manabi, Hoshi Souichirou, Taniyama Kishô, and Takahashi Hiroki.

10. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 6 of 10 (Lucasfilm Ltd., Dark Horse Comics)

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 6 by Haden Blackman, Thomas Andrews, Fillbach Brothers, Stewart McKenny Dark Horse (2006.08.09) Featuring It Takes a Thief, The Drop, To the Vanishing Point, and Means and Ends

NOTE
¹ Source: m&c! (artwork)
² All listed GN are priced at IDR 15,000, except Long Hu Men 168 (SRP: IDR 60,000) and Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 6 (IDR 45,000)
³ Links like this are Amazon.com (or other online merchants) search and/or product links (commercial), in case you're interested in another language version.

~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03)

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other currently available manga (16 June 2010 street date)

• Elex Media: Fairy Tail 6 · Katsu! 5 · A Kiss for My Prince 2 · Legend of Nereid 8 · New Legenda Naga 5 · New Sexy Simpleton 2 · Otoboke Section Chief 3 · Rakka Ryuusui 1 by Sanada Ikki · Sanzoku Ou 1 by Sawada Hirofumi · School Rumble 11 · Vampire Knight 1 by Hino Matsuri · With My Brothers 6 · Nakayoshi 81 · Shonen Star 66
• Level Comics: Aflame Inferno 2 · Air Gear 12 · Psychometrist Eiji 13 · Priest 6 · Vagabond 32 · xxxHOLiC 8

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