Silent Love by Hattori Miki and Otomental 1 by Yokoyama Mayumi (3L Comics 12 January 2012 shoujo manga)

Otomental © Yokoyama Mayumi/Shogakukan [First serialized in Betsucomi] · Ninkoi © Hattori Miki/Shogakukan [First serialized in Sho-Comi]. Published in Indonesia as Otomental and Silent Love by Tiga Lancar Comic

Ninkoi. Have you passed the Love Law!?

Sixteen y.o. ninja Kamui Shinobu is on her way to bodyguard famous actor Kitaoji Kou. Shinobu secretly admires Kou and this first mission is Bad for her (noisy) heart. Because a ninja AB-SO-LUTE-LY must not fall in love with her master.

Can Kou's selfishness and S-attitude prevent Shinobu from breaking the unbreakable rule? See Silent Love, one of two 3L shoujo manga debuts this release, for the has-to-be-negative answer :D (I lurved Hattori Miki's delish Heart, Body & XX even more than Not!Sibcest He Is More Than My Brother, so of course, I blurb Silent Love first. Additionally, ex-Sho-Comi Ninkoi is an "office romance" LOL.)

I preview 3L's newest Yokoyama Mayumi series—the Delinquents, Childhood Friends, Love Triangles, First Kiss, First Love, Otomental—after the two-point release list.

Other Hattori Miki manga
3L has published all to date—I already mentioned Heart, Body & XX (Kokoro mo Karada mo xx mo...) and He Is More Than My Brother (Sono Otoko, Oniichan Ijou)—so none remain after Rated For Teens Silent Love/Ninkoi's release. Unless you refer to one-shots. Hattori Miki has contributed one of seven pure love stories in Houkago, Kimi to Koi o Shite., the 2010.04-vintage Flower Comics anthology top-billed by Ikeyamada Go. (I think the one-shot is titled Kanpekina Kimi, Donkan'na Anata.) A couple more one-shots appear in May I Take Your Glasses Off? Megane - Hazushitemo Ii desu ka? (another antho led by Ikeyamada Go; Flower Comics: 2009.07; the Megane Danshi wo Hitorijime ♥ one-shot) and the Sho-Comi Girl's Collection Onnanoko wa Koi o Suru to Mousou Shichaun desu. headlined by Minase Ai (Flower Comics: 2010.12).

3L shoujo manga (2012.01.12)

1. [Series Premiere] Otomental vol 1 of 2 by Yokoyama Mayumi

Otomental 「オトメンタル」 by Yokoyama Mayumi
Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2007.09

2. [Premiere] Silent Love (Ninkoi) by Hattori Miki

Ninkoi 「忍恋」 by Hattori Miki
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2011.01

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Heart Body & XX by Hattori Miki and Animal Temptation by Momono Miku (3L shoujo manga out nau~)

Streeted 3 November 2011 according to Angelzon.

Yuuwaku Animal © Momono Miku/Shogakukan [Flower Comics] · Kokoro mo Karada mo xx mo... © Hattori Miki/Shogakukan [First serialized in Sho-Comi].
Published in Indonesia as Animal Temptation and Heart, Body & XX by Tiga Lancar Comic/3L

I have a fondness for Hattori Miki's He Is More Than My Brother, so leading with Heart, Body & XX:

School idol Erika would be perfect except for one thing: she's got this love affair with sweets going. And one day, this guy sees her stuffing her face with cake.

The guy—not exactly known for pulling his punches—tells Erika: "Be my girlfriend if you don't want anyone to know about this."

Oh no! What should Erika do nau? as Chibi Manga poses in its Kokoro mo Karada mo xx mo... lowdown.

From a girl who loves to eat to one who's about to be...eaten!? Yup, that's the premise of Momono Miku's Animal Temptation, and this being shoujo manga we're talkin' about, you can bet there's a   [DEWASA] Mature audiences only advisory slapped on it.

Too close! He looks like he's about to devour meee~!

It all started with a private tutoring stint. My newest pupil is a selfish guy who emanates pheromones even a predator would be proud of. How am I supposed to protect myself from that??

Please enjoy this sweet and sexy love story, 3L requests.

In addition to antho-namer Animal Temptation, this omnibus from Sensitive Area's manga-ka also includes Nora kareshi, Kagami no Kuni no MitsujiOuji-sama no shinshitsu (The Prince's Bedroom) and Zoku Yuuwaku Animal (Moar Animal Temptation) [*NOT 3L's titles]

Already name-dropped a couple of Hattori Miki and Momono Miku manga 3L published earlier, but s'more (pending licensing?) available below the release list.

3L/Tiga Lancar Comic shoujo manga (2011.11.03)

1. [Premiere] Animal Temptation (Yuuwaku Animal) by Momono Miku

Yuuwaku Animal 「誘惑アニマル」 by Momono Miku
Shogakukan Flower Comics, shoujo
This anthology first published in Japan 2009.09

2. [Premiere] Heart, Body & XX (Kokoro mo Karada mo xx mo...) by Hattori Miki

Kokoro mo Karada mo xx mo... 「心も体も××も...。」 by Hattori Miki
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2010.06

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Today the Love Begin 10, Boys Girl 2, He is More Than My Brother by Hattori Miki (3L shoujo manga out now) [UPDATED]

Please keep praying for Japan and/or do something to help the 3.11 quake and tsunami victims. ANN reports that all Shogakukan (and Shueisha) manga creators have checked in safe (Minami Kanan, Hattori Miki and Nagayama Ei, whose manga appear here, are all Shogakukan manga-ka).

Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu © Minami Kanan/Shogakukan [Serialized in Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as Today, the Love begin by Tiga Lancar Semesta/3L

Conventional wisdom holds that DAL (Deep Abiding Love) grows deeper following the resolution of UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension), but in fic terms, the development doesn't make for gripping reading. (Why else do you think stories end just when They lived happily ever after?) Minami Kanan-sensei is obviously aware of this because the Happy Happy “honeymoon” between Tsubaki and Kyota soon founders on angst, or so promises the back cover blurb of Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu/Today, the Love begin volume 10.

The following contains   [SPOILERS!]

So even in the midst of seriously delish nookie (Tsubaki and Kyota Did It in the previous volume, remember?), Tsubaki continues to worry. Worry escalates to full-blown anxiety when Kyota's mom comes to visit him on his birthday. Kyota turns her away and refuses to accept the birthday gift she got for him. Tsubaki who wants to be Kyota's pillar of strength then decides to...

Read what's next in Today, the Love begin 10, out now.

New 3L title: He Is More Than My Brother by Hattori Miki

3L's latest shoujo anthology is He Is More Than My Brother, Hattori Miki-sensei's Sono Otoko, Oniichan Ijou, first serialized in Sho-Comi.

Sono Otoko, Oniichan Ijou
© Hattori Miki/
Shogakukan [Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as
He Is More Than My Brother
by Tiga Lancar Comic

An earns the nickname Brother Complex because at sweet 16, she remains single and lives only for Big Bro. But the way An looks at it, as long as she has oniichan, she doesn't need a boyfriend. An's childhood pal Souya disagrees. Souya, the polar opposite of An's brother, then ups and confesses to An.

Herein lies the dilemma: An professes to hate Souya, but how come her heart races in his presence? Does this mean An's about to be cured of her brother complex?

Hattori Miki-sensei also created Kokoro mo Karada mo xx mo....

I preview Nagayama Ei-sensei's Boys Girl 2 after the manga list. I don't know whether Boys Girl 2 is rated for   [DEWASA] or Mature audiences, but He Is More Than My Brother and Today, the Love begin 10 definitely are.

3L shoujo manga (2011.03.14)

1. Boys Girl 2 of 3 by Nagayama Ei

Boys Girl 「ボーイズ・ガール」 by Nagayama Ei
Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.04

2. [Premiere] He is More Than My Brother (Sono Otoko, Oniichan Ijou) by Hattori Miki

Sono Otoko, Oniichan Ijou 「そのオトコ、お兄ちゃん以上」
by Hattori Miki
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2009.10

3. Today, The Love Begin (Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu) 10 of 11+ by Minami Kanan

Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu 「今日、恋をはじめます」 by Minami Kanan
Shogakukan Sho-Comi and Sho-Comi Zoukan, shoujo
Volume 10 (chapters 59-65) first published in Japan 2010.10

Other languages
German 3, 2, 1... Liebe! (Tokyopop Germany; Band 9 per 2011.01) and traditional Chinese 今天開始談戀愛 (Ever Glory Taiwan)

Adaptations
A JC Staff anime OAD, starring seiyuu Itō Kanae (Hibino Tsubaki) and Namikawa Daisuke (Tsubaki Kyota). The first episode was bundled with manga volume 9 (Japan release: 2010.06.25), the second with volume 10 (2010.10.26). The third episode released as a standard and premium DVD (2011.02.25).

A Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu: Hatsukoi no Prelude light novel was written by Takase Yunoka. Manga-ka Minami Kanan oversaw production of the novel which reprises the Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu story from Kyota's point of view. The novel streeted last February.

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