Roman Club 2, The Breaker 1 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan, Full House: Love Continues 1 by Won SooYeon (m&c! 16 November 2011 manga and manhwa) [UPDATE]

It was a toss-up between leading with The Breaker or Full House: Love Continues (yup, that's Full House II). The Breaker will just have to settle for Above the Cut newbie spotlight later when I turn this MinimaList into the usual extended NikBabble™. Edit: No longer a MinimaList

Full House II © Won SooYeon
Published in Indonesia as Full House: Love Continues by Gramedia/m&c!

Raider and Elli have been married a year yet they still act like they're on their honeymoon. What happens to all that lovey dovey bliss when Raider is implicated in an adulterous scandal with Sabina? How will Elli cope?

I've never read the prequel Full House nor watched its K-drama adapt; those two conditions plus two more reasons stop me from getting Full House: Love Continues: (1) Each volume retails for IDR 25,000—so you're looking at investing IDR 125,000 for the Full (House II) set—and (2) Peeps who've read it pan the first volume as average.

Not to be ungrateful *bows to m&c!* but rather than Full House II, I would've preferred Maerineun Uibakjoong—yes, that's Mary Stayed Out All Night—that was adapted into a K-drama like Full House. (Full House II likewise gets the live-action treatment, but you'll only see it from March 2012 onwards.)

Other Won SooYeon (or Won Soo Yeon; Sooyeon Won; Won Son Yeon; Won Su-Yeon; Won Suyeon; Woon Soo-yeon) manhwa include the angst, Bad Boy BL Let Dai (15 volumes) and the Romeo×Juliet-esque Elio and Yvette (10 volumes). I don't know if m&c! or any other Indonesian publisher ever licensed these series.

Word on The Breaker 1, however, has been positive with a capital P. What gives? Let's check out m&c!'s blurb:

The Breaker © Jeon KeukJin,
Park JinHwan
Daiwon C.I. [Young Daiwon]
Published in Indonesia
by Gramedia/m&c!

High school student Lee Shi Woon is no stranger to oppression. The target of bullies with alarming frequency, Shi Woon witnesses Han Chun Woo in action and resolves to become the martial artist's disciple. Especially after he learns that Han Chun Woo inspires fear even in the world of Murim, home to the toughest fighters.

Additional deets there from Baka-Updates Manga, which goes on to say that Chun Woo is actually an English teacher (aren't they all? Cf. Faster than a Kiss). Chun Woo agrees to train Shi Woon if the many-times victim leaps off a bridge to prove his intent.

It turns out, however, that Chun-Woo and his powers are more than meets the eye. Shioon makes a grand entrance into the hidden world of martial arts, and he is about to be taught by the best there is!

That's Chun Woo on the cover, BTW. (Thanks, @regular_ARI-san ^^v)

Baka-Updates adds that Part 1 of 3 ends with Volume 10 (the final volume tally I use), followed by The Breaker: New Waves (one volume per October 2011, ongoing). Moar on other manhwa from Jeon KeukJin and Park JinHwan after the release list, but lemme just note that Park JinHwan created Archlord and that Jeon KeukJin is co-credited for Ruler of the Land (published by Elex).

Other m&c! debuts: Lost Seven 1, written by Nakashima Kazuki and illustrated by Ko Yasung (originally serialized in Comic Blade), and 2 × one-shot tankou: Cinderella's Wish, originally Ayumi Rin's Usotsuki na Kanojo (ex-Sho-Comi) and Love That I Should Have (Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai) by Mizutani Ai, first serialized in Cheese!. Previews after the release list.

☆ There's also the latest in the Who? manhwa-bio series — Steve Jobs. You can bet the late visionary's 2005 Standford commencement address is the highlight.

m&c! manga (2011.11.16)

1. The Adventure of Yoshito-sama (Yoshito-sama!) vol 2 of 5+ by Shii Haruka

Yoshito-sama! 「よしとおさま！」 by Shii Haruka Shogakukan Gessan, shounen Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.05

2. [Premiere] Cinderella's Wish (Usotsuki na Kanojo) by Ayumi Rin

Usotsuki na Kanojo 「嘘つきなカノジョ」 by Ayumi Rin Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo This anthology first published in Japan 2011.01

3. Eighty Eight (88 Eighty Eight) vol 3 of 4+ by Namiki Hiromi

88 Eighty Eight 「８８　エイティエイト」 by Namiki Hiromi Kodansha Monthly Shonen Magazine, shounen Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.03

4. [Series Premiere] Lost Seven vol 1 of 4 by Nakashima Kazuki / Ko Yasung

Lost Seven 「ＬＯＳＴ　ＳＥＶＥＮ」 by Nakashima Kazuki / Ko Yasung Mag Garden Comic Blade, shounen Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.02

5. [Premiere] Love That I Should Have (Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai) by Mizutani Ai

Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai 「して、おけばよかった後悔」 by Mizutani Ai Shogakukan Cheese!, shoujo This anthology first published in Japan 2010.11

6. Roman Club vol 2 of 6 by Amano Kozue

Rouman Kurabu 「浪漫倶楽部」 by Amano Kozue Mag Garden (originally Square Enix, serialized in Shonen Gangan) shounen Volume 2 reissued in Japan 2005.08 under the Blade Comics imprint (First published in 1996.06 by Square Enix)

m&c! manhwa (2011.11.16)

1. [Series Premiere] The Breaker vol 1 of 10 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan

The Breaker 「브레이커 (THE BREAKER)」 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan Daiwon C.I. Young Daiwon, seinen Volume 1 first published in Korea 2007.08

Related series
Sequel: The Breaker: New Waves (one volume per 2011.10.31, ongoing)

2. [Series Premiere] Full House: Love Continues (Full House II) vol 1 of 5 by Won SooYeon

Full House II 「FULL HOUSE 풀 하우스 2부」 by Won SooYeon AKA Full House 2: Ally & Ryder's Second Story Chulganil (TBC), josei Volume 1 first published in Korea 2005.11

Related series
Prequel: Full House (16 volumes)

3. [Premiere] Komik Biografi: Who? Steve Jobs by Kim Wonsik & Studio ChungBi

m&c! manhua (2011.11.16)

• The Story of Wang Fenglei Season 2 Book Five by Tony Wong and Dick Kwong

The Story of Wang Fenglei Season 2 Directed and Produced by Tony Wong Illustrated by Dick Kwong Jade Dynasty

Related series
Prequel: The Story of Wang Fenglei (10 volumes)

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Bleach 43, Tabi and Fellow Travelers 2, Samurai Force 1 by Todono Seiuchiroh (m&c! 26 October 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Also new: Roman Club 1 by Amano Kozue and 7 Centi! Love & Friendship 1-3 of 3 by Nanajima Kana.

Eleven Soul © Todono Seiuchiroh/Mag Garden
[Serialized in Comic Blade]
Published in Indonesia as Samurai Force by Gramedia/m&c!

Settle for MinimaList for nau~ Will be back later with deets AKA NikBabble™ and artwork. Done, albeit mucho, mucho delayed :P

Takemichi is suddenly promoted to the elite Samurai Force. With no military background whatsoever, can he survive?

Methinks we need a bit more background to Samurai Force than m&c!'s tease: Japan, mid-21st century: the government creates a "samurai" unit to challenge the dominance of the Shahel, immortality gene- and biohazard hybrids ravaging the North and South American continents. The Samurai Force deploys nano-machine-enhanced soldiers to combat the menace that wipes out even the United States. Tsukahara Takemichi finds himself the newest member of the 1st platoon. [Adapted from Baka-Updates Manga's Eleven Soul description]

Gene Splice × Uniforms Samurai Force debuted in 2006 in Comic Blade, and the shounen mecha action continues (to serialize) in that mangazine. The first tankou was compiled by August 2006, the latest volume 11 streeted as of 8 October.

Samurai Force represents the second Todono Seiuchiroh manga m&c! has licensed; the first, Innocent Blade Unveil, launched last September. For other Todono Seiuchiroh manga « click that link. I don't think any sea change swamped Todono-sensei's backlist since I last wrote about it.

Rest of the newbs below the release list. Up here, up next: top DO WANT!

Bleach vol 43: Kingdom of Hollows
By Kubo Tite

Aizen's ingress into battle pressures Gotei 13 to join forces with the Visored, if only for a shot at taking down the traitor. But before they can get to Aizen, they must first crush Barragan and Starrk, the Primera Espada.

Easier sed than done :P

Volume 43's front cover is Segunda Espada Baraggan Louisenbairn, so don't blame me for not leading with it/him, not when—Takemichi?—is too terribly bishie. Neway, Bleach 43: Kingdom of Hollows collates chapters 368 to 377: The Fearless Child, Spit On Your Own God, 神の視座にて 命を論ず or Debating Life From the Throne of God, Kingdom of Hollows, The Metal Cudgel Flinger, Wolves Ain't Howl Alone, 灰狼・赤血・黒衣・白骨 or Gray Wolf, Red Blood, Black Clothing, White Bone, EXecution, EXtinction, EXecution, EXtinction 2 and Shout at the Dark. [Obviously NOT m&c!'s chapter titles] The latest Bleach chapter bound in tankou is 459, Death & Strawberry 2, compiled in Volume 52: End of Bond (Japan release: 2011.10.04).

Mangazines: Cherry 58/2011

Akatsuki no ARIA
© Akaishi Michiyo
Shogakukan
[Serialized in Flowers]
Published in Indonesia as
Dawn Aria by m&c!

Dawn Aria, Akaishi Michiyo's ongoing Flowers josei manga is the cover of Cherry 58; within we get episode 35 ex-Akatsuki no ARIA volume 10, released in Japan September 2010. (Dawn Aria's most recent tankou here is volume 7, and that released December 2010.)

We also get the third (and last) eppie of Nakajima Yuka's My Mysterious Neighbor (Tonari no Obake-san, Ciao Comics 2011.02); also ex-Ciao I am not a Maid! episode 8 (from Iwaoka Meme's Maid ja Naimon! volume 2, JP release: 2010.02); episode 32 of My Lovely Class Leader ♥ by Nishimura Tomoko (from Ciao's Gokujou Mechamote Iinchou volume 10 published 2009.08; m&c!'s latest My Lovely Class Leader vol 3 released 19 September); Sweet Dog's Stories Episode 3: Dokter by Hotta Atsuko (from Tengoku no Monogatari ~Zutto, Zutto, Isshoni~, Flower Comics: 2011.04); Addicted to Love (Koi no Mayaku), the Extra Story in Nakamura Sayumi's Always by Your Side or Itsumo Soba ni Koi no Uta (ChuChu Comics: 2010.04); Ichikawa Show's Sweet Love or Amakuchi Koigokoro, one of two ex-Sho-Comi stories collected in the 2008.10 released Inu Jikan, retitled I Love Dog and You for Cherry serialization (the last Inu Jikan one-shot is Himitsu no Chikara, but that's not in this Cherry); episode 9 of Yomogi Loves Money? by Arai Kiyoko (from Yomogi Mochi Kaketa? volume 2, ChuChu Comics: 2009.04); and chapters 1 and 2 of Eleanora Ananda's Nan Nan's Daily Life, obviously a local serial.

m&c! manga (2011.10.26)

1. [Series Premiere] 7 Centi! Love & Friendship (7 Centi!) vol 1 of 3 by Nanajima Kana

7 Centi! 「７センチ！」 by Nanajima Kana Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.08

Serializations
Serialized in Cherry (concluded)

2. [Premiere] 7 Centi! Love & Friendship vol 2 of 3 by Nanajima Kana

Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.12

3. [Premiere] 7 Centi! Love & Friendship vol 3 of 3 by Nanajima Kana [Finale]

Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.06

4. Bleach vol 43 of 52+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」 by Kubo Tite Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen Volume 43 (chapters 368-377) first published in Japan 2010.02

Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category

Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 36 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 37 street date: 2011.12.06), French (Glénat; Tome 44 shipped 2011.09 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.01), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany: Band 48 per 2011.09 • Band 49 street date: 2011.12.15), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #51: Love me Bitterly, Loth me Sweetly released 2011.10.04)

Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).

The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).

Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg released 2010.08.10.) The fourth and fifth Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED and Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED streeted in Japan on 2010.08.04 (same day as Volume 46: Back From Blind) and 2011.06.03 (along with Volume 50: The Six Fullbringers).

Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 16: Lost Substitute Shinigami opened with episode 343 on 11 October 2011; latest episode 345 aired 2011.10.25). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; Fade to Black, I Call Your Name; and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.

At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.

5. Ignite Wedge vol 2 of 2 by Tutumi Yoshisada [Finale]

Ignite Wedge 「ＩＧＮＩＴＥ　ＷＥＤＧＥ」 by Tutumi Yoshisada Mag Garden Comic Blade Masamune, shounen Volume 2 first published in Japan 2005.08

6. [Series Premiere] Roman Club (Rouman Kurabu) vol 1 of 6 by Amano Kozue

Rouman Kurabu 「浪漫倶楽部」 by Amano Kozue Mag Garden (originally Square Enix, serialized in Shonen Gangan) shounen Volume 1 reissued in Japan 2005.08 under the Blade Comics imprint (First published in 1995.12 by Square Enix)

7. [Series Premiere] Samurai Force (Eleven Soul) vol 1 of 11+ by Todono Seiuchiroh

Eleven Soul 「イレブンソウル」 by Todono Seiuchiroh Mag Garden Comic Blade, shounen Volume 1 first published in Japan 2006.08

8. Spray King vol 3 of 4 by Mikuni Shin

Spray King 「Ｓｐｒａｙ　Ｋｉｎｇ」 by Mikuni Shin Kodansha Shonen Rival, shounen Volume 3 first published in Japan 2009.11

9. Tabi and Fellow Travelers (Tabi to Michizure) vol 2 of 6 by Tanakanoka

Tabi to Michizure 「タビと道づれ」 by Tanakanoka Mag Garden Comic Blade, shounen Volume 2 first published in Japan 2007.10

10. Tokyo Angels vol 2 of 3 by Fujii Mihona

Tokyo Angels 「東京ＡＮＧＥＬＳ」 by Fujii Mihona Shueisha Margaret, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2006.08

KOLONI local comics (2011.10.26)

• Intan Permata Rimba vol 4 by Hans Jaladara

Intan Permata Rimba by Hans Jaladara Gramedia/m&c! Volume 4 first published in Indonesia 2011.10.26

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mangazines (2011.10.26)

• Cherry Issue 58/2011 (Indonesian Ciao/ChuChu/Sho-Comi/Flowers shoujo and josei serials)

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