Bleach 32, Sparkling Gingachou 10 of 10, Sugar Family 2 (m&c! 11 August 2010 manga) [UPDATED]

Edit: The promised blather.

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

Before I get to Bleach 32 and the Sparkling Gingachou finale, let me indulge in some Siscon Onii-chan fangirling first. Because, yes, it's been that long since Sugar Family premiered (manga still IDR 12,000 apiece then); so I must Kyaaa~! in delirious delight at the release of volume 2 and Taichi-sensei's return.

If you've forgotten what Hagio Akira's shoujo romance is all about, let's revisit tankou 1 (the blurb of which m&c! recycled/reused some for volume 2): Yuka wants a kewl older brother, which is of course an impossibility in a one-way arrow of time world, regardless that mom has already passed on. Yuka's only remaining bet is dad, who ups and finds a prospective bride. Lucky! Yuka's stepmom has a son much older than Yuka. What Yuka never bargained for though was getting romantically entangled with the supremely siscon Call me onii-chan!-wheedling Taichi-sensei, now that they're living together.

Live-in lover, Not Blood Sibs, Teacher-Student relationship — what moar can you ask for? (Faster Than a Kiss *big grin*)

Bleach 32 of 46+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 33 is skedded for an 18 August release.

You gotta commend volume 32 cover boy Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez for persistence: he's at it again, provoking Ichigo. Our Accidental Soul Reaper's all Doing My Best here, but Grimmjow's far from satisfied. He uses his Gran Rey Cero, forcing Ichigo to finally pull out his Vizard mask and fight the Sexta Espada at undiluted Hollow strength. Seeing masked Ichigo resembling her dead brother so much, Orihime... (Continued in Bleach 32: Howling, now at your favorite book stores and news stands.)

[Additions from Bleach Wiki gratefully acknowledged.]

Sparkling Gingachou 10 of 10 by Fujimoto Yuki

Mike and friends are about to graduate. Reluctant to say “Bye-bye” to high school just like that, the six Galaxy Street pals gather at Meteor hill on their last summer together to renew their vow.

(Wonder if m&c! has already licensed Fujimoto Yuki's Tadaima no Uta, now that Sparkling Gingachou's owari?)

Other 11 August m&c! highlights

We get volume 3 of Igarashi Kaoru's Ijime series, Ijime: The Invisible Malice, which means more bullying in store and the Yabuuchi Yuu Fan Book from the author of Shoujo Shounen, ~Shoujo Shounen~ GO! GO! Ichigo and Naisho no Tsubomi. (Yes, these are the featured manga in this 2006-vintage fan book.)

m&c! manga and manhua (2010.08.11)

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1. Bakugan Battle Brawlers 9: Ultimate Bakugan by Sega Toys et al.

Bakugan Battle Brawlers 9: Ultimate Bakugan by Sega Toys / Spin Master /Bakugan Project · TV Tokyo Dentsu

Danma and friends head off to Germany to learn more about the Infinity Core, only to be challenged to a duel by Klaus, ranked World's #2. Marucho accepts the challenge and the fight is on!

2. Bleach 32 of 46+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」 by Kubo Tite Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen Volume 32 first published in Japan 2008.02

Volume 32: Howling contains:

• 279. Jugulators
• 280. Jugulators 2
• 281. The Vulgarian Noise
• 282. The Primal Fear
• 283. You Don't Hurt Anymore
• 284. Historia de Pantera y su Sombras
• 285. Devour the Flesh, Alone
• 286. Guillotine You Standing
• -16.

Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards

Alternative language versions
Bleach is translated into English by VIZ Media (volume 31 released 2010.06.01 • volume 32 street date: 2010.09.01). It is also distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment (under license from VIZ Media). Other languages: French (published by Glénat, tome 37 released 2010.06 • tome 38 scheduled 2010.08.25), Spanish (Glénat Espagne in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (Tokyopop Germany), Dutch (Kana Netherlands), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Portuguese (Planet Manga/Panini Comics) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi, latest volume: #45: The Burnout Inferno).

Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored two Bleach novels published under Shueisha's Jump J books: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (published in Japan 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).

The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling manga volumes 1 through 19 color spreads with additional original art and author annotations, was 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 street date: 2010.08.10.)

Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's Bleach anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 15, the return to the Fake Karakura Town arc, opened with episode 266 in April 2010; latest episode 283 Sutāku, tatta hitori no tatakai aired on 2010.08.10). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi and Namikawa Daisuke playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro and Arrancar Ulquiorra Cifer respectively. Two OAVs and three theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody, The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru and Fade to Black, I Call Your Name—have been released. A fourth Bleach: Hell Chapter movie is slated for a 4 December 2010 release. Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film adaptation.

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

Bleach has also been adapted into rock musicals (spanning the the Substitute and Soul Society arcs). The first musical had its performance run in August 2005.

3. Confucius 2 by Ihara Sai/Lee Chi-ching (Culturecom)
4. Go! Hiromi Go! 2 of 8 by Asou Mikoto

Go! Hiromi Go! 「ＧＯ！ヒロミＧＯ！」 by Asou Mikoto Hakusensha Melody, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2001.11

5. [New] Ijime: The Invisible Malice (Ijime - Mienai Akui) by Igarashi Kaoru

Ijime - Mienai Akui by Igarashi Kaoru 「いじめ－ひとりぼっちの戦い－」 Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2008.11

Related
Ijime: The Lonely War (Ijime - Hitoribocchi no Tatakai; volume 1) and Ijime: Ikijigoku kara no Dasshutsu [Ijime: Escape From Hell]; volume 2).

6. Miracle Ball 10 of 12+ by Nagatoshi Yasunari

Miracle Ball 「ミラクルボール」 by Nagatoshi Yasunari Shogakukan CoroCoro Dragon, shounen Volume 10 first published in Japan 2008.07

7. Sparkling Gingachou (Kirameki Gingachou Shoutengai) 10 of 10 by Fujimoto Yuki [Finale]

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 10 first published in Japan 2009.06

Adaptations
Geneon Entertainment released a drama CD on 2007.11.21, starring seiyuu Kawakami Tomoko, Fukuyama Jun, Ikezawa Haruna, Mizuno Manabi, Hoshi Souichirou, Taniyama Kishô, and Takahashi Hiroki.

8. Sugar Family 2 of 6 by Hagio Akira

Sugar☆Family 「シュガー☆ファミリー」 by Hagio Akira Hakusensha LaLa DX, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2007.06

9. [New] Yabuuchi Yuu Fan Book by Yabuuchi Yuu

Yabuuchi Yuu Fan Book 「やぶうち優ファンＢＯＯＫ」 by Yabuuchi Yuu Shogakukan Ciao Comics, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2006.03

¹ Source: m&c! (artwork and blurbs)
² Manga are priced at IDR 16,500 each except the Yabuuchi Yuu Fan Book (SRP: IDR 25,000/volume) and Bakugan Battle Brawlers 9: Ultimate Bakugan (IDR 25,000, unchanged from previous price). The Confucius 2 manhua retails for IDR 18,500 each (also unchanged from previous price).
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links for other language versions.

UP NEXT: 18 August 2010 manga

m&c!: Bleach 33 · Idol Shopping 2 · Ugly Duckling Become Swan 2 · A Badboy Drinks Tea 7 · Female Wolf's Boy 2 · Sandwich Girl 2 · The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 11 · Long Hu Men 170 · Star Wars 8 · The Great Ants: Sirkus Keliling · Humor Pegawai Negeri: Pengurangan Jam Kerja · Humor Guru: Undian dan Jebakan

Elex Media: Spiral: The Bonds Of Reason 5 · Here We Are 13 · With My Brothers 7 · Crows 11 · Hell Girl 6 · Kariage kun 32 · Libero Revolution!! 12 · Look Up! 3 · Shinagawa Cat Story 2 · Shugo Chara 10 · Throbbing Midnight 9 of 9 · Nakayoshi 83/2010

Level Comics: Until Death Do Us Part 1 by Takashige Hiroshi & DOUBLE-S · Gokusen 15 of 15 · Restore Garage 9 · Nurse Aoi 13 · Lucky Luke - Dalton Terjebak Badai Salju

Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03)

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• Level Comics: Blade of Immortal 9 · Half An Apple 3 · Hotaru's Light 10 · Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 3 · A Spirit of the Sun 5 · Subaru 8 | Lucky Luke - Hukuman Gantung · Spirou - Sarang Marsupilami · Yakari - Para Tawanan Pulau

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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)

disclaimer

Cover images and source summaries used here for reference are © their respective intellectual rights holders. No infringement intended.

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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