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Tomo'o 11, Ghost Mum Investigator 2, Gun Smith Cats Burst 1 by Sonoda Kenichi (Level Comics 24 November 2010 manga)

Danchi Tomoo © Oda Tobira/Shogakukan [Serialized in Big Comic Spirits]
Published in Indonesia as Tomo'o by Elex Media/Level Comics

C'est déjà l'été—oops, I mean, it's summer already. At least in Tomo'o volume 11. And what is summer but the season for ghost stories and somen, those thin white Japanese wheat noodles that, served chilled, is a popular summer treat.

Hazama-san suggests somen for the children's festivities this year, despite the apartment complex kids' preference for either curry or yakisoba. Undaunted, Hazama tries to persuade Tomoo and pals to go for the thin noodles. How does he do it? And more importantly, does he succeed? (Find out in Tomo'o 11, in stores even as I write this.)

Ghost Mum Investigator 2 of 3+ by Sato Tomokazu

First-grader shamus Tonbo and his ghost mom return. This time, their spiritual cases include helping an elderly man find his dog a good home, bringing a young man and his soul mate together and solving the mystery of a painting that can talk. (Wonder if it's a scintillating conversationist? Let's find out in the second Ghost Mum Investigator.)

NEW LEVEL MANGA: Gun Smith Cats Burst by Sonoda Kenichi

Chicago firearms mavens Rally Vincent and Minnie May Hopkins set up shop—Gunsmith Cats—not only to flog guns but also as a base of operations for fugitive apprehension. The two bounty hunters are no strangers to danger, but this time, they may have taken on more than they bargained for. Rally is caught in an inter-mob war for hunting down one the Mafia members, guilty of absconding with mob money. Not only that, the syndicate lays a trap for Rally to get its money back!

Obviously, Gun Smith Cats Burst is the sequel to Gun Smith Cats, which Level also publishes. Level has yet to conclude Rally and May's original exploits; volume 7 (preview after the cut) releases concurrently with the premiering GSC Burst manga.

Level Comics manga (2010.11.24)

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Ghost Mum Investigator (Ghost Mama Sousasen) 2 of 3+ by Sato Tomokazu

Ghost Mama Sousasen 「ゴーストママ捜査線」
by Sato Tomokazu
Shogakukan Big Comics, seinen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2004.04

Volume 2 chapters:
10 クロの住む家
11 道化の顔はいつも笑顔
12 しゃべる絵画の謎
13 縁は異なもの怪奇なもの
14 仄暗いダムの底から
15 聖夜の約束
16 人鳥現る!!
17 交差点ひき逃げ事故
18 鏡の国のアカネ

Gun Smith Cats 7 of 9 by Sonoda Kenichi

Gun Smith Cats 「ＧＵＮ　ＳＭＩＴＨ　ＣＡＴＳ」
by Sonoda Kenichi
Kodansha Afternoon, seinen
Volume 7 first published in Japan 1996.10

Related series
Sequels: Gun Smith Cats Burst (5 volumes) and Gunsmith Cats: Misty's Run

Other languages
English Gunsmith Cats (Dark Horse Comics; nine volumes + four volumes revised/omnibus editions) and French (Glenat)

Adaptations
Oriental Light and Magic animated three Gunsmith Cats anime OAV episodes, released between November 1995 and September 1996: Neutral Zone, Swing High!, and High Speed Edge, starring seiyuu Neya Michiko (Rally Vincent) and Araki Kae (Minnie May Hopkins). The OAV was repackaged into the Bulletproof movie in 1997.

[Series Premiere] Gun Smith Cats Burst 1 of 5 by Sonoda Kenichi

Gun Smith Cats Burst
「ＧＵＮＳＭＩＴＨ　ＣＡＴＳ　ＢＵＲＳＴ」
by Sonoda Kenichi
Kodansha Afternoon, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2005.06

Related series
Gun Smith Cats (prequel, 9 of 9 volumes)

Other languages
English Gunsmith Cats Burst (Dark Horse Comics; 5 volumes) and French (Glenat tome 5 released 2010.03)

Over Rev 15 of 31 by Yamaguchi Katsumi & Team 39

Over Rev! 「オーバーレブ！」
by Yamaguchi Katsumi & Team 39
Shogakukan Young Sunday, seinen
Volume 15 first published in Japan 2000.11

Volume 15 chapters:
160 決意の夜
161 二度目のチャンス
162 接近…そして
163 フィードフォワード
164 曲がる瞬間
165 星空の下で
166 告白の日
167 最後の一瞬
168 最後のメッセージ
169 400戦無敗
170 カーセックスの彼女は？

Tomo'o (Danchi Tomoo) 11 of 16+ by Oda Tobira

Danchi Tomoo 「団地ともお」 by Oda Tobira
Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
Volume 11 first published in Japan 2007.12

Volume 11 contains chapters:
1 千年でも生きて欲しいよなともお
2 川の流れに何をまかせたのともお
3 最強コンビが何げにだなともお
4 今回もトラブルを切ったり貼ったりともお
5 世界の秘密を見つけたぞともお
6 そんなに見られてもなぁともお
7 Xは盆に返るよなともお
8 まだまだまだ夏休みなともお
9 そろそろ2学期だぜともお
10 かわいい子にはファイトだぜともお
11 ベースボールじゃなく野球だなともお
12 今、何月だと思ってんだともお
13 ツイストが大事だなともお
14 トモオとキノシタとともお
15 のろしの世界に引きずりこまれたともお
16 犯人がわかるかいともお
17 守り守られだなともお

Recognitions
Nominated for the 11th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Level Comics ROMICs/BDs (2010.11.24)

Cubitus - Kucing Bagian dari Anjing (Cubitus, tome 27: Chat, ch'est du chien!) by Dupa (Le Lombard)
Lucky Luke - Penyerbuan ke Oklahoma (Lucky Luke, tome 14: Ruée sur l'Oklahoma) by Morris, René Goscinny (Lucky Comics)
Spirou dan Fantasio - Z Untuk Zorglub (Spirou et Fantasio, tome 15: Z comme Zorglub) by Franquin, Greg, Jidéhem (Dupuis)

¹ Sources: Elex STO 24 November 2010 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² Manga are priced at IDR 18,500 each except Gun Smith Cats 7 (SRP: IDR 19,500). ROMICs retail for IDR 30,000 each except for Spirou dan Fantasio - Z Untuk Zorglub (IDR 38,000/volume)
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).

Previews continued

Gun Smith Cats 7 of 9 by Sonoda Kenichi

Iron Goldie comes out of “hibernation” to market a new and improved narcotic. Not about to let the control freak have her way, Rally vows to collar Goldie. But Goldie produces an ace from up her sleeve to stop Rally in her tracks. It is someone Rally knows very well.

Who is s/he? And will s/he succeed in halting Rally's pursuit?

Over Rev 15 of 31 by Yamaguchi Katsumi & Team 39

Roadstar guy Yoshinaga's maturity and driving skills prove “fatal” to Shino Ryoko who becomes even more besotted with him, if that were at all possible. Ryoko screws up her courage to confess her feelings, but...

Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03) who thanks Level editor Lenny-san for the artwork and blurbs

disclaimer

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

other currently available manga (24 November 2010 street date)

Elex Media: Pandora Hearts 11 · Hello Master 3 of 3 · Detektif Conan 30+ Plus Super Digest · Kindaichi Special Case - Private School Murder 1 of 2 by Seimaru Amagi & Fumiya Sato · Masked Rider Spirits 12 · Want You 3 · Animal Doctor 4 · Palette of 12 Secret Colors 1 by Kusakawa Nari · Rinne 2 · Crayon Shinchan - 20 Orang Terhebat di Dunia by Usui Yoshito · Look Up! 6 · My Fiancé is a Monster 1 of 2 by Hanamori Pink · Reborn Kumiho 19 · Pokonyan Pika-Pika 2 · Shonen Star 77/2010 · Shonen Magz 79/2010
m&c!: Female Wolf's Boy 9 · How To Be A Man 4 · Kimi ga Suki ~ I Love You ~ 3 of 3 · Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War 8 · Be a Naughty Girl 2 · Secret 3 · Long Hu Men 173 · The Story of Wang Fenglei 7 · KOLONI: Purnama Kesembilan by Hira Habibi · Pancanaka by Ino Septian

related monthly schedules

November 2010
Premiering The Strange Florist by Yohna and Desert Love by Sachimi Riho (standalones) and Gun Smith Cats Burst by Sonoda Kenichi, Sky of Love by Mika & Haneda Ibuki (series)

other invaluable resources

Wikipedia · Baka-Updates Manga · 7net Shopping · ANN · TV Tropes

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Diamond Life 3 of 3, Master Of Sea 15 of 15, Honey Hunt 4 (Level Comics 30 June 2010 manga)

Honey Hunt © Aihara Miki/Shogakukan (Serialized in Cheese!)
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics

Contains [SPOILERS!]

Haruki keeps pushing Kanae away; however, Kanae refuses to budge from Haruki's side. The pair eventually decides to get married, but before the happy day can dawn, Haruki's condition worsens. It's critical.

Is there a Happy Even After in store for our couple? Find out in Diamond Life volume 3 that, at the very least, promises s'more tearjerking. (Won't say which kind. I will, however, (over)share that the Diamond Life finale will likely be a Very Fast Read; fellow shoujo/josei fan dalina02-san confirms: It only took one hour to finish that manga.)

I don't have a summary for the other finale—Komori Yoichi & Takemura Yuji's marine salvage saga Master Of Sea—but one assumes Rintarou eventually services (if he hasn't already done so) his dad's ¥1.5 billion debt in full. (Sorry, not reading this Level title.)

Honey Hunt 4 of 6+ by Aihara Miki: Hot Springs Episode!

The latest Honey Hunt—the shoujo manga ANN calls a transparent rip-off of Yoshiki Nakamura's Skip Beat!... with a mopey heroine instead of a magnificently angry one and a cast of pretty boys with potentially bad intentions—has Yura landing a role in screenscribe Todoh Maki's newest drama. At the same time, singer/composer Q-Ta returns from England to see her — and we all know what effect he will have on Yura's concentration, at a time she really needs it.

Deeming celebrats like Q-Ta (and his twin Haruka) so much unacceptable debauch and not wanting to see Yura's budding career go down the tubes, manager Mizorogi orders his acting protégé to Just Say No! to boys and any romantic relationships. (VIZ's Honey Hunt 4 blurb cites greater paparazzi scrutiny of Yura as Machiavelli's, I mean, Mizorogi's reason.)

So what is Yura doing, disobeying Mizorogi and escaping to an onsen with Q-Ta?

Okay, so I don't think I've seen a Hot Springs Episode (yet) in Skip Beat!, so this is a Honey Hunt one-up.

New Level Titles

Ghost Mum Investigator by Sato Tomokazu

Ghost Mama Sousasen
© Sato Tomokazu
Shogakukan (Big Comics)
Published in Indonesia as
Ghost Mum Investigator
by Level Comics

Dead Mama Helps Son Solve Cases is the (relatively) novel premise of Sato (or Satou) Tomokazu's seinen manga Ghost Mum Investigator, originally Ghost Mama Sousasen. (I say novel because I'm blanking out on any similarly-troped extramundane detective manga.)

First-grader Tonbo sorely misses his mommy, an ex-policewoman who died in an accident. Now whenever the grade-schooler wears his mother's specs, he can see and communicate with her spirit. What else to do with the newfound power, other than collaborate with mom to investigate spiritual cases?

Among the Ghost Mum & Son's initial caseload: spiritual kidnapping and a double suicide (if I read chapter title translations right). Level bills the Mediumship With a Twist story funny and poignant.

Cubitus by Dupa

I'm pretty sure this is Cubitus' debut as a Level ROMIC/bande dessinée. Cartoonist Dupa's chubby white canine protagonist was first popped his furry head in Komikologi February, but only pokes his big black nose in and wags that highlighter yellow tail this Wednesday with Cubitus - Anjing yang Selalu Beruntung (Cubitus, chien sans accroc) and Cubitus - Si Anjing Penurut (Cubitus, donne la belle papatte).

The other BDs are regulars Lucky Luke and Spirou et Fantasio
(see list below).

Cubitus, who first appeared in Tintin, also starred in his own 1988-vintage Japanese anime, Don-don Domeru to Ron that became Wowser after export to the US. Aside from fame as Dommel in Japan, Flanders and the Netherlands, the Belgian native also goes by the aliases Teodoro (Italian) and Kaaboul (Arabic).

Level Comics manga (2010.06.30)

Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details and cover scans.

Diamond Life 3 of 3 by Fujiwara Akira [Finale]

Diamond Life 「ダイヤモンド・ライフ」
by Fujiwara Akira
Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2007.12

[Premiere] Ghost Mum Investigator (Ghost Mama Sousasen) 1 of 3+ by Sato Tomokazu

Ghost Mama Sousasen 「ゴーストママ捜査線」
by Sato Tomokazu
Shogakukan Big Comics, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2002.06

Volume 1 contains chapters:

1 とんぼのめがね
2 奇っ怪・霊界・誘拐・捜査!!
3 霊が何ぼのモンジャ!?
4 一人でできるモン!?
5 愛の降霊劇場
6 心霊写真は誰のもの？
7 犬も鳴かずば撃たれまい
8 心中ブルース
9 アリとカマキリ

Honey Hunt 4 of 6+ by Aihara Miki

Honey Hunt 「Ｈｏｎｅｙ　Ｈｕｎｔ」 by Aihara Miki
Shogakukan Cheese!, shoujo
Volume 4 first published in Japan 2008.11
Series on hiatus (volume 6 released 2009.12.24)

OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Honey Hunt is published in English by VIZ Media (volume 4 released 2010.04.06 • volume 5 street date: 2010.08.03) and in traditional Chinese by Tong Li (Taiwan)

K2 2 of 13+ by Mafune Kazuo

K2 「Ｋ２」 by Mafune Kazuo
Kodansha Evening, seinen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2005.05

Master Of Sea (Waga Na wa Umishi Master Of Sea) 15 of 15 by Takemura Yuji and Komori Yoichi [Finale]

Waga Na wa Umishi Master Of Sea
「我が名は海師－ＭａｓｔｅｒＯｆＳｅａ」
by Takemura Yuji and Komori Yoichi
Shogakukan Big Comics Spirits, seinen
Volume 15 first published in Japan 2008.03

Volume 15 contains chapters:

139 百獣の王のやり方
140 技を超える力
141 それでもあきらめない気持ち
142 親父の形見
143 王の方法論
144 海の男の礼儀
145 噴出した本性
146 サルヴァーの基本
147 2つの流儀
148 重責からの解放
最終話　海師たちの夢

Psychometrist Eiji (Psychometrer Eiji) 14 of 25 by Ando Yuma, Asaki Masashi

Psychometrer Eiji 「サイコメトラーＥＩＪＩ」
by Ando Yuma¹ and Asaki Masashi
Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen
Volume 14 first published in Japan 1998.12
(Series re-released in 12 bunko volumes from 2003.06 to 2003.11)

OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS
Psychometrer Eiji is published in simplified Chinese by Chuang Yi Singapore, in traditional Chinese by Tong Li Taiwan, and in French by Kana.

ADAPTATIONS
The live-action renzoku alternatively known as Simply Psychic ran for two seasons on NTV (January to March 1997 and October to December 1999). A one-episode, 45-minute anime OAV Eiji was released in August 1990.

NOTES
¹ Ando Yuma's real name is Kibayashi Shin; he also writes under the pennames Agi Tadashi (The Drops of God, in collaboration with his sister); Amagi Seimaru (Kindaichi Case Files, Remote); Aoki Yuya (Get Backers); Ryuumon Ryou (Bloody Monday); Arimori Jōji (Monkey Typhoon); and Igano Hiroaki (Area no kishi).

Tomo'o (Danchi Tomoo) 9 of 16+ by Oda Tobira

Danchi Tomoo 「団地ともお」 by Oda Tobira
Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
Volume 9 first published in Japan 2007.03

Volume 9 contains stories/chapters:

ズレは気になるかいともお
一度は言いたいよなともお
システムも大事だなともお
偉くなったもんだなともお
ノープロブレムかよともお
ホレボレするよなともお
まだ続いてるなともお
それも愛これも愛さともお
いやいや今日は私が…ともお
まだ間違えてたのかよともお
乗り越えていくのだともお
せっかちでおセンチだったよともお
会イタカッタデースだよなともお
で、赤いのは何なんだともお
アフターケアも大事ってことともお
巡りゆくともお

Level Comics BDs or ROMICs (2010.06.30)

Cubitus - Anjing yang Selalu Beruntung (Cubitus, tome 25: Chien sans accroc) by Dupa (Le Lombard)
Cubitus - Si Anjing Penurut (Cubitus, tome 23: Cubitus donne la belle papatte) by Dupa (Le Lombard)
Lucky Luke - Sepupu Dalton (Lucky Luke, tome 12: Les Cousins Dalton) by Morris & René Goscinny (Dupuis, 1958)
Spirou - 4 Petualangan Spirou dan Fantasio (Spirou et Fantasio, tome 1: 4 aventures de Spirou... et Fantasio) by Franquin (Dupuis, 1950)
Spirou - Seine di Paris (Spirou et Fantasio, tome 47: Paris-sous-Seine) by Morvan & Munuera (Dupuis, 2004)

NOTE
¹ Sources: Elex Media STO 30 June 2010 and Komikologi (synopses, except where noted)
² 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.

Volume previews continued

K2 vol.2 of 13+ by Mafune Kazuo

Some detective work required in the K2 medical drama —

Dr. K tries to locate nine of the 10 surgical scalpels left by his predecessor Kazuya, and gets word about Blade #2: a doctor named Takaiwa Seiji has it. Apparently, 15 years ago, Takaiwa got into an accident and was saved by Kazuya. So how did Takaiwa end up with the scalpel? And can Dr. K recover it?

Psychometrist Eiji 14 of 25 by Ando Yuma, Asaki Masashi

First it was the tragic suicide of a girl who threw herself in front of train. Next came the shooting deaths of several Shibuya youths. And now, Toru has disappeared. While investigating Toru's trail, Shima and Eiji become suspects!

~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03)