Added m&c!'s summaries and covers per promise. And yup, wild card Graffiti of Love IS Rakugaki no Shita.
Love So Life © Kouchi Kaede/Hakusensha [Serialized in Hana to Yume]
Published in Indonesia by PT Gramedia/m&c!
But before the series premieres, Ichigo—rather, Nel—first:
Ex-Tres Espada Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck gives Rangiku stiff competition in Rubenesque models AND nearly wipes the floor with fifth-ranked Espada Nnoitra Jiruga. Nearly
as she reverts to her kiddy form at the last second.
Nnoitra, merciless on any given day, retaliates, grinding Nel's li'l head under his Call the Fashion Police! boots before kicking her as far as the Arrancar home team's goal. Despite his wounds, Ichigo tries to protect Nel, an attempt doomed to #Fail as Nnoitra's Fraccion Tesla is waiting to finish him off. Read moar in Bleach 34: The King of The Kill. [Irreverent blurb adapted from Wiki- and Bleach Wiki's synops]
NEW M&C! TITLES: Shoujo ♡ asplosion!
Almost half of m&c!'s 22 September list was blueprinted to lure shoujo/soonjung fangirls (and boys) into parting with money “saved” from the recent 2 × no manga deliveries. Four new manga and manhwa series (the latter priced at IDR 18,500 each) launch next Wednesday: Love So Life 1 by Kouchi Kaede, Kimi ga Suki ~ I Love You ~ 1 of 3 by Watanabe Ayu, Secret 1 by Han YuRang and Memory Eater 1 of 2 by Kang KyungNam. A quartet of standalones also accompanies: the intriguingly-titled My Dinosaur Dentist by Morio Masami, Salon For a Broken Heart by Ayumi Rin, Graffiti of Love by Sugata Uri and Sparkling Charm by Nakajima Yuka.
Reserving this Above The Fake Cut space for Love So Life that, along with Oresama Teacher 2, nearly dethroned Bleach as top DO WANT! But I also list the tags (thanks Baka-Updates Manga) associated with the new titles for Impatient Ones who want the deets NOW (refer to right sidebar).
✮ Graffiti of Love (Shy girl, Transformation, Music, Band)
✮ Kimi ga Suki ~ I Love You ~ (Love Triangle, Childhood Friends
)
✮ Memory Eaters (Shinigami, Bishounen
)
✮ My Dinosaur Dentist (Scary Dentist)
✮ Salon For a Broken Heart (Red Thread of Fate, Twins, Red Hair, Variations on a Theme
)
✮ Secret (Orphans, Rich Family, Death
)
✮ Sparkling Charm (Popular Boy, Otaku
)
Love So Life 1 of 5+ by Kouchi Kaede
Orphan Nakamura Shiharu, who dreams of one day running her own daycare, trades a part-time job at a preschool for a stint babysitting twin toddlers Akane-chan and Aoi-kun — after their bishie TV personality uncle Matsunaga Seiji offers double her current pay to take care of the little monsters angels. Shiharu rises to the challenge, drawing on lessons “learned” from mom to fill in the parenting blanks. Predictably, it's not long before Shiharu grows to love her faux family — up to and including...
So, Age Gap, Childcare, Family, Orphan, Twins, Babysitter
. My own “warning”: Sugar Shock and Terminal Keeyootness (not just the Seiji kind).
If you're so inclined to track it down, a Love So Life drama CD released commercially last March. Seiyuu Noto Mamiko (Sawako, Kimi ni Todoke anime) and Ono Daisuke (Sebastian Michaelis, Kuroshitsuji II) voiced Shiharu and Seiji.
m&c! manga, manhwa, manhua and AMERO comics (2010.09.22)
Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details and cover scans.
- Beyond the Beyond (Sono Mukou no Mukougawa) 5 of 6 by Watanabe Yoshitomo
- Bleach 34 of 47+ by Kubo Tite
- Dawn Aria (Akatsuki no ARIA) 5 of 10+ by Akaishi Michiyo
- The Ghost Conqueror (Momogumi Plus Senki) 4 of 8+ by Sakondou Eri
- Go! Hiromi Go! 3 of 8 by Asou Mikoto
- [New] Graffiti of Love (Rakugaki no Shita) by Sugata Uri
- Idol Shopping 3 of 12 by Hwang MiRee
- [Premiere] Kimi ga Suki ~ I Love You ~ (Kimi ga Suki) 1 of 3 by Watanabe Ayu
- [Premiere] Love So Life 1 of 5+ by Kouchi Kaede
- [Premiere] Memory Eater 1 of 2 by Kang KyungNam
- [New] My Dinosaur Dentist (Kyouryuu no Haisha-san) by Morio Masami
- Oresama Teacher 2 of 8+ by Tsubaki Izumi
- [New] Salon For a Broken Heart (Shitsuren Biyoushitsu) by Ayumi Rin
- [Premiere] Secret 1 of 10 by Han YuRang
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War (Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen) 6 of 12+ by Sawada Hirofumi
- [New] Sparkling Charm (Kirakira Hikare) by Nakajima Yuka
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 9 of 10 by Fillbach Brothers et al.
- The Story of Wang Fenglei Book Six by Tony Wong & Dick Kwong
 | Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」 by Kubo Tite |
Volume 34: King of The Kill contains chapters:
296. Changed Again and Again
297. King of The Kill
298. INTRUDERZ3
299. The Verbal Warfare
300. Curse Named Love
301. Nothing Like Equal
302. Pride on the Blade
303. Dumdum-Dummy-Dumbstruck
304. Battle of Barbarians
305. The Rising Phoenix
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media; volume 32 released 2010.09.07 • volume 33 street date: 2010.12.07), French (Glénat; tome 38 shipped 2010.08.25), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi)
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 street date: 2010.08.10.)
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's Bleach anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004, continuing to this day. Season 15 opened with episode 266 in April 2010; latest episode 288 aired 2010.09.14). 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.
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.
 | Akatsuki no ARIA 「暁のＡＲＩＡ」 |
Serializations
Cherry (Indonesian Sho-Comi/Ciao/ChuChu; ongoing)
 | Momogumi Plus Senki 「桃組プラス戦記」 |
Other languages
English Momogumi Plus Senki (TOKYOPOP; volume 3 released 2010.04.27 • volume 4 street date: 2011.01.13)
 | Go! Hiromi Go! 「ＧＯ！ヒロミＧＯ！」 |
 | Rakugaki no Shita 「ラクガキの下」 |
 | Idol Shopping 「아이돌 쇼핑」 |
 | Kimi ga Suki 「キミがスキ」 by Watanabe Ayu |
Related series
Kimi ga Suki Plus (sequel; one volume) and Kimi ga Suki Plus Pink Passion Version
(side story included in the fourth Genshoku Tsundere Danshi anthology, Genshoku Tsundere Danshi Semekare)
 | Love So Life 「ＬＯＶＥ ＳＯ ＬＩＦＥ」 |
Adaptations
Marine Entertainment released a drama CD in March 2010, starring seiyuu Noto Mamiko as Nakamura Shiharu and Ono Daisuke as Matsunaga Seiji.
 | Memory Eaters 「기억술사」 by Kang KyungNam |
 | Kyouryuu no Haisha-san 「恐竜な歯医者さん」 |
 | Oresama Teacher 「俺様ティーチャー」 |
Other languages
English Oresama Teacher (VIZ Media; volume 1 street date: 2011.03.01)
Adaptations
A drama CD was released in March 2009, featuring seiyuu Kitamura Eri, Narita Ken, Mizushima Takahiro, Miyake Kenta and Ono Daisuke (go here for their roles).
 | Shitsuren Biyoushitsu 「失恋美容室」 |
Contains stories: Salon For a Broken Heart,
Until You Say You Love Me,
Just a Little More Love,
The Color of Your Destiny
and Mobius Heartbreak
 | Secret 「비밀 SECRET」 by Han YuRang |
 | Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen |
Related series
Shanaou Yoshitsune (prequel, 22 of 22 volumes)
 | Kirakira Hikare 「きらきらひかれ」 |
Contains stories: Sparkling Charm,
Catching Your Heart
and Steps of Love
Serializations
Indonesian Cherry
¹ Source: m&c! (advisory 1 and 2 and artwork)
² Listed GN are priced at IDR 16,500 each except the Idol Shopping 3, Memory Eater 1 and Secret 1 soonjung manhwa (IDR 18,500 each). The Story of Wang Fenglei manhua volume 6 and Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures 9 each retail for IDR 85,000 and IDR 45,000 respectively.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links for other language versions.
New m&c! titles continued...
Graffiti of Love by Sugata Uri
Okabe provides the one light in model student Machiko's marginalized middle school life; his niceness makes the bullied geek fall hard for him. But painful shyness prevents Machiko from telling Okabe that she likes him.
Upon entering senior high, however, Machiko effects a personality makeover; now a vocalist for a band, she vows to grab friendship, music fame and most of all — love!
Sugata Uri-sensei also created Apricot Sour Choudai (the other Graffiti of Love candidate before m&c!'s Rakugaki no Shita confirmation) and Aijou Countdown, currently serialized in Dessert.
Kimi ga Suki ~ I Love You ~ 1 of 3 by Watanabe Ayu
Murakami Aki finally summons enough courage to confess to Mase, her basketball club-mate, only to be “blocked” by Koichi, a basketball cager from another school who declares his feelings for her. Staying faithful to her first love should've presented no problems, except circumstances alters cases, leaving Aki torn between Mase and Koichi, whose future now looks bleak, thanks to Aki.
I thinks I need to raise the Kleenex alert here...
Watanabe Ayu-sensei also created the L-DK school life romance comedy and the Otomegokoro drama, Betsufure serials like Kimi ga Suki.
Memory Eater 1 of 2 by Kang KyungNam
Memory eaters prey on human memories. Captivated by mortal reminiscences, these former death emissaries sent to extract memory from human souls now mine the commodity for themselves, earning banishment and a new name: Exile. One such Exile is Dio, but unlike other outcasts, he resorts not to memory theft.
Ha Enwoo has always had problems remembering things; lately, it has become so severe, she even forgets how to get to school. But is she merely forgetful, or are her memories being siphoned off by memory eaters? Were that the case, which of the two bishounen hanging around her is responsible?
[With background info from NOIR (description excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga)]
My Dinosaur Dentist by Morio Masami
Kyouryuu no Haisha-san
© Morio Masami/Hakusensha
Published by m&c! as
My Dinosaur Dentist
Originally the LaLa DX serial Kyouryuu no Haisha-san, My Dinosaur Dentist is a 99.99% GET!, based simply on the Morio Masami brand (The Extra Kobayashi, Caramel Boy and Sweet Sweet Darling manga-ka). Still, if you want a preview —
Hideko's cavity blues send her... dragging her feet to the dental clinic. Her reluctance springs from Kai—the dentist she believes belongs in the same family tree as carnivorous dinosaurs—treating her toothache. (The “S” cover on the left hints she may be on to something T. Rex-ish there.) Around wielding a shrill drill and reinventing dental trauma, Kai “promotes” Hideko to membership in the Dinosauria superorder, nicknaming her “Forgetasaurus.”
If Kai is such a bleeping *bleep*, how come when Hideko sees him getting close to his assistant, her H. sapiens heart blares out alarms? Has she (horrors!) actually fallen for Dr. Kai?
Salon For a Broken Heart by Ayumi Rin
Salon For a Broken Heart equals Shitsuren Biyoushitsu, the Unrequited Love Beauty Parlor.
The Sho-Comi omnibus compiles Ayumi Rin's variations on a theme shorts Salon For a Broken Heart,
Until You Say You Love Me,
Just a Little More Love,
The Color of Your Destiny
and Mobius Heartbreak.
My preliminary reaction: Forget the title story—about a girl who violates her school's hair code to attract her teacher's attention, only to find out that sed Sensei is transferring out—the fifth one-shot, Mobius Heartbreak,
about a girl (Kirie), who makes an appointment at the Salon for the Heartbroken because of her ill-starred love for her sib, promises a more rewarding read. (But that's just me; your mileage may vary.)
For snap summaries of stories 2-4, go here.
Ayumi Rin-sensei's other works include Renai Kyoushuujo; Hoshii no wa, Anata Dake; and Kiss Yori mo Ijiwaru, also one-volume shoujo anthologies.
Secret 1 of 10 by Han YuRang
Gwak Bo Eun's dad gives her a grisly present on her 16th birthday: his suicide. His last wish sends Bo Eun to living in the palatial home of twins Na Hae Ri and Na Hae Rang after he passes away.
The still mourning Bo Eun attempts stoicism to hold back her tears, but they splash down anyway, especially after she meets Choi Mu Hyul. The pretty boy promises to do everything in his power to make Bo Eun smile again, and help her discover why her dad took his own life in the first place.
Of course you already know that Han YuRang is also the manhwa-ga of Female Wolf's Boy (volume 5 scheduled for a 29 September release) and Sandwich Girl.
Sparkling Charm by Nakajima Yuka
A former Cherry serial, Sparkling Charm or Kirakira Hikare has heroine Mizuno Iruka getting the shock of her life when crush Moriyama-kun—whom she has never spoken to—confesses his love for her! But it appears that Moriyama-kun is hiding a secret...
Nakajima Yuka-sensei also created the love letter-troped Waratte Himiko-san.
Continuing series volume previews
Beyond the Beyond 5 of 6 by Watanabe Yoshitomo
Foreordained 13 years ago...
Today, “Virid” becomes one...
If you find m&c!'s blurb a bit too minimal (original here)—considering this is the penultimate (that took almost a year to reach)—I'm borrowing a bit of Chuang Yi's There, Beyond The Beyond 5 synopsis to help refresh your memory:
Virid returns to his country to resolve a long standing issue with his elder brother. Pushed to their limits by forces beyond their control, the twin crown princes find surprising help from where they least expect....
Dawn Aria 5 of 10+ by Akaishi Michiyo
A recent Tokyo earthquake leaves Aria no choice but to seek refuge in the Nishimikado family home, and Natsuo no respite from his turbulent feelings for Aria.
The Ghost Conqueror 4 of 8+ by Sakondou Eri
After the “grueling” final exams for the reincarnated — summer vacation! Yuuki, the reincarnation of Peach Boy Momotaro, is invited by Sawa's parents to spend the holidays with them. On this, his first real vacation, Yuuki learns...
Go! Hiromi Go! 3 of 8 by Asou Mikoto
Poor Hideki! A fun skiing vacation becomes a distant dream when Hiromi suddenly disappears!
Hang in there, Hideki! Just console yourself thinking: what else can you expect from a former nerd who wants to shuck her dweeby past?
Idol Shopping 3 of 12 by Hwang MiRee
Bully victim defender Kang Song Yie, who assumes her brother Ahul's identity to investigate her twin's attempted suicide, quails from the sharp gaze of school dictator Seo Ga Yoon. But when she reverts to her girl self and meets Ga Yoon, he all but pounces on her.
Relentless romantic overtures, however, can't compare with the escalating harassment Song Yie as Ahul experiences at the hands of her classmates, which prompts roommate Hwang Se Ryun into swearing that he will become “Ahul's” slave — if she can tough out the bullying and stay in school.
Oresama Teacher 2 of 8+ by Tsubaki Izumi
Disgraced yanki Kurosaki Mafuyu's attempt to leave behind her juvie delinquent past and live a normal girly school life is thwarted at every turn by homeroom teacher Saeki Takaomi—who just happens to be her childhood friend (and first love). Saeki-sensei's latest scheme lands Mafuyu and new friend Hayasaka in the school's ethics club, where they're appointed the vanguards in a fight to defang the school's reigning gang leader.
Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War 6 of 12+ by Sawada Hirofumi
Hyota (Yoshitsune) and comrades find more than they bargain for when they enter Kamakura and proceed to Kouzuke; one by one, Hyota's group vanishes. Desperate, Hyota...
UP NEXT: 29 September 2010 manga
- m&c!: Sugar Family 4 · Shanimuni GO 31 · Jun x Ai Sensation 3 · Anemone Flower Shop by Minami Maki · Sky Blue Beach 1 by Yamada Nanpei · Shimokita Sundays by Katsuma Ayahito/Ishida Ira · Yowamushi Pedal, Go! 9 · You Are My Wing by Kitagawa Yuka · Rasetsu's Flower 7 · A Badboy Drinks Tea! 9 · Lady and the Sea 1 by Abiko Miwa · Female Wolf's Boy 5 · Confucius 4 · Cherry 47/2010
- Elex Media: Angin Musim Gugur (Deluxe) by Hikawa Kyoko · Detektif Conan Special 33 · Yakitate!! Japan 18 · Dear Boys Act.3 vol. 4 · Vampire Knight 4 · Rakka Ryuusui 2 · Wild Life 9 · Hell Girl 8 · Kurozakuro 6 · Legend of The Cursed Sword 32 · Shonen Star 73/2010 · Shonen Magz 77/2010
- Level Comics: Fight!! Ippo 78 · The Duke & I by Hara Chieko · Love & Collage 11 · Love Affair 6 · Priest 9 · Aflame Inferno 3 · New Comic Bomber 4 · Gun Smith Cats 6 · Haruka 17 vol. 9
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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- Level Comics: Perfect Girl Evolution 21 · Honey Hunt 5 · The Hunting of The Snark 1 by Miyabe Miyuki, Ohishi Hiroto · Nanase Fire Investigator 5 · Fist of The Blue Sky 2 · Historie 3 · Nurse Aoi 14 · Priest 8 · Shattered Knife 4 · Subaru 9
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Sono Mukou no Mukougawa
「その向こうの向こう側」 by Watanabe Yoshitomo
Mag Garden Comic Blade, shounen
Volume 5 first published in Japan 2007.10
Other languages
English Beyond The Beyond (TOKYOPOP; till volume 4 only) and There, Beyond The Beyond (Chuang Yi; five volumes), German (TOKYOPOP Germany as Futabas höchst seltsame Reise; latest Band 5)