Also, the finale of the Show Me the Money manhua (volume 2)

Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made © Takashige Hiroshi & DOUBLE-S
Square Enix [Serialized in Young Gangan]
Published in Indonesia as Until Death Do Us Part by Elex Media/Level Comics
He's blind.
He kicks a*s.
He protects Lolis.
Scanlator Bakafish points out The Three Reasons you should get into the Baddest of Badass Manga out there — Until Death Do Us Part, volume 2 of which Level Comics liberated this Wednesday.
But if you want a more conventional blurb to convince yourself that Until Death Do Us Part is worth the pricier IDR 19,500 SRP, lemme oblige:
Toyama Haruka possesses the enviable power of precognition; she's able to foretell the future with a 90% accuracy. Sure it's not 100%, but no one's quibbling over the recalcitrant 10%, least of all the shadowy group that covets young Haruka's ability and kidnaps her for its own gain.
But Haruka gives the Bad Guys the slip and “hires” herself a bodyguard — for life, or at least, Until Death Do Them Part. And apparently, her choice of swordsman Hijikata Mamoru wasn't by random chance. Despite his blindness, Mamoru is a mercenary in the pay of a private organization funded by crime victims.
[Adapted from Ki-oon's Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, tome 2 blurb]
Volume 2 apparently pits Mamoru and THE WALL
Team against international terrorist groups targetting Japanese high-tech companies.
Let the Spray of Blood and Justice in a Hail of Sword Slashes begin!
Blurbs for Team Medical Dragon 13 and Genius Family Company 4 that trail UDDUP 2 in the DO WANT! stakes muster behind the fake cut. Because no one can out-kewl Mamoru to deserve Above the Cut spotlight. Maybe Manji can but he's virtually absent from Blade of Immortal 12. Anotsu might want to, but I think he's still busy with Rin.
Level Comics manga, manhua and European comics/ROMIC (2010.11.10)
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- 3x3 Eyes 33 of 40 by Takada Yuzo
- Air Gear 16 of 30+ by Oh! great
- Bambino! 7 of 15 by Sekiya Tetsuji
- Blade of Immortal (Mugen no Juunin) 12 of 26+ by Samura Hiroaki
- Genius Family Company (Tensai Family Company) 4 of 6 by Ninomiya Tomoko
- The Hunting of The Snark (Snark Gari) 2 of 3 by Miyabe Miyuki & Ohishi Hiroto
- Show Me the Money (Qiang Qian Nue Shen) 2 of 2 by Lin Xin Ying [Finale]
- [Premiere] The Strange Florist (Kimyou na Ohanaya-san) by Yohna
- Team Medical Dragon 13 of 24+ by Nogizaka Taro & Nagai Akira
Tomo'o (Danchi Tomoo) 11 of 16+ by Oda Tobira[Street date: 11.24]- Until Death Do Us Part (Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made) 2 of 13+ by Takashige Hiroshi & DOUBLE-S
- Yakari dan Si Bulu Putih (Yakari, tome 2: Yakari et le bison blanc) by Derib & Job (Le Lombard)
- Zenith (Jinasu - Zenith) 5 of 6 by Yoshida Satoshi & Big O
![]() | AirGear 「エア・ギア」 by Oh! great |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 2006 Kodansha Manga Awards
Other languages/serializations
English Air Gear (Del Rey; Volume 15-17 released 2010.08.31), Korean (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore; latest volume 28), French (Pika Édition), Italy (Planet Manga), Germany (Heyne) and Sweden (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB/serialized in Manga Mania)
Adaptations
A 25-episode anime by Toei Animation, starring Kamakari Kenta as Ikki, a Satelight-animated Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD shipped with volume 29 in July 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki, and a series of musicals
![]() | Bambino! 「バンビ~ノ!」 by Sekiya Tetsuji |
Volume 7 contains chapters:
66 レガーレ(撃ぐ) 7
67 レガーレ 8
68 プレゼンタツィオーネ(盛りつけ)
69 プレンデレ(つかむ)
70 コンペティツィオーネ(競争する) 1
71 コンペティツィオーネ 2
72 コンペティツィオーネ 3
73 コンペティツィオーネ 4
74 コンペティツィオーネ 5
75 コンペティツィオーネ 6
76 コンペティツィオーネ 7
Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Kuromaru- & Natsuhara Takeshi's The Black Swindler/Kurosagi)
Related series
Bambino! Secondo (sequel; five volumes as at 2010.10.29)
Adaptations
An 11-episode live-action adaptation starring Matsumoto Jun (Shogo Ban) and Kitamura Kazuki (Yonamine Tsukasa/Yona-san) aired on NTV from April to June 2007. The TV series reaped four awards at the 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor (Matsumoto Jun), Supporting Actor (Kazuki Kitamura), Best Director and a Special Award.
![]() | Mugen no Juunin 「無限の住人」 by Samura Hiroaki |
Awards
1997 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize
Other languages/serializations
English Blade of the Immortal (Dark Horse Comics; Volume 22: Footsteps released 2010.02.03 • volume 23 street date: 2011.01.18), French (Casterman; L'habitant de l'infini tome 25 per 2010.10.06); Italian (Planet Manga), German and Polish (Egmont), Portuguese (Conrad Brazil) and Swedish (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB; serialized in Manga Mania)
Adaptations
A 13-episode anime starring seiyuu Seki Tomokazu (Manji) and Satou Rina (Rin) aired in Japan on AT-X from July to December 2008.
![]() | Tensai Family Company |
Other languages
French Tensai Family Company - Génies en tous genres (Asuka Comics)
![]() | Snark Gari 「スナーク狩り」 |
Related
Based on the Snark Gari novel by Miyabe Miyuki
![]() | Qiang Qian Nue Shen 「搶錢女神」 |
![]() | Kimyou na Ohanaya-san |
![]() | Iryuu -Team Medical Dragon- 「医龍」 |
Volume 13 contains chapters:
99 サイコロ
100 凡人の輝き
101 洗脳
102 レベル
103 伊集院の力
104 請願
105 旅立ち
106 土俵
Awards
Winner, Best Seinen/General Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other languages
French (Glénat; tome 14 per 2010.11.03)
Adaptations
Two seasons of the live-action adaptation, starring Sakaguchi Kenji (Asada Ryutaro), aired on Fuji TV (Season 1: April to June 2006; Season 2: October to December 2007). The series won the Best Drama award at the 49th Television Drama Academy Awards.
![]() | Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made |
Other languages
French (Ki-oon; Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, tome 12 ships 2010.12.09), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan and Jade Dynasty Hong Kong)
![]() | Jinasu - Zenith 「ジナス-ZENITH-」 |
¹ Sources: Elex STO 10 November 2010 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² Manga and manhua are priced at IDR 18,500 each except The Strange Florist (SRP: IDR 17,000); Genius Family Company 4 (IDR 29,500); and 3x3 Eyes 33, Blade of Immortal 12 and Until Death Do Us Part 2 (IDR 19,500). The Yakari dan Si Bulu Putih ROMIC retails for IDR 30,000/volume.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
Previews continued
3x3 Eyes 33 of 40 by Takada Yuzo
Kaiyanwan succeeds in reproducing Pai for the human transformation rite, but Yakumo manages to spirit the clone away. Pai is left behind with Kaiyanwan. To save Pai, Yakumo returns to Tokyo and in the dead city, his consciousness severs from his body and transfers to Amara's.
What caused the switch? And what of the fate of Pai?
Air Gear 16 of 30+ by Oh! great
The misunderstanding between Ringo and Ikki comes to a head, forcing a confrontation between storm riders with differing agenda. Initially, the Thorn Queen has the upper hand and if not for the intervention of Kururu bearing the Wind King's symbol, would have emerged victorious. As it is, Ikki revives and returns to the offensive.
Who will win this match?
Bambino! 7 of 15 by Sekiya Tetsuji
Ban's serving improves greatly under Nogami-san's “tutelage.” But just as Ban starts to enjoy working the Hall, Chef announces a contest to create the restaurant's new fall menu. All staff are eligible to participate.
Will Ban enter the cook-off?
Level makes special mention of the four à la Trattoria Baccanale Italian dishes enclosed in Bambino! volume 7.
Genius Family Company 4 of 6 by Ninomiya Tomoko
Seihodo online book store finally goes live! Katsuyuki also meets Yano-san who explains the misunderstanding with his mother and introduces the company wanting to rent the building housing Seihodo. With this new development, Nagasawa's gallery, too, is saved.
So how come when everything's going great, Katsuyuki runs into Haru, all beat up and on the lam?? Meanwhile, Yuika reveals that the Taiwanese mafia boss belongs to the Lin clan.
Everyone around me is mysterious!
I leave it to you to infer who sed that last line.
The Hunting of The Snark 2 of 3+ by Miyabe Miyuki & Ohishi Hiroto
Keiko reveals her past to Shuji, but because Shuji tries to interfere with her plans, Keiko attends Kokubu Shinsuke's wedding reception alone.
Shuji, however, isn't the only one trying to dissuade Keiko from her path of vengeance; Origuchi, the owner of the bar Shuji tends, sneaks into Keiko's apartment and...
NEW LEVEL MANGA: The Strange Florist by Yohna

Kimyou na Ohanaya-san © Yohna
Ohzora Shuppan
Published as The Strange Florist
by Level Comics
One morning, gifted with The Sight Grandma tells Elma: “Today, you have a date with Fate.” Half-disbelieving, Elma leaves the house and drops by a flower shop where she encounters plants that talk and one very strange florist.
This is the fated encounter??
Elma's “adventure” with the weird proprietor and his equally odd magical lily, sunflower and rose has begun!
Baka-Updates Manga's users tag Kimyou na Ohanaya-san a Harlequin series romance. Yohna-sensei also illustrated other Harlequin/Silhouette romances, among them, Ashita Koi wo Sureba (Gina Wilkins' Surprise Partners) and Heart on Fire (written by Charlotte Lamb).
Team Medical Dragon 13 of 24+ by Nogizaka Taro & Nagai Akira
Kirishima Gunji takes advantage of Ryutaro's trip to the US and UCLA to further agitate the hospital staff, already anti Ryutaro and his methods. Unfortunately, even Noboru submits to Kirishima's provocation.
What's going to happen to Team Batista now?
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03) who thanks Level editor Lenny-san for the Until Death Do Us Part volume 2 artwork
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other currently available manga (10 November 2010 street date)
- Elex Media: Inuyasha 49 · Kisah Edo di Abad 21: Chotto Edo Made 1 by Tsuda Masami · Kariage kun 35 · BECK 24 · Cross Game 17 of 17 · Magic Peddler Roma 2 · Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 6 · Spiral: The Bonds Of Reason 8 · Nakayoshi 86/2010 · Shonen Star 76/2010
- m&c!: Female Wolf's Boy 8 · Hai, Miiko! 22 · Shanimuni GO 32 of 32 · Togetherness by Wagata Konomi · Goal Den Age 1 by Takaoka Eisei & Tsunamoto Masaya · Bakugan Battle Brawlers 12 · How to make a Princess 2 of 2 · Go! Hiromi Go! 5 · Monika 136
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)
October 2010
Premiering Red River by Shinohara Chie, Gun Smith Cats Burst by Sonoda Kenichi and Hunt for the Thumb by Yamada Yuusuke (standalone)
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3×3 EYES 「3×3EYES」 by Takada Yuzo
Kodansha Weekly Young Magazine, seinen
Volume 33 first published in Japan 2000.01
Other languages
English 3x3 Eyes (Dark Horse Comics; till volume 8), Korean (Young Movie Comics), French (Pika Édition; 40 volumes), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini Comics; dropped), Italian (Editions Star Comics) and German 3x3 Augen (Carlsen Comics)
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 1993 Kodansha Manga Awards
Adaptations
Two anime OAVs starring seiyuu Tsujitani Kouji (Fujii Yakumo) and Hayashibara Megumi (Ayanokouji Pai)