And with that, this Level manga sked is done. Buh-bye.
Kidding! There's still the Lucky Luke - Menyusuri Sungai Mississippi or Lucky Luke: En remontant le Mississippi BD, which takes Luke down the Mississippi with Captain Barrows in a race to reach Minneapolis, all the while disrupted by rival skipper Lowriver. But over, above, beyond, obverse Luke — Mamoru!!
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
The international terrorist organization “Plunder” launches an assault on the Ex Solid research center to steal the bio-chip the company developed in secret. The terrorists threaten to detonate bombs all over the metro—each C4 explosive weighing 100kg, which would claim casualties in the thousands and result in over ¥ 750 million in damages—if Mamoru & Co. do not hand over the bio-chip and Haruka. Mamoru counters with his terms: two billion dollars for both the chip and Haruka or no deal. [Additions from Ki-oon's Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, tome 3 summary and Nihil Sine Nefas scans]
What is Mamoru planning? Find out in Until Death Do Us Part 3, on sale today. (Mamoru fangirls, you can also drool over the blind swordsman's ripped abs while you're at it.)
Zipang 5 of 43 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
The JDS Mirai is ordered to dock to pave the way for talks to evacuate the Japanese soldiers in Gualdacanal. But while the Mirai crew get some needed R&R, Kusaka covertly meets with ex-military officer Ishihara and tells the story of Japan 60 years into the future, and the Mirai's role.
What is Kusaka's intention?
Shattered Knife 6 of 11+ by George Asakura
Not only does Natsume get marginalized after the kidnapping, she and Ko grow apart. From Otomo, Natsume learns that she's not alone in noticing how Ko has changed. Despite their distance, however, Natsume can't stop thinking about Ko...
Level Comics manga (2010.12.29)
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- Shattered Knife (Oboreru Knife) 6 of 11+ by George Asakura
- Until Death Do Us Part (Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made) 3 of 13+ by Takashige Hiroshi & DOUBLE-S
- Zipang 5 of 43 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made |
Other languages
French (Ki-oon; Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare, tome 12 per 2010.12.09), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan and Jade Dynasty Hong Kong)
Zipang 「ジパング」 by Kawaguchi Kaiji |
Awards
Best General Manga, 26th Kodansha Manga Awards (2002)
Other language versions
English (Kodansha Bilingual Comics; partial), French (Kana; tome 28 shipped 2010.08 • tome 29 street date: 2011.02.04) and traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press)
Adaptations
Anime by Studio DEEN starring seiyuu Inada Tetsu (Executive Officer Kadomatsu Yosuke), Hoshino Takanori (Gunnery Officer Kikuchi Masayuki), Ueda Yuuji (Navigation Officer Oguri Kouhei), Yara Yuusaku (Captain Umezu Saburo) and Touchi Hiroki (Lt. Commander Kusaka Takumi) aired in Japan from October 2004 to March 2005
Level Comics European comics (2010.12.29)
- Lucky Luke - Menyusuri Sungai Mississippi (Lucky Luke, tome 16: En remontant le Mississippi) by Morris
Oboreru Knife 「溺れるナイフ」 by George Asakura
Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo
Volume 6 first published in Japan 2007.07