Bloody Monday © Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji/Kodansha
[First serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics
This Level manga release should gladden the hearts of a couple of blog regulars. The hacker thriller Bloody Monday finally debuts, along with the weepy Bad Boy/Shy Girl shoujo romance Sky of Love. Before blurbing, want to note that actor/singer Miura Haruma stars in the live-action adapt of both (as Fujimaru/Falcon in the Bloody Monday TV series and as Hiro in the 2007 Koizora movie). Let teh squeeing commence.
Bloody Monday 1 of 11 by Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji
A Russian spy is murdered in Japan, but not before he manages to secrete a memory chip from his killer. The Public Security Intelligence Agency ropes in high school student Fujimaru Takagi—actually the genius hacker Falcon—to decode the chip. Fujimaru doesn't realize the time bomb he holds in his hand, not until his father, a high-ranked official in the Agency's Third-I branch, is framed for the murder of his own boss, leaving Fujimaru with only the words ‘Bloody Monday’ to make sense of the growing mystery.
It is now up to Fujimaru to put together the pieces of dangerous information, information that points to a lethal virus and a Japanese woman named Maya...
[Additions from Wikipedia and Chuang Yi's Bloody Monday: Season 1 Vol.1 synopsis]
Author Ryumon Ryou also wrote other manga under diverse pseudonyms: Psychometrist Eiji (as Ando Yuma), Remote and the new Kindaichi Case Files (as Amagi Seimaru), The Drops of God (as Agi Tadashi), Get Backers (as Aoki Yuya), Monkey Typhoon (as Arimori Jōji) and Area no kishi (as Igano Hiroaki).
Sky of Love 1 of 10 by Haneda Ibuki
From a friend's prank call, ordinary high school student Mika comes to know Hiro and promises to meet him at the end of summer vacation. While Hiro doesn't turn out as Mika expected, his presence changes her life, painting it in the full spectrum of colors.
So, love begins to blossom...
From Level's synopsis, you wouldn't expect this manga—based on the best-selling coming of age/romance novel by Mika (yes, that Mika)—to have Weak Female Lead, Rape, Teen Pregnancy, Bad Boy, Shy Girl, Opposites Attract, Cancer tags associated with, but it does. And from that Baka-Updates Manga laundry list, tragedy
is a foregone conclusion. Consider yourself warned.
Manga-ka Haneda Ibuki-sensei's other works include shoujo romances Oujisama to Watashi, Koiseyo Otome! and Sono Koe, Sono Yubi, Sono Kuchibiru.
Funnily enough, the Koizora TV dorama (with Seto Koji as Hiro) preceded the Bloody Monday TV Season 1 on TBS. Koizora aired from August to September 2008, while Bloody Monday S1 broadcast from October through December.
A note on the Lucky Luke ROMIC: In the absence of a cover, assumming that Lucky Luke - Berburu Jejak Dalton was originally the Lucky Luke, Tome 17: Sur la piste des Dalton BD. The Dalton brothers are always escaping—and in Berburu Jejak Dalton, they're at it again—so it's a little hard to be sure. In any case, the Daltons make their getaway here because of the jail guard dog Rantanplan. The stupid dog now has to redeem himself by leading Luke to the Daltons' hideout.
Level Comics manga (2011.01.05)
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- [Series Premiere] Bloody Monday 1 of 11 + Ver. 0 by Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji
- Eternal Sabbath (ES) 2 of 8 by Souryo Fuyumi
- Priest 12 of 16+ by Hyung MinWoo
- Shadow Skill 2 of 6+ by Okada Megumu
- [Series Premiere] Sky of Love (Koizora) 1 of 10 by Haneda Ibuki, Mika
 | ES 「ＥＳ」 by Souryo Fuyumi |
Other languages
English ES (Del Rey: eight volumes), French (Glénat: eight volumes), Italian (Editions Star Comics)
Reissues
Re-released in five bunko volumes (2006.10 - 2007.02)
 | Priest 「프리스트」 by Hyung MinWoo |
Other languages
English Priest (TOKYOPOP: 16 volumes), French (Tokebi; 16 volumes), German (Tokyopop Germany), Polish (Kasen Comics), Italian (J POP), Portuguese (Lumus Brazil) and Japanese (Enterbrain Beam comix)
Adaptations
A film adaptation starring Cam Gigandet, Paul Bettany and Maggie Q is expected to premiere on 13 May 2011 in the U.S. (Indonesian screening is slated to begin 12 May 2011.)
 | Shadow Skill 「ＳＨＡＤＯＷ ＳＫＩＬＬ」 |
Adaptations
Studio DEEN's 26-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Matsuoka Akio (Gau Ban) and Hayashibara Megumi (Elle Lagu), aired in Japan from July to December 1998. Four OAVs preceded the series (four episodes released between 1995 and 1996).
 | Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari |
Related
Based on the best-selling coming of age/romance novel written by Mika (two volumes published by Starts Publications), originally posted on the cell phone website "Mahou no iLand."
Adaptations
Loosely adapted into a movie (2007.11.03 premiere), starring Aragaki Yui as Mika and Miura Haruma as Hiro, and a six-episode live-action series on TBS from August to September 2008 with Mizusawa Erena as Mika and Seto Koji as Hiro.
Level Comics European comics/ROMICs (2011.01.05)
- Lucky Luke - Berburu Jejak Dalton by Morris
Bloody Monday 「ブラッディ・マンデイ」
by Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji
Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen
Volume 1 first published in 2007.08
Other languages
English Bloody Monday: Season 1 (Chuang Yi: volume 8 per 2010.08 and Kodansha Comics: Bloody Monday volume 1 street date: 2011.08.23), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi; 11 volumes, concluded), traditional Chinese 血色星期一 (Tong Li Taiwan; 11 volumes) and French (Pika Éditions: Tome 2 per 2010.11 • Tome 3 street date 2011.01.05)
Related series
Bloody Monday Season 2 - Zetsubou no Kou (sequel, AKA Bloody Monday Season 2 ~Pandora no Hako~, six volumes as at 2011.01.17)
Adaptations
An 11-episode live-action renzoku aired from October through December 2008 on TBS, followed by a second season, Bloody Monday Season2 ~Pandora no Hako~ (January to March 2010, nine episodes). Actor/singer Miura Haruma returned as protagonist Fujimaru Takagi/Falcon in the sequel.