Suki desu, Suzuki-kun!! © Ikeyamada Go/Shogakukan [Serialized in Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as I Love You, Suzuki kun!!
by Tiga Lancar Comic/3L
If you follow me on Twitter, you knew from yesterday that Ikeyamada Go's I Love You, Suzuki kun!! volume 7 was already out and that I already snagged my copy. 3L's back cover blurb goes on about how Sayaka has to move to Kyushu, the date at the beach with Hikaru and Hikaru's confession at a nearly-botched drama performance, yada yada yada...
But the most important thing to warn about is that Suzuki kun!! 7's first chapter (31) opens with smut, smut, smut! (So, if you're going to buy this installment, make sure you're already DEWASA-eligible.)
Four Pure Loves by Yokoyama Mayumi
Atashi ga Hamatta
Yottsu no Junai
© Yokoyama Mayumi
Shogakukan [Betsucomi]
Published in Indonesia as
Four Pure Loves
by Tiga Lancar Comic
I passed up on Four Pure Loves, not realizing it was actually legit because it looked like one of those bootleg manga you usually find at news stands. The anthology compiles four love stories: that of Mai who pines for Amano who already has a girlfriend; Rian and her romantic escapades at a summer training camp; Nao and her unintentional “H” with a friend; and Wakana, torn between two (childhood pal) lovers. How this Childhood Friends, Drunk Sex
antho can even lay claim to Pure Love
boggles, but there you go. (Again, make sure you're mature enough to handle this if you decide to buy.)
Have to admit that even if I knew this was a 3L manga, I still wouldn't have gotten it. SO not impressed with Yokoyama Mayumi's Boy's Story and M's Dilemma that I passed up on I Love High School, Galism and now this omnibus.
3L shoujo manga (2011.01.21)
- [Premiere] Four Pure Loves (Atashi ga Hamatta Yottsu no Junai) by Yokoyama Mayumi
- I Love You, Suzuki kun!! (Suki desu Suzuki-kun!!) 7 of 10+ by Ikeyamada Go
Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! 「好きです鈴木くん！！」 by Ikeyamada Go
AKA The Lovin' “S”
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
Volume 7 first published in Japan 2010.03
Adaptations
The first anime OAD was bundled with Sho-Comi's first 2010 issue (released 2009.12; chapter 1 reenactment), the second with the Suzuki-kun!! Official Fanbook (shipped 2010.07; chapters 15 and 16 re-enactment).
Two light novels written by Tokiumi Yui and illustrated by Ikeyamada Go have also been released. The first, Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! Pure White Love (2009.12.24), detailed Hikaru and Sayaka's relationship during the couple's last year of middle school. The second Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! With Precious Heart light novel (2010.07.26) is set before the high school arc/between manga volumes 7 and 8.
A Nintendo DS game—Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! ~Yo-nin no Suzuki-kun—released in 2010.07. Per the title, the game introduces two new Ikeyamada-sensei designed characters also surnamed Suzuki: Suzuki Michiru and Suzuki Hiroto. A limited edition of the Idea Factory game came with a drama CD featuring a story about the four main characters.
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Atashi ga Hamatta Yottsu no Junai 「アタシがハマった４つの純愛」 by Yokoyama Mayumi
Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
Volume 7 (chapters 31-35 + Side story) first published in Japan 2005.11