Soul Eater 4, Bloody Monday 2, Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 5 (Level Comics 9 March 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Edited because Elex postponed xxxHOLiC 12 to next week (16 March 2011 release)

Update2 Blog regular KiRai-san reports that she got xxxHOLiC 12 this week. Keeping it in the 3.16 post per the Elex STO 16 March 2011

Soul Eater 4 (Level Comics)

Soul Eater © Ohkubo Atsushi/Square Enix [Serialized in Shonen Gangan]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics

The witch Medusa connives to have the undying werewolf Free sprung from prison to test the black blood Soul has been infected with during the fight with Crona. Maka and Soul rout Free, but Maka later learns that she has been contaminated with Soul's black blood.

The above I think refers to Soul Eater chapters 10 and 11, The Experiment (Part 1) and The Experiment (Part 2), c/o Wikipedia (because Level's blurb simply translates Yen Press' Soul Eater, Volume 4 description and I don't want to transliterate back when there's no need). The other Soul Eater chapters are Ultimate Written Exam, the principal DWMA exam that Soul, Black Star and Kid fail and Maka aces, and Black Dragon (Part 1) andBlack Dragon (Part 2). (You know, right, that these are NOT Level's chapter titles?)

Bloody Monday 2 of 11 by Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji

Fujimaru uncovers proof that Ms. Orihara was not in Russia during Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, Ryunosuke witnesses in horror as Professor Shikimura is gunned down before his eyes. The hitman Jack Damon later kidnaps Fujimaru's sister Haruka and Dr. Tominaga. With Tominaga's husband and a Third-i operative under his father, Fujimaru struggles to rescue Haruka. Does he succeed?

He does, but according to Level, there's a spy in the ranks because Haruka gets abducted again.

Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 5 of 9+ by Hiroi Ohji & Kozaki Yusuke

The war between the Oni and humankind throws Japanese politics and the economy into chaos. Kano pushes through with the plan to make North-East Japan an Oni state. Why does Kano want to establish a country for Oni?

☆ Also, the finales of A Hint of Purple by Saito Chiho and The Hunting of The Snark by Miyabe Miyuki & Ohishi Hiroto (both series end at volume 3; previews after the manga list)

Level Comics manga and manhua (2011.03.09)

  1. 3x3 Eyes 36 of 40 by Takada Yuzo
  2. LC: 3x3 Eyes 36

    3×3 EYES3×3EYES」 by Takada Yuzo
    Kodansha Weekly Young Magazine, seinen
    Volume 36 first published in Japan 2001.05

    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)

  3. Bloody Monday 2 of 11 + Ver. 0 by Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji
  4. LC: Bloody Monday 2

    Bloody Mondayブラッディ・マンデイ
    by Ryumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji
    Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen
    Volume 2 first published in 2007.09

    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 4 per 2011.03.04)

    Related series
    Bloody Monday Season 2 - Zetsubou no Kou (sequel, AKA Bloody Monday Season 2 ~Pandora no Hako~, seven volumes as at 2011.03.17)

    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.

  5. A Hint of Purple (Honoka ni Purple) 3 of 3 by Saito Chiho [Finale]
  6. LC: A Hint of Purple 3

    Honoka ni Purpleほのかにパープル
    by Saito Chiho
    Shogakukan Flower Comics, shoujo
    Volume 3 first published in Japan 1987.04

    Related series
    My Knight (side story; published by Elex Media ca. 1998-1999)

  7. The Hunting of The Snark (Snark Gari) 3 of 3 by Miyabe Miyuki & Ohishi Hiroto [Finale]
  8. LC: The Hunting of The Snark 3

    Snark Gariスナーク狩り
    by Miyabe Miyuki & Ohishi Hiroto
    Shinchosha Comic Bunch seinen
    Volume 3 first published in Japan 2009.02

    Related
    Based on the Snark Gari novel by Miyabe Miyuki

  9. Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files (Karasuma Kyouko no Jikenbo) 5 of 9+ by Hiroi Ohji & Kozaki Yusuke
  10. LC: Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 5

    Karasuma Kyouko no Jikenbo
    烏丸響子の事件簿
    by Hiroi Ohji & Kozaki Yusuke
    AKA Kyoko Karasuma - Detective of the Asakusa Police Department
    Gentosha Comic BIRZ, seinen
    Volume 5 first published in Japan 2006.12

    Other languages
    French (Taifu Comics: Kyoko Karasuma, Inspecteur à Asakusa tome 8 per 2010.10), German (Carlsen Comics: Kyoko Karasuma: Detective of the Asakusa Police Department latest - Band 8), Russian (Comix-ART)

  11. Miso-Com (30 Kon Miso-com) 6 of 12+ by Yonezawa Rika
  12. LC: Miso-Com 6

    30 Kon Miso-com30婚 miso‐com
    by Yonezawa Rika
    Kodansha Kiss, josei
    Volume 6 first published in Japan 2008.09

    Other languages
    Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)

  13. The Ravages of Time (Huo Feng Liao Yuan) 8 of 40+ by Chan Mou
  14. LC: The Ravages of Time 8

    Sanguozhi Qunxiongzhuan: Huo Feng Liao Yuan
    火鳳燎原」 by Chan Mou
    AKA Fiery Phoenix Burns Steppes
    Tong Li New Youth, seinen

    Other languages/serializations
    Simplified Chinese 火凤燎原 (Chuang Yi: volume 40 shipped 2011.02.22) and Japanese (Media Factory 三国志群雄伝 火鳳燎原 volume 9 per 2009.12; serialized in Comic Sangokushi). The manhua is also released in Mainland China, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.

  15. Soul Eater 4 of 18+ by Ohkubo Atsushi
  16. LC: Soul Eater 4

    Soul Eaterソウルイーター」 by Ohkubo Atsushi
    Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen
    Volume 4 (chapters 10-14) first published in Japan 2005.08

    Related series
    First appeared as one-shots in two Gangan Powered special editions (Summer and Fall 2003) and Gangan Wing's 26 November 2003 issue. (Regular Monthly Shonen Gangan serialization commenced May 2004.)

    Other languages/serializations
    English Soul Eater (Yen Press: five volumes per 2011.02.22 • volume 6 street date: 2011.06.28; serialized in Yen Plus), French (Kurokawa tome 14 ships 2011.03.10), German (Carlsen Comics Band 10 street date: 2011.04.22) and traditional Chinese 噬魂者 (Sharp Point Press Taiwan)

    Related series
    Soul Eater Not! (side story; began serialization in Shonen Gangan 2011.01.12)

    Adaptations
    Manga volumes 1 to 12 adapted to anime by BONES. Fifty-one episodes starring seiyuu Omigawa Chiaki (Maka Alban) and Uchiyama Kouki (Soul Eater) aired in Japan from April 2008 to March 2009.

    Square Enix bundled an audio drama, Soul Eater (Vol. 1): Special Social Studies Field Trip, with an artbook in August 2005. The drama CD featured different actors (Takeuchi Junko as Maka; Hoshi Souichirou as Soul Eater); only Kobayashi Yumiko reprised her Black☆Star role in the TV series.

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Level Comics European comics/BDs (2011.03.09)

  1. Lucky Luke - Bayangan Menara Minyak (Lucky Luke, tome 18: À l'ombre des derricks) by Morris, René Goscinny
  2. Yakari - Rahasia Halilintar Kecil (Yakari, tome 6: Yakari et le secret de Petit Tonnerre) by Job, Derib
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