Also, Ghost's Doctor 3, actually the GET! 2nd Runner-up, after Defense Devil 3 and Ciuman Dewa 4 (Kamisama Hajimemashita) tied for 1st Runner-up
Now for the top DO WANT!
Skip Beat! © Nakamura Yoshiki/Hakusensha [Serialized in Hana to Yume]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
His objective in Japan achieved, Hizuri Kuu decides to return earlier to the United States. Kyoko, having gotten her first taste of a mentor-slash-father, feels saddened at the thought of no more Kuu.
To the “rescue” comes Ren who encourages Kyoko to call Kuu Daddy!
(again) — within earshot of everyone AND while wearing her hot-pink Love Me uniform.
If you've been sniffling because of No more Kuu/Kyoko/Ren/Shou because no more HanaLaLa, rejoice in Elex's release of Skip Beat! 19, which picks up the father and daughter bonding with Act 109, And Then Someone Stirs.
(The other compiled chapters that wrap the Kuu arc are Acts 110-114: Clearing Up the Matter,
Unfading Feelings,
Parent and Child Memorial Day,
The Depth of the 5th Year
and Kuon's Oath
[*NOT Elex's titles]). And much as I miss monthly Skip Beat! doses via HanaLaLa, the mangazine folding does promise faster tankou release. (Look at it this way: if we were still on a one Act per issue sked, we'd finish volume 19 in June, and will prolly have to wait an equivalent number of months, if not more, for the actual tank.)
Before I move to the next manga preview, two words: Blond. Ren. (Kyaaa~)
Ciuman Dewa 4 of 9+ by Suzuki Julietta
Nanami acts on her feelings for Tomoe, asking her aloof familiar out on a date. Around the deafening doki-doki and oblivious aquarium fish, Nanami resolves to tell Tomoe she likes him. But as fate would have it, Tomoe's reaction leaves much to be desired.
Elex promises that aside from flowers of love wilting, we also get dark secrets—Tomoe's, of course—exposed. Find out what our smexy Tomoe-sama hides somewhere in between chapters 19 and 24 of Ciuman Dewa 4.
(The third Hana to Yume shoujo manga, Hidaka Banri's I Hate You More Than Anyone 6, is previewed Behind The Cut.)
Defense Devil 3 of 8+by Youn In-wan & Yang Kyung-il
May contain [SPOILERS!]
He's one hell of a defense attorney is Kucabara, the demon prince evicted from his kingdom for crimes of unacceptable kindness. Now he delivers human “sinners” from eternal damnation. Little does Kucabara expect to have to gate-crash his former home, to save it from his own brother, the architect of escalating entropy and the one who plotted Kucabara's exile in the first place.
Can Kucabara take on Legato who assumed Kucabara's not inconsiderable powers upon the the former's banishment? Before that, Kucabara must circumvent the barrier between worlds, and for that, he will need female exorcist Idamaria's help. But Idamaria's mission is to slay Kucabara... [Additions from Wikipedia]
Defense Devil 3 collects Judgments 4 through 6: Judgment 4: Mysterious Woman (Parts 4-5),
Judgment 5: Kucabara's Wisdom (Parts 1-6)
and Judgment 6: The Key to the Demon World (Parts 1-2).
(In conventional numbers, that translates to chapters 18-27).
☆ If you want to know how the Youkai Doctor diagnoses and treats his patients, scroll down. But if you're looking for Vinland Saga 2's preview, it's up here; the back cover blurb simply reiterates the manga's THORZ's death leaves lasting scars on his son
(and prompts Thorfinn to pursue vengeance at any cost) raison d'être.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.04.13)
- Ciuman Dewa (Kamisama Hajimemashita) 4 of 9+ by Suzuki Julietta
- Culdcept 3 of 6+ by Kaneko Shinya and OMIYA Soft
- Defense Devil 3 of 8+ by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl
- Demon King (Majeh) 33 of 37+ by Ra InSoo & Kim JaeHwan
- Doraemon 5 of 45 by Fujiko F. Fujio (right-to-left version)
- Ghost's Doctor (Youkai no Oisha-san) 3 of 15 by Sato Yuki
- I Hate You More Than Anyone (Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai) 6 of 13 by Hidaka Banri
- Inazuma Eleven 2 of 8+ by Yabuno Tenya
- Masked Rider Spirits (Kamen Rider Spirits) 14 of 16 by Ishinomori Shotaro & Muraeda Kenichi
- Mystery Bride 2 of 5 by Huh KookHwa & Kim SuJin
- Skip Beat! 19 of 27+ by Nakamura Yoshiki
- Vinland Saga 2 of 10+ by Yukimura Makoto
 | Culdcept 「Ｃｕｌｄｃｅｐｔ」 |
Related
Based on the Culdcept video game
Other languages
English Culdcept (TOKYOPOP: five volumes per 2006.06), Italian (Star Comics), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain: volume 6 per 2009.02)
 | Defense Devil 「ＤＥＦＥＮＳＥ ＤＥＶＩＬ」 |
Related
Adapted from the Sunday GX Akuma Bengoshi Kucabara
one-shot
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English and simplified Chinese volumes (Chuang Yi: English volume 2 released 2010.09 • simplified Chinese #6 per 2011.03.08)
 | Majeh 「마제(魔帝)」 by Ra InSoo & Kim JaeHwan |
Other languages
English King of Hell (TOKYOPOP: 25 volumes per 2009.08.04) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 魔帝 #34 released 2010.10)
 | Doraemon 「ドラえもん」 by Fujiko F. Fujio |
Awards
Best Children's Manga, 27th Shogakukan Manga Awards, Grand Prize, the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award (1997) and the Excellence Award, Japan Cartoonists Association Awards (1973)
Related series
Doraemon Plus (sequel; 5 of 5 volumes), Daichouhen Doraemon (side story; 24 of 24 volumes); Dorabase: Doraemon Chouyakyuu Gaiden (spin-off; 21 volumes, ongoing) and The Doraemon's Special (spin-off; 12 volumes)
Adaptations
A 52-episode anime adaptation by Nippon TV (1973.04 - 1973.09), a 1,787-episode series by Shin-Ei Animation (broadcast on TV Asahi from 1979.04 - 2005.03), a 2005 adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation and Studio Pierrot (premiered 2005.04.15; 300+ episodes) and numerous movies
 | Youkai no Oisha-san 「妖怪のお医者さん」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing)
English Yokai Doctor (Del Rey: three volumes per 2009.08), traditional Chinese 妖怪醫生 (Tong Li Taiwan: volume 13 released 2010.10)
 | Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai |
Related series
Akiyoshi Family Series 1-4 (Pacar 365 Hari, For Endless Love, Stay the Same, Let Me Hear the Lyric), Oki ni Mesu Mama? (one volume prequel released 2010.09) and Tenshi 1/2 Houteishiki (alternate story serialized in Hana to Yume).
A Hidaka Banri artbook, Hitsuji no Namida/Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai Hidaka Banri Gashuu, was released 2004.03.
Other languages
English I Hate You More Than Anyone (CMX: nine volumes per 2010.03; cancelled)
 | Inazuma Eleven 「イナズマイレブン」 |
Awards
Best Children's Manga, 34th Kodansha Manga Awards (2010)
Related
Based on the Nintendo DS game of the same name, from which an OLM anime, starring seiyuu Takeuchi Junko as Mark Evans (Endou Mamoru), Nojima Hirofumi as Axel Blaze (Gouenji Shuuya), Yoshino Hiroyuki as Jude Sharp (Yuuto Kidou) and Miyano Mamoru as Shawn Frost (Shirou Fubuki), was also adapted. The TV series premiered 2008.10.05 on TV Tokyo and is still ongoing; the Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai movie sequel premiered 2010.12.23 in Japan.
 | Kamen Rider Spirits 「仮面ライダーＳＰＩＲＩＴＳ」 |
Volume 14 chapters:
80. Warrior's Essence
81. Surpassing Greed
82. Return
83. Fiery Giant
84. With the Soul
85. Setup
86. Father
*NOT Elex Media titles
Related series
Kamen Riders (main story) · Shin Kamen Rider Spirits (sequel) · Kamen Rider Spirits - Uketsugareru Tamashii (adapted from)
 | Unknown New Bride 「정체불명새색시」 |
Other languages/serializations
English Pig Bride (Yen Press: five volumes per 2010.07; serialized in Yen Plus)
 | Skip Beat! 「スキップ・ビート！」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian HanaLaLa (discontinued).
English Skip Beat! (VIZ Media: 23 volumes per 2011.04.05 • volume 24 street date: 2011.07.05), French (Casterman: tome 14 released 2011.03 • tome 15 per 2011.05.04), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 18 ships 2011.04.22; serialized in Daisuki) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li: SKIP. BEAT!華麗的挑戰 26 per 2010.12)
Adaptations
A 25-episode anime adaptation by Hal Film Maker aired in Japan from October 2008 through March 2009. Seiyuu Inoue Marina, Konishi Katsuyuki and Miyano Mamoru replaced the 2002 drama CD cast comprising Nagasawa Miki, Narita Ken and Kanna Nobutoshi as Mogami Kyoko, Tsuruga Ren, and Fuwa Shou respectively.
After being plagued by internal problems, the Taiwanese live-action drama adaptation, Extravagant Challenge, resumes filming in April, with a change in the acting line-up: Ivy Chen as Kyoko (instead of Ariel Lin), Choi Siwon as Ren (in place of Jerry Yan) and and Lee Donghae as Shou.
Related
Hakusensha released the Skip Beat! Fan Book ~ LOVE ME in March 2009.
 | Vinland Saga 「ヴィンランド・サガ」 |
Volume 2 chapters:
5. Troll
6. Messenger from the Battlefield
7. Sword
8. Beginning of the Journey
9. A Trap in Distant Seas
10. Night Wake
11. Cage
12. Greater Than Any Monster
13. Smell
14. The Sword of Thors
15. A True Warrior
16. The Death of Thors
Extra. Special Report: I Went to the Land of Aurora Borealis
*NOT the Indonesian Shonen Magz chapter titles; Thors
rendered as THORZ
in the Indonesian version
Awards
Nominee, 2008 Manga Taisho award and Grand Prize winner, Manga division, Japan Media Arts awards
Other languages/serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing serialization)
French (Kurokawa: Tome 9 shipped 2011.03.10), Italian (Star Comics), traditional Chinese 海盜戰記 (Tong Li)
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Kamisama Hajimemashita 「神様はじめました」
by Suzuki Julietta
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 4 (chapters 19-24) first published in Japan 2009.09
Other languages
English Kamisama Kiss (VIZ Media: two volumes per 2011.03 • volume 3 street date: 2011.06.07)