Oh Butterfly Oh Flower 5, X Blade 6, Red River 9 (Level Comics 18 August 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

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Second pre-Idul Fitri recess Level release.

Chou yo Hana yo © Yoshihara Yuki/Shogakukan [First serialized in Petit Comic] · XBlade © Ida Tatsuhiko & Shiki Satoshi/Kodansha [First serialized in Shonen Sirius] · Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori © Shinohara Chie/Shogakukan [First serialized in Sho-Comi]. Published in Indonesia as Oh Butterfly Oh Flower, X Blade and Red River by Elex Media/Level Comics

Still commending the Level Team—specifically, Oh Butterfly Oh Flower's editor Lenny-san—for volume 5, the top manga DO WANT♡. I'm sooo sure it takes a lot of finessing to sanitize Chou yo Hana yo smut as the volume number rises. ^^ [Previewed after the release list]

Also, we still need Prince Kail on the cover of Red River 9, not some bird.

Level Comics manga (2011.08.18)

1. A Spirit of the Sun (Taiyou no Mokushiroku) 12 of 17 by Kawaguchi Kaiji

Taiyou no Mokushiroku 「太陽の黙示録」 by Kawaguchi Kaiji Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen Volume 12 (chapters 80-86) first published in Japan 2006.07

Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards
Grand Prize winner for the comic category, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival

Other languages
French (Tonkam's Spirit of The Sun, tome 17: Le troisième pays per 2009.12)

Adaptations
Adapted into an anime special by Madhouse (two episodes)

2. Exit 6 of 12+ by Fujita Takami

Exit 「ＥＸＩＴ」 by Fujita Takami Gentosha Birz Comics Girls Collection, shoujo Volume 6 published in Japan 2003.03

Earlier editions
Volumes 1-5 published between 1998.08 and 1999.06 under Sony Magazines Comics Kimi to Boku (KB) Collection imprint

3. Glass Chair (Garasu no Isu) 8 of 8 by Nakamura Mariko [Finale]

Garasu no Isu 「ガラスの椅子」 by Nakamura Mariko Kodansha Be Love, josei Volume 8 first published in Japan 2006.12

4. Oh Butterfly Oh Flower (Chou yo Hana yo) 5 of 8 by Yoshihara Yuki

Chou yo Hana yo 「蝶よ花よ」 by Yoshihara Yuki Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei Volume 5 (chapters 21-25) first published in Japan 2007.10

Other languages
English Butterflies, Flowers (VIZ Media: seven volumes per 2011.06 • volume 8 street date: 2011.09.06), French (Soleil: Ma petite maîtresse tome 8 released 2010.05) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)

5. Red River (Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori) 9 of 28 by Shinohara Chie

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori 「天は赤い河のほとり」 by Shinohara Chie AKA Anatolia Story Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo Volume 9 first published in Japan 1997.06

Awards
Best Shoujo Manga, 46th Shogakukan Manga Awards (2000)

Other languages
English Red River (VIZ Media: 28 volumes), Italian Anatolia Story (Editions Star Comics: 28 volumes), German (EMA/Egmont Manga and Anime), Vietnamese Dòng Sông Huyền Bí (Tre Publishing House) and traditional Chinese 赤河戀影 (Tong Li)

Adaptations
Eight drama CDs were released between 1997 and 2003.

Related
An artbook (Japan release: 1999.02.24), fanbook (2002.07.26) and a two-volume novel adaptation Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori Gaiden Ma ga Jidai no Reimei written and illustrated by Shinohara Chie-sensei (2007.05 and 2007.09)

6. RRR 3 of 10 by Watanabe Jun

RRR 「ＲＲＲ」 by Watanabe Jun AKA Rock 'n' Roll Ricky Kodansha Young Magazine, seinen Volume 3 first published in Japan 2007.12

7. X Blade 6 of 12 by Ida Tatsuhiko & Shiki Satoshi

XBlade 「ＸＢＬＡＤＥ」 by Ida Tatsuhiko & Shiki Satoshi Kodansha Shonen Sirius, shounen Volume 6 first published in Japan 2009.04

Related series
XBlade Cross (sequel, one volume per 2011.07)

European comics/BDs (2011.08.18)

1. Cubitus - Wisata Kuliner Dunia (Cubitus, tome 37: Si tous les gags du monde) by Dupa (Le Lombard)
2. [Series Premiere] Leonard - Si Jenius (Léonard, tome 1: Léonard est un génie) by Turk - De Groot (Le Lombard)
3. Smurf - Salad Smurf (Les Schtroumpfs, Tome 24 : Salade de Schtroumpfs) by Peyo, Luc Parthoens, Thierry Culliford, Ludowick Borecki (Le Lombard)

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