It was a toss-up between leading with The Breaker or Full House: Love Continues (yup, that's Full House II). The Breaker will just have to settle for Above the Cut newbie spotlight later when I turn this MinimaList into the usual extended NikBabble™. Edit: No longer a MinimaList
Full House II © Won SooYeon
Published in Indonesia as Full House: Love Continues by Gramedia/m&c!
Raider and Elli have been married a year yet they still act like they're on their honeymoon. What happens to all that lovey dovey bliss when Raider is implicated in an adulterous scandal with Sabina? How will Elli cope?
I've never read the prequel Full House nor watched its K-drama adapt; those two conditions plus two more reasons stop me from getting Full House: Love Continues: (1) Each volume retails for IDR 25,000—so you're looking at investing IDR 125,000 for the Full (House II) set—and (2) Peeps who've read it pan the first volume as average.
Not to be ungrateful *bows to m&c!* but rather than Full House II, I would've preferred Maerineun Uibakjoong—yes, that's Mary Stayed Out All Night—that was adapted into a K-drama like Full House. (Full House II likewise gets the live-action treatment, but you'll only see it from March 2012 onwards.)
Other Won SooYeon (or Won Soo Yeon; Sooyeon Won; Won Son Yeon; Won Su-Yeon; Won Suyeon; Woon Soo-yeon) manhwa include the angst, Bad Boy BL Let Dai (15 volumes) and the Romeo×Juliet-esque Elio and Yvette (10 volumes). I don't know if m&c! or any other Indonesian publisher ever licensed these series.
Word on The Breaker 1, however, has been positive with a capital P. What gives? Let's check out m&c!'s blurb:
The Breaker © Jeon KeukJin,
Park JinHwan
Daiwon C.I. [Young Daiwon]
Published in Indonesia
by Gramedia/m&c!
High school student Lee Shi Woon is no stranger to oppression. The target of bullies with alarming frequency, Shi Woon witnesses Han Chun Woo in action and resolves to become the martial artist's disciple. Especially after he learns that Han Chun Woo inspires fear even in the world of Murim, home to the toughest fighters.
Additional deets there from Baka-Updates Manga, which goes on to say that Chun Woo is actually an English teacher (aren't they all? Cf. Faster than a Kiss). Chun Woo agrees to train Shi Woon if the many-times victim leaps off a bridge to prove his intent.
It turns out, however, that Chun-Woo and his powers are more than meets the eye. Shioon makes a grand entrance into the hidden world of martial arts, and he is about to be taught by the best there is!
That's Chun Woo on the cover, BTW. (Thanks, @regular_ARI-san ^^v)
Baka-Updates adds that Part 1 of 3 ends with Volume 10
(the final volume tally I use), followed by The Breaker: New Waves (one volume per October 2011, ongoing). Moar on other manhwa from Jeon KeukJin and Park JinHwan after the release list, but lemme just note that Park JinHwan created Archlord and that Jeon KeukJin is co-credited for Ruler of the Land (published by Elex).
Other m&c! debuts: Lost Seven 1, written by Nakashima Kazuki and illustrated by Ko Yasung (originally serialized in Comic Blade), and 2 × one-shot tankou: Cinderella's Wish, originally Ayumi Rin's Usotsuki na Kanojo (ex-Sho-Comi) and Love That I Should Have (Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai) by Mizutani Ai, first serialized in Cheese!. Previews after the release list.
☆ There's also the latest in the Who? manhwa-bio series — Steve Jobs. You can bet the late visionary's 2005 Standford commencement address is the highlight.
m&c! manga (2011.11.16)
- The Adventure of Yoshito-sama (Yoshito-sama!) vol 2 of 5+ by Shii Haruka
- [Premiere] Cinderella's Wish (Usotsuki na Kanojo) by Ayumi Rin
- Eighty Eight (88 Eighty Eight) vol 3 of 4+ by Namiki Hiromi
- [Series Premiere] Lost Seven vol 1 of 4 by Nakashima Kazuki / Ko Yasung
- [Premiere] Love That I Should Have (Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai) by Mizutani Ai
- Roman Club vol 2 of 6 by Amano Kozue
Usotsuki na Kanojo 「嘘つきなカノジョ」 |
88 Eighty Eight 「88 エイティエイト」 |
Lost Seven 「LOST SEVEN」 |
Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai |
Rouman Kurabu 「浪漫倶楽部」 |
m&c! manhwa (2011.11.16)
- [Series Premiere] The Breaker vol 1 of 10 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan
- [Series Premiere] Full House: Love Continues (Full House II) vol 1 of 5 by Won SooYeon
- [Premiere] Komik Biografi: Who? Steve Jobs by Kim Wonsik & Studio ChungBi
The Breaker 「브레이커 (THE BREAKER)」 |
Related series
Sequel: The Breaker: New Waves (one volume per 2011.10.31, ongoing)
Full House II 「FULL HOUSE 풀 하우스 2부」 |
Related series
Prequel: Full House (16 volumes)
m&c! manhua (2011.11.16)
- The Story of Wang Fenglei Season 2 Book Five by Tony Wong and Dick Kwong
The Story of Wang Fenglei Season 2 |
Related series
Prequel: The Story of Wang Fenglei (10 volumes)
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Yoshito-sama! 「よしとおさま!」
by Shii Haruka
Shogakukan Gessan, shounen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.05