Chain of Pearl 2 of 2 and King's Another Work by Fujinaka Chise (3L 20 June 2011 shoujo manga)

These Sho-Comi shoujo manga were shipped yesterday, sez Angelzon.

Shinju no Kusari © Minami Kanan/Shogakukan [Sho-Comi]
Ousama no Ura Shigoto © Fujinaka Chise/Shogakukan [Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as Chain of Pearl and King's Another Work by Tiga Lancar Comic/3L

Thanks to Keito-senpai's ‘interference,’ club manager Hisa and soccer ace Sakyou meet and fall in love. Which dumps Keito out in the cold and forces him to toss the two out of the soccer club. The broken-hearted Keito also gets into a fight, which prompts Hisa to part with Sakyou and restore whatever harmony there was before she came in.

Chain of Pearl 2 of 2 also includes two Minami Kanan one-shots: Unconditional Love Formula, in which not-quite bright Ayumi bribes bishie brainiac Tachibana Kouya to tutor her in physics, and The Rumored Natori-kun in which Ai discovers that the guy she's crushing on is none other than the eponymous player Natori-kun. (Read more substantial synopses over at »Baka-Updates Manga.)

King's Another Work by Fujinaka Chise

3L launches King's Another Work, Fujinaka Chise's Manga-ka, Rich Boy, bossy boyfriend Ousama no Ura Shigoto first serialized in Sho-Comi.

Mayu nearly faints when learns the true identity of Isshiki-sensei, the manga-ka who illustrates her favorite comic. He is her egotistic and moneyed classmate (and constant tormentor), Shiina-kun!

And what's this about a mistake in the omake page of Isshiki-sensei's manga and what does it have to do with Mayu?

[Additions from Midnight Scans's Ousama no Ura Shigoto description, excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga]

King's Another Work appears to be Fujinaka Chise-sensei's debut tank (based on her 5-point backlist), but she also created Adeyaka Prince (AKA Glossily Kabuki Prince; JP release: 2011.01), the Guess who sneaks into my dorm room? Numurenu Mori no Hime, Ookami o Daku (2010.09), the Beauty Transformation, Revenge Bijin Kakumei (2010.06) and the 2010.01-vintage Student-Teacher Sensei to, Uwakichuu (which includes the Master×Servant Ouji na Geboku no Aishikata/Way to Love a Princely Servant one-shot). Her current Sho-Comi serial is Shakespeare no Oki ni Mesu Mama, which apparently has The Bishie Bard time slipping to Japan to help a heroine win her love.

3L shoujo manga (2011.06.20)

1. Chain of Pearl (Shinju no Kusari) 2 of 2 by Minami Kanan [Finale]

Shinju no Kusari 「真珠の鎖」 by Minami Kanan
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2002.09

2. [Premiere] King's Another Work (Ousama no Ura Shigoto) by Fujinaka Chise

Ousama no Ura Shigoto 「王様の裏シゴト」 by Fujinaka Chise
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2009.07

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Chain of Pearl 1 by Minami Kanan, Swear Love on Your Knees by Honda Natsumi, Pet Wiz 1 by Morita Nana (3L manga out now)

Post wrote itself in the title...but NikBabble™. Will. Persist!

Shinju no Kusari © Minami Kanan/Shogakukan [Sho-Comi]
Hizamazuite Ai o Chikae © Honda Natsumi/Shogakukan [Cheese!]
Published in Indonesia as Chain of Pearl and Swear Love on Your Knees by Tiga Lancar Comic/3L

In lieu of ramping up Today the Love Begin and giving us the Christmas and hatsumode episodes of Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu 11, 3L procrastinates with another Minami Kanan shoujo series—only a two-volumer this time—consisting of a 9 chapter [love triangle] story with 3 side stories, Chain of Pearl.

Keito-senpai asks Hisa to re-apply as her high school's soccer club manager, and she agrees. There she meets Sakyou, the soccer club ace who scores a big fat zero in manners. But Sakyou is not your regular bishie jerk-and-a-half; he soon uncovers Hisa's secret part-time job. So, of course, the outed Hisa falls for Sakyou, which troubles My name is actually ‘Faithful’ Keito, concealing an unrequited love for Hisa.

Volume 1 contains Chain of Pearl 1 (don't know how many chapters) and A ‘Girlfriend’ with Substance (scanlated as The Fruit Called Grapefruit), Minami Kanan-sensei's debut one-shot about Sachi who forces Takanori to make her his girlfriend, much to the latter's (initial) aversion. (The remaining shorts are in volume 2.) Baka-Updates Manga adds that an additional Chain of Pearl one-shot appears in tankou 1 of LoveSupreme Principle AKA Renai Shijou Shugi.

I discuss Honda Natsumi's Swear Love on Your Knees romance antho and Morita Nana's ongoing seinen 4-koma Pet Wiz after the manga list.

3L shoujo and seinen manga (2011.04.21)

1. [Series Premiere] Chain of Pearl (Shinju no Kusari) 1 of 2 by Minami Kanan

Shinju no Kusari 「真珠の鎖」 by Minami Kanan
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2002.07

2. [Series Premiere] Pet Wiz 1 of 2+ by Morita Nana

Pet Wiz 「ＰＥＴ　ＷＩＺ」 by Morita Nana
Ichijinsha 4Koma KINGS Palette Comics, seinen/4-koma
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.08

3. [Premiere] Swear Love On Your Knees (Hizamazuite Ai o Chikae) by Honda Natsumi

Hizamazuite Ai o Chikae 「ひざまずいて愛を誓え」
by Honda Natsumi
Shogakukan Cheese!, shoujo
This anthology first published in Japan 2008.02

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