I Need Job 2 of 2, Hori High School 3 of 3, Galism 2, Sky Blue Ageha 1 (3L josei and shoujo manga out now)

Galism - Renai Joutou 3 Shimai © Yokoyama Mayumi/Shogakukan [Betsucomi]
Horikou Hanemono Ranger © Hazuki Kanae/Akita Shoten [Renai LOVE MAX]
Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~ © Yoshino Aki/Shogakukan [Petit Comic]
Sorairo Ageha © Kumagai Kyoko/Shogakukan [Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as Galism ~ 3 Sisters first-class Love ~, Hori High School Hanemono Ranger, I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ and Sky Blue Ageha by PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/Tiga Lancar Comic (3L)

If you're wondering where are 3L's Valentine manga, wonder no more. Angelzon sez I Need Job!! 2 of 2, Hori High School 3 of 3, Galism 2 and newbie Sky Blue Ageha 1 by Kumagai Kyoko should be on sale at your favorite news stands this week. (I heard Gramed pulled 3L releases from its shelves for the former's Mature content. More on this below.)

Do you need refreshers on the concluding josei and continuing shoujo series? If so, click this, this, and/or this. Previewing Sky Blue Ageha—Kumagai Kyoko's tennis-troped Sorairo Ageha—here:

The summer Ageha was 10, she met her destiny — tennis. That fateful summer, Ageha chanced to see a boy, Takeru-kun, playing tennis. Wowed by his awesome game, Ageha decides to take up the sport and vows to join the tennis club when she reaches high school. On her first day of school, who should Ageha run into but Takeru-kun, her tennis inspiration. But what's with his cold attitude and insistence that he hates tennis?

3L also published Kumagai Kyoko-sensei's Ichigo Jikan, Houkago Orange and Inventive Princess.

For sure Galism 2 and I Need Job!! 2 are rated for   DEWASA or Mature audiences. Hori High School 3 might also be (couldn't see it from the cover). Despite it having serialized in Sho-Comi, Sky Blue Ageha should be safe.

That 3L's manga have been predominantly rated Mature lately is supposedly the reason the Gramedia book store chain decided to no longer carry 3L titles.

3L josei and shoujo manga (2011.02.14)

1. Galism ~ 3 Sisters first-class Love ~ (Galism - Renai Joutou 3 Shimai) 2 of 6 by Yokoyama Mayumi

Galism - Renai Joutou 3 Shimai 「ギャリズム」
by Yokoyama Mayumi
Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2005.08

2. Hori High School Hanemono Ranger (Horikou Hanemono Ranger) 3 of 3 by Hazuki Kanae [Finale]

Horikou Hanemono Ranger 「堀高ハネモノレンジャー」
by Hazuki Kanae
Akita Shoten Renai LOVE MAX, josei
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2008.03

3. I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ (Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~) 2 of 2 by Yoshino Aki [Finale]

Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~ 「シューカツ！！～キミに内定～」
by Yoshino Aki
AKA Job Hunting～Tentative Job Offer
Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2008.06

4. Sky Blue Ageha (Sorairo Ageha) 1 of 2 by Kumagai Kyoko

Sorairo Ageha 「空色アゲハ」 by Kumagai Kyoko
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.12

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I Need Job!! 1 by Yoshino Aki and Kon Kon x Honey by Maita Nao (3L josei and shoujo manga out now)

Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~ © Yoshino Aki/Shogakukan [First serialized in Petit Comic]
Published in Indonesia as I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~
by PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/Tiga Lancar Comic (3L)

What I wished for when King of Hearts was first published here finally came true: 3L licensed Yoshino Aki's job- (and love) hunting josei manga Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~. I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ 1 of 2 is now on sale.

Asaoka Yuri discovers you need more than just enthusiasm to get somewhere in the Tokyo job market. The college senior has applied to 49 companies and been unanimously rejected, much to her chagrin. It looks like even her 50th try is doomed, but what's worse, another student from the same university is there to witness (and snicker at) her epic #Fail.

Yuri should've bopped the too self-confident Manabe Ryoji on the head, but instead she lets fly a left-fielder to the Do you agree/disagree with the proposal to ban smoking in taxis question Ryoji poses. (She answers: The taxi should provide candies on board.)

With such a bad first impresh, youdathunk Yuri would've given Ryoji a wide berth, especially when they're back at the university, but nooo. Yuri actually goes and falls for Ryoji.

Manga GET!

I know, I know, the synopsis doesn't come across as a compliment to Yuri, much less a GET! recommendation for her manga starrer. In fact, Typical Shoujo Triad member dalina02-san only gave the first I Need Job!! a 6 out of 10 rating and suggests it as a Rent. But I enjoyed—muchness—Yuri's job hunt and found the required Ryoji × Yuri reading compelling. You be the judge.

I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ volume 1 contains chapters 1 through 5: Masa Sulit (Tough Times), Interview, Antusias (Enthusiasm), Saatnya Istirahat (A Well-earned Break) and Turning Point.

Aside from I Need Job!! and King of Hearts (my gateway Yoshino Aki manga), Yoshino Aki-sensei also created the oh-so-cute Petit Comic one-shot Non-chan to Watashi, the sports-themed Kimi wa Kirakira and Yuru Koi, which encloses the Heart no Ousama sequel Happy Birthday.

I synopsize the other 3L debut—Kon Kon x Honey by Maita Nao—that I didn't see (prolly overlooked) at Gramed Below the Cut. But before that, let me just say that this SFW pair is truly welcome after the recent spate of Dewasa/Mature 3L releases.

3L josei and shoujo manga (2010.12.20)

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1. [Series Premiere] I Need Job!! ~Unofficial Decision For You~ (Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~) 1 of 2 by Yoshino Aki

Shu-katsu!! ~Kimi ni Naitei~ 「シューカツ！！～キミに内定～」 by Yoshino Aki
AKA Job Hunting～Tentative Job Offer
Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei
Volume 1 (chapters 1-5) first published in Japan 2008.01

2. [Premiere] Kon Kon x Honey by Maita Nao

Kon Kon x Honey 「コンコン×ハニー」 by Maita Nao
AKA Con Con x Honey
Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo
This anthology (main story chapters 1-3 and three one-shots) first published in Japan 2007.08

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