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Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa © Tachibana Yutaka/Hakusensha
[Serialized in LaLa DX]
Published in Indonesia as My Dearest Pochi by Gramedia/m&c!

The Takatsuki princess has to pay for her good intentions with her life?

Haruka conceals something important from Kaori, but can he remain silent when someone targets his charge? Meanwhile, Kaori begins to think that she possesses a miraculous power...but just what is it?

Ah. Mind screw as only Messer-with-heads Tachibana Yutaka-sensei can conceive continues in My Dearest Pochi vol 3. I don't suppose I'm alone in lurving this needlessly twisted series?

My Dearest Pochi 3 compiles Stories 9 through 12 and the Teddy Bear dan Kakak extra. Four Uchi no Pochi volumes will have been published in Japan by next month (4 November), so the Indonesian version is too totally current :D

Meanwhile, in Yona, The Girl Standing in the Blush of Dawn 2, which boasts a more straightforward plot —

May contain [SPOILERS!]

Yona can't quite give up on Suwon — he who compares the red hair Yona so detests to the sky at dawn. But after her father's assassination, Yona can no longer afford to yearn after her first love. Relentlessly pursued, she seeks refuge in Fuga, but even in the hometown of bodyguard Haku, sanctuary eludes...

By the 18th of November, Akatsuki no Yona will have been collected in seven tankou.

New m&c! titles
m&c! rolls out another Long Hu Men manhua from Tony Wong. In The Next Battle, Xiaohu weighs the pros and cons of cooperating with the enemy Barbarian to save his father, while Heilong struggles against death after being hit with Chen Aoyun's One Million Poisons.

Previews continued after the release list.

m&c! manga (2011.10.19)

Aoizaka Baseball Club (Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu) vol 21 of 26 by Tanaka Motoyuki

Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu
「最強！都立あおい坂高校野球部」
AKA Aoizaka High School Baseball Club
by Tanaka Motoyuki
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
Volume 21 first published in Japan 2009.08

Awards
Winner, Best Shounen Manga, 2008 Kodansha Manga Awards

Eighty Eight (88 Eighty Eight) vol 2 of 4+ by Namiki Hiromi

88 Eighty Eight 「８８　エイティエイト」
by Namiki Hiromi
Kodansha Monthly Shonen Magazine, shounen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.12

Love, Romance and the World (Orera Kourin! ~Ai toka, Koi toka, Sekai toka~) vol 3 of 3 by Sugiyama Miwako [Finale]

Orera Kourin! 「オレら降臨！」
by Sugiyama Miwako
Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.04

My Dearest Pochi (Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa) vol 3 of 4+ by Tachibana Yutaka

Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa
「うちのポチの言うことには」
by Tachibana Yutaka
Hakusensha LaLa DX, shoujo
Volume 3 (Story 9-12 + omake) first published in Japan 2011.02

Yona, The Girl Standing in the Blush of Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) vol 2 of 7+ by Kusanagi Mizuho

Yona, The Girl Standing in the Blush of Dawn 2 (m&c!)

Akatsuki no Yona 「暁のヨナ」
by Kusanagi Mizuho
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.05

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Hong Kong manhua (2011.10.19)

[Series Premiere] Long Hu Men - The Next Battle vol 1: Pertarungan Emas by Tony Wong (Jade Dynasty)
The Story of Wang Fenglei Season 2 Book Four by Tony Wong and Dick Kwong (Jade Dynasty)

~~Will replace with m&c! artwork when I luck on a big enuf cover.~~ » Done but Moa remains on the cover of NamiUsa :P

Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ 4 (m&c!)

Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ © Minase Ai/Shogakukan [Serialized in Sho-Comi]
Published in Indonesia as Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ by Gramedia/m&c!

I don't remember this Namida Usagi cover girl—Narumi's girlfriend?—but whoever she is, she and her Innocence Not! don't figure in m&c!'s volume 4 preview:

Knowing that her love is destined for nowhere, Momoka tells Narumi that she wants to stop being his friend. Narumi's answer: he kisses her and then asks her to meet him the next day. Confession?? But when Momoka keeps their appointment, who should be waiting for her but...Amano.

Momoka ping-ponging between Narumi and Amano looks to continue, what with Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ logging eight volumes by 26 October, with no indications of wrapping up. (If you know otherwise, do leave a comment ^^)

‘Kiss’ also seems to be The Word in the other m&c! DO WANT!

Love Button 4 of 6+ by Usami Maki

Niina is shaken after hearing that Koga-kun once kissed his cousin Mirei, even though he claims it was a kiss without feelings. And as if challenging her to spot the difference, Koga-kun kisses Niina. But in her confusion, she scampers away and ever since that precipitous (cowardly) escape — Niina can't quit thinking about the kiss. What did Koga-kun mean?

Your mileage may vary, but that preview above is NOT guaranteed to make me give Love Button another chance, Usami Maki manga or no. :P I ab-so-lute-ly can't stand Niina, and Koga-kun doesn't endear himself to me either. (I'm with the Kisses are always significant camp.)

Kokoro · Button's latest release in Japan is volume 6, scheduled to street this 26 September. Can anyone confirm that this isn't the last tankou? (Amazon Japan has no synopsis.) Thanks~

New m&c! manga

One one-shot tankou ASSASSINS by Satogane Shou, a new ice hockey series, Eighty Eight by Namiki Hiromi, and the double-launch of My Clumsy Boy by Kumaoka Fuyu. Featuring ASSASSINS Above the Cut, so look for the other debuts below the release list.

ASSASSINS
© Satogane Shou
Mag Garden
[Blade Comics]

How does it feel to be held captive by a city closed off from contact, and the only way out is to fight to the death for egress?

Crack shot Asakura is trapped along with female assassin Sahara and several other hardened killers. Who among them will succeed in escaping? Also, who is behind the deadly confinement?

Other Satogane Shou manga
I'm pretty sure ASSASSINS is the first Satogane Shou manga to be licensed in Indonesia. I mean, can anyone tell me if Death God4, first serialized in Mag Garden's Comic Blade Masamune and collected into two tankou between May and November 2007 ever released here? Same question for the ex-Comic Blade Avarus shoujo manga Noble Savage (two volumes released in Japan in 2010.03 and 2010.10).

Definitely Dainashi, still ongoing Comic Avarus serialization hasn't registered yet on the radar, and it's still racking up tankou (volume 1 released 2011.02 in Japan, volume 2 by 2011.09.15).