Petite senior high student Saeki Mone falls hard for you wouldn't know it from his face fifth-grader Anesaki Ren. To get close to future darling, Mone part-times at the Anemone florist shop owned by Ren's family. Imagine her dismay when she learns that Ren already likes someone else!
If I deciphered the Japanese blurb right, Mone is 143cm tall to Ren's 182cm. If you can get past the (slight) squick of a Senior High Schooler × Grade Schooler, I'm sure Anemone Flower Shop promises more than a bit of happy. (Remember the Kimi wa Girlfriend precedent?)
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New titles continued...
Divorce sends Ryouko running home to her parents. Can son Kai and the old neighborhood help heal a broken heart?
Hakusensha originally released Umi wa Miteita Inu under HLC Silky, its josei imprint, in two tankou before re-releasing it in one volume.
Aside from the one-volume Yayan's Heart or Yayan no Kimochi, Abiko-sensei also created the Taigan no Kanojo and Aomame Akamame Hiyokomame standalones.
The Shimokita Sundays acting troupe continues to wallow in penury, despite the group having been founded (ice) ages ago. Into the out of luck performers' midst comes university freshman Satonaka Yuika. Yuika's knowledge about acting—about the real world, in fact—can be summarized in a handful of sentences, but she stands to change Shimokita Sundays' destiny!
From the Japanese Wiki dates, the manga succeeded the 2006 vintage live-action renzoku starring Ueto Aya (Makihara Risa, Nagareboshi) as Satonaka Yuika. The TV Asahi drama, in turn, appears to have been an adapt of the Shimokita Sundays novel by Ishida Ira-sensei (creator of Akihabara@DEEP).
Katsuma Ayahito-sensei's current Betsufure serial is the shoujo love comedy Kamiya-kun to Kamiya-san.
A resident of a coastal town (where one presumes a lower crime rate), high school student Sakurai Tomo never expected to become a molesting victim as she rides the bus. Fortunately for Tomo, someone comes to her rescue — someone who goes and drops a keychain at her feet, as if to say “Come find me!”
Tomo stumbles on to her knight, all right, and he turns out to be Tanaka Riku, the school's caretaker.
Serenus Dreamers (description excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga) adds that Chekhov's gun the stray keychain is set with an agate—similar to the stone Tomo received from a boy, long, long time ago—and speculates whether Tomo's savior is that guy from the past.
TOKYOPOP skeds the English Sorairo Kaigan (as Skyblue Shore) this November (volume 1 street date: 2010.11.30).
Yamada Nanpei-sensei's other current m&c! manga is How to be a Man; in Japan, her supernatural gender bender comedy Orange Chocolate is still being serialized in Bessatsu Hana to Yume.
“I thought I saw wings...”
Next to no knowledge, other than how high he jumps such that he looks airborne, hasn't stopped Aki from crushing on a boy in sixth grade. Now a ninth-grader, Aki meets Yuu, whose jumps remind her of her grade school crush. Are they one and the same person?
Aerandria Scans (description excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga) shares that there are incredible rumors surrounding Yuu. But if Aki has persevered since sixth grade, do you think mere gossip will stop her now? I don't think so...
Kitagawa Yuka-sensei's other works include Kareshi 1-gou; Kimi no Tonari; and Sensei, Daisuki na Hito, all standalone shoujo romances first serialized in Betsufure.
Ongoing series previews
Gang Jae Hee confesses to Eun Soo?!! How will the other boys take to this shocking development? Eun Soo, still jealous of Han Yeon, grouses in front of Jae Hee. In response, Jae Hee goes and kisses Eun Soo!
Kyaaaa~! *dies* (Cancha tell I'm lurvin' this manhwa??)
Ai goes on a double date with Gashou and Noda!?
It all started when Ai and JunPon merged in Ai's body; the two accidentally greenlight dates with two boys, Gashou and Noda.
Who will Ai choose in the end?
Mei's words galvanize Yakou, making him realize his true feelings for Rasetsu. But despite the epiphany, Yakou still yearns for the spirit who used to occupy his thoughts. Is there something to Yakou's premonition that that spirit hovers near?
Adding from VIZ Media's Rasetsu, Vol. 7 blurb: Meanwhile, Kuryu and Yako visit the site where their boss fought the evil spirit that will eventually claim Rasetsu... but Kuryu suddenly attacks Yako!
Nobuhisa and Ruui face off in the finals of the Inter-High men's singles. Both vow to win. Hinako champions Nobuhisa, while his parents throw their support behind Ruui. Who will claim the victory?
Since when did her life become so... busy?? Around trying to restore her stepbrother Taichi's memories, Yuka has to model for Ninomiya-sensei's son Tsubaki. She's left with no choice, having broken Tsubaki's camera.
The bright(?) side: Yuka's photo competition pix allow her to learn of her mother's ex-model past.
What additional upheaval awaits Yuka?
Japan's strongest athletes gather in Hakone for the Inter-High. Kinjo with Fukutomi. Imaizumi with Midosuji. Sakamichi with Sangaku. They all reunite to settle an outstanding score!
KOLONI local comics
Pace - The Guilty
© Rimanti Nurdarina
Senior high schooler komikus Rimanti Nurdarina presents Pace - The Guilty, about Ditya, an up-and-coming IT professional who falls into a co-worker's trap. (Original Indonesian synopsis below.)
Ditya Adi Chiptapraja, seorang karyawan perusahaan elektronik dan multimedia terkemuka U Inc., memiliki motivasi bersaing yang sangat tinggi untuk memperoleh kedudukan nomor satu di antara yang lainnya. Ia menjadi lupa diri dan mengabaikan hal-hal penting di sekelilingnya. Segalanya terlihat sempurna hingga suatu hari, salah seorang karyawan satu divisi menjebak dan mempermainkan hidup Ditya dengan tuduhan bahwa Ditya memalsukan seluruh data keuangan U Inc. ...
The Prince and the Poor
© Lily Zhai
Meanwhile, in Lily Zhai's The Prince and the Poor, romance comedy Kasia learns that there's truth to not judging by appearances when she falls a-prey of Badboy Galuh. (Original Indonesian synopsis below.)
“Don't judge the book by its cover”... bener banget! Itu yang dirasakan Kasia pada Galuh. Cowok populer yang dikenal sebagai badboy sekolah yang misterius itu ternyata cowok bertampang seleb tapi berhati iblis! Gawatnya, Kasia masih harus membayar hutang satu bulan uang sekolah dengan bekerja di toko kue yang ternyata milik keluarga Galuh! Eh, bukannya berkurang, hutang Kasia malah bertambah terus!
SEER - The Genchildren
© C. Suryo Laksono
The third KOLONI debut, C. Suryo Laksono's SEER - The Genchildren, tells of the exploits of time-skipping Abi who searches for the brother separated from him by a scientific experiment gone wrong. (Original Indonesian synopsis below.)
“Kami bukan dari dunia ini.
Kami Cuma tamu dari dunia yang telah tersapu waktu...”
2375. Abi, seorang anak indigo, berkelana mencari adiknya yang terpisah darinya setelah riset para ilmuwan Indonesia melempar mereka ke masa depan. Perjalanannya tidak mudah, karena ternyata sebuah organisasi misterius menghadang usahanya. Belum lagi kutukan genetis akibat lemparan mesin waktu menyebabkan tubuhnya kerap berpindah secara tak terkendali. Pencapaian Abi pun serasa mustahil.
Bagaimanakah nasib Abi yang sendirian menjelajahi dunia yang asing baginya?
Wind Rider Sky Age
[Special Edition]
© Is Yuniarto
And from Is Yuniarto, the creator of Garudayana and Knights of Apocalypse, comes Wind Rider Sky Age Special Edition, a reissue with additional behind-the-scenes exclusives.
Wind Rider was first published by Elex Media in 2005. The story follows the eponymous Wind Rider who reigns supreme in the skies of a post-apocalyptic world. Is Yuniarto's skybike won first prize in vehicle design from the recently-held WACOM Industrial Design Contest 2010.
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m&c!: White Paper Ark 7 of 7 · Lovers In Paris by Akimoto Nami · Welcome to Rakuan-Inn by Minami Sachi · Dawn Aria 6 · School Baby by Shibano Yuka · Cyboy 1 by Nishikata Mai · Sandwich Girl 3
Elex Media: Detektif Conan 20 +Plus Super Digest Book · New Legenda Naga 6 · Crayon Shinchan - Mari Mengenal Serangga by Usui Yoshito · Tsuba Kiyo - 28K4 volume 1 by Hara Asumi · Ruler of the Land 49 · Fairy Tail 8 · Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 16 · BECK 22 · Dr. Koto 2 · Ogawa & Team Saito 2 · Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 4 · Sora, The Wingless Duck 18 · Tena on S String 3 · Spiral: The Bonds Of Reason 7 · Penguin Revolution 7 of 7 · Tokkyu! 15 · A Story of Heroes 32 · Kaiser Z 16 of 16
Level Comics: Eternal Sabbath 1 by Souryo Fuyumi · Cruise 1 by Yajima Masao · xxxHOLiC 10 · Miso-com 4 · Psychometrist Eiji 15 · A Spirit of the Sun 6 · K2 v3
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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- Elex Media: Angin Musim Gugur (Deluxe) by Hikawa Kyoko · Detektif Conan Special 33 · Yakitate!! Japan 18 · Dear Boys Act.3 vol. 4 · Vampire Knight 4 · Rakka Ryuusui 2 · Wild Life 9 · Hell Girl 8 · Kurozakuro 6 · Legend of The Cursed Sword 32 · Shonen Star 73/2010 · Shonen Magz 77/2010
- Level Comics: Fight!! Ippo 78 · The Duke and I by Hara Chieko · Love & Collage 11 · Love Affair 6 · Priest 9 · Aflame Inferno 3 · New Comic Bomber 4 · Gun Smith Cats 6 · Haruka 17 vol. 9
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