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Sugar Family 6 of 6, Gunslinger Girl 12, Ugly Duckling Become Swan 10 (m&c! 13 April 2011 manga and manhwa) [UPDATED]

Top DO WANT!s of this seriously manhwa m&c! release are both manga. Go figure. (Keeping my promise to Kia-chan and Cyan-san to not just list releases.)

Sugar☆Family © Hagio Akira/Hakusensha
[First serialized in LaLa DX]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!

“I can't always be your little sister.”

Yuka's heart wavers over Taichi's closeness to his “new little sister,” even as Arata presses Yuka to choose between him and her step-brother. Yuka picks...

Yup, the last volume 6 of the sibcestuous Sugar Family #loveComplexity streets this week. Don't imitate me, forgetting to GET! because of drooling over the new Hwang MiRee manhwa. (More on this below.)

But before the fluffy manhwa attack (that prompted tweep freakenari-san to tell m&c!: Just run your sword through me now!), let's detour to a manga rife with vengeance, blood and other dark things:

Gunslinger Girl 12 of 13+ by Aida Yu

The Croce Incident continues to haunt Gian and Giose. The brothers' hatred peaks when the affair's mastermind returns and obliterates two SWA cyborgs. Revenge takes a temporary back seat as Giose faces a nodus of clashing interests: save cyborg assassin Henrietta, bleeding to death on the battlefront, or allow her to rest in peace... forever.

Gunslinger Girl 12 compiles chapters 67 through 73: A New Family, The Croce Affair (Parts 1-4), Fantasma (Part 2) and Addio. [*NOT m&c!'s titles] Let's hope m&c! doesn't take the same amount of time the Japanese publisher did to release volume 13 (one full year).

I double feature ♥ Ugly Duckling Become Swan 10 and the ♥ penultimate Sandwich Girl (volume 7) Below the Cut to intro the promised debuts, the culprits of the Sugar Family sin of omission.

m&c! new manhwa

Crab Kiss and Say Say Say © Hwang MiRee/Samyang

NOT (yet) Crazy Girl Shin Bia series from Hwang MiRee (that's still upcoming). For now we get the Secret Kiss Crab Kiss and Radio Love Triangle Say Say Say—plus the Elite School Romance Idol's Love Story, the latter from Han YuRang, who, like HMR, can crank out 72 series (and counting) because of a gaggle of assistants.

Say Say Say is the story of Yun Say, a high school girl who streams radio broadcasts from home, and her true-blue listener, Timeless. Yun Say is convinced she will someday meet Timeless face to face, but fate messes up her plans — throwing at Yun Say two bishies who exemplify polarity: cute and sweet En Jun Hwi × handsome and arrogant Seo Young Won. (I already know who I favorite.)

The Say Say Say romance promises complexity as only HMR can craft it, if the Radio Show, Friends Become Lovers, Friends Betrayal, Cool Male Lead, Boy Band tags Baka-Updates users append to this soonjung manhwa are any indication. [Moar previews and NikBabble© after the release list.]

☂, II Similar to last week, the restocked [RE-STO] shoujo manga overwhelm the STO/Standing Order, a trend that maintains till the 20 April release as m&c! apparently spring-cleans. But unlike last or next week, the 4.13 holdovers count Psychic Detective Yakumo (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru) 1 and 2 by Miyako Ritsu & Kaminaga Manabu among the escapees.

m&c! manhwa and manga (2011.04.13)

[Series Premiere] Crab Kiss 1 of 10 by Hwang MiRee

Crab Kiss 「Crab Kiss 크랩키스」
by Hwang MiRee
Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
Volume 1 first published in Korea 2005.12

Gunslinger Girl 12 of 13+ by Aida Yu

Gunslinger Girl by Aida Yu
「ＧＵＮＳＬＩＮＧＥＲ　ＧＩＲＬ」
MediaWorks Dengeki Daioh, shounen
Volume 12 (chapters 67-73) first published in Japan 2010.04

Other languages
English Gunslinger Girl (ADV Manga, dropped; last volume 6 per 2007.11 and Seven Seas: volume 7 street date: 2011.08.02), French (Kazé Editions: Tome 12 per 2010.11), Italian (Shin Vision), German (EMA/Egmont Manga & Anime), Russian (Sakura-Press), traditional Chinese 神槍少女 (Kadokawa Media Taiwan: volume 10 released 2010.10)

Adaptations
Madhouse's 13-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2003 to February 2004 on Fuji TV and Animax, followed by the Artland-produced sequel, Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-, also 13 episodes, telecast on Tokyo MX TV from January to March 2008. Two episodes of the Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- OAV were released in October 2008.

The seiyuu cast changed from the first anime to the Il Teatrino sequel:

Role	1st	2nd
Henrietta	Nanri Yuuka	Akutsu Kana
Rico	Mitsuhashi Kanako	Shiono Anri
Triela	Sendai Eri	Enomoto Atsuko
Claes	Koshimizu Ami	Mizuno Risa
Angelica	Terakado Hitomi	Hanazawa Kana

[Series Premiere] Idol's Love Story (Nobles' Love Company) 1 of 15 by Han YuRang

Nobles' Love Company 「IDOL SCHOOL OF 귀족연애사」 by Han YuRang
Samyang, soonjung
Volume 1 first published in Korea 2006.09

My Sweet Home 6 of 6 by MARU & Kim JinHee [Finale]

My Sweet Home.
「My Sweet Home 마이 스위트 홈」
by MARU & Kim JinHee
Daiwon C.I., soonjung
Volume 6 first published in Korea 2007.12

Sandwich Girl 7 of 8 by Han YuRang

Sandwich Girl 「샌드위치 걸」 by Han YuRang
Samyang, soonjung
Volume 7 first published in Korea 2006.12

[Series Premiere] Say Say Say 1 of 7 by Hwang MiRee

Say Say Say 「세이 세이 세이 (Say Say Say)」
by Hwang MiRee
Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
Volume 1 first published in Korea 2007.09

Sugar Family 6 of 6 by Hagio Akira [Finale]

Sugar☆Family 「シュガー☆ファミリー」
by Hagio Akira
Hakusensha LaLa DX, shoujo
Volume 6 first published in Japan 2009.11

Ugly Duckling Become Swan (Miunohri to Swan) 10 of 13 by Hwang MiRee

Miunohri to Swan 「미운오리 백조되기」
by Hwang MiRee
Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
Volume 10 first published in Korea 2007.12

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[RE-STO] Restocked (2011.04.13)

Dengeki Daisy © Motomi Kyousuke/Shogakukan (Serialized in Betsucomi)
Published in Indonesia as Electric Daisy by PT Gramedia/m&c!

In Electric Daisy 6, fake DAISY continues to toy with Teru and Kurosaki. But just as the investigation looks like it's getting somewhere, Arai, their impostor suspect, kidnaps Teru. Teru sends Kurosaki an SOS email, trusting he will quickly come to her rescue.

Can Kurosaki save the girl he loves? But more than that, what does he mean by —

My patience has limits. Keep away from me if you know what's good for you.

You gotta admit, that's more than the usual provocative for Kurosaki — which leads Typical Shoujo Triad member dalina02-san to quiz since when shoujo manga released here became so semut—smut—inclined. (She observes a similar trend in the penultimate Sugar Family, blurbed Below the Cut.) Not that we're, I mean, I'm complainin'. In any case, find out what spawned moar fangirly squees in Electric Daisy 6, out now. (The quoted lines come from File 29: It Doesn't Come True to a Pretty Child.)

Goong [Palace Story] 21 of 23+ by Park SoHee

Shin susses out the secret deal between HyoRin and Yul, leading the prince to break off with HyoRin. (About time.) Yul, meanwhile, goes a step further and bets the crown, successfully blackmailing ChaeKyeong into choosing him.

Can Shin ever wrest his wife back from Yul? Consult the Shin x ChaeKyeong angsty Goong 21 for the answer.

m&c! manga, manhwa and AMERO comics (2010.12.15)

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Bakugan Battle Brawlers 13: Dual Hydra by Sega Toys et al.
Be a Naughty Girl (Delinquent Lesson) 3 of 5 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin

Delinquent Lesson 「날라리수업」
by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin
Daiwon C.I. Issue, soonjung
Volume 3 first published in Korea 2006.12

Electric Daisy (Dengeki Daisy) 6 of 8+ by Motomi Kyousuke

Dengeki Daisy 「電撃デイジー」 by Motomi Kyousuke
Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo
Volume 6 first published in Japan 2010.02

Volume 6 contains:
File 25: The Best in This World
File 26: Kiss
File 27: Determination
File 28: The Possibility of Happy End
File 29: It Doesn't Come True to a Pretty Child
Extra Story ~ Christmas Eve Cosplay Legend ~
Extra Story ~ Everybody's New Year Happiness ~
(m&c!'s titles)

Other languages
English Dengeki Daisy (VIZ Media; volume 2 per 2010.10 • volume 3 street date: 2010.12.28), French (Kazé; Dengeki Daisy tome 5 shipped 2010.11 • tome 6 street date: 2011.02.17) and traditional Chinese 愛情接合器 (Ever Glory Taiwan)

Goong [Palace Story] 21 of 23+ by Park SoHee

Goong 「궁(宮)」 by Park SoHee
Seoul Cultural Publishers Wink, soonjung
Volume 21 first published in Korea 2009.09

Other languages
English Goong: The Royal Palace (Yen Press; volume 9 per 2010.08 • volume 10 street date: 2010.12.21), French Palais (Samji Editions; tome 9 shipped 2010.10 • tome 10 per 2011.01.06), Japanese らぶきょん　ＬＯＶＥ　ｉｎ景福宮 (Shinshokan/Un Poco Comics; volume 23 per 2010.10)

Adaptations
Live-action Princess Hours, starring Yoon EunHye (ChaeKyeong), Joo JiHoon (Shin), Kim JeongHoon (Yul) and Song Ji Hyo (HyoRin) aired in Korea from January to March 2006. The Goong S spin-off aired on the same MBC network from January to March 2007.

Monika dan Kawan-Kawan (Turma da Mônica) 137 by Mauricio
Sugar Family 5 of 6 by Hagio Akira

Sugar☆Family 「シュガー☆ファミリー」
by Hagio Akira
Hakusensha LaLa DX, shoujo
Volume 5 first published in Japan 2009.02

Volume 5 compiles chapters 16 through 19, as well as the one-shot Kid X Box

¹ Source: m&c! (artwork and release advisory)
² GN are priced at IDR 16,500 each, except Bakugan Battle Brawlers (IDR 25,000) and Be a Naughty Girl (IDR 18,500).
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).

Previews continued

Be a Naughty Girl 3 of 5 by Yeon Doo, Kim YeVin

On her way to meet Ha Ru, Yeong Won is snatched by a group of delinquents out to get Ha Ru. On the surface, Ha Ru couldn't be bothered but actions speak: he eventually goes and saves Yeong Won.

Does Ha Ru's louder than words rescue mean he's starting to like Yeong Won?

Meanwhile, Bo Ra hasn't given up on Ha Ru and issues a challenge, with Ha Ru as the prize. Who will victory favor — Bo Ra or Yeong Won?

Sugar Family 5 of 6 by Hagio Akira

For some strange reason, Yuka finds herself attending her step-brother Taichi's high school reunion. What lengths will Siscon oniichan Taichi go to to save Yuka from the “wolves” (his own friends) roaming the party?

And as if problems with one guy weren't enough, Yuka also continues to puzzle over her changing relationship with junior Arata. Arata's advances on Yuka make Taichi's hackles rise, prompting the possessive lover, I mean, brother, to throw down the gauntlet during the festival the trio attends.

DING! Who will win this match?

More than the winner, I'm more intrigued by —

D*mn Taichi. His kissing technique has really leveled up.

Aren't you similarly titillated by that chapter 16 line? This, along with chapter 17 dialogue I want to strip this yukata off you, are what made dalina02-san note the prospect of smut, albeit largely a reader fantasy at this point. (And likely to remain so.)

Sugar Family 5 compiles chapters 16 through 19, as well as the one-shot Kid X Box.

UP NEXT: 22 December 2010 manga and manhwa

m&c!: Female Wolf's Boy 10 · Ugly Duckling Become Swan 5 · Goal Den Age 2 · Go! Hiromi Go! 6

Elex Media: The Best Skilled Surgeon 4 · Ciuman Dewa 1 by Suzuki Julietta · Devil & Sweet 2 · Look Up! 7 · Our Dear Tamura-kun 3 · A Story of Heroes 33 · The Real Fake Princess 5 of 5 · Toradora 2 · Nakayoshi Lovely 9: Starfruits

Level Comics: A Spirit of The Sun 7 · Air Gear 17 · Fist of The Blue Sky 3 · Hikayat Genji 5 · Jio 11 · Psychometrist Eiji 17 · The Ravages of Time 6 · Yakari - Di Sarang Berang-Berang

Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography

disclaimer

Cover images and source summaries used here for reference are © their respective intellectual rights holders. No infringement intended.

other available manga (15 December 2010 street date)

Elex Media: Golden Book (Deluxe) · Inuyasha 50 · Kindaichi Special Case: Private School Murder 2 of 2 · Kariage kun 37 · Godhand Teru 28 · Mixim 11 vol.2 · Bakeru kun Pika-pika 2 · Artist Acro 5 · New Sexy Simpleton 8
Level Comics: Genius Family Company 5 · xxxHOLiC 11 · Restore Garage 251 vol.11 · Haruka 17 vol.10 · Half an Apple 5 · Last Inning 7 · Nurse Aoi 17 · Yakari dan Monster Danau

other invaluable resources

Baka-Updates Manga · 7net Shopping · manaworld · Wikipedia · ANN

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A Badboy Drinks Tea 9, Sugar Family 4, Rasetsu's Flower 7 (m&c! manga out now) [UPDATED]

Clarified the Cherry 47 unknowns

Also, the penultimate volume 31 of Shanimuni GO (the shoujo TeniPuri) — The Nobuhisa - Ruui Showdown

Ane☆Mone Seikaten © Minami Maki/Hakusensha
[First serialized in Hana to Yume]
Published in Indonesia as Anemone Flower Shop by Gramedia/m&c!

I now know why I couldn't find a match for The Lady and the Sea in Morie Satoshi's backlist; the series was created by Abiko Miwa of Yayan's Heart fame. (Was misled by the 29 September STO which attributed The Lady and the Sea to Satoshi Morie, School Hotel's manga-ka.)

But before I delve further into m&c!'s premieres (and there are five of them), let's blurb that Most Wanted manga first—A Badboy Drinks Tea! 9—which unseals a Pandora's Box:

Why did Masaya become “The Devil”? More importantly, what led him down the path of “reform”?

As Ma-kun's liking of the club president goes through the roof, the harder he finds it to articulate his feelings. Does the past have anything to do with tongue-tiedness? But with Prez resigning from the sadou club and Ma-kun's ideal youth threatened, will “The Devil” finally 'fess up?

NEW M&c! TITLES: Still Life with Girl ♡ Power

Three standalones—Anemone Flower Shop by Minami Maki, Shimokita Sundays by Katsuma Ayahito/Ishida Ira, You Are My Wing by Kitagawa Yuka—as well as two new series—Sky Blue Beach by Yamada Nanpei and (the copy pasta victim) Lady and the Sea by Abiko Miwa—await you this Wednesday.

Again I'm allocating this Above the Cut real estate for only one newbie: Anemone Flower Shop or Ane☆Mone Seikaten, because, you know, it's by Minami Maki-sensei, and who doesn't love Special A? At any rate, you can read about the other debuts below. (Sky Blue Beach, in particular, is worth the scroll down.)

Anemone Flower Shop by Minami Maki

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?)

Aside from the title story, this anthology contains one-shots Everyday is a Treasure, BATSUSAN and Day Dream Believer, for which Minami Maki-sensei won the Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Award.

MANGAZINES: Cherry 47/2010 premieres The Ring of God...

...though I doubt Youhen Nibelungen no Yubiwa is the original to which that title refers. Cherry, after all, is a shoujo mangazine (mainly Ciao- and ChuChu's), and Youhen Nibelungen no Yubiwa is a shounen manga — Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion's, at that. »Edit The Ring of God is Obara Shou's Kamisama no Ring. The Ciao serial promises only a short run, seeing as the 「神様のリング」 original is only one tankou long.

A trio of one-shots—Cool Boys Fight, My Family Problem and Happy Obaachan in America—likewise go uncredited in the Table of Contents, ~~though I'm guessing the last is related to Akino Miru-sensei's Happy Obaachan series (likely a special)~~ but Cool Boys Fight is actually a volume 7 omake of Nishimura Tomoko's My Lovely Class Leader (Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou); My Family Problem, a side story to Wagata Konomi's Togetherness or Isshoni Kaero; and Happy Obaachan in America was taken from Akino Miru's I Love Food and Karen-chan (Meshimase Karen-chan) series.

It's easier to identify the cover of Cherry 47 (on teh left) — it's 7 Centi!, the ChuChu serial by Nanajima Kana (Crazy Love Game, Kick! and Love Trauma manga-ka). This Cherry's 7 Senchi! installment: Memory 4.

As for the more popular serials and their latest chapters —
Beauty Pop Stage 2 by Arai Kiyoko (Episode 12)
Dawn Aria by Akaishi Michiyo (Episode 24)
Love ♥ Deco by Jinna Mai (Episode 2)
Flying Ice Angel by Imai Yasue (Episode 4)
Pudding in Love by Shinozuka Hiromu

I still don't know where Bitter Trap by Miyawaki Yukino went. Has it finished?

m&c! manga, manhwa and manhua (2010.09.29)

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A Badboy Drinks Tea! (Ocha Nigosu) 9 of 11 by Nishimori Hiroyuki

Ocha Nigosu 「お茶にごす。」 by Nishimori Hiroyuki
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
Volume 9 first published in Japan 2009.07

Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)

[New Release] Anemone Flower Shop (Anemone Seikaten) by Minami Maki

Ane☆Mone Seikaten by Minami Maki
「アネ☆モネ生花店～南マキ傑作短編集～」
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
This anthology first published in Japan 2009.09

Confucius 4 by Ihara Sai/Lee Chi-ching (Culturecom)
Female Wolf's Boy 5 of 17 by Han YuRang

The Female Wolf BOY
「암컷늑대의 보이 (암컷늑대의 Boy)」
by Han YuRang
Samyang, soonjung
Volume 5 first published in Korea 2007.09

Related
Based on the Korean Internet novel 암컷늑대의 BOY by i쿠키i조아 (iCookieiLike).

Jun X Ai Sensation (Jun'ai Sensation) 3 of 5 by Oobayashi Miyuki

Jun'ai Sensation 「純★愛センセーション」
by Oobayashi Miyuki
Shogakukan ChuChu Comics, shoujo
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2009.07

[Premiere] Lady and the Sea (Umi wa Miteita Inu) 1 of 2 by Abiko Miwa

Umi wa Miteita Inu 「海をみていた犬」 by Abiko Miwa
Hakusensha HLC (Hakusensha Ladies Comics) Silky, josei
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2003.07

Reissues
Re-released in one volume in 2008.09

Rasetsu's Flower (Rasetsu no Hana) 7 of 9+ by Shiomi Chika

Rasetsu no Hana 「らせつの花」 by Shiomi Chika
Hakusensha Bessatsu Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 7 first published in Japan 2009.10

Other languages
English Rasetsu (VIZ Media; volume 6 released 2010.09.07 • volume 7 street date: 2010.12.07), traditional Chinese (Tong Li)

Related
Yurara's Moon (Yurara no Tsuki AKA Yurara; prequel)

Shanimuni GO 31 of 32 by Ragawa Marimo

Shanimuni GO 「しゃにむにＧＯ」
by Ragawa Marimo
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 31 first published in Japan 2009.05

[New Release] Shimokita Sundays by Katsuma Ayahito/Ishida Ira

Shimokita Sundays 「下北サンデーズ」
by Katsuma Ayahito/Ishida Ira
Kodansha Betsufure KC, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2007.01

Related
Based on the novel by Ishida Ira; adapted into a nine-episode live-action renzoku starring Ueto Aya as Satonaka Yuika (TV Asahi; 2006.07 - 2006.09)

[Premiere] Sky Blue Beach (Sorairo Kaigan) 1 of 6 by Yamada Nanpei

Sorairo Kaigan 「空色海岸」 by Yamada Nanpei
Hakusensha Bessatsu Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2007.01

Other languages
English Skyblue Shore (TOKYOPOP; volume 1 street date: 2010.11.30)

Sugar Family 4 of 6 by Hagio Akira

Sugar☆Family 「シュガー☆ファミリー」
by Hagio Akira
Hakusensha LaLa DX, shoujo
Volume 4 first published in Japan 2008.06

[New Release] You Are My Wing (Boku no Hane wa Kimi) by Kitagawa Yuka

Boku no Hane wa Kimi 「ぼくのはねはきみ」
by Kitagawa Yuka
Kodansha Betsufure Zoukan, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2007.11

Yowamushi Pedal, Go! (Yowamushi Pedal) 9 of 13+ by Watanabe Wataru

Yowamushi Pedal 「弱虫ペダル」
by Watanabe Wataru
Akita Shoten Weekly Shonen Champion, shounen
Volume 9 first published in Japan 2009.12

Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan)

m&c! BD/AMERO comics (2010.09.29)

Humor Pemadam Kebakaran: Orang-orang Di Titik Api (Les Pompiers, tome 2: Hommes au foyer) by Cazenove/Stedo (Bamboo)

m&c! KOLONI local comics (2010.09.29)

Pace - The Guilty by Rimanti N
The Prince and The Poor by Lily Zhai
SEER - The Genchildren 1 by C. Suryo Laksono
Wind Rider Sky Age Special Edition by Is Yuniarto/John G Reinhart

¹ Sources: m&c! (artwork and release advisory)
² GN are priced at IDR 16,500 each, except the Female Wolf's Boy 5 soonjung manhwa and the Confucius 4 manhua (IDR 18,500 each). The Humor Pemadam Kebakaran: Orang-orang Di Titik Api BD retails for IDR 25,000/volume. Cherry 47 carries a price tag of IDR 22,500/issue.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).

New titles continued...

Lady and the Sea 1 of 2 by Abiko Miwa

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.

Shimokita Sundays by Katsuma Ayahito/Ishida Ira

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.

Sky Blue Beach 1 of 6 by Yamada Nanpei

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.

You are My Wing by Kitagawa Yuka

“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

Female Wolf's Boy 5 of 17 by Han YuRang

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??)

Jun X Ai Sensation 3 of 5 by Oobayashi Miyuki

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?

Rasetsu's Flower 7 of 9+ by Shiomi Chika

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!

Shanimuni GO 31 of 32 by Ragawa Marimo

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?

Sugar Family 4 of 6 by Hagio Akira

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?

Yowamushi Pedal, Go! 9 of 13+ by Watanabe Wataru

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

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

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 1

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

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.

UP NEXT: 6 October 2010 manga

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)
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