Pictures and Wallpaper: Tabi to Michizure

Haven't led with a Bleach cover for awhile and luck of the draw gives me...Tōsen Kaname. Ah, well, the last time I got Yammy Llargo; there's a certain...I don't know...synchronicity?

Bleach © Kubo Tite/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!

Rukia is powerless before Espada Yammy's Cero! Good thing a transformed Ichigo busts into Las Noches and comes to her aid. So, too, do Byakuya and Kenpachi, with Rukia's onii-sama ordering Ichigo to leave Yammy to them and return to Karakura-chou to kick Aizen's a*se.

So why is Tōsen the cover boy? Wiki shares: Shinji starts fighting Aizen, while Tōsen attacks his former comrades, Komamura and Hisagi, with his new Hollow powers. Turned into a Hollow, Tōsen overwhelms Komamura...

GET! m&c!'s Bleach 44: Vice It for the rest.

Vice It compiles chapters 378 through 386: Eyes of the Victor, Falta de Armonia, Devil, Devil, Devil, Devil, Words Just Don't Like You, The United Front 「Discordeque Mix」, TOO EARLY TO TRUST, Can't Fear Your Own Sword, Vice It and Bells Are Blue. [NOT m&c!'s chapter titles] The latest tankou chapter is 459, Death & Strawberry 2, bound in Volume 52: End of Bond (Japan release: 2011.10.04) but not for long. Volume 53 streets in Japan on 2 December.

Tabi's rapidly gaining fans, as shown by the number of DO WANT! it got, placing it behind Bleach.

Tabi and Fellow Travelers vol 3 of 6
By Tanakanoka

Shyness and an inability to express herself made peers shun Tabi when she was younger. Only Kou-chan refused to distance himself from her. Tabi's heart always calmed down whenever she heard Kou-chan's stories of a star- and light-filled world. But what of Kurone who got rejected by Tabi?

New m&c! manga
Surprisingly, it's m&c! that licensed Mail Girlfriend. Surprising because Oshima Towa's Mel Kano. first serialized in the seinen Sunday GX, so you'd be forgiven for thinking that if any Indonesian publisher were to publish it, it would've been Level Comics. Neway, I preview Mail Girlfriend and the other debuts—Images of You 1 (Goto Junpei's Ginen Shounen, first serialized in Shonen Sunday Super), Our Gentle Love (Satsuki Mikiko's Futari Koi Fuwari. from the now defunct ChuChu) and Kurumatani Haruko's Suddenly Kiss (Sho-Comi's Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss)—after the release list.

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Bleach vol 44 of 52+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」
by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 44 (chapters 378-386) first published in Japan 2010.04

Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category

Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 36 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 37 street date: 2011.12.06), French (Glénat; Tome 44 shipped 2011.09 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.01), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany: Band 48 per 2011.09 • Band 49 street date: 2011.12.15), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #51: Love me Bitterly, Loth me Sweetly released 2011.10.04)

Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).

The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).

Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg released 2010.08.10.) The fourth and fifth Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED and Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED streeted in Japan on 2010.08.04 (same day as Volume 46: Back From Blind) and 2011.06.03 (along with Volume 50: The Six Fullbringers).

Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 16: Lost Substitute Shinigami opened with episode 343 on 11 October 2011; latest episode 349 aired 2011.11.22). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; Fade to Black, I Call Your Name; and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.

At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.

[Series Premiere] Images of You (Ginen Shounen) vol 1 of 4 by Goto Junpei

Ginen Shounen 「銀塩少年」
by Goto Junpei
AKA Gelatin Boy
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday Super, shounen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.10

[Series Premiere] Mail Girlfriend (Mel Kano.) vol 1 of 5 by Oshima Towa

Mel Kano. 「メルカノ。」
by Oshima Towa
Shogakukan Sunday GX, seinen
Volume 1 (chapters 1-6) first published in Japan 2006.05

[Premiere] Our Gentle Love (Futari Koi Fuwari.) by Satsuki Mikiko

Futari Koi Fuwari. 「ふたり恋ふわり。」
by Satsuki Mikiko
Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2009.07

[Premiere] Suddenly Kiss (Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss) by Kurumatani Haruko

Ai Kiss - Idol Kiss
「あい・キス～アイドルＫｉｓｓ～」
by Kurumatani Haruko
Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2010.02

Tabi and Fellow Travelers (Tabi to Michizure) vol 3 of 6 by Tanakanoka

Tabi to Michizure 「タビと道づれ」
by Tanakanoka
Mag Garden Comic Blade, shounen
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2008.03

Tokyo Angels vol 3 of 3 by Fujii Mihona [Finale]

Tokyo Angels 「東京ＡＮＧＥＬＳ」
by Fujii Mihona
Shueisha Margaret, shoujo
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2006.12

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Say Say Say vol 6 of 7 by Hwang MiRee

Say Say Say 「세이 세이 세이 (Say Say Say)」
by Hwang MiRee
Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
Volume 6 first published in Korea 2007.10

Hong Kong manhua (2011.11.23)

Pedang MahaDewa: Future vol 4 of 6 by Tony Wong

Pedang MahaDewa: Future
by Tony Wong (Jade Dynasty)

[Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details.]

Also new: Roman Club 1 by Amano Kozue and 7 Centi! Love & Friendship 1-3 of 3 by Nanajima Kana.

Eleven Soul © Todono Seiuchiroh/Mag Garden
[Serialized in Comic Blade]
Published in Indonesia as Samurai Force by Gramedia/m&c!

~~Settle for MinimaList for nau~ Will be back later with deets AKA NikBabble™ and artwork.~~ Done, albeit mucho, mucho delayed :P

Takemichi is suddenly promoted to the elite Samurai Force. With no military background whatsoever, can he survive?

Methinks we need a bit more background to Samurai Force than m&c!'s tease: Japan, mid-21st century: the government creates a "samurai" unit to challenge the dominance of the Shahel, immortality gene- and biohazard hybrids ravaging the North and South American continents. The Samurai Force deploys nano-machine-enhanced soldiers to combat the menace that wipes out even the United States. Tsukahara Takemichi finds himself the newest member of the 1st platoon. [Adapted from Baka-Updates Manga's Eleven Soul description]

Gene Splice × Uniforms Samurai Force debuted in 2006 in Comic Blade, and the shounen mecha action continues (to serialize) in that mangazine. The first tankou was compiled by August 2006, the latest volume 11 streeted as of 8 October.

Samurai Force represents the second Todono Seiuchiroh manga m&c! has licensed; the first, Innocent Blade Unveil, launched last September. For other Todono Seiuchiroh manga « click that link. I don't think any sea change swamped Todono-sensei's backlist since I last wrote about it.

Rest of the newbs below the release list. Up here, up next: top DO WANT!

Bleach vol 43: Kingdom of Hollows
By Kubo Tite

Aizen's ingress into battle pressures Gotei 13 to join forces with the Visored, if only for a shot at taking down the traitor. But before they can get to Aizen, they must first crush Barragan and Starrk, the Primera Espada.

Easier sed than done :P

Volume 43's front cover is Segunda Espada Baraggan Louisenbairn, so don't blame me for not leading with it/him, not when—Takemichi?—is too terribly bishie. Neway, Bleach 43: Kingdom of Hollows collates chapters 368 to 377: The Fearless Child, Spit On Your Own God, 神の視座にて命を論ず or Debating Life From the Throne of God, Kingdom of Hollows, The Metal Cudgel Flinger, Wolves Ain't Howl Alone, 灰狼・赤血・黒衣・白骨 or Gray Wolf, Red Blood, Black Clothing, White Bone, EXecution, EXtinction, EXecution, EXtinction 2 and Shout at the Dark. [Obviously NOT m&c!'s chapter titles] The latest Bleach chapter bound in tankou is 459, Death & Strawberry 2, compiled in Volume 52: End of Bond (Japan release: 2011.10.04).

Mangazines: Cherry 58/2011

Akatsuki no ARIA
© Akaishi Michiyo
Shogakukan
[Serialized in Flowers]
Published in Indonesia as
Dawn Aria by m&c!

Dawn Aria, Akaishi Michiyo's ongoing Flowers josei manga is the cover of Cherry 58; within we get episode 35 ex-Akatsuki no ARIA volume 10, released in Japan September 2010. (Dawn Aria's most recent tankou here is volume 7, and that released December 2010.)

We also get the third (and last) eppie of Nakajima Yuka's My Mysterious Neighbor (Tonari no Obake-san, Ciao Comics 2011.02); also ex-Ciao I am not a Maid! episode 8 (from Iwaoka Meme's Maid ja Naimon! volume 2, JP release: 2010.02); episode 32 of My Lovely Class Leader ♥ by Nishimura Tomoko (from Ciao's Gokujou Mechamote Iinchou volume 10 published 2009.08; m&c!'s latest My Lovely Class Leader vol 3 released 19 September); Sweet Dog's Stories Episode 3: Dokter by Hotta Atsuko (from Tengoku no Monogatari ~Zutto, Zutto, Isshoni~, Flower Comics: 2011.04); Addicted to Love (Koi no Mayaku), the Extra Story in Nakamura Sayumi's Always by Your Side or Itsumo Soba ni Koi no Uta (ChuChu Comics: 2010.04); Ichikawa Show's Sweet Love or Amakuchi Koigokoro, one of two ex-Sho-Comi stories collected in the 2008.10 released Inu Jikan, retitled I Love Dog and You for Cherry serialization (the last Inu Jikan one-shot is Himitsu no Chikara, but that's not in this Cherry); episode 9 of Yomogi Loves Money? by Arai Kiyoko (from Yomogi Mochi Kaketa? volume 2, ChuChu Comics: 2009.04); and chapters 1 and 2 of Eleanora Ananda's Nan Nan's Daily Life, obviously a local serial.

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[Series Premiere] 7 Centi! Love & Friendship (7 Centi!) vol 1 of 3 by Nanajima Kana

7 Centi! 「７センチ！」
by Nanajima Kana
Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.08

Serializations
Serialized in Cherry (concluded)

[Premiere] 7 Centi! Love & Friendship vol 2 of 3 by Nanajima Kana

Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.12

[Premiere] 7 Centi! Love & Friendship vol 3 of 3 by Nanajima Kana [Finale]

Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.06

Bleach vol 43 of 52+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」
by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 43 (chapters 368-377) first published in Japan 2010.02

Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category

Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 16: Lost Substitute Shinigami opened with episode 343 on 11 October 2011; latest episode 345 aired 2011.10.25). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; Fade to Black, I Call Your Name; and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.

At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.

Ignite Wedge vol 2 of 2 by Tutumi Yoshisada [Finale]

Ignite Wedge 「ＩＧＮＩＴＥ　ＷＥＤＧＥ」
by Tutumi Yoshisada
Mag Garden Comic Blade Masamune, shounen
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2005.08

[Series Premiere] Roman Club (Rouman Kurabu) vol 1 of 6 by Amano Kozue

Rouman Kurabu 「浪漫倶楽部」
by Amano Kozue
Mag Garden (originally Square Enix, serialized in Shonen Gangan) shounen
Volume 1 reissued in Japan 2005.08 under the Blade Comics imprint
(First published in 1995.12 by Square Enix)