Lost Man 12, I Love You Most 2, Emerald Queen by Sachimi Riho (Level Comics manga out nau~)

Street date: 11 August 2012, the last delivery date before the Idul Fitri holidays. (Regular deliveries resume 31 August 2012.)

Because they all can't fit in the post title, adding here that Mars vol 4 and Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 12 tied with I Love You Most 2 for first runner-up. But Most Wanted Manga remains—

Lost Man © Kusaba Michiteru
Shogakukan [First serialized in Big Comic Spirits]
Published in Indonesia by Level Comics

Champions League match against Real!!

Playing in enemy territory proves no obstruction to Manchester Union, which scores two goals, thanks to the Matsumoto-Simpson tandem. But Saule, Real's ace, is not about to let that outcome set in stone. Enter Sakazaki! What does he have planned this time?

With Level's volume 12 release, we're four tanks away from the Lost Man finale—volume 17—released in Japan last June.

I Love You Most vol 2 of 7
By Kitagawa Miyuki

Not only is Kairi the newly-promoted vice president of the cosmetics company Mia works for—her boss!—he's also married! But a mere ring on a finger doesn't deter Mia from offering to be Kairi's mistress.

Does Kairi take Mia up on her proposition?

Scroll down for the rest of the previews—including that for the historical josei romance debut Emerald Queen by Sachimi Riho.

I Love You Most volume 2 compiles chapters 6 to 10: Aphrodisiac, Devil, Incubation, Atonement and Incarnation. The aftermath of that whole “Make me your mistress” thing, plus the introduction of the requisite Kitagawa Miyuki lurve triangle, demands I give I Love You Most 2 an 8.5 of 10♡, a solid A. :D (What does TC manga critic Lina-chan say?)

Level Comics manga (2012.08.11)

1. Air Gear 30 of 37 by Oh!great «Ex-2012.07.11

AirGear 「エア・ギア」 by Oh!great Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen Volume 30 (Tricks 278–287) first published in Japan 2010.11

Awards
2006 Kodansha Manga Awardee in the Shounen category

Other languages/serializations
English Air Gear (Del Rey: until Volume 15/16/17 per 2010.08; Kodansha Comics: from volume 18; 25 volumes as of 2012.08.07 • volume 26 street date: 2012.10.09), Korean (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 飛輪少年 #35 per 2012.06), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: volume 28 per 2010.08), French (Pika Édition: Tome 33 shipped 2012.06 • Tome 24 street date: 2012.09.05), Italy (Planet Manga), Germany (Heyne) and Sweden (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB/serialized in Manga Mania)

Adaptations
A 25-episode anime by Toei Animation, starring Kamakari Kenta as Ikki; a series of Satelight-animated OADs shipped with the manga tankoubon (The first Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD streeted with volume 30 in November 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki; the second OAD was bundled with volume 31 (2011.03.17), with a third released 2011.06.17); and a series of musicals

2. [Premiere] Emerald Queen (Emerald no Joou) by Sachimi Riho

Emerald no Joou 「エメラルドの女王」 by Sachimi Riho Ohzora Emerald Comics Romance Comics, josei This volume first published in Japan 2009.12

3. GTO vol 9 of 25 by Fujisawa Toru

GTO 「ＧＴＯ」 by Fujisawa Toru Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen Volume 9 first published in Japan 1998.11

Awards
1998 Kodansha Manga Awardee in the Shounen category

Other languages
Bilingual Japanese/English (Kodansha International, three volumes per 1999.12), English GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TOKYOPOP: 25 volumes), French (PIKA Édition: 25 volumes), Italian (Dynamic Italia), German (EMA), Polish (Waneko), Swedish (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB; serialized in Manga Mania), traditional Chinese (Tong Li)

Related series
Prequels Shounan Junaigumi! AKA GTO: The Early Years (31 volumes) and Bad Company (one volume) and sequel GTO Shonan 14 Days (nine volumes as at 2011.11, concluded)

Adaptations
A live-action GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka TV series, starring Sorimachi Takashi (Onizuka Eikichi) and Matsushima Nanako (Fuyutsuki Azusa) telecast from July to September 1998 on Fuji TV and Kansai TV, followed by GTO Drama Special (1999.08.28) and GTO: The Movie (1999) and Studio Pierrot's 43-episode Great Teacher Onizuka anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Takagi Wataru as Onizuka that aired between June 1999 and September 2000.

4. I Love You Most (Seiseisuruhodo, Aishiteru) vol 2 of 7 by Kitagawa Miyuki

Seiseisuruhodo, Aishiteru 「せいせいするほど、愛してる」 by Kitagawa Miyuki Shogakukan Petit Comic, josei Volume 2 (chapters 6–10) first published in Japan 2007.03

5. Lost Man vol 12 of 17 by Kusaba Michiteru

Lost Man 「ＬＯＳＴ　ＭＡＮ」 by Kusaba Michiteru Shogakukan Young Sunday (later moved to Big Comic Spirits after 31 July 2008), seinen Volume 12 first published in Japan 2011.05

6. Mars vol 4 of 15 by Souryo Fuyumi

Mars 「ＭＡＲＳ」 by Souryo Fuyumi Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo Volume 4 first published in Japan 1997.05

Reissues
Reissued in eight Kodansha Manga Bunko volumes from 2006.10 to 2007.01

Related series
Prequel: Mars Gaiden Namae no nai uma (one volume per 1999.12). AKA MARS: Horse With No Name

Other languages
English MARS (TOKYOPOP: 15 Volumes), French (Marvel Panini France, 15 volumes per 2005.06), Italian (Editions Star Comics; serialized in Amici), German (Planet Manga: Band 15 per 2003.10 and Band 16 (Mars Gaiden) released 2003.12), Polish (Waneko)

Adaptations
A 21-episode Taiwanese live-action adaptation, MARS (戰神 / Zhànshén MARS), starring Vic Zhou as Chen Ling & Sheng (Kashino Rei & Sei) and Barbie Hsu as Han Qi Luo (Aso Kira), aired on the Chinese Television System network in 2004-2005. The TV series won the Favorite Drama of the Year award at the 40th Annual 2005 Golden Bell Awards.

7. Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy (Kachuu Hana) vol 12 of 17+ by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji

Kachuu Hana 「華中華」 by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen Volume 12 first published in Japan 2010.08

Reissues
Kachuu Hana My First BIG Specials volumes 1–8 released between 2010.10 and 2011.05

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European comics/BDs (2012.08.11)

1. Cotton Kid: Jalur Chisholm (Cotton Kid, Tome 4: La piste de Chisholm) by Pearce & Léturgie
2. Scrameustache: Dalam Pengasingan (Le Scrameustache, Tome 37: Les exilés) by Gos & Walt

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Soul Eater 16, Air Gear 29, Bambino Secondo 3 (Level Comics manga out nau~) [UPDATED]

Street date: 6 June 2012
Imma lead this Level shopping list—now + NikBabble™—with March Story 1, Kim HyungMin & Yang KyungIl's ongoing Sunday GX Demons, Exorcism, Gothic seinen manhwa starring demon hunter March that was supposed to have been postponed to next week, but actually streeted yesterday. (I can confirm; I have an actual copy in front of me...and I have a snap review below.)

March Story © Kim HyungMin & Yang KyungIl
Shogakukan [Serialized in Sunday GX]
Published in Indonesia by Level Comics

Pretty things that seduce and creatures spawned from such perfection — ill. Demonic ill latch on to humans through these things of beauty suffused with their creators' anguish, driving their hosts to commit monstrous violence. Hunter March wanders from town to town exterminating ill.

I can add from VIZ Media's March Story, Vol. 1 description, Born of tragedy, the artifacts all have their own tales to tell, as do each of their victims. But March's story may be the most tragic of all.

March Story 1 Report Card × My Impreshuns
I can attest to the promised pathos. Black Dream (chapter 4) delving into the history of the peripatetic March IS the most harrowing of all, at least of this volume 1 sub-set. (Raspberry... *wails*) The other tragic tales, Hunter with Thorns, Orche's Mask and Memory of Glass Color that Runs by the Wind, are equally poignant and guaranteed to wring a tear, or three. For this reason—plus the pretty, pretty and appropriately creepy art—I grant March Story 1 an 8 of 10 ♡, or an A-. GET!

Other Kim HyungMin and Yang KyungIl manhwa
March Story, serialized in Sunday GX since 2008 (four tankou compiled in Japan as of December 2011), is writer Kim HyungMin's debut.

Meanwhile, you might've already run across manhwa-ga Yang KyungIl from his collaborations with scribe Youn InWan, among them, Shin Angyo Onshi, serialized in Korea and Japan in Young Champ and Sunday GX (17 Japanese tankou published between July 2001 and October 2007; Level Comics' volume 17 released October 2008), and Defense Devil, which originally ran in Shonen Sunday (10 tankou compiled from August 2009 to September 2011), and published here by Elex Media (volume 7 released April 2012; serialized fortnightly in Shonen Star).

Aside from the Shin Angyo Onshi Gaiden side story (JP release: 2007.05), Yang KyungIl is also credited—along with Nanatsuki Kyouichi (ARMS, Aegis In the Dark)—with the new Prison, Super Powers, Survival, Transformations Area D - Inou Ryouiki (debuted in Shonen Sunday in 2012). For other Yang KyungIl titles, go »here.

☞ Level also launches a new BD series—Cotton Kid by Pearce and Léturgie (Lucky Luke cartoonist)—but more on that below.

For nau, top DO WANT!

Soul Eater vol 16 (of 21+)
By Ohkubo Atsushi
Couldn't find a Level Soul Eater volume 16 blurb, so borrowing Wiki's summary:

While testing her new flying ability made available through Soul's powers as a Death Scythe, Maka learns that she is now considered to be a valuable asset to her enemies and will be hunted, which is made clear when she is attacked by Noah's servant Gopher, who she manages to defeat. Later, Kilik, Kim, Liz, and Patty retrieve Medusa's research notes in her old laboratory, briefly encountering and fighting off a black clown manufactured by Medusa. Black Star, meanwhile, seeks out Medusa's hideout and encounters Crona.
–Wikipedia

Soul Eater volume 16 compiles chapters 63 to 67: Gonna Be An Angel, Preparedness, Black Wings vs. White Wings, The Witch's Research (Part 1) and The Witch's Research (Part 2). [*NOT Level chapter titles]

Air Gear vol 29 of 37
By Oh!great
Before I get into Air Gear 29, someone please confirm that volume 37 is the final volume? All I know is that the last chapter is Trick 357, and that's obviously not in volume 36, which streets in Japan next week (16 June), because there's a volume 37 skedded for release 17 July 2012.

Ikki and pals hit the ground running upon boarding the enemy ship. Nue engages Ikki, who, mindful of Simca's warning, hesitates to fight the Thunder King. Still, a clash is inescapable, forcing Ikki to order his friends to leave.

Who emerges the victor — the Storm King or the Thunder King? Find the answer in Air Gear volume 29, which compiles Tricks 268 to 277.

More previews of ongoing series after the release list.

New Level titles - cont'd: Cotton Kid
Per earlier note, Level premieres Pearce & Léturgie's Cotton Kid with the double-launch of Cotton Kid: Atas Nama Hukum dan Mr. Pinkerton (Cotton Kid, Tome 1: Au nom de la loi et de Mr Pinkerton) and Konser Rawa (Cotton Kid, Tome 2: Charivari dans les bayous). The titular Cotton Kid is the sidekick slash protector of big brother Pinkerton agent Trevor who dreams of becoming the agency's best operative.

(BDs, or ROMICs this week also include Lucky Luke: Bukit Apache by Morris & Goscinny, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Links Lapangan Golf Maut, Boule & Bill: Si Iseng Bill and Yakari: Pembalasan Wolverine.)

Level Comics manga and manhwa (2012.06.06)

1. Air Gear vol 29 of 37 by Oh!great

AirGear 「エア・ギア」 by Oh!great Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen Volume 29 (Tricks 268–277) first published in Japan 2010.07

Awards
Winner, 2006 Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen category

Other languages/serializations
English Air Gear (Del Rey: until Volume 15/16/17 per 2010.08; Kodansha Comics: from volume 18; 22 volumes as of 2012.02 • volume 23 street date: 2012.04.17), Korean (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 飛輪少年 #34 per 2012.03), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: volume 28 per 2010.08), French (Pika Édition: Tome 33 shipped 2012.06.01), Italy (Planet Manga), Germany (Heyne) and Sweden (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB/serialized in Manga Mania)

Adaptations
A 25-episode anime by Toei Animation, starring Kamakari Kenta as Ikki; a series of Satelight-animated OADs shipped with the manga tankoubon (The first Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD streeted with volume 30 in November 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki; the second OAD was bundled with volume 31 (2011.03.17), with a third released 2011.06.17); and a series of musicals

2. Bambino! Secondo vol 3 of 10+ by Sekiya Tetsuji

Bambino! Secondo 「バンビ～ノ！ＳＥＣＯＮＤＯ」 by Sekiya Tetsuji Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.02

Related series
Prequel: Bambino! (15 volumes)

3. Haruka 17 vol 17 of 19 by Yamazaki Sayaka

Haruka 17 「はるか１７」 by Yamazaki Sayaka Kodansha Morning, seinen Volume 17 first published in Japan 2007.08

Adaptations
A 10-episode live-action drama starring Hirayama Aya (Miyamae Haruka) aired on TV Asahi from July to September 2005.

4. [Series Premiere] March Story vol 1 of 4+ by Kim HyungMin & Yang KyungIl

March Story 「ＭＡＲＣＨ　ＳＴＯＲＹ」 by Kim HyungMin & Yang KyungIl Shogakukan Sunday GX, seinen Volume 1 (chapters 1–4) first published in Japan 2008.12

Other languages
English March Story (VIZ Media: three volumes as of 2011.10 • volume 4 street date: 2012.10.16), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: MARCH STORY獵魔荒世錄 (03) released 2011.11

5. RRR vol 9 of 10 by Watanabe Jun

RRR 「ＲＲＲ」 by Watanabe Jun AKA Rock 'n' Roll Ricky Kodansha Young Magazine, seinen Volume 9 first published in Japan 2009.08

6. Soul Eater vol 16 of 21+ by Ohkubo Atsushi

Soul Eater 「ソウルイーター」 by Ohkubo Atsushi Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen Volume 16 (chapters 63–67) first published in Japan 2010.02

Other languages
English Soul Eater (Yen Press: nine volumes as of 2012.05.29 • volume 10 street date: 2012.08.21), French (Kurokawa: Tome 19 shipped 2012.03 • Tome 20 street date: 2012.07.05), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 16 per 2012.04 • Band 17 street date: 2012.07.03), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: SOUL EATER噬魂者 20 released 2012.04)

Related series
First appeared as one-shots in two Gangan Powered special editions (Summer and Fall 2003) and Gangan Wing's 26 November 2003 issue. (Regular Monthly Shonen Gangan serialization commenced May 2004.)
Spin-off: Soul Eater Not! (began serialization in Shonen Gangan 2011.01; one volume released in Japan as of 2011.09; English Soul Eater NOT! manga licensed by Yen Press, volume 1 street date: 2012.07.24)

Adaptations
Manga volumes 1 to 12 adapted to anime by BONES. Fifty-one episodes starring seiyuu Omigawa Chiaki (Maka Alban) and Uchiyama Kouki (Soul Eater) aired in Japan from April 2008 to March 2009.

Square Enix bundled an audio drama, Soul Eater (Vol. 1): Special Social Studies Field Trip, with an artbook in August 2005. The drama CD featured different actors (Takeuchi Junko as Maka; Hoshi Souichirou as Soul Eater); only Kobayashi Yumiko reprised her Black☆Star role in the TV series.

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European comics/BDs (2012.06.06)

1. Agatha Christie: Murder on the Links Lapangan Golf Maut (Agatha Christie, Tome 7: Le crime du golf) by François Rivière, Marc Piskic
2. Boule & Bill: Si Iseng Bill (Boule et Bill, Tome 16: Jeux de Bill) by Roba
3. [Series Premiere] Cotton Kid: Atas Nama Hukum dan Mr. Pinkerton (Cotton Kid, Tome 1: Au nom de la loi et de Mr Pinkerton) by Pearce - Léturgie
4. [Premiere] Cotton Kid: Konser Rawa (Cotton Kid, Tome 2: Charivari dans les bayous) by Pearce - Léturgie
5. Lucky Luke: Bukit Apache (Lucky Luke Tome 6: Canyon Apache) by Morris & Goscinny
6. Yakari: Pembalasan Wolverine (Yakari, Tome 26: La Vengeance du carcajou) by Job, Derib, Dominique

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Ceres 6, Air Gear 28, RRR 8 (Level Comics 11 April 2012 manga) [UPDATED]

Last week it was Kekacauan di Desa Smurf; this week, it's Astrosmurf. Is Level reissuing the Smurf BDs? Just curious.

Air Gear © Oh!great/Kodansha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine] · Ayashi no Ceres: Tenkuu Otogizoushi © Watase Yuu/Shogakukan [First serialized in Sho-Comi]. Published in Indonesia as Air Gear and Ceres: A Heaven's Fairy Tale by Level Comics

Shopping list version nau, NikBabble™ and the rest of the eyecandy later. Update: As you can see...

In Ceres volume 6: Shuro —

The Primogenitor Mikage takes over Aki's body, but Aya cherishes hopes that her twin's consciousness only sleeps within. Meanwhile, popular idol Shuro claims on TV to be in possession of a tennyo's hagoromo. Aya rushes to Okinawa to confirm if this is the celestial robe Ceres has been searching for.

Air Gear vol 28 of 35+
by Oh!great

Kogarasumaru and Sleipnire's clash approaches climax. Kogarasumaru team members gear up to bring forth a storm, but this move unduly burdens Ikki's A.T. Kururu realizes the problem, but what can she do when the Storm Regalia would only be finished the day after?

Level Comics manga (2012.04.11)

1. Air Gear vol 28 of 35+ by Oh!great

AirGear 「エア・ギア」 by Oh!great Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen Volume 28 (Tricks 258–267) first published in Japan 2010.04

Awards
Winner, 2006 Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen category

Other languages/serializations
English Air Gear (Del Rey: until Volume 15/16/17 per 2010.08; Kodansha Comics: from volume 18; 22 volumes as of 2012.02 • volume 23 street date: 2012.04.17), Korean (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 飛輪少年 #34 per 2012.03.09), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: volume 28 per 2010.08), French (Pika Édition: Tome 32 shipped 2012.03.01 • Tome 33 street date: 2012.06.01), Italy (Planet Manga), Germany (Heyne) and Sweden (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB/serialized in Manga Mania)

Adaptations
A 25-episode anime by Toei Animation, starring Kamakari Kenta as Ikki; a series of Satelight-animated OADs shipped with the manga tankoubon (The first Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD streeted with volume 30 in November 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki; the second OAD was bundled with volume 31 (2011.03.17), with a third released 2011.06.17); and a series of musicals

2. Ceres: A Heaven's Fairy Tale (Ayashi no Ceres) vol 6 of 14 by Watase Yuu

Ayashi no Ceres Tenkuu Otogizoushi 「妖しのセレス　天空お伽草子」 by Watase Yuu Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo Volume 6: Shuro first published in Japan 1998.03

Awards
Winner, 43rd Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shoujo category

Reissues/Other languages
Reissued in seven Shogakukan Bunko from 2005.11 to 2006.02
English Ceres: Celestial Legend (VIZ Media: (14 volumes per 2006.02), French (Editions Tonkam: Ayashi no Ceres: Un conte de fée céleste: 14 volumes per 2002.01), German (EMA), Spanish (Glènat España: Ceres: La Leyenda Celestial), Italian (Play Press: La fiaba del cielo), Vietnamese Truyền Thuyết Thiên Nữ

Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's 24-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan on WOWOW from April to September 2000, with seiyuu Kakazu Yumi as Aya Mikage, Iwao Junko as Ceres, Konishi Katsuyuki as Tooya, Itou Kentarou as Yuuhi, Chiba Susumu as Aki, Miki Shinichiro as Mikagi and Sugita Tomokazu as Mikage Kagami.

Light novels written by Nishizaki Megumi and illustrated by Watase Yuu: Ayashi no Ceres Episode of Tooya (one volume Palette bunko: 2000.06); Episode of Shuro (Palette bunko: 2000.09); Episode of Aki (Palette bunko: 2001.01); and Episode of Miku (Palette bunko, three volumes from 2001.06 to 2001.08)

Related
Sequel: Ayashi no Ceres Gaiden (side story included as furoku for Sho-Comi #18; also compiled in Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden vol 6)
Watase Yuu Postcard Book Fushigi Yuugi Ayashi no Ceres Imadoki! (Japan release: 2001.01)

3. MOON - Subaru Solitude Standing vol 4 of 9 by Soda Masahito & Tomiyama Kuro

MOON—Subaru Solitude Standing— 「ＭＯＯＮ　―昴ソリチュードスタンディング」 by Soda Masahito & Tomiyama Kuro Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen Volume 4 first published in Japan 2009.07

Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li: MOON~昴‧續篇~ 7 released 2011.08)

Related series
Subaru (prequel; 11 volumes)

4. RRR vol 8 of 10 by Watanabe Jun

RRR 「ＲＲＲ」 by Watanabe Jun AKA Rock 'n' Roll Ricky Kodansha Young Magazine, seinen Volume 8 first published in Japan 2009.05

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European comics/BDs(2012.04.11)

1. Boule & Bill: Awas Anjing Lucu! (Boule et Bill, Tome 15: Attention chien marrant!) by Jean Roba
2. Lanfeust of Troy: Petaur Menghindari Kematian (Lanfeust de Troy, Tome 7: Les pétaures se cachent pour mourir) by Arleston & Tarquin
3. Marsupilami: Kupu-Kupu Hutan (Le Marsupilami, Tome 9: Le Papillon des cimes) by Franquin, Batem, Yann
4. Smurf: Astrosmurf (Le Cosmoschtroumpf) by Peyo

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