Street date: 25 July 2012
Update: Snuck in Shonen Star Issue 13, which apparently streeted on this date.
C0de:Breaker © by Kamijyo Akimine
Kodansha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
If you've been reading the Indonesian ShoMagz from cover to cover since 2010—7 April 2010, to be exact—I don't need to pull a NikBabble™ on Kamijyo Akimine's C0de:Breaker. If you haven't, and missed my way back when blurb, recycling it here:
New transfer student Oogami Rei is a Code Breaker, a government assassin with mysterious powers who believes in justice not mercy — even if it means using evil to defeat evil. Highschooler/martial artist Sakurakouji Sakura witnesses Oogami in killing action and decides that as an eye for an eye philosophy leaves the whole world blind, she will stop Rei.
Our determined heroine doesn't need to worry about an opportunity window for Rei stoppage becase, having seen what his fatal blue flame does, she's slated to be the next to burn!
[From Del Rey's Code:Breaker, Vol. 1 description]
So does our lex talionis vigilante Rei mete out punishment commensurate to the “evil” Sakura committed? You know what to do if you can't stand not knowing. :D
C0de:Breaker runs in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine. The first Japanese tank streeted in October 2008, the 19th came out last week (2012.07.17). As fellow fangirl/TC contributor and resident fan artist baka-girl notes, there's no sign the series is ending any time soon. :D
C0de:Breaker volume 1 compiles C0des (chapters) 1 to 5: Awal mula sang saksi mata,
Orang yang tidak termaafkan,
Gadis api,
Menuju hari esok
and Setan yang penuh luka.
(For more recent C0des, check out back issues till the newest Shonen Magz, which released two weeks ago.
☞ The C∅DE:BREAKER anime is skedded to premiere this October 2012, with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko (Okumura Rin in Blue Exorcist) as Rei and Hikasa Yōko (Akiyama Mio, K-ON!) as Sakura.
The name "Kamijyo Akimine" shouldn't be unfamiliar to you, not if you've read—or even just saw 'em on book shelves—Samurai Deeper Kyo. Before C0de:Breaker and after SDK, Kamijyo Akimine-sensei worked on Shirogane no Karasu, also serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
A handful more Elex titles debut this release (Devil with Flower!), but I preview them after the cut. For now, runner-up DO WANT!
Natsume Yujincho vol 3 (of 14+)
By Midorikawa Yuki
Famous actor slash ghostbuster Natori tracks down his spirit quarry to Natsume's hometown, and since he's already there, invites Natsume to a mini exorcist convention so that our incredibly kind
Natsume can meet other people who exercise similar spiritual powers.
But will the meeting really benefit Natsume? Especially when his abilities surpass those of the attendees and he has That. Yujincho.
At any rate, Natsume busies himself per usual returning the names his grandmother trapped in her book and helping the local yokai with their problems. But he has to put his good deeds on hold when a black Nyanko Sensei snatches the Book of Friends! Takashi and the real Nyanko trail the bad cat to a secret yokai meeting deep in the forest. Will they be in time to stop the impostor's wicked plans?!
[From VIZ Media's Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 3 description]
Fourteen volumes of the first Manga Taishō finalist have been released in Japan as of early July 2012. The fourth Natsume Yujincho anime season also wrapped last March.
The World God Only Knows vol 2 (of 18+)
By Wakaki Tamiki
Since entering into a pact to capture Loose Souls, Keima has had to neglect his beloved bishoujo games. Not only does the Capturing God have to spend time winning the hearts of 3D girls he detests, he also has to fend off a “little sister” who just can't be dissuaded from taking care of him.
The second The World God Only Knows volume covers the Kanon Nakagawa and Shiomiya Shiori arcs—chapters 7 through 16—IDOL BOMB!!
· UP TO BOY
· Am I Ordinary?
· Shining Star
(Shonen Sunday title: Single Star
) · Ellie SO SWEET
· Coupling/With
· The Inside and Outside of a Big Wall
· Inside of Me......
· Open the Door
· The Last Day
[*NOT Elex/Shonen Star chapter titles]
The newest The World God Only Knows chapter (newest for Indonesia, that is) is in Shonen Star 12/2012, which streeted 11 July. (If you haven't stumbled on to ShoStar 12 in your fave Gramed yet, check again this week. That thing reportedly shipped in two batches.
And speaking of mangazines—
Nakayoshi Gress! Issue 7/2012 and Shonen Star Issue 13/2012
The latest NakaGress! shines the spotlight on Your Melody by Fukushima Haruka and Arisa by Ando Natsumi. What does Akira really feel for Neiro? And what awaits Tsubasa, imprisoned with a bomb?
Meanwhile, in Shonen Star 13, we bid goodbye to...[Continued...]
Reissues and Restocks
If you missed any of the early bunko or Deluxe reissues of Miuchi Suzue's classic Glass no Kamen, now's your time to complete your collection. Elex restocks DX volumes 1 through 12 this week. Same goes for Watari Chie's horror shoujo manga Aku Hilang (Watashi ga Kieta!) that Elex first published in 1997.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2012.07.25)
- Aku Hilang (Watashi ga Kieta!) by Watari Chie (Serial Misteri) – Reissue
- [Premiere] Aria Yearns for The Love (Rensou no Aria) by Mitsuki Miko (Serial Cantik) «Ex-2012.07.18
- [Series Premiere] C0de:Breaker vol 1 of 19+ by Kamijyo Akimine
- [Series Premiere] Devil with Flower (Hana to Akuma) vol 1 of 10 by Oto Hisamu
- [Series Premiere] Divine Puzzle (Kamisama no Puzzle) vol 1 of 3+ by Uchida Masahiro, Kimoto Shinji «Ex-2012.03.21
- [Premiere] Doraemon Movie: Nobita dalam Perang Luar Angkasa (Nobita no uchuu sho-senso) by Fujiko F. Fujio
- I Hate You More Than Anyone (Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai) vol 11 of 13 by Hidaka Banri
- [Series Premiere] Kashiwagi Next to Me (Tonari no Kashiwagi-san) vol 1 of 4+ by Shimotsuki Kinusa
- Natsume Yujincho vol 3 of 14+ by Midorikawa Yuki
- The World God Only Knows (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai) vol 2 of 18+ by Wakaki Tamiki
- [Series Premiere] You Are So Cool vol 1 of 6 by Lee YoungHee «Ex-2012.07.11
 | Rensou no Aria 「恋想のアリア 」 by Mitsuki Miko |
 | C0DE:BREAKER 「Ｃ０ＤＥ：ＢＲＥＡＫＥＲ 」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing)
English Code:Breaker (Del Rey: two volumes as of 2010.10; discontinued), French (Pika Édition: Code:Breaker Tome 9 shipped 2012.05 • Tome 10 street date: 2012.08.22), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 法外制裁者 17 per 2012.04)
Adaptations
Kinema Citrus' C∅DE:BREAKER anime premieres in October 2012, with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ōgami Rei/Code:06 and Hikasa Yōko as Sakurakōji Sakura.
 | Hana to Akuma 「花と悪魔」 by Oto Hisamu |
Other languages
French (Marvel Panini France: La fleur du démon Tome 9 shipped 2012.07.18), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 花與惡魔 10 per 2011.09)
Adaptations
The Hana to Akuma drama CD (release date: N/A) features seiyuu Kamiya Hiroshi as Vivi, Kanda Akemi as Hana, Ono Daisuke (Velten) and Suzumura Kenichi (Klaus).
 | Kamisama no Puzzle 「神様のパズル」 |
Related series
Based on Kimoto Shinji's 2002 Komatsu Sakyo Award Grand Prize recipient science fiction novel Kamisama no Puzzle (published 2002.11), which was also adapted into a movie in June 2008.
 | Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no uchuu sho-senso Anime Shinsō Kanzenban |
Related
Based on the sixth Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (Doraemon: Nobita no uchuu sho-senso) movie, which premiered on 16 March 1985 in Japan.
 | Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai |
Reissues
Reissued in Hana to Yume Comics Special kanzenban (seven volumes from 2012.02 to 2012.05)
Related series
Akiyoshi Family Series 1–4 (Pacar 365 Hari, For Endless Love, Stay the Same, Let Me Hear the Lyric), Oki ni Mesu Mama? (one volume sequel released 2010.09) and Tenshi 1/2 Houteishiki (alternate story; two volumes as of 2012.02, ongoing serialization in Hana to Yume)
A Hidaka Banri artbook, Hitsuji no Namida/Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai Hidaka Banri Gashuu, was released 2004.03.
Other languages
English I Hate You More Than Anyone (CMX: nine volumes per 2010.03; cancelled)
 | Tonari no Kashiwagi-san 「となりの柏木さん」 |
 | Natsume Yuujinchou 「夏目友人帳」 |
Awards
First Manga Taishō finalist (2008)
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian HanaLaLa (only until chapter 9 [ex-volume 9] in Issue 55/2010)
English Natsume's Book of Friends (VIZ Media: 12 volumes as of 2012.07.03 • volume 13 street date: 2012.12.04), French (Delcourt: Le Pacte des Yôkai Tome 12 shipped 2012.04 • Tome 13 street date: 2012.08.22), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 妖怪連絡簿 12 released 2011.12)
Adaptations
Adapted into anime by Brains Base, featuring seiyuu Kamiya Hiroshi as Natsume Takashi and Inoue Kazuhiko as Nyanko-sensei. Thirteen episodes of Natsume Yūjin-Chō aired between July and September 2008; the second Zoku Natsume Yūjin-Chō season, also 13 episodes, aired from January to March 2009. The third 13-episode Natsume Yūjin-Chō San anime premiered 4 July and ended 27 September 2011. The fourth season Natsume Yūjin-chō Shi premiered 2 January 2012. It, too, spans 13 episodes, the 13th airing 26 March 2012.
Also adapted into audio drama, the drama CDs given away with LaLa issues: LaLa Treasure Drama CD (2007.10); LaLa Excellent Drama CD (2008.11); and LaLa Double Premiere Drama CD (2009.05). Another drama CD comes as a furoku in the September 2011 issue.
Related
The Natsume Yujincho Official Fan Book - Natsume and Friends was released 5 January 2009 and a notebook reproduction of Natsume Yujincho—Nyanko-sensei Yūjinchō Natsume Yūjin-chō Kōshiki Nyan Book—was published 3 July of the same year.
 | Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai |
Serializations/Other languages
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
French (Kana: Que sa volonté soit faite Tome 7 shipped 2012.06), Korean 신만이 아는 세계 (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: 只有神知道的世界 (13) per 2012.04), German (Egmont Manga & Anime: The World God Only Knows Band 5 released 2012.05 • Band 6 street date: 2012.09)
Related
One-shot prototype Koishite!? Kami-sama!!
, which first appeared in Weekly Shonen Sunday's Issue 32 of 2007.
Side story: Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai novels written by Arisawa Mamizu and illustrated by Wakaki Tamiki, first serialized in Gagaga. The first volume, Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai - Kami to Akuma to Tenshi (The World God Only Knows—God and the Devil and an Angel), was published under the GAGAGA Bunko label in 2009.05.20; the second volume Inori to Noroi to Kiseki (The World God Only Knows 2 Prayer and Curse and Miracle) was released in 2010.05.18 (two volumes, complete).
Adaptations
An OAV prologue (Flag.0
) was bundled together with manga volume 10, released 2010.07.17. Manglobe's 12-episode anime adaptation aired between October and December 2010. Seiyuu Shimono Hiro and Itō Kanae reprised their roles as Katsuragi Keima and Elysia de Lute Ima in the second season, also 12 episodes long, which aired from April to June 2011. A second OAV (Four People and an Idol
) was bundled together with manga volume 14 (2011.09.16).
 | You Are So Cool 「넌 너무 멋져」 |
Other languages
English You're So Cool (Ice Kunion, later absorbed by Yen Press: six volumes released as of 2010.03)
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[Value sets] Paket Komik *Harga Spesial* (2012.07.25)
- Croket, Vols. 1–10 of 15 by Kashimoto Manavu (Korokke!) [IDR 80,000/set]
- Croket, Vols. 11–15 of 15 by Kashimoto Manavu [IDR 40,000/set]
- Harlem Beat Until Dawn, Vols. 1–3 (of 5) by Takashima Kazusa (Harlem Beat wa Yoake made) [IDR 24,000/set]
- Imaginary Beasts, Vols. 1–10 of 14 by Akino Matsuri (Genjuu no Seiza) [IDR 80,000/set]
- Imaginary Beasts, Vols. 11–14 of 14 by Akino Matsuri [IDR 32,000/set]
- Jungle Boy, Vols. 1–8 of 8 by Nakamura Rie [IDR 64,000/set] (Complete)
- Kaiser Z, Vols. 1–10 of 16 by Uno Hiroshi (Tenkuu no Hasha Z) [IDR 80,000/set]
- Kaiser Z, Vols. 11–16 of 16 by Uno Hiroshi [IDR 48,000/set]
- SORA: The Wingless Duck, Vols. 1–10 (of 34+) by Hinata Takeshi (Ahiru no Sora) [IDR 80,000/set]
- SORA: The Wingless Duck, Vols. 11–15 by Hinata Takeshi [IDR 40,000/set]
*Volume tallies represent totals in country of origin, which may not coincide with Elex Media's latest releases. Elex's most recent volume Harlem Beat Until Dawn 3 released 2009.06.24 (finale volume 5 shipped August 2008 in Japan) and SORA: The Wingless Duck vol 19 released 2011.03.16 (latest Ahiru no Sora 34 streeted in February 2012).
Mangazines (2012.03.21)
- Nakayoshi Gress! Issue 07/2012 (Indonesian Nakayoshi) «Ex-2012.07.18
- Shonen Star Issue 13/2012 (Indonesian Shonen Sunday)
Note: Shonen Star Issue 12/2012 also streets on this date in selected areas.
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Watashi ga Kieta! 「わたしが消えた！」
by Watari Chie
Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 1988.09
First published by Elex in 1997