No relation between the two Cappuccino manga far as I can tell, beyond having the same creator.
Added ongoing series previews
Biyaku iri no Cappuccino and Cafe Minamiaoyama Curio Street 1
© Kotokawa Aya
Akita Shoten [First serialized in Petit Princess]
Published in Indonesia as Cappuccino Love Potion and Love in Cafe Cappuccino 1 by Gramedia/m&c!
m&c! launches three new Petit Princess manga—three, if we count Yoshida Ikaru's Samurai Darling Masamune, reportedly pushed back from its 11 August premiere—two of them from the same manga-ka Kotokawa Aya. Both office romances. The first is the one-volume, mature audiences only Cappuccino Love Potion and the second, the eight volumes, ongoing Love in Cafe Cappuccino.
The Cappuccino Love Potion Dewasa read first:
Her mother's illness forces Michika to take over as manager of Narumiya Izumi, an actor acclaimed for his antagonist roles in violent films. Nervous beyond belief, Michika wishes she had gotten popular, pretty boy actor Kijima Reiji to babysit instead. But do the two actors live up to their stereotypes? Or is Michika confusing fiction with reality?
Hmm. The Manager × Actor premise reminds me of Yoshihara Yuki's Chocolate Girl, tempting me...much. I don't know if the bishie on the left-hand side cover [above] is supposed to be the infamous Narumiya Izumi, but those megane! make me wish he were, and that he's as “charming” as Chocolate Girl's Tsundere, Actually Tezuka Riku. (I also hope nabs-all-the-Good-Guy-roles Kijima Reiji is as comely and as conniving as Choco Girl's Akae Kaoru.)
Cappuccino Love Potion, originally Biyaku iri no Cappuccino, first ran in the shoujo-josei straddler PetitPuri, but for reasons yet to be uncovered, m&c! upped its age rating to D - Dewasa, or for an over 18 audience.
That takes care of the first Kotokawa Aya debut. Now for the second—
Love in Cafe Cappuccino vol 1 (of 8+)
By Kotokawa Aya
Legend has it that if you visit a certain café in Minami Aoyama Kottou street, you will meet your soul mate. What does this urban myth have to do with Yoshida and her boss Shioya? Well, the director orders Yoshida to upgrade the notorious genius chief into a New and Improved version, but Yoshida falls for pre-makeover Shioya, messy hair, rudeness and all.
Obviously, Yoshida took Shioya or met him at that café in Minami Aoyama, which stands silent, if not quietly laughing, over another mission (about to be) accomplished.
Love in Cafe Cappuccino or Cafe Minamiaoyama Curio Street serializes in the same mangazine Cappuccino Love Potion did. Akita Shoten published the first tank in August 2008, the latest (eighth) in March 2012. Love in Cafe Cappuccino volume 1, however, is rated R - Remaja, or Teens.
Pretty sure Cappuccino Love Potion and Love in Cafe Cappuccino represent the first Kotokawa Aya manga incursion into Indonesia. Besides the caffeinated vanguards, Kotokawa Aya-sensei produced the genie-troped shoujo fantasy Lample for Shinshokan's Wings (tankou released October 2002). [Read more...]
Also this m&c! release...
One more new Akita Shoten manga, but this one originally ran in Mystery Bonita—KIELI ~The Deceased Asleep in the Wasteland~—Teshirogi Shiori's adapt of Kabei Yukako's award-winning Ki-Ri ~Shishatachi wa Kouya ni Nemuru~ light novel. Volume 1 of the manga premieres this street date, too, as does the first volume of Han YuRang's soonjung manhwa Bitter Sweet Love. Previews after the jump.
Mangazines: Debuting in the August 2012 edition of Cherry are Natsumeki!! by Nanajima Kana and You are Like a Flower by Goto Misaki. Both Natsumeki!! and Kimi wa Maru de, Ano Hana no You de are ex-Sho-Comi, as is the cover manga, Kaname Étoile by Kayoru. [Continued...]
m&c! manga (2012.08.31)
- [Premiere] Cappuccino Love Potion (Biyaku iri no Cappuccino) by Kotokawa Aya
- Gamaran vol 7 of 16+ by Nakamaru Yosuke
- [Series Premiere] Kieli ~The Deceased Asleep in the Wasteland~ (Ki-Ri ~Shishatachi wa Kouya ni Nemuru~) vol 1 of 2 by Kabei Yukako, Teshirogi Shiori
- Kirarin Revolution Special Edition (Kirarin Revolution: Tokubetsuhen) vol 4 of 6 by Nakahara An, Ikeda Taeko
- [Series Premiere] Love in Cafe Cappuccino (Cafe Minamiaoyama Curio Street) vol 1 of 8+ by Kotokawa Aya
- [Premiere] Samurai Darling Masamune by Yoshida Ikaru «Ex-2012.08.11
- X-Day (Kanojotachi no X-Day) vol 2 of 2 by Mizushiro Setona [Series Finale]
 | Biyaku iri no Cappuccino 「媚薬入りのカプチーノ」 |
 | Gamaran 「我間乱～ＧＡＭＡＲＡＮ～」 |
 | Ki-Ri ~Shishatachi wa Kouya ni Nemuru~ |
Other languages
English Kieli (Yen Press: two volumes)
Related Series
Adapted from the novel Ki-Ri ~Shishatachi wa Kouya ni Nemuru~ AKA Kieli, Vol. 1: The Dead Sleep in the Wilderness written by Kabei Yukako and published by MediaWorks' Dengeki Bunko in 2003.02. The Ki-Ri series serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine spans nine volumes (final volume 9 released in Japan 2006.04).
 | Kirarin Revolution: Tokubetsuhen |
Related series
Original story: Kirarin Revolution (14 volumes)
 | Cafe Minamiaoyama Curio Street |
 | Samurai Darling Masamune |
Related series
Prequel: Samurai Darling Nobunaga (JP release: 2010.11)
Sequel: Samurai Darling Shinsengumi (2012.04)
 | Kanojotachi no X-Day 「彼女達のエクス・デイ」 |
Other languages
English X-Day (TOKYOPOP: two volumes), French (Kazé Editions: two volumes), German (Tokyopop Germany: two volumes)
m&c! manhwa (2012.08.31)
- [Series Premiere] Bitter Sweet Love vol 1 of 10 by Han YuRang
- Crazy Girl Shin Bia vol 16 of 19 by Hwang MiRee
 | Bitter Sweet Love 「비터 스위트 러브」 |
 | Crazy Girl Shin Bia |
Hong Kong manhua (2012.08.31)
- Dewa Iblis Awan Api II No. 07: Energi Dingin by Tony Wong
 | Dewa Iblis Awan Api II by Tony Wong |
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Non-Comic (2012.08.31)
- [Premiere] MPASI (Makanan Pendamping ASI) Travelling Cihuy! by Dian Prima & Yudith Mangiri (Alter)
Mangazines (2012.08.31)
- Cherry August 2012 edition (Indonesian Ciao, ChuChu, Sho-Comi, Flowers, Betsucomi)
S/he also introduced a Dark!Cinderella in one of the shorts in the Sekaiichi Zankoku de Utsukushii Grimm Douwa (The Cruelest and Most Beautiful Grimm's Fairy Tales in the World) omnibus published by Houmusha in May 2002, and is first credited for Toshinosaren'ai and Karada no Renai, both Akita Shoten Princess Comics Petit Princess anthos released September and October 2010 respectively.
Kotokawa Aya also collaborated with Shusa in the shoujo Uranai Gakuen Star Dice, first serialized in Kadokawa's Asuka (seven volumes compiled between 1995.07 and 1998.03).