Street date: 1 August 2012
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge © Hayakawa Tomoko/Kodansha [Serialized in Betsufure]. Published in Indonesia as Perfect Girl Evolution by Level Comics.
The shops Sunako patronizes are in deep trouble! The big supermarket next door lures the shoppers away, and threatens to close down the mom and pop businesses. Can Sunako and her My Fair Bishounen save the shopping arcade from going bust??
Later, a super-pretty boy stalks Kyouhei. Running scared, Kyouhei grabs Sunako and...!
The synops above refer to Perfect Girl Evolution Parts 112 and 113, Save the Shopping Arcade!
and Karnaval Penuh Debaran.
Rounding out PGE 28 is a special two-parter, in which Kyouhei plays Edo jidai's answer to Robin Hood, Nezumi Kozo, and “Osuna” is the daughter of an impoverished tavern proprietress.
For still compelling LMAO! even after over a hundred stories, Hayakawa Tomoko's Perfect Girl Evolution volume 28 rates a solid 8 of 10♡ or A-.
The Black Swindler vol 18 of 20
By Kuromaru & Natsuhara Takeshi
A fraudster cons elderly owners out of their land with the shiny promise of letting them live in the mansions part of the so-called urban renewal project.
Meanwhile, a public works racket brings Kurosaki face to face once more with Shiraishi. This time, Shiraishi uses a woman as an informant.
Can Kurosaki finally bring down Shiraishi? Or will they end up strange bedfellows (bedfelons? :p) again?
The first preview refers to The Black Swindler chapters 186 to 188, the urban renewal swindle, while the second deals with chapters 189 to 196, the public works fraud, Parts I to VIII.
☞ Meanwhile, The Black Swindler sequel, Shin Kurosagi, is now up to 15 volumes in Japan. The 16th tank streets this 28 September.
New Level titles 
Level launches Sky Without Tomorrow or Ashita no Nai Sora by Heiuchi Natsuko. The editor thumbs-ups the seinen sports manga for choosing under the radar handball—that's bola tangan,
right?—to frame a touching story that doesn't lose out in dramatic showdowns to others featuring more popular sports.
“Handball is the sky...”
Life for Sai falls apart after his father commits suicide, dragging along his younger children, Sai's sibs, with him. Now alone, Sai finds comfort in the handball club he founded with best bud Guts.
Follow Sai and Guts as they take on rivals and (presumably) discover the meaning of life through handball in Sky Without Tomorrow. Three tankou out in Japan as of June 2012, and it's still running in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits.
If I'm not mistaken, Sky Without Tomorrow is the first Heiuchi Natsuko manga in these parts. Correct me if I'm wrong; you can check from the backlist behind the jump.
Level Comics manga (2012.08.01)
- Birdy The Mighty (Tetsuwan Birdy) vol 4 of 20 by Yuuki Masami
- The Black Swindler (Kurosagi) vol 18 of 20 by Kuromaru & Natsuhara Takeshi
- Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei) vol 10 of 12+ by Matsushita Yoko
- Gun Smith Cats Burst vol 5 of 5 by Sonoda Kenichi [Finale] «Ex-2012.07.25
- MOON -Subaru Solitude Standing- vol 6 of 9 by Soda Masahito & Tomiyama Kuro
- Perfect Girl Evolution (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge) vol 28 of 31+ by Hayakawa Tomoko
- [Series Premiere] Sky Without Tomorrow (Ashita no Nai Sora) vol 1 of 3+ by Heiuchi Natsuko
 | Kurosagi 「クロサギ」 |
Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards (2007), along with Sekiya Tetsuji's Bambino!
Related
Sequel: Shin Kurosagi (15 volumes as of 2012.06 • volume 16 street date: 2012.09.28)
Adaptations
An 11-episode live-action renzoku starring Yamashita Tomohisa (Kurosaki) and Horikita Maki (Yoshikawa Tsurara) aired on TBS from April to June 2006. A movie starring the same leads premiered in Japan on 8 March 2008.
 | Yami no Matsuei 「闇の末裔」 |
Other languages/serializations
English Descendants of Darkness: Yami no Matsuei (VIZ Media: 11 volumes as of 2006.05), French (Editions Tonkam: Les Descendants des Ténèbres Tome 12 shipped 2012.02, serialized in Magnolia), Italian (Editions Star Comics; serialized in Kappa Extra), German (Carlsen Comics: Yami no Matsuei: Erben der Dunkelheit Band 11 released 2004.09), Polish (Waneko: Ostatni synowie ciemności Tom 12 per 2012.02), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 闇之末裔 12 released 2010.05)
Adaptations
The 13-episode anime adaptation by J.C. Staff aired on WOWOW from 2000.10.02 to 2001.06.24, featuring seiyuu Asano Mayumi as Kurosaki Hisoka, Miki Shinichiro as Tsuzuki Asato and Hayami Sho as Dr. Muraki Kazutaka.
Related
Matsushita Yoko Character Book ~Yami no Matsuei~ (published by Hakusensha in August 1999) and the Matsushita Yoko Sketchbook ~Yami no Matsuei~ (JP: 2000.11)
 | Gun Smith Cats Burst |
Related series
Prequel Gun Smith Cats (eight volumes)
Other languages
English Gunsmith Cats Burst (Dark Horse Comics; 5 volumes) and French (Glenat tome 5 released 2010.03)
 | MOON—Subaru Solitude Standing— |
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li: MOON~昴‧續篇~ 7 released 2011.08)
Related series
Subaru (prequel; 11 volumes)
 | Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge |
Other languages
English The Wallflower (Del Rey until volumes 22/23/24; Kodansha Comics starting volume 25; 28 volumes as of 2012.05) and Chuang Yi (as My Fair Lady; volume 26 per 2011.02), French (Pika Édition: Yamato Nadeshiko Tome 16 shipped 2011.12), German (EMA/Egmont Manga & Anime: Perfect Girl Band 28 released 2012.06)
Related
A Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge extra chapter appears as the second story in the 2011.05.13 Betsufure omnibus Moero S-kei Seifuku Danshi!
Adaptations
Anime by Nippon Animation featuring seiyuu Takaguchi Yukiko (Nakahara Sunako), Morikubo Showtaro (Takano Kyohei), Yamauchi Yuuya (Toyama Yukinojo), Sugita Tomokazu (Oda Takenaga) and Nojima Hirofumi (Mori Ranmaru) aired from October 2006 to March 2007 on Japan's TV Aichi. A live-action renzoku starring Kamenashi Kazuya (Kyohei), Oomasa Aya (Sunako), Tegoshi Yuya (Yukinojo), Uchi Hiroki (Takenaga) and Miyao Shuntaro (Ranmaru) was telecast on TBS from January to March 2010.
 | Ashita no Nai Sora 「明日のない空」 |
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European comics/BDs (2012.08.01)
- Agatha Christie: Murder at the Vicarage Pembunuhan di Wisma Pendeta (Agatha Christie, Tome 9: L'Affaire Protheroe) by Norma, Wilmaury
- Alone 3: Geng Hiu (Seuls, Tome 3: Le clan du requin) by Gazzotti-Vehlmann
- Cubitus and Friends (Cubitus, pour les intimes, Tome 5) by Dupa
- Jojo: Perjalanan Empat Musim (Jojo, Tome 14: La Ballade des quatre saisons) by André Geerts
Tetsuwan Birdy 「鉄腕バーディー」
by Yuuki Masami
AKA Tetsuwan Birdy (II)
Shogakukan Young Sunday and Big Comic Spirits (after the former's closure on 31 July 2008), seinen
Volume 4 first published in Japan 2004.03.
Volume 4 compiles chapters:
33–39
40–43
Related series
Adapted from the original Tetsuwan Birdy serialized in Shonen Sunday Super between 1985 and 1988 (one volume per 1996.07 [discontinued]; two-volume Shonen Sunday Comics Visual Selection reprint from 1996.12 to 1997.04)
Sequel: Tetsuwan Birdy Evolution (11 volumes as of 2012.04 • volume 12 street date: 2012.08.30, serialized in Big Comic Spirits)
Other languages
French (Pika Édition: Tetsuwan Birdy, Tome 11 per 2010.07)
Adaptations
Madhouse's Birdy the Mighty OAV (1996.07.25, four episodes) starring seiyuu Mitsuishi Kotono as Birdy and Iwanaga Tetsuya as Tsutomu, and A-1 Pictures' anime: Tetsuwan Birdy: Decode (2008.07.04–2008.09.29, 13 episodes) starring Chiba Saeko as Birdy and Irino Miyu as Tsutomu, Tetsuwan Birdy: Decode Season 2 (2009.01.09–2009.05.28, 12 episodes) and Birdy the Mighty Decode: The Cipher OAV (2009.07.22, one episode)