Sengoku Basara - The Holy War In Dance 3 of 3, Penguin's Love by Fujio Nami, Your Eyes Speak To Me by Nanao Mio (m&c! manga out nau~)

Street date: 1 August 2012

To the final battle stage, hero-tachi!

Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu © Shimotsuki Kairi/Media Factory [First serialized in Comic Sangokushi Magazine]. Published in Indonesia as Sengoku Basara ~The Holy War In Dance~ by Gramedia/m&c!.

One-Eyed Dragon Date Masamune and heir to Shingen's fire Sanada Yukimura join forces to take down Devil King Oda Nobunaga and end the evil daimyo's reign of atrocity.

Hmm. My adapt of m&c!'s final Sengoku Basara ~The Holy War In Dance~ blurb sounds nothing so much as a thematic intro. Ah, well. *shrugs* I guess that's as good a way to extro as any.

Sengoku Basara ~The Holy War In Dance~ isn't a lonely m&c! series saying Buh-bye~ this street date. Manhwa JAM: Play the Music with Love likewise wraps with volume 3. That preview comes later; for now, moving on to the manga and manhwa (and manhua) newbies that make up the bulk of this m&c! release.

New m&c! titles
As of writing, Penguin Love by Fujio Nami, Your Eyes Speak To Me by Nanao Mio and Sentimental Color 1 by Yoon Jeong were tied for first runner-up DO WANT! Penguin Love, originally Double Baby, first serialized in Betsucomi; Your Eyes Speak To Me or Sono Me, Kuchi Hodoni is ex-Cheese!. (All I know about Sentimental Color is that its domestic Korean publisher is SK Planet.) Since last week was a Nanao Mio asplosion, Fujio Nami's Penguin Love nabs this week's above the cut blog estate:

Double Baby © Fujio Nami
Shogakukan [Betsucomi]
Published in Indonesia as
Penguin Loveby m&c!.

Mei crushes on her school's Mr. Popular, Hagiwara. Unfortunately, Hagiwara treats Mei little better than ‘rubbish.’ One day, Mei meets Rui, a penguin lover who turns out to be Hagiwara's nephew. Order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae specialist Rui sez Hagiwara resembles the flightless aquatic bird he (Rui) dotes on.

Will the ‘penguin’ ever reciprocate Mei's feelings?

(The so-called Hagiwara ‘penguin’ is prolly an Emperor species. :p)

Penguin Love compiles two more shorts, Clown Ballons and Hunting. TC resident manga critic Lina-chan sez BUY! (What else does an 8 of 10 read deserve?)

Look for Your Eyes Speak To Me, Sentimental Color 1 and other debuts—Family Rush 1 (Mashiroke Complex! 1) by Kuze Mizuki, Girl's Love Story (Kanojo to Kanojo no Renai) by Satori Tae, Sweet Love Cafe (Cafe ni wa Amai Wana) by Washio Mie and The Lady of The Lake Mirror by Tony Wong—after the jump.

One hundred percent sure Penguin Love or Double Baby is the first Fujio Nami manga published in Indonesia. (The manga-ka only debuted in 2010.) His/her other solo tankou—which streets 24 August in Japan—is the First Love- and sports-troped Kimi wa Toumei, also from Betsucomi. On the anthologies front, Fujio Nami-sensei contributed a one-shot to the April 2012 Betsucomi Best Selection omnibus Pure Love Seasons 1: Haru ~Hajimete~ top-billed by Yoshinaga Yuu (Distance to a Kiss or Kiss made no Kyori manga-ka).

Restocks: Bleach
Still looking to complete your early Bleach collection, specifically, volumes 1 to 20? m&c! affords you another opportunity window, and restocks the first 20 tanks. (FYI, the latest m&c! Bleach is Vol. 47: End of the Chrysalis Age. In Japan, the newest tank is Vol. 55 The Blood Warfare, released in June. Vol. 56 only streets 4 September.)

m&c! manga (2012.08.01)

1. [Series Premiere] Family Rush (Mashiroke Complex!) vol 1 of 2+ by Kuze Mizuki

Mashiroke Complex! 「真代家こんぷれっくす！」 by Kuze Mizuki Shogakukan Ciao DX and Ciao, shoujo Volume 1 first published in Japan 2010.11

Related series
The Shogakukan Junior Bunko Mashiroke Complex! Mother's day Complex wa, Cake o Meguru! novel, a collaboration between by Miyazawa Miyuki and Kuze Mizuki, was published in Japan on 2012.03.30.

2. [Premiere] Girl's Love Story (Kanojo to Kanojo no Renai) by Satori Tae

Kanojo to Kanojo no Renai 「彼女と彼女のレンアイ」 by Satori Tae Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo This anthology first published in Japan 2007.04

3. [Premiere] Penguin Love (Double Baby) by Fujio Nami

Double Baby 「ダブルベイビー」 by Fujio Nami Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo This anthology first published in Japan 2011.11

4. Sengoku Basara ~The Holy War In Dance~ (Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu) vol 3 of 3 by Shimotsuki Kairi [Finale]

Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu 「戦国ＢＡＳＡＲＡ乱・世・乱・舞」 by Shimotsuki Kairi Media Factory Comic Sangokushi Magazine, seinen Volume 3 first published in Japan 2006.07

Related series
Based on Capcom's Sengoku Basara video game series

Other languages
English Devil Kings Basara (Udon Entertainment: (out of print volume 1 per 2009.10), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 戰國BASARA ~ 亂世亂舞 ~, three volumes as of 2007.04)

5. [Premiere] Sweet Love Cafe (Cafe ni wa Amai Wana) by Washio Mie

Cafe ni wa Amai Wana 「カフェには甘いワナ」 by Washio Mie Shogakukan Deluxe Betsucomi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.09

Related series
"Café love story" series prequels Kare ga Café ni Iru no nara, published by m&c! as Love Café and Oishii Koi Cafe or Yummy Love Cafe

6. [Premiere] Your Eyes Speak To Me (Sono Me, Kuchi Hodoni) by Nanao Mio

Sono Me, Kuchi Hodoni 「その目、口ほどに。」 by Nanao Mio Shogakukan Cheese!, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.08

m&c! manhwa (2012.08.01)

1. JAM: Play the Music with Love vol 3 of 3 by Park MiSook [Finale]

JAM: Play the Music with Love by Park MiSook First published in Korea by Kenaz

2. [Series Premiere] Sentimental Color vol 1 of 2 by Yoon Jeong

Sentimental Color by Yoon Jeong First published in Korea by SK Planet

m&c! Hong Kong manhua (2012.08.01)

1. [Premiere] The Lady of The Lake Mirror by Tony Wong «Ex-2012.07.25

The Lady of the Lake Mirror by Tony Wong Published by Jade Dynasty

2. Pedang Maha Dewa 4: Amazing Weapons - The Lost Blade vol 11 by Tony Wong

Pedang Maha Dewa 4: Amazing Weapons - The Lost Blade by Tony Wong Published by Jade Dynasty

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Postponed title(s)
The KOLONI local comic Sang Sayur by Shirley Y. Susilo (S Y S). Pending new tentative street date.

Mangazines (2012.08.01)

• Cherry July 2012 edition (Indonesian Ciao, ChuChu, Sho-Comi, Flowers, Betsucomi) «Ex-2012.07.25

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