I Give My First Love to You 1 by Aoki Kotomi, Innocent Bride by Kayoru, Love Me If You Dare by Shiraishi Yuki (m&c! 18 July 2012 manga)

baka-girl's wish has been granted. m&c! licensed Aoki Kotomi's Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu. :D Meanwhile, I'm drooling over the new (provocatively-titled) Shiraishi Yuki omnibus.

Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu © Aoki Kotomi
Shogakukan [Sho-Comi Flower Comics]
Published in Indonesia as I Give My First Love to You by Gramedia/m&c!

I'm happy. I like you, and the feeling grows each passing day. But I wonder if I shouldn't, if this passion is in vain.

That summer, my eight year-old self made a promise I can't ever keep.

And what “promise” did Takuma make, and why is he dead certain he won't be able to keep it? If you're not intrigued, if you need moar persuading (which I highly doubt), read baka-girl's 8.4/10♥ review of Aoki Kotomi's Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu. And when you finally GET! I Give My First Love to You 1, I suggest you keep handkerchieves or tissues (in the plural :p) nearby because this ex-Sho-Comi drama—tragedy, better get that out in the open early—Will. Induce. Tears.

The Shoujo with Male Lead, Childhood Friends, First Love Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu is actually a spin-off of Aoki Kotomi-sensei's Boku wa Imouto ni Koiwosuru (I Love My Younger Sister), but BokuKimi trumps the sibcestuous (smutlicious) BokuImo by running away with the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shoujo category.

I Give My First Love to You spans 12 rivers of tears volumes, the last tank releasing in Japan in August 2008. Volume 1 contains a special Motto Ikitai..., which features two little kids scaring themselves silly after hearing a ghost story, but still mustering the courage to investigate whether the story is based on fact.

☞ I Give My First Love to You is also the title of the movie adaptation starring Okada Masaki (Sekime Kyogo in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise) as Kakunouchi Takuma and Inoue Mao (Makino Tsukushi, Hana Yori Dango) as Taneda Mayu. The movie premiered in Japan on 24 October 2009. The drama CD streeted earlier—in May 2006, to be precise—with seiyuu Ishida Akira voicing Kakinouchi Takuma and Orikasa Fumiko, Taneda Mayu.

I list other Aoki Kotomi shoujo manga titles m&c! has published, will publish (Love Lies!) after the cut. For nau, let's look at the other debuts.

New m&c! titles
Aside from Aoki Kotomi's I Give My First Love to You, Shiraishi Yuki's Love Me, If You Dare (Ookamidomo no Shitsukekata) debuts, along with Kayoru's Innocent Bride (Junai Bride). Like BokuKimi, both are ex-Sho-Comi. The other premieres are Konno Risa's May I Love You? (Suki ni Natte mo Iidesuka , first serialized in Betsucomi), manhwa A Bad Cinderella 1 by Hwang MiRee and Kuze Mizuki's Love Confusion (Tri/Angle, ex-Ciao). I preview the newbies after the release list except Love Me, If You Dare because I stalk Shiraishi Yuki-sensei. :p

Ookamidomo no
Shitsukekata
© Shiraishi Yuki/Shogakukan
[Sho-Comi Flower Comics]
Published in Indonesia as
Love Me, If You Dare
by Gramedia/m&c!

Nozomi is the only girl (sheep) in a school filled to the rafters with rowdy boys (wolves). How does she survive? Well, the wolflings know enough not to make cute and cheerful Nozomi angry, lest she turn into a ‘killing machine’ capable of slaughtering any Canis lupus, let alone Homo sapiens, without mercy. Only Homo sapiens sapiens transfer student Soga can handle even a rampaging Nozomi.

Exactly...how...?

Physically Strong Female, Transfer Student, Fast Romance, Male Lead Falls in Love First, INCOMING!

Love Me, If You Dare AKA How to Tame the Wolves also includes the one-shot Konna watashi ja nashi desu ka?! [Continued...]

m&c! manga (2012.07.18)

1. [Series Premiere] I Give My First Love to You (Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu) vol 1 of 12 by Aoki Kotomi

Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu 「僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ」 by Aoki Kotomi Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo Volume 1 first published in Japan 2005.12

Awards
Winner, 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards (2007), in the Shoujo category

Related Series
Adapted/spun-off from Boku wa Imouto ni Koiwosuru (10 volumes)

The Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu Secret Unrequited Love Offical Fan Book (Sho-Comi Flower Comics Fan Book) released on 2008.09.26.

Other languages
Partially translated into English (Shogakukan English Comics I Give My First Love to You volume 1 released 2009.03.27), French (Soleil: My First Love, Tome 12 shipped 2011.04), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Spain: Secretos del Corazón), traditional Chinese (Ever Glory Taiwan: 我的初戀情人 12 per 2009.09.11)

Adaptations
The Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu Drama CD was released on 2006.05.17. Seiyuu Ishida Akira voiced Kakinouchi Takuma, Orikasa Fumiko, Taneda Mayu.

The I Give My First Love to You movie, starring Okada Masaki (Sekime Kyogo, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise) as Kakunouchi Takuma and Inoue Mao (Makino Tsukushi, Hana Yori Dango) as Taneda Mayu, premiered in Japan on 2009.10.24.

The Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu Shogakukan Bunko novel written by Hashiguchi Ikuyo streeted on 2009.09.04. Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu I give my first love to you Shogakukan Junior Cinema Bunko novelization written by Momose Shinobu was released on 2009.10.23.

2. [Premiere] Innocent Bride (Junai Bride) by Kayoru

Junai Bride 「純愛ブライド」 by Kayoru Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.11

3. [Premiere] Love Confusion (Tri/Angle) by Kuze Mizuki

Tri/Angle 「トライ／アングル」 by Kuze Mizuki Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.12

4. [Premiere] Love Me, If You Dare (Ookamidomo no Shitsukekata) by Shiraishi Yuki

Ookamidomo no Shitsukekata 「オオカミどものしつけ方」 by Shiraishi Yuki Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.12

5. [Premiere] May I Love You? (Suki ni Natte mo Iidesuka) by Konno Risa

Suki ni Natte mo Iidesuka 「好きになってもいいですか」 by Konno Risa Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.08

6. Runway Sweetheart (Runway no Koibito) vol 2 of 3 by Shibano Yuka, Tanaka Wataru

Runway no Koibito 「ランウェイの恋人」 by Shibano Yuka, Tanaka Wataru Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2011.08

Related series
Novel Runway no Koibito by Tanaka Wataru published by Shogakukan first in January 2010 and reissued under the Shogakukan Bunko imprint (Volume 1 per 2012.07.06 and continuation volume 2 (Paris-hen): 2012.08.03 street date)

m&c! manhwa (2012.07.18)

1. [Series Premiere] A Bad Cinderella vol 1 of 10 by Hwang MiRee

A Bad Cinderella 「불량 신데렐라」 by Hwang MiRee Samyang, soonjung Volume 1 first published in Korea 2010.09

2. The Breaker vol 9 of 10 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan

The Breaker 「브레이커 (THE BREAKER)」 by Jeon KeukJin & Park JinHwan Daewon C.I. Young Daiwon, seinen Volume 9 first published in Korea 2010.03

Related series
Sequel: The Breaker: New Waves (four volumes per 2012.06.27, ongoing)

Hong Kong manhua (2012.07.18)

• City of Darkness vol 4 of 6 by Andy Seto - Yu Er

City of Darkness by Andy Seto - Yu Er Published by The One Comics Publishing Limited

KOLONI Local comics (2012.07.18)

• Real Masjid vol 2 @tonytrax, Faza Meonk & THOMA

Real Masjid by @tonytrax (Story), Faza Meonk & THOMA (Art) Volume 2 first published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c! in 2012.07.18

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Bleach 46, Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ 8, Sengoku Basara: The Holy War in Dance 1 by Shimotsuki Kairi (m&c! 23 May 2012 manga) [UPDATED]

Probability's not zero percent that I will insert NikBabble™ into this stopgap shopping list later. Even if it's only to threaten Narumi if he doesn't shape up in Namida Usagi volume 8 and/or to invite you to giggle at It is a time of civil war, and the young warlords running Japan are... hopelessly stupid Sengoku Basara: The Holy War in Dance—oh, you wanted Bleach? *throws Rangiku-san atch*
Update: Hella long NikBabble™ (you have been warned)

Bleach © Kubo Tite/Shueisha
[Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!

Commander Yamamoto launches his final attack. Ichigo takes advantage of the opportunity window to slash Aizen but the wounds he inflicts heal before his disbelieving eyes. Who should barge in before a shocked Ichigo but...

As for why 10th Division lieutenant Matsumoto Rangiku is the Bleach 46: Back from Blind cover girl, Wikipedia offers: Meanwhile, a wounded Matsumoto tries to get to Gin.

Bleach 46 compiles chapters 396 through 404: The Bite, Edge of the Silence, Back from Blind, Deicide and Deicide 2–6. [*NOT m&c!'s chapter titles] Fifty-four Bleach volumes have been published in Japan; Volume 54: Goodbye to Our Xcution released last March. Volume 55 streets 4 June 2012, the same day the BLEACH Spirits Are Forever With You I and II novels—a 10th anniversary effort between Kubo Tite and author Narita Ryohgo (Durarara!!, Baccano!, Vamp!)—release.

Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ vol 8 of 10
By Minase Ai

Momoka is stunned to learn that the photographer Narumi sooo¹⁰ admires is a 16 y.o. school girl, which sends her running to some retail therapy—STAT! On her way home from therapeutic shopping, Momoka blunders on to a girl collapsed from hunger. Imagine her Shock #2 when she meets the same girl hanging on to her boyfriend. What's worse, Hungry Girl turns out to be the rumored Hiroki. Jealousy floods Momoka as she watches Narumi gaze—stars in his eyes—at his idol...

Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ 8 collects Stories 42–47 and somewhere within that span, I wanna see Narumi redeem himself :P Does he?

My Namida Usagi vol 8 report card × impreshuns
Instead of the Saikyou rival toujou!! (The strongest rival appears!!) that opens the Japanese volume 8 blurb, I'd substitute wif: Everybody here lurves Momoka. And I mean everybody. Our much in-demand heroine channels her—as another romance protag calls it—"stupid and psycho possessive" but you can't blame her because Narumi's feigning supreme oblivious of her angst.

Does Narumi succeed in taking the edge off Momoka's agitation? I leave that up to you to discover. Yes, that means GET! While I might've wanted to bop Narumi on teh head (numerous times) and cringe over the Shutterbug Nuisance mini-arc continuing for at least a volume more, I still grant Namida Usagi 8 a grade of 7.75 of 10, equivalent to a B+.

New m&c! titles and mangazines
Mentioned the seinen Sengoku Basara: The Holy War in Dance at the top of the post, but m&c! also launches the next martial arts manhua from Andy Seto, God's Domain: The Warrior of Fate, as well as the shoujo Kirarin Revolution Special Edition or Kirarin Revolution: Tokubetsuhen, solely credited to Kirarin Revolution manga-ka Nakahara An (when the Japanese volumes add Ikeda Taeko as collaborator), and Suddenly in Love, Konno Risa's Sweet Boy ni Goyoujin that you might've already read if you're a Cherry regular (m&c! wrapped the first ex-Betsucomi manga to serialize in the formerly exclusively Ciao / ChuChu / Sho-Comi / Flowers mangazine last March).

And speaking of Cherry, the May 2012 edition streets this week, too. Nakahara An-sensei's Rainbow Prismatic Girl (Nijiiro Prism Girl, ongoing serialization in Ciao) debuts, and 3+1 (mini-series) end. Cherry deets, as well as newb previews—I'm drawing out the suspense on Sengoku Basara :D—after the release list.

m&c! manga (2012.05.23)

1. Bleach vol 46 of 54+ by Kubo Tite

Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」 by Kubo Tite Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen Volume 46: Back From Blind (chapters 396–404) first published in Japan 2010.08

Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category

Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 39 volumes as of 2012.04 • volume 40 street date: 2012.06.05), French (Glénat: Tome 48 shipped 2012.05.09 • Tome 49 street date: 2012.09.05), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (Tokyopop Germany: Band 51 per 2012.05.09 • Band 52 street date: 2012.07.11), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #53: The Deathberry Returns 2 released 2012.01)

Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, Shueisha is scheduled to release the BLEACH Spirits Are Forever With You I and II novels written by Narita Ryohgo (Durarara!!, Baccano!, Vamp!) under its JUMP j BOOKS label. Street date for both volumes: 2012.06.04.

The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).

Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg released 2010.08.10.) The fourth and fifth Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED and Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED streeted in Japan on 2010.08.04 (same day as Volume 46: Back From Blind) and 2011.06.03 (along with Volume 50: The Six Fullbringers).

Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and ended with episode 366, which aired in Japan in 2012.03.27. Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; Fade to Black, I Call Your Name; and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.

At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.

2. First Love Lesson (Hatsukoi Shinan) vol 4 of 4 by Yabuuchi Yuu [Finale]

Hatsukoi Shinan 「初恋指南」 by Yabuuchi Yuu Shogakukan ChuChu, shoujo Volume 4 first published in Japan 2010.04

Other languages
German (Egmont Manga & Anime: Love Love Mangaka, four volumes per 2011.08)

3. Flower and The Beast (Hana ni Kedamono) vol 2 of 6+ by Sugiyama Miwako

Hana ni Kedamono 「花にけだもの」 by Sugiyama Miwako Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2011.03

4. [Series Premiere] Kirarin Revolution Special Edition (Kirarin Revolution: Tokubetsuhen) vol 1 of 6 by Nakahara An

Kirarin Revolution: Tokubetsuhen 「きらりん☆レボリューション　特別編」 by Nakahara An, Ikeda Taeko Shogakukan Tentoumushi Special, shoujo Volume 1 first published in Japan 2007.01

Related series
Original story: Kirarin Revolution (14 volumes)

5. Namida Usagi ~Tears of First Love~ (Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~) vol 8 of 10 by Minase Ai

Namida Usagi ~Seifuku no Kataomoi~ 「なみだうさぎ～制服の片想い～」 by Minase Ai Shogakukan Sho-Comi, shoujo Volume 8 (Story 42–47) first published in Japan 2011.10

6. [Series Premiere] Sengoku Basara: The Holy War in Dance (Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu) vol 1 of 3 by Shimotsuki Kairi

Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu 「戦国ＢＡＳＡＲＡ乱・世・乱・舞」 by Shimotsuki Kairi Media Factory Comic Sangokushi Magazine, seinen Volume 1 first published in Japan 2006.01

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)

7. [Premiere] Suddenly in Love (Sweet Boy ni Goyoujin) by Konno Risa

Sweet Boy ni Goyoujin 「スイートボーイにご用心」 by Konno Risa Shogakukan Betsucomi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2011.03

Serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Cherry (concluded)

Hong Kong manhua (2012.05.23)

• [Series Premiere] God's Domain: The Warrior of Fate vol 1 by Andy Seto

God's Domain: The Warrior of Fate by Andy Seto Published in Hong Kong by The One Comic

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Mangazines (2012.05.23)

• Cherry May 2012 Edition (Indonesian Ciao, ChuChu, Sho-Comi, Flowers, Betsucomi)

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