Updated on 12.31.2007

TITLE: ONLY THE RING FINGER KNOWS
AUTHOR:  Satoru Kannagi, Hotaru Odagiri

VOLUMES RELEASED: 1/1
PUBLISHER:
DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING

At Wataru Fujii's high school, it's all the rage to wear paired rings with the girl you love. Wataru wears one though he is single, and one day inadvertently discovers that his ring pairs up with that of tall, handsome and smart Yuichi Kazuki, the senior classman idolized by the entire school. Though Kazuki has a reputation for being kind to all, when dealing with Wataru, he is strangely harsh. Their paired rings somehow draw them together and the two alternately clash and attract, as they must sort out their budding feelings for each other.

 
TITLE: CHOCOLAT 
AUTHOR:  
Ji-Sang Shin & Geo
VOLUMES RELEASED: 4/8
PUBLISHER: YEN PRESS (was under ICE KUNION)

How far would you go to meet your favorite boy band? Kum-ji was a little late in getting under the spell of the chart-topping band, DDL. Unable to join the DDL fan club, she almost gives up on meeting her idols, until she develops a cunning plan-to become a member of a rival fan club for the brand-new boy band Yo-I. This way she can act as Yo-I's fan club member and also be together near Yo-I, who always seem to be in the same shows as DDL. Perfect plan...except being a fanatic is a lot more complicated than she expects. Especially when you're actually a fan of someone else. This first full-blown love comedy about a fan club will make you laugh, cry, and laugh some more.
 

 

TITLE: BRING IT ON!!
AUTHOR: Ya-Seong Ko
VOLUMES RELEASED:
4/5
PUBLISHER: YEN PRESS (was under ICE KUNION)

Tomboy Miha is an extremely active and competitive girl who hates to lose. She's such a tomboy that boys fear her--exactly the way her evil brother wanted her and trained her to be. It took him six long years to transform her into this pseudo- military style girl in order to protect her from anyone else.

Bishonen Sung-suh is a new transfer student who's got the looks, the charm and the desire to sweep her off her feet. Will this male beauty be able to tame the beast? Will the evil brother of the beast let them be together and live happily ever after? Bring it on!

 

 

TITLE: FOREST OF THE GRAY CITY
AUTHOR: Jung-Hyun Uhm
VOLUMES RELEASED:
1/2
PUBLISHER: YEN PRESS (was under ICE KUNION)

Yun-Ook Jang is a 24-year old freelance illustrator who rents out a room to help pay off her debts. Her tenant is a 17-year old drop out named Bum-Moo Lee who only has a part-time job. Before Yun-Ook knew how old Bum-Moo was, he seemed rather mysterious and cold to her, and the two argued all the time. Then one day, Bum-Moo asks her a most dangerous question: "Do you mind if I like you?"

 

TITLE: DVD
AUTHOR:  Kye Young Chon
VOLUMES RELEASED:
2/8
PUBLISHER:
DRAMAQUEEN

Ddam Shim is not having a good year. She failed to enter the specialized university for prosecutors, so she's studying to re-take the exam and living in a dorm room that's no bigger than a bathroom. Of course, bad things always come in three's -- the final straw that broke Ddam's back was getting dumped by her boyfriend on their date. Alas, the breakup pushes Ddam over the edge, and she decides to kill herself. But not before she makes the last day of her life count! So she dresses up, calls the number on her padded bra, heads out to the club to meet up with the guys from the number. At the end of the evening, though, she's wondering how she ended up as their roommate!

 

TITLE: COMIC
AUTHOR: SiHyun Ha
VOLUMES RELEASED:
2/9
PUBLISHER: YEN PRESS (was under ICE KUNION)

High school student Hae-Won Song has just placed third in Cake Magazine’s manwha creator talent search. She’s the youngest winner in the history of the contest! Not only does she have her story published but she also gets the chance to work with one of her manwha idols (who has a surprise for her). And as if that wasn’t reward enough, she’s also reunited with the former teacher who inspired her wining story. What happens when personalities clash and hearts collide like something out of a comic book? Does art imitate life? Or is it the other way around?

 

TITLE: BEAUTY POP
AUTHOR: Kiyoko Arai
VOLUMES RELEASED:
5/9+
PUBLISHER:
VIZ LLC

In Kiri's school there are 3 boys who carry out transformations on random pretty girls; Narumi Shougo, the hairstylist, Minami Kei, the nail artist and Ochiai Kazuhiko who balances the overall look. They are adored by the girls because they are so good at making them beautiful. However, Kiri is also a master hairstylist who is willing to 'add some magic' for those who need it, but in disguise. Now Kiri is forced to face the three in a showdown with Narumi!!
 

 

TITLE: LOVE COM
AUTHOR:  Mizuki Shioko
VOLUMES RELEASED:
3/16
PUBLISHER:
VIZ LLC

Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otoni, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo. Rather than bow to the inevitable, Risa and Atsushi join forces to pursue their true objects of affection. But in the quest for love, will their budding friendship become something more complex?

 

TITLE: TOTALLY CAPTIVATED
AUTHOR:  Hajin Yoo 
VOLUMES RELEASED:
1/3+
PUBLISHER:
NETCOMICS

The mafia threatens Ewon into working for a loan shark, where he's forced to run dangerous errands for no pay. The culprit who doomed Ewon to this life is none other than Jiho, Ewon's jealous ex who still burns at Ewon's infidelity. Their gang leader Mookyul, with movie-star good looks and the bizarre, drunken habit of biting people on the neck, takes a keen interest in his attractive new errand boy. Will Ewon be able to survive the violent underworld (not to mention the constant sexual harassment) he must endure as an underling of Mookyul? This funny, hip title by Hajin Yoo will thrill and amuse fans with plenty of intense shonen-ai action.
 

 

TITLE: CLICK
AUTHOR:  Youngran Lee
VOLUMES RELEASED:
5/7
PUBLISHER:
NETCOMICS

Joonha is a normal, healthy boy of sixteen who has cruised through life without too many problems until one day he suddenly finds that he's not normal at all! He soon learns that his family is abnormal in the weirdest possible way. After puberty, their bodies converts into the opposite sex! Which means his father is really a woman who has been living as a man since the gene change took place. Now Joonha has to leave behind 16 years of life as a man and live as a woman. What will his childhood friend Jinhoo and the girl he has always liked, Heewon, say when they find out?!
 

 

TITLE: ME & MY BROTHERS
AUTHOR:  
Hari Tokeino
VOLUMES RELEASED:
2/8+
PUBLISHER: TOKYOPOP

When Sakura, a fourteen-year-old orphaned girl, discovers she has four half-brothers, her world is turned upside down as they're all forced to live under one roof!
 

 

TITLE: LIE TO ME
AUTHOR:  Youngran Lee
VOLUMES RELEASED:
1/1
PUBLISHER:
NETCOMICS

Volume 1 contains three popular shorter works by Youngran Lee, Lie to Me: Hyunjin plays a cruel trick on Gangjae, who's lost his memory in a car accident; French Kiss: When catty Jooyoung dares shy Yoonha to kiss anyone in the cafe, their victim, Joonsuh, turns out to be both exceptionally handsome and hopelessly naive; Conspiring with the Enemy: Out on a group date, Myunghae fights with a gangster... only to learn the next day that the man she quarreled with is also her new math teacher!

 

Also currently reading, and recommends...

BOYS OVER FLOWERS ...27/36 volumes released so far by VIZ LLC
V.B. ROSE ...1/10+
GAKUEN ALICE ...1/10+
KOUKOU DEBUT aka HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT ...1/10+
SUPPLI ...1/5+ ...a josei story...OL story ...along the lines of TRAMPS LIKE US
AUDITION ...an unlikely, but equally talented group of boys gathered to create the best boyband
QUEEN'S KNIGHT ...a girl becomes Queen in another world, and the man she loves harbors a dark secret 
SUGAR SUGAR RUNE ...two girls...best of friends...compete to become Queen of their homeworld
GOONG ...an ordinary girl who marries into royalty and changes the lives of those around her
HISSING ...two strangers unknowingly share a dark secret
NAOKI URASAWA'S MONSTER ...excellent thriller story!
GOOD LUCK ...
a girl who finds love, friendship, and the truth behind her "bad luck" stigma

Finished reading the complete series, and highly recommend...

SNOW DROP  <~12 volumes
NECK AND NECK ...a love triangle that goes clockwise then counterclockwise!
PRINCESS PRINCESS ...three boys in drag...what more do you want?
^o^
ONE ...all about how a talented boy makes it, and survives in the music world
BIRD KISS ...a story where the "frog" becomes a "prince", but the "princess" prefers him as a "frog"!!
LOVE OR MONEY <~5 volumes
PET SHOP OF HORRORS  <~10 volumes
PLEASE SAVE MY EARTH ...complicated, yet interesting story that deals with reincarnation
PARADISE KISS  <~5 volumes
MARS <~15 volumes
GALS  <~10 volumes
PEACH GIRL <~13 volumes
KISS ME KILL ME  <~5 volumes
NARRATION OF LOVE AT 17  <~4 volumes
CROSSROAD  <~7 volumes

Licensed and yet-to-be-published in GN format...

HONEY & CLOVER ... chpts 1~2 were published in the September issue of SHOJO BEAT
HARUKANARU TOKI NO NAKA DE ...will be serialized in the SHOJO BEAT this fall

You can find these, or special order them at your local comic stores.  Here's a few....

ETOBICOKE: Excalibur Comics Cards & Games...416-236-3553  or  416-207-0438
MISSISSAUGA/STREETSVILLE: Image Collections...905-542-8307
MISSISSAUGA: Planet Hobby...Square One...905-897-5470
TORONTO: AnimeXtreme [full collection of GNs, and DVD rentals]
ON-LINE: chapters.indigo.ca  amazon.ca

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