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M&C! Licenses 11th Ijime Manga, Eden of Love, Gorilla Princess

Indonesian publisher M&C! announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Kaoru Igarashi's Ijime - A Momentary Classroom (Ijime: Karisome no Kyōshitsu), Rio Kimido's Eden of Love (Ao Koi Eden), Vega Nakashima's Gorilla Princess (Goripuri!), Yū Kadono's When I Found Your Love (Koigokoro Hiroimashita), Shiina Takasato and Naruse Tomine's A Presto - See You Soon, and Yuri Narushima's Ballad manga.

M&C! will release the manga titles on August 24, although it will only begin releasing A Presto with its first volume, and both volumes of Ballad will ship on the date simultaneously.

The Ijime A Momentary Classroom manga's story focuses on a target of classroom bullying who is fooled into thinking that her being bullied is just a normal game.

Igarashi began publishing the Ijime series in 2007 in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine. Ijime - A Momentary Classroom is the 11th installment in the a series of short manga stories centering on themes of bullying. The series so far has 13 installments, with the latest being Ijime: Kokoro no Kizuato, published last year. Ijime: Karisome no Kyōshitsu is the latest compiled book volume. Shogakukan published the book in June 2015. One of the stories, Ijime: Ikenie no Kyōshitsu, was adapted into an OAV in 2012. M&C! published other manga in the series, including Ijime Memorial Selection, Ijime Light and Shadow, Ijime Silent Prison, Ijime Cold Class, Ijime If I Have Enough Courage, Ijime No Need to Cry, Ijime Undefeated Guts, Ijime Escape From Hell on Earth, Ijime The Invisible Malice, and Ijime Twisted Heart.

M&C! describes the Eden of Love manga:

"Under the blue skies and hot sun, I fell in love for the first time. But it was a forbidden love."

Kina Hirota, a second year junior high school student, is in tears after being introduced to his father's new wife. By the beach, she meets a boy named Aoto Hirota, who comforts her, and they fall in love with each other. They later find out that they are new step-siblings. Will their love come to an end?

The manga contains three one-shot manga that Kimido published in Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine in 2015. Shogakukan published the book last October. Aside from the title story, the book also contains two other one-shot stories titled "I Think I Wanna Marry You," and "You Are My Only Love."

M&C! describes the Gorilla Princess manga:

When it comes to physical ability, Otome outstrips most other people. But in reality, she actually wants to be more feminine, remembering the promise of her childhood friend Eiji that someday he would be the strongest man and protect her. True to his promise, she and Eiji meet once again, but he turns out to be weak, lazy, and far short of Otome's expectations.

But unknown to Otome, Eiji holds another side of his personality within him.

The manga collects four one-shot manga that Nakashima published in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine between 2014 and 2015. Shogakukan published the book in July 2015. Aside from the title story, the manga contains three other one-shot stories titled "Sleeping Heart," "Love Aquarium," and "Gorilla Princess! Extra Story."

M&C! previously published Nakashima's Evening First Star (Donten ni Sirius) manga in March 2015, and the Bento With Love (Nikoniko x Punpun) manga on March 9.

M&C! describes the When I Found Your Love manga:

Mikuru escorts his sister Izumi to and from school every day, even though Izumi is already in junior high school, purely out of worry for his sister. One day, Izumi comes upon a pair of earrings that belong to Katagiri, a boy she goes to school with. When Izumi returns the earrings and gets to know Katagiri, she begins to learn about another man important to her life other than her brother.

The manga collects four one-shot manga that Kadono published in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine in 2013. Shogakukan published the book in January 2014. Aside from the title story, the manga contains three other one-shot stories titled "Give Me the Best Love," "Even When Christmas Isn't Coming," and "All For You! Extra Story," the latter of which is a sequel to Kadono's earlier 2012 "All For You" one-shot manga.

M&C! describes the A Presto - See You Soon manga:

I am with my friend, always and forever. But my friend did not know that he was dead.

My friend Karaku Rin forgot that he was dead, and he sat in a garden while I talked to him, trying to bring out the past. I talked to him about junior high school, when many strange things were happening around us. And as I spun the story, and he reconnected with his memories, I wonder if he noticed the truth?

Takasato and Tomine launched the manga in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Ward magazine in 2010, and ended it in 2013. Ichijinsha published three compiled book volumes for the series.

M&C! describes the Ballad manga:

Fuse Ryosuke is overjoyed to be reunited with the brothers he had thought dead long ago. But the return of his brother brings more questions, as Fuse learns of his family's involvement in a mysterious "Project Awashima." What is its true nature? And how is Ryo connected to the project?

Narushima launched the manga in in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Ward magazine in 2013 and ended it in 2015. Ichijinsha published the manga's second and final compiled book volume in July 2015.