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M&C! Licenses Untukmu yang Abadi, Ship of Theseus Manga

Indonesian publisher M&C! revealed last Thursday that it has licensed Yoshitoki Ōima's Untukmu yang Abadi (Fumetsu no Anata e), Toshiya Higashimoto's Ship of Theseus (Theseus no Fune) , Yū Mitsuha's Yamaoka's Secret Love (Yamaoka-kun no Himitsu no Koibana), and Haru Sakurana's Garden of Grimoire (Grimoire no Niwa) manga. All of the manga will begin releasing on Wednesday, except for Untukmu yang Abadi, which beings on February 13.

M&C! describes Untukmu yang Abadi:

Who put the orb into this world is unknown. But as it gathers information, its shape begins to change. From a rock, to moss, to a wolf, and then a human. Death has no hold over the orb. One day, it met a young man. But it was not long before they parted ways. Light, smell, sound, warmth, pain, excitement, sadness... this eternal journey in a world full of "stimuli" begins... This is a story of the search for an identity. The latest series from Yoshitoki Ōima, the manga creator of The Shape of Voice.

Yoshitoki Ōima launched the manga in November 2016 in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine. Kodansha published the manga's ninth compiled book volume last December.

Ōima's Koe no Katachi manga ran in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2011 to 2014. The film inspired a film by Naoko Yamada and Kyoto Animation in 2016. M&C! published the manga in Indonesia with the title The Shape of Voice. Encore Films screened the film in Indonesia in May 2017.

M&C! describes Ship of Theseus:

In 1989, the suspect of a mass murder by cyanide poisoning at an elementary school in Otousu village was arrested. The young man never confessed to the crime. 28 years passed. A young man named Shin visited Otousu, determined to investigate the case more thoroughly. When he arrived at what was supposed to be an abandoned village, he realized that he had been transported back in time 28 years, six months before the mass murder is committed.

Higashimoto launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning magazine in June 2017. Kodansha published the manga's sixth volume last December.

M&C! describes Yamaoka's Secret Love:

At first glance, Yamaoka looks like the most serious boy, but he is actually very popular and has made many a girl cry. The school clinic's doctor realizes that Yamaoka has never known true love, and wants Yamaoka to understand it so that he can change. But what happens next?

The book collects five short manga that Mitsuha published in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine. Aside from the title story, the book also contains the short manga "Kanojo ga Bijin ni Natta Wake" (Why She Turned Beautiful), "Warui Onna no Susume" (The Wicked Woman's Recommendation), "Saitei no Kimi o Wasurenai" (You're the Worst, But I Won't Forget You), and "Kimi ni Nokoru Koe" (The Voice I Left You). Shogakukan published the book in December 2014.

M&C! previously published Mitsuha's A Playboy & an Innocent Girl (Chara Mote Otoko to Junjō Onna ).

M&C! describes Garden of Grimoire:

One day, Atli found a book of prohibited magic in his room. When his rival, Leon, died before his eyes, Atli was forced to use the book to resurrect him. The use of such forbidden magic is the greatest crime in this world. And it is this taboo that drags Atli and Leon to a cruel fate.

Sakurana launched the manga in the debut issue of Kodansha's Shonen Magazine Edge in September 2015, and ended it in August 2017. Kodansha published four compiled book volumes for the manga.

Source: M&C!