Love Celeb (ラブセレブ) is the latest manga series by Mayu Shinjo (まゆ 新條), creator of Kaikan Phrase, and Haou Airen. It was serialized in Sho-comi magazine from issue 11 (2004) to issue 23 (2005).

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Kirara wants to be an idol more than anything else in the world. Unfortunately, she keeps getting cast into bit roles that lead nowhere. All she wants is to be in her own drama and to have her own CD someday. She complains to her manager, Hanamaki, who then sends her to an apartment full of horny producers and directors, with the instructions to "sell her body and get a job!" All this is too much for Kirara, still a virgin, when a lecherous producer pounces on her. In the nick of time, she is saved by a mysterious silver-haired man named Gin. Just when she thinks that he's about to take her virginity, he lets her go, leaving her with his phone number. The next day, she's the latest talk of the town -- all due to his doing! Who is he and why is he helping her?

	NAKAZONO Kirara - 16 year-old starlet who wants to be the next big idol
	FUJIWARA Ginzou - the man who will be Japan's next prime minister, who just happens to have a soft spot for a particular young idol-wannabe
	HANAMAKI - Kirara's manager who's plotting than her stardom

Volume 1, ISBN 4091384838
Flower Comics/Shogakukan
Release date: 24-Sep 2004

Volume 2, ISBN 4091384846
Flower Comics/Shogakukan
Release date: 20-Dec 2004
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Volume 3, ISBN 4091384854
Flower Comics/Shogakukan
Release date: 26-Mar 2005
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Volume 4, ISBN 4091384870
Flower Comics/Shogakukan
Release date: 24-Jun 2005
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Volume 5, ISBN 4091384889
Flower Comics/Shogakukan
Release date: 26-Sept 2005
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Volume 6, ISBN 4091384897
Flower Comics/Shogakukan
Release date: 20-Dec 2005

Gallery

Drama CD

Gin: Tomokazu Seki
Kirara: Ryoko Shintani
Hanamaki: Ryotaro Okiayu
Sakuya: Matsukaze Masaya

Love Celeb Drama CD 1
Catalog #: SG-3211
Release Date: 25-March 2005
First press: postcard

Love Celeb Drama CD 2
Catalog #: SG-3222
Release Date: 22-July 2005

Love Celeb Drama CD 3
Catalog 3: SG-3228
Release Date: 24-Feb 2006
First press: bonus track

» Mayutan - Mayu Shinjo's official website. In Japanese AND English. Frequently updated website of the manga-ka. Lots of illustrations and interesting factoids about Love Celeb and her other manga series.

» Shoujomagic - Scanlation group working on Love Celeb, as well as many other Shinjo works. One of the biggest scanlation groups around, and their work is always top-notch.

» Sho-comi - Bi-weekly magazine which serializes Love Celeb. This is my favorite manga magazine of all, as it carries manga series by a lot of my fave manga-ka, including Shinjo-sensei.

» Sho-yume - Kitty is yet another fan of Love Celeb, and fortunately for you, she receives her Sho-comi subscription two weeks before mine. Updated frequently but scans change once the new issue is updated.

It's no secret that Mayu Shinjo ranks as one of my favorite manga-ka. Her stories are predictably similar, her heroes and heroines all look the same, and almost every other page of her manga are filled with smut. And your problem with that is...?

Of her latest series, I feel a special affection for Love Celeb because Shinjo actually takes a different approach here. Gin is the typical Shinjo male -- a rich, attractive & powerful guy -- who blushes at every possible moment. Kirara first appears like your stereotypical weak-willed femme, but AH! her expressions of shock and dismay are hilarious. I think Shinjo is having fun writing this series, and I'm having fun reading it.

It also helps that I have a weakness for sexy silver-haired men.

Last updated: 06-Oct 2006. Original art and story © 2004 Mayu Shinjo / Shogakukan. This page intended for entertainment purposes only -- nothing made for profit. I scanned all of these images from my Sho-comi issues; do not use for other galleries.

Contact reika@tokyojupiter.com for any questions and/or comments.

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