First off, here’s some purchase information for this series:

Title: Koori no Joou / 氷の女王 / The Ice Queen Volume 1

Mangaka: Rikachi / リカチ

ISBN: 4063418960 / 978-4063418965

Publisher / Publication: Kodansha / Bessatsu Friend (Betsufure)

Purchase: Amazon JP / Amazon US / Yes Asia / Kinokuniya

If you enjoy this series, please show Rikachi some love and buy the books in Japanese. Yes, you can buy them from Amazon US!

Chapter 4 marks the end of the first volume and is the middle point of this series. Volume 2 will be about Kiwako’s next phase of development as a skater and a person. I’m looking forward to finally doing a formal translation of volume 2. Kiwako is one of my favorite shoujo heroines.

Onto the release! (which include volume 1 batch files.)

Links to “Koori no Joou” Chapter 4: (PDF) (Zip)

Links to “Koori no Joou” volume 1: (PDF) (Zip)

Next up is “Kanojo ni Naru Hi” Chapter 14 is coming up next in 2 or 3 days followed by “Magical Change” chapter 5.