New Manga Shout Out: 11/2/09 - 11/8/09

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. Check out this week's manga, and remember, if you like any of the series, favorite them. Don't forget to also thank the various translators, raw uploaders/scanners and scanlators who feed your manga addiction. ^_^ Translators and Scanlators, please check out these series and see if you can spread some more manga love~

We're still looking for people who know Japanese and want to help write summaries for our manga database and for the shout out. Please PM me if you want to help out. Now onto the series~


Demographics: Girls Love
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Influenced by two of their friends, a pair of female high school students, Natsu and Kumiko, begin playing the popular MMORPG "Apocalypse Online." When they log in for the first time, they find they've been given a rare item, a pair of "marriage rings," which gives the two of them special bonuses when they are near each other. But while their "relationship" is a funny quirk of the game to Natsu, Kumiko secretly longs for it to become a reality...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

When Chinatsu joined the student council, she found it wasn't nearly as cool as she had expected. The president just slept all the time, and the vice president just did paperwork. There was no fighting evil, no sex appeal... just normal school stuff. It's up to Chinatsu to liven things up!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Kirishima Akito has been friends with the twin girls next door, Chimari and Hinata, since they were little. Now the three of them are in the same class in high school, and they're practically inseparable. But in their 17th spring, love begins to bloom...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 (evans)
Scanlations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (Ala Atra Scans)

Ogino Kaho and Koiwai Chiharu are members of their high school's fairly unpopular manga research club. One other member, sort of, is a frog god that the two girls helped out when they were children. He can turn into a long-haired, good-looking guy at will, and has other god powers as well. His reason for coming to their little club is partly to pay them back for their assistance, but mostly just because he likes manga.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In an future apocalyptic world the church once again has regained power, but not to do good, but to serve evil. Cloned priests, called "dragon fly" of the kirihito church use their power, however a shinigami has appeared to stop them and reclaim her past...

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 4 (missing Chapter 3 raw)
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

22-year-old Rin has two major problems; a complex about the tatoo-like birthmark on his butt and a crush on an older woman who thinks of him as her little brother. Rin hasn't allowed any woman to see his naked bottom since an incident when he was 7, which firmly entrenched his shame about his birthmark. When he finds his birthmark may grant him mystical powers over the opposite sex, will he finally be able to use his butt to his advantage?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Arienai!)

In Esora, a city built around a colossal radio tower, a young man -- Nishina Kazu -- tires of the unchanging everyday world that he captures on his video camera. One day, as he is video taping some abandoned buildings, there is suddenly an explosion and a girl called Mamiru Ai appears before him. This marks the beginning of the change from the ordinary that he had been hoping for...

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: Chapter 1 (Ju-da-su)
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (ryColaa Scanlations)

Based on the upcoming PSP game of the same title:
AD2072, fearsome monsters known as "Aragami" (Bewildered　Gods) appeared on Earth and started preying on humans. The human population had decreased to 1/100 of its population in just a few years, and the world is about to come to an end. However, there's one group of people who battles with these fierce monsters using the biological weapon known as the "Jinki" (God Device). These people are called "G.E." (God Eaters). This manga revolves around one of the God Eaters, Silva, and his conquest to bring back hope to humanity...

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 2 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Washizu Miri, a second year high school student, is a small 148cm(less than 5 feet)-tall girl who has acquired a reputation for being violent and dangerous. This collection of short manga (generally 2 per page) chronicles the fun daily life of Miri and her friends at school, Natsumi and Utako.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Girls Love
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In a village inhabited by only mononoke, there is an inn with a hotspring known as "Konohanatei," where all of the employees are female fox mononoke. Yuzu is a little fox mononoke who has come down from her isolated mountain home to work at Konohanatei. Though she is clumsy and awkward at first, she tries as hard as she can to be a good worker, keep the customers happy, and get to know her new fox companions.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot? (Complete?)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

A bunch of school kids live in a world where people wear swimsuits all the time, as everyday clothing.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot + 1 Chapter (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: One-shot | Chapter 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

One day, the cat gods of a shrine that is falling out of use find a human baby left outside, all alone. They decide to take in the baby, who they name Tama, and raise her as their own. Now the little girl Tama, who knows very little about humans, is trying to grant the wishes of anyone who visits their little shrine, using the power of the cat gods!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

A manga comprised of 2-page shorts about the day-to-day lives of the staffers at "Compaso," a computer parts shop at the Electronics Street in Akihabara, Tokyo. Occasionally, sidestories longer than 2 pages are serialized.

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: One-shot (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: One-shot
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

The daughter of an upper class family loses her parents to an accident involving wild animals, and in the aftermath of the incident, her relatives have decided that she's to be engaged before Christmas. For some reason though -- perhaps psychological trauma -- the faces of those around have come to resemble beasts...

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Demographics: Girls Love
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (timesink-scanlations)

Returning home late in the evening, Kanogawa Masaki is attacked by a murderer! Just in time to save her, a cute doll-like girl with deadly scissors kills the attacker, with the explanation that she is just doing her job. Unfortunately, part of this strange girl's job is also killing any witnesses. For reasons unknown, she allows Masaki to run away. Now Masaki can't stop thinking about her, and about finding a way to see her again...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: One-shot
Translations: None
Scanlations: One-shot (Teaparty)

In an attempt to end his tedious and pointless everyday existence, high school student Sei threw himself off of a roof. Instead of falling to his death, he found himself transported to a different world, where all people had wings. During the public's general shock at the arrival of a wingless man, Sei is rescued by a black-winged girl named Sakura, who lives with a community of citizens with inferior wings.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 2 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In a corner of the world, a bachelor lives and writes dime novels. In the same house lives his maid, a cute and capable woman called Yai. The two of them are both rather shy, and find it difficult to communicate their feelings to one another. These are the stories of their daily life together and their almost-romantic relationship.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Here's what Tethysdust says about this week:
We Can Fly was probably my favorite of this week's manga-- it's pretty short, but definitely worth the read in my opinion. Esoragoto was entirely in color, so that was pretty neat. Wooden Maze was interesting... it's made of stories that are a few pages long, which show the main characters' relationship through everyday events. As for the girl's love mangas (Apocalyse, Shinigami Alice, and Konohanatei Kitan), they seemed to focus more on characters and emotions, and not very much on ecchi-ness.
I definitely agree with Tethysdust; I'd definitely want to read We Can Fly as well as Esoragoto. Dragon Fly sounds interesting; too bad the whole volume isn't available. You can find the scanlation of the first chapter somewhere. :P Hopefully someone will pick up the other chapters, if someone is nice enough to get the rest of the volume. I think I'd also check out Daydream Nation, especially since there's already 2 chapters scanlated. God Eater looks good too, but it's a Kodansha title so you gotta find the raws elsewhere. ^^;;

Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
Elkin - Jio to Ougon to Kinjirareta Mahou: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
lucifell - Itsuka Tenma no Kuro-Usagi: Chapter 1 Scanlated by imangascans

Two groups (Taka scans and IDWS - scans) finally scanlated Hokenshitsu no Shinigami's first chapter so go check their releases out.