New Manga Shout Out: 11/23/09 - 11/29/09

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. There wasn't a lot for this week's manga so some older mangas have been added. 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: Seinen
Status: 13 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In the manga publication industry, there is a legend:
If you leave a message on a bulletin board in the train station at Shibuya, you can obtain the services of a certain man... No, not City H*nter. Comic Master J -- an assistant mangaka who can instantly complete any publication manuscript in any art style for the price of 5 million Yen. However, he refuses to work on manga without a "soul."

But what is J's true identity? Why does he wear an overcoat lined with pens and rulers? Is his real name B*ack Jack? And for what reason does a man of such artistic talent choose to live in the shadows of the industry, rather than working on a manga of his own creation?

J's past and his relationship with the mysterious organization "CLUB" may tie in with a secret war for the fate of human culture as we know it ...

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 5 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None
Last Scanlated: v02 c07 on 11/18/07
Now Picked up by Arienai - Looking for a J-E/C-E translator for c11+

This story acts as a sequel to the original "Dragon Quest Monsters" game for the Gameboy. Kurio, a child who wishes to be a hero, is thrown to a world where monsters are found all over, and is asked to become their new Monster Master hero since the great tree is withering, the monsters are going berserk, and Terry, the previous monster master, has gone missing.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 14 Volumes (On-Hold)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: Not on MH
Last Scanlated: v04 c15 on 8/22/07

Warriors of Eden tells the story of a young hero, the son of a prominent fisherman in the village of Fishdel on Ester Island, the only landmass in the world, and his friends in a fantastic medieval-like world. They set out on adventures through the world's past and learn about its history. Upon discovering different lands in the past and solving the troubles, they reappear in the game's present-day map.

The party begins their adventure when the hero and Keifer discovers a mysterious fragment of a map his father brings home from a fishing trip. Further investigations lead him to discover that the world he lives on, which seems to consist of only his small island, used to contain many continents that have somehow been sealed away. By placing found shards on pedestals in Estard's ruins, the Hero and his friends are sent to different lands in the past which the party eventually realizes. Once they solve the problems in the area's past, the landmasses appear in the present.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1
Translations: Chapter 1 lucifell)
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Simple Scans) | Chapter 1 (Seven Manga)

Verde, a powerful and secret organization that controls the world has a new leader. The only thing that stands in its way is an unlikely character, Kujou Shin, the king of pessimists. He has no attachments to anything or anyone and feels no hesitation at dying. He is unwillingly dragged into a fight for the most powerful position in the world, the leader of Verde. What will be his fate?

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Back in Japan’s Sengoku Era, before Toyotomi Hideyoshi ruled the nation, the country was in turmoil. Two genius military strategists, Kuroda Kambei and Takenaka Hambei were responsible for Hideyoshi’s rise to power. Brilliantly smart, loyal and excellent fighters, these two served under one of Japan’s most prominent historical figures. This is their story…

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Kill Me Baby is a 4-panel style manga that follows the comedic life of a typical school girl Yasuna and her assassin classmate Sonya. Sonya’s attempt to fit in often fails when her natural assassin instincts kick in and Yasuna’s attempt to be more friendly with Sonya often gets her hurt or intimidated. Kill Me Baby’s cute sense of humor will keep you wanting more.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 6 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

High school student Hagihara Kou is the son of a hairdresser who lives in Tsukumo-dai Shopping District. One day, he meets the 17-year-old girl Misawo who works at the restaurant across the street from his mother's shop. He falls in love with her almost at first sight -- but soon finds himself a bit overwhelmed at how different and how much more mature she is compared to all of his peers. Though they're the same age, Misawo gave birth to a son at age 15, got married at 16, and divorced soon after. Resolving to support her somehow, Kou drops out of high school and begins working his way toward financial independence...

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Nakamura Koubou is a series of unrelated comedic short stories by the author of "Arakawa Under the Bridge." The stories usually follow the Japanese “manzai” style of a misguided character with outrageous comments (boke) and another character that acts as the voice of reason (tsukommi). Hilarious situations and out of this world characters will keep you laughing.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 10 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: Not on MH
Last Scanlated: v01 on 6/1/08

Set in 2020, Rideback tells the story of a college student named Rin Ogata and her "iron horse" robot motorcycle (rideback) called "Fuego", in a tumultuous time of anti-government student protests.

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

Teenager Kurikura Kansuke lives in a small village with his family but tragedy strikes one day when his younger sister, Ayame, is brutally murdered. Six years later, Kansuke, in his search for his missing older brother, finds multiple women who all call themselves Kurikura Ayame. Kansuke learns that out of grief for Ayame, his brother created dolls, each with a part of her corpse and enhanced for combat. Kansuke vows to find his brother and stop the mindless violence.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Taihei No Hana follows one of the most significant figures in Japanese history, Akechi Mitsuhide, and his servant Haru through a tumultuous period of time for Japan. Mitsuhide must make difficult choices in a volatile country and these choices reveals the philosophy Mitsuhide lives by.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 2 Volumes (On-Hold)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1
Last Scanlated: v01 c01 on 1/7/08
Picked up by Teaparty

The man who claims to be "Inokashira Yukito" is a professional bodyguard who moonlights as the caretaker of a small shrine in the slums of a Japanese city. However, several years ago, he was one of the top operatives of a Cantonese triad called the Twin Snakes, who escaped from his organization with an ancient alchemical manuscript purported to have been penned by Lao Tsu. Within it was the formula for "Shien Dan" (Sentan) -- a substance that grants humans strange psychic powers at the cost of a reduced lifespan.

As Shien Dan begins circulating as a common drug in the back streets of Yukito's city, a middle school girl named Mahiru appears before him, claiming to be the younger sister of the shrine's missing priestess -- the woman who nursed Yukito back to health when he violently parted ways with his former employer. Noting that the girl is being pursued by the gangsters of Twin Snakes, Yukito agrees to become her bodyguard. It seems that the past he left behind is finally catching up with him ...

Armed only with his combat experience and his expertise in martial arts, can Yukito prevail against inhuman assassins empowered by Shien Dan?

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Since we didn't have many new mangas debuting on MH, I thought it'd be a good idea to add in some older manga that either haven't been scanlated in a while (none have been scanlated in over a year) or maybe some older mangas that have never been scanlated. This way if any scanlators want to try out some longer series (with possibly some people already reading the series or start with a more established manga) then you'd have the option to instead of waiting for a week or a month for the next new raw release. Out of the older manga, Master Comic J seems interesting because it's about mangakas, and it's from the creators of Akumetsu. From the new manga, En Passant (for the art and the lazy protagonist), Kill Me Baby (the funny situations), and Simulacra of the Crazy Idea (the mystery/art) caught my eye.

Thanks go to vyc for helping to read the new mangas and write the summaries while tethysdust was away and to rhavin for offering to help. You guys really showed me that you're willing to help a person out. ^_^

Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
Elkin - Jio to Ougon to Kinjirareta Mahou: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
weroth - Wa!: Chapter 1 (needs TL check)
milcor1 - Tentai Senshi Sun Red: Chapter 1 (ch.1-14 all translated) Scanlated by PiyoHiko

If you haven't done so already, check out the recently scanlated mangas from previous shout outs: Roman Sanjuusou and Esoragoto.