New Manga Shout Out: 11/30/09 - 12/6/09

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. More older mangas with some new manga 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: Shounen
Status: One-shot (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: One-shot
Translations: None
Scanlations: One-shot (Ichigo Ichie Scanlations)

Jin (female) and Konoe (male) are twins and are just starting their high school career. Jin has always been a trouble to her brother, since she's very tough and violent, and generally doesn't behave like a girl at all. Konoe is determined that their high school life is going to be different, and he's going to make sure she keeps acting cute and feminine. But it isn't easy for Jin to pretend to be something she's not...

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: None

When he was young, Kurosu Keisuke was in a special TV program showcasing children with supernatural powers, called "Esper Kids". Seven years after the termination of the program, a murderer appears to be targeting the Esper Kids, who he/she considers to be monsters. Will Keisuke and his old friends be able to discover the murderer and avoid becoming the next victims?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 20 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None on MH
Last Scanlated: v05 c18 on 5/5/06

Loran and Carmen -- two nations whose royalty are of the blood of the legendary hero, Roto. For a century, their armies have guarded humanity from the hordes of mazoku that plagued the lands, standing firm as a bastion against evil. It seemed that they could never fall.

But good things don't last. Within the period of a fortnight, the armies of both states are infiltrated by the agents of the newly resurfaced Demon Lord Imagine, and the royalty is purged. Uniting the squabbling mazoku clans into a single front of possibly unprecedented scale, Imagine plunges the world into an era of uncertainty and terror. One by one, the human nations fall.

Arus, the prince of Carmen, is saved by royal advisors and sent away before Imagine's agents can capture him and turn him into a pawn. Growing up under the care of the general's daughter Lunafrea and the Court Priest Tarkin, he swears that he will defeat Imagine and save the world. When his initial training is concluded, he sets out on a journey to seek out the successors of Roto's companions -- the Blademaster, the Martial Artist, and the Sage -- and to obtain the legendary relics that comprise Roto's legacy.

In the citadel of the mazoku, the Dragonlord, a loyal general of Imagine, cultivates the other descendant of Roto at Imagine's command -- Jagan, the prince of the former kingdom of Loran. In time, he is to be named the Majin-ou, and he shall lead a fourth of Imagine's troops as a dark successor to Roto's legend. What awaits Arus and Jagan? What will happen when their paths cross?

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 8 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Sequel of "Dragon Quest: Emblem of Roto." Set 20 years after Arus saves the world from the Demon Lord Imagine.

5 years ago, in an event known as "the Day of Loss," magic ceased to function. In the underground land of Alefgard, the people of the kingdom of Radatome vanished in a single night. The only survivors are Aros, the prince of the kingdom, and A-Kagi, a member of a group of bandits known as the Band of the Hawks, who infiltrated the castle that night to commit a robbery.

Aros, who becomes an amnesiac due to trauma, is raised in the care of A-Kagi and the Band of the Hawks. Years later, events lead him to depart from the Hawks and begin seeking out the truth behind "the Day of Loss" -- as well as the whereabouts of his missing twin sister, who appears to be stealing sacred crystal orbs on the orders of a young boy who calls himself "Lamia."

Meanwhile, the companions of the hero Arus have been systematically eliminated by unknown parties...

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 13 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1
Translations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (Ju-da-su)
Scanlations: Chapter 1-Chapter 2 (Neo-Universe) || Chapter 1-Chapter 2 (ShinraTensei)

The story takes place in an online game called "Neo Universe" with 7,000,000 people around the world participating in the game. Furthermore, it is an online game where the players don't need to use a keyboard nor a joystick, but just need a headphone. Just connect a headphone to the game hardware, close your eyes, and you will enter the game automatically and control the game by using your brain. Even though controlling the game by using your brain sounds dangerous, the game administrator guarantees that it is 100 percent safe. That makes the people feel safe when they are playing the game. And in a short amount of time, the game becomes popular, with the number of the players increasing everyday.

"Ganda," a young boy protagonist, is also one of the players of that game. The story will focus on the war between a group of Game Master (GM), and a group of Anti-Game Master that Ganda participates in, with a little bit of how Ganda and his friends are doing and their relationships in the real world.

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Demographics: Boys Love
Status: 1 Volume (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 3
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (BoysxBoys Love)

A skilled investigator operating outside the law infiltrates a prison island where he meets a smart and cheeky boy who seems to have an air of danger about him. Ten years have passed since that day. Now the boy who was given the name Yuuto works along Shigure, who rescued and raised him. All along, Yuuto harbored secret feelings for Shigure, and the deep love that he couldn’t express only made him more dangerous. Soon he started to think that he wanted to die for Shigure. Then he seemed to get the chance when a wild shoot-out broke out on the streets...

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 2 Chapters (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (Yukihito)
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Franky House)

Chidzuru has come to Kyoto searching for her vanished father. After being pursued by people who've turned into monsters due to an elixir her father created, she finds herself under the protection of the Shinsengumi. Her father's elixir, originally created for the Shinsengumi, will give strength and healing power to anyone who drinks it, but will also cause them to eventually turn into a blood-crazed monster. Will the Shinsengumi be able to protect her and help her find her father, or will they fall prey to the temptation of drinking the elixir?

Based on a popular otome game, Hakuouki follows Chizuru and the Shinsengumi in an alternate reality. Chizuru travels to Kyoto in search of her missing father but after being involved in an incident, ended up being taken in by the Shinsengumi where she meets the members including the famous Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soshi. Chizuru’s father was conducting government research for strengthening the Shinsengumi and developed the ochimizu. The ochimizu is a formula that gives demon like strength and regeneration effects but once taken, the user experiences extreme pain and eventually turns into a blood hungry monster.

In an attempt to defend Chizuru, Hijikata takes the ochimizu and although the situation was saved, he is now affected with the illness. Okita is also forced to take the formula when his terminal cancer prevents him from defending Chizuru and himself. Feeling responsible for their actions, Chizuru must fight her feeling of helplessness and find the courage to support the Shinsengumi.

Thanks go to tethysdust and vyc for the summaries.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 |
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Sashio Sae is a first grader that clerks at her father's pawnshop for 50 yen a day. Because the hiragana of her name can be read as "Collateral," the red nametag she wears while working often leads customers to suspect her family of human trafficking.

One day, after Sae asks her parents whether she can have an older sister, a man in a great deal of debt brings in a family heirloom as collateral for a loan -- a clotheschest from the Edo period, haunted by the ghost of a ten-year-old girl named Toyo. After popping out of the box and exchanging introductions with Sae and her father, Toyo decides to start working as a temporary employee.

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

Ashikuni Akihito has given his all to restore a polluted lake to its beautiful natural state. There is very little he wouldn't do to protect his lake. When his compatriot betrays him with horrific plans of a resort, it is time to start his own plans -- of murder.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Ashikaga Yoshiaki wants to clean up the once-prestigious Moromachi high school by taking his older brother's place as its principal. Heading for that goal, he hires a lot of strange new teachers. What will happen to Moromachi high school? (a 4-koma style manga).

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 5 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 (missing chapter 2)
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

The student dorm supervisor of a girl's boarding school, Ibaraki Kyou, is constantly bothered by an occult-loving, weird student, Kuroi. Kyou does not believe in any of Kuroi's nonsense, until one day, according to Kuroi, she accidentally incurs a curse from a supernatural being on the internet. Will Kyou find herself in over her head with the occult creatures of her dorm?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 5 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None on MH
Last Scanlated: v01 c11 on 1/1/07

Clumsy Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. She works for an old lady’s lackluster maid café in a small shopping district. The cafe is largely unsuccessful in attracting customers aside from Sanada, a regular and one of Arashiyama's classmates (who has a secret crush on her). One day Arashiyama’s clever friend Tatsuno is invited to the café, and, upon seeing the miserable state of things (and Sanada, whom she has a secret crush on), decides to work there. Don’t miss the crazy antics of Arashiyama and friends, mismatched love stories, and all the hilarity that is created as a result, in Sore Machi.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 14 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Enter Shokugyou Koroshiya, an underground website that allows hired killers to bid for the lowest amount to take the paying job that they want. Kumo, the top killer of the agency must keep killing to keep a memory hidden. While he continues to kill, along with Megumi the Mantis, and KEI, the 14 year old owner of the website, what dangers await him and the rest of the team at Shokugyou Koroshiya?

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

Nanami Haruka wants to be a song writer, so she attends an idol training school filled with beautiful bishounen. The school pairs each aspiring songwriter with an aspiring idol, but Haruka finds herself paired with 3 idols! To make things more difficult, Nanami is also not allowed to date any of her beautiful partners!

Nanami Haruka is a shy teenage girl who has a dream to become a talented song writer. She is accepted by Saotome Gakuen, an elite entertainment industry school developed for the sole purpose of nurturing future idols. The classes are taught by famous idols; facilities include top notch recording studios and live theaters. Most importantly, only a small portion of the most talented, natural born idol students are allowed into the prestigious Shining Agency after graduation and introduced to the nation.

The school randomly pairs up a singer to a song writer but as fate would have it, Haruka ends up being paired with 3 very different boys all striving to become the next big idol; Ittoki Otoya is upbeat and lively, Shinomiya Natsuki is bright and intelligent, Hijirikawa Masato is cool and calm. Haruka, determined to make all three boys into future idols must work harder than anyone else and overcome her shy personality if she wants to reach her dream. Uta*Puri is a must read.

Thanks go to tethysdust and vyc for the summaries.

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This is why tethysdust said this week:
Kogan no Mouten was the most interesting of the new ones to me. It's a murder mystery from the point of view of the criminal. Diamond Cut Diamond appealed to me from the whole x-men-like premise.
I added in some older manga again that either haven't been scanlated in a while (none have been scanlated in over a year) and some older mangas that have never been scanlated. A few of the mangas caught my eye, which were: Ane Pani (violent girl yay), Kogan no Mouten (ooh~ the murder's point of view for once), Diamond Cut Diamond (action/x-men like tethysdust said), and Hakuouki Jurenka (historical with monsters ^_^).

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) (Scanlated by Pure Scans)
fevrier - Mononoke Soushi: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
raivyn554 - Replica: Chapter 1

If you haven't done so already, check out the scanlations of the mangas from previous shout outs: The Bodyguard of Mahiru.