New Manga Shout Out: 1/11/10 - 1/17/10

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. Not much new manga have been added, but I hope you like at least one of them~ 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: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: Chapter 1 (Gottheim)
Scanlations: Chapter 1-Chapter 2 (Franky-House) | Chapter 2 (KAW)

It's the 18th century in Naples, Italy. There is a girl named Maria living peacefully in the city, but she is more than she appears. She is like a goddess of death, with a sword that cuts through everything. But what exactly is she? Where has she come from and what cruel destiny awaits her?

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: Chapter 1 (Ilcm26)
Scanlations: Chapter 1 ([TAL] Scanlations)

"What is your crime?" From the author of Doubt, it's time for a new terrible game, Judge. Hiro's brother Atsuya is dating Hiro's childhood friend and secret crush Hikari. Hiro's affection for Hikari will lead him to commit an un-punishable crime against his older brother. At least, he thinks it is un-punishable, until he is kidnapped and imprisoned by a group of people wearing animal masks. The judging is about to start!

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

Izumo Kunisaki, a descendant of Izumo no Okuni, is often mistaken as a girl. It is the bane of his existence. His father and best-friend (i.e. the girl he likes) often laugh about it. To top it off, he plays the girl roles in his family's Kabuki troupe. In this short, he discovers that that curse is also his greatest source strength and will prove just how much of a man he is.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None on MH - c01-14

The Phoenix is a super-human ally of justice who works every day to protect the happiness of little girls. He is also an unemployed, half-naked, 26-year-old man who wears a bird mask. Since he has no job, he is free to spend all of his time following cute, lolita girls around in an effort to protect them from perverts. Not surprisingly, he is often mistaken for a pervert himself!

His favorite girl to protect is Mia, who is unknowingly the #1 ranked girl in the lolicon community. Will he be able to evade the police and protect the little girl he loves so much?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: One-shot (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: One-shot
Translations: One-shot (Mr. Prince)
Scanlations: None

Aoi Hana is a normal female high school student, though she is extremely clumsy and thus tagged as good-for-nothing. But Hana wants to change herself and decides that finding a part time job would be taking the first step in that direction. Being an animal lover, Hana's job of dreams is encountering animals day-to-day and taking care of them - the zoo sounds like the perfect place for that. So when she happens to see a job offer from a local animal park it's settled she'll attend a job interview.

When Hana arrives at the zoo everything seems just fine. The "Oumagadoki Zoo" might be going south but altogether it's your regular animal park. Just a very normal zoo, one might think. But that is only until Hana gets to meet the zoo director...

Thanks go to Mr. Prince for the summary.

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

Around three years ago, a village was destroyed by an evil Smarg (magical creature), in this case, a dragon. The sole survivors of the massacre, the sisters Chloe and Iria, fled to a nearby village. The younger sister, Chloe, doesn't speak, but is a friendly and diligent worker who is loved by all. The older sister, Iria, is disruptive, rude, and cruel, especially towards the unfailingly loyal Chloe. But how did two young girls manage to escape such a powerful creature in the first place? Is it possible that one of them made a pact with the Smarg?

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

This is the story of Kanae, a girl who realized, after her high school graduation, that she had no idea what to do with her life. She's wandering around aimlessly as a NEET, while her friends and family try to help her find purpose and some kind of job. This story also has an occasional outer layer, which is a story about an angry, NEET boy who owns the manga about Kanae. Unlike Kanae, he sees employment as accepting defeat, and longs to remain in his parent's care forever.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Transfer student Manabizaki Kyou is a swot, a person who spends too much time studying. His dream is to attend Tokyo University and then work for NASA! He will soon discover, however, that the high school he's transferred into, which was once very prestigious, has taken in delinquents from the surrounding schools. Now it is full of violence and gang fights.

Luckily, Manabizaki has a surprising skill at fighting, particularly when he's defending the peace of his study area. Through this strength he'll find his new friends, a weak boy called Iwashida and a legendary delinquent girl, Hasuno Nene, who makes him feel things that, for the first time in his life, he can't explain...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
Smargs Won't Sing was my favorite, probably because I love fantasy stories. Also, it's a one-shot, so there's nothing really to lose by checking it out! Judge looks like it could be interesting, but it's difficult to say with just the one chapter. For the NEET one (sora no shita yane no naka), I'm not sure how much more they could write about a protagonist who is struggling with having no motivation. Also, the premise of Godeath looks intriguing, but I seriously think the girl's clothes are made of tissue paper. They get torn to pieces like every other minute. Whether that's a pro or a con depends on the reader, I guess. =)
Once again only two stories really interested me and those were Sora no Shita Yane no Naka because it so reminds me of real life and how many college graduates don't know what do with their lives. The other one is Judge partly because it's from the author of Doubt, although I hope it's not going to have a disappointing ending and that it does a better job with the psychological aspect~ However, I think GODEATH is the one most likely to get scanlated out of this shout out due to the ecchiness and action.

Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
Katatonia - Kinnikuman Nisei: Kyūkyoku no Chōjin Tag Hen: Chapter 1 (Need TLC/Proofread)
Katatonia - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Chapter 1 (c1-6 done) (Need Proofreading)
yukihito - Uta no Prince-sama: Chapter 1 Scanlated by otakami
shadow-skill - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Siegfried: Chapter 1 Scanlated by Anime Novel