New Manga Shout Out: 4/12/10 - 4/18/10

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. It was a very slow week... 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: 7 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 5
Translations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (Leopard)
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (slowmanga)

Yamada is just starting her high school years and she has one thing on her mind: losing her virginity. Very self conscious that she still has not had sex, she tells herself that high school is the place to find the right guy. Yamada is a very beautiful girl and is the envy of a lot of guys but because of her lack of experience with boys, she panics and goes berserk when guys come close to her. She starts taking interest in the boy sitting next to her in class and goes through many comedic scenes of overcoming her problem with the male gender to try to sleep with a boy.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 8 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4
Translations: None
Scanlations: None on MH (Scanlated up to v02 c11 by ? on 8/21/09)

Fergus is an apprentice fashion designer who hates his life. His master is a drunk, the love of his life is a street whore, and the only model willing to buy his clothes is a fat drug popper. While attending to his "model" at a game of War-King, a competition of beauty and fighting prowess, Fergus is treated to the sight of a real fashion model who easily dispenses of Fergus' model. Fergus then sinks into deeper despair now knowing the huge gap that lies between him and the top brands. To make matters worse, his master collapses and is hospitalized that same day. Just when he wonders if life can get any worse, fate conveniently presents to him a long-lost twin sister, Jennifer.

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Demographics: Josei
Status: 8 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Corseltel is a fantasy land where dragons and humans live together in harmony. Dragon Sorcerers, in return for borrowing power from the dragons to use magical spells, must take care of the dragon offspring. Mashel, said to be one of the best Dragon Sorcerers in all Corseltel, is able to use all 7 dragon types meaning that he must take care of 7 different dragon children. The dragon children, each representing the types (dark, light, fire, water, wind, earth, life) learn to harness their power through Mashel and also look up to him as a parent. The cuteness of the dragon kids and the life lessons they learn will capture many readers.

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

From the author of 'Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni" and "Umineko No Naku Koro Ni" comes a new psychological horror story.

Marie is trapped in a horrible situation. She's being constantly tormented by her classmates and regularly molested by her teacher. With nowhere else to turn, she finds herself asking for supernatural help from one of the seven demons of the seven mysteries of her school. All she desires is the death of her cruel classmates and teacher. How far will Marie be willing to go in order to achieve the murders that would free her from her living hell?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Mousou Scans)

Eva, a long-lived witch, takes in Fernest kingdom’s youngest prince, Louis, when she is asked to heal him of his illness. Although witches are traditionally despised, Louis continues to visit her even after he is well and they form a close bond. When Louis is called back to the palace to take his place as heir to the throne, Eva must decide whether to let him go or take him back.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1
Translations: Chapter 1 (StruckByLightning) (Needs TLC/PR)
Scanlations: None

Related to the manga Kannagi.

Nagi, the guardian deity of a sacred tree, manifests herself after the student Jin cuts her tree down for a school project. Now Nagi lives with Jin and attends his school.

One day, a kanpachi fish fillet given to Jin as a gift comes to life, and appears as a miniature version of Nagi! The fish girl, called "Pachi", is basically Nagi's stalker fangirl, who went so far as to copy the larger girl's appearance. Will Jin, Nagi, and their friends be able to deal with this annoying fishy newcomer, and also keep people from mistaking her for Nagi?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Sado Taro became a masochist, one that feels pleasure from enduring physical and or psychological pain, in middle school when his classmate, Yuno Arashiko, punched him. Now that he has moved up to high school with his friend, Tatsukichi, he wants to get rid of this sexual tendency and live a regular teenage life. He hears about this high school club called the Number Two Volunteer Club, headed by Isurugi Mio. The club is there to advise and help students in various needs and trouble. The only problem is that Isurugi Mio is an extremely violent and bossy girl, the type of person that treats Taro terribly and arouses him at the same time. Taro grudgingly asks for her help to solve his problem but what he doesn’t know yet is that his life is about to get really complex.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 21 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1-21
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Shimada Aki and Akaki Naomi have been best friends since childhood. Shimada is tricky and won't take things seriously with anything that's not fun nor profitable unless provoked; Akaki, on the contrary, is straightforward and more caring. However, both are talented at fighting (bullying). This manga is a comedic and fun story about these careless high school buddy's fights, which make them known to all of Japan's scary and influential gangsters

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
Higanbana had an interesting start, I'd be interested in seeing where the story goes from there. Out of the others, I think Cloth Road looks worth checking out, simply from the artwork.
I'm sure that B Gata H Kei will be popular due to the anime. Wow, the art looks freaky in Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni who was done by the mangakas of Higurashi... Kanpachi certainly sounds really cute and I like Kannagi. I might want to check out MM! to see a little bit of how Taro gets beat up. XD

Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
xdeathcat - Cloth Weaver: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
Laika - Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan: Chapter 1
Unproductive - Subaru: Volume 1
fevrier - Straight No Chaser: One-shot


If you haven't done so already, check out the scanlations of the mangas from previous shout outs which have been recently scanlated: slice of life baseball manga Koukou Kyuji Zawa-san.