New Manga Shout Out: 4/26/10 - 5/2/10

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. Very slow week with not many new mangas... 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: 1 Volume (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

This is the story of the workers in the Maid Cafe Curio, based on the video game. The current shop manager, Daisuke, is a young man standing in for his newly remarried and traveling father. He must deal with all the quirky young ladies who work at the maid cafe, including his newest hire, the runaway rich girl Misato, who doesn't know the first thing about working at a maid cafe. Other workers include Daisuke's new stepsister Suzu, the aggressive floor chief Midori, the clumsy chef Sayaka, the absent-minded waitress Imako, and the academic-minded Kanako.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Yasha Island is located in northern Kyuushu, unknown to most people and too small to be printed on a map. Most people on the mainland avoid the island as the people on Yasha Island are not very friendly to outsiders. Shikibu Takeru, a private investigator is looking for his friend Katsuragi Shiho, a nonfiction writer, who has disappeared since telling him that she was going back to her hometown, Yasha Island, for a few days. As soon as Takeru arrives on the island, he starts his investigation, asking the locals about Shiho or anything about the Katsuragi family. Mysteriously, not one single person has any answers to Takeru’s questions. What is this community hiding and why did Shiho disappear?

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Takayama Kobato works in the advertising department of the Taiyou Newspaper. She is typcially calm but is a little weird and has a thing for older men. Her co-workers are Sakuragi Yu, a beautiful woman who is really sensitive about her age and her lack of relationships with men, and Yukiya Asagi, who is young and cute but is known for her rude comments. This manga tells the comedic story of these three women in the workplace and the events around their daily lives.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: One-shot (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Not on MH
Translations: One-shot (Bomber D Rufi)
Scanlations: None

Aotsuki has started working part-time at a cafe, but the boss there is kind of scary. His boss has asked him to help him out with his crush on an employee, the pretty Sonezaki Majiyu. Will Aotsuki be able to set his boss up with her, or will he face the dire consequences of his failure?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

A collection of stories about love and sex. Examples include the story of a guy with no prospects who falls in love with an aspiring writer after a one-night stand, reflections on a first experience of love, and the story of a high schooler who accidentally sees up a female student's skirt.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 1 Volume (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Pure Scans)

A series of oneshot illustrations of famous Chinese folk tales.

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Demographics: Sunjeong
Status: 6 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 (Easy Going Scans)

Gyeo-Wul, an art student, is having trouble drawing. One day, she bumps into a handsome guy and takes his notebook by mistake. The notebook had drawings with an art style she is not used to and tries to draw better than him. But, it turns out that the guy knows who she is...!

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 5 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5
Translations: None
Scanlations: None on MH (Scanlated up to v05 c19 by ShoujoMagic on 1/14/09)

During a class field trip, the bus carrying the students fell off a cliff and plunged into a lake, drowning everyone except for Nikaidou Rikka. Ever since the tragic accident, Rikka can not help herself from being in the water. She soon learns that Izumi, a mysterious figure, placed a golden seed inside her when she was drowning to save her life. This golden seed gives life to anyone that should have been dead and it is the only thing keeping Rikka alive.

Rikka is later confronted by a girl named Mizuchi Rikka, who demands her to give the golden seed back. According to Mizuchi Rikka, she and Izumi are both creatures that live in the water and without the golden seed, she will die. As the golden seed slowly turns Nikaidou Rikka into one of the aquatic creatures, she must decide if she wants to continue to live but only in the water or to remove the golden seed and perish from this world.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

When Akimitsu lost his parents as a child, he moved in with his cousin Yuri and her mother. Akimitsu and Yuri were raised more as siblings than cousins, and as they grew up, they also became sometime lovers. Akimitsu and Yuri explore their kaleidoscopic relationship as they move through the adventures and troubles of teenage life together.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 2 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None on MH (Scanlated up to v01 c03 by Owl Scans on 7/4/09)

Hayama Kotono, 8th grade school girl, is an orphan who works as a detective and has mysterious powers. She is able to transform her appearance and gains combat abilities.

Her friends Shirafuji Natsuki and Hijiri Misaki, also have the same power as her and they work together at the Kuroki Detective Agency. The three girls find a young boy named Juan who seems to be suffering from amnesia. They soon find themselves the target of a mysterious group who seem to be after Juan and they will not stop till they are able to kidnap him. The three detective girls promise Juan that they will fight to the very end to protect him.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
The most interesting looking one to me was Kokushi no Shima (there's not too many Kyuushuu islands mysteries out there!). Also, the plot of Romance of Darkness seems kind of interesting. Omoide was kind of neat, and it's not extremely sexually explicit.
Only Kokushi no Shima really interested me although I think Omoide will be popular with fans of NINOMIYA Hikaru (Honeymoon Salad).

Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
xdeathcat - Cloth Weaver: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
Laika - Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya Senpai no Kaidan: Chapter 1
fevrier - Straight No Chaser: One-shot (Needs TLC/PR)
mflatischler - LovePlus Nene Days: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
mikeythebest - Baki Scarface: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)



If you haven't done so already, check out the scanlations of the mangas from previous shout outs which have been recently scanlated: action fantasy Toushin Toshi III, school life slice of life Gu-Pan!, ecchi fantasy Shinwa Ponchi and school life one-shot My Idol.