New Manga Shout Out: 5/31/10 - 6/6/10

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. Lots of new manga (even manwha!) with a wide variety of genres so be sure to check them all out~ 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: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Seven Short Stories About Sex:
1) 7 Daime no Tomari (The Seventh Generation, Tomari): Tomari is a cursed woman who must do specific sexual things with her partner or the curse will kill her. Her partner, randomly chosen by the curse, is a guy called Naoki. He's pretty much willing to do whatever she needs, but Tomari will have to get past his incestuous sister Kyoko first.
2) Hajimete, to: A teenage couple, Seriko and her boyfriend Ogihiko, find themselves caught in a plot from her crazy mafia family to make them lose their virginity together.
3) Sandy Go Home: Yoko returns from studying abroad in America with her sex-crazed roommate Sandy, and they both proceed to fight over who gets to have sex with her brother.
4) Meteyunde: After their parents died in a traffic accident, Morote's two older sisters became insane. Is he safe in the house with them any longer?
5) Pastel Aiborii: School kids have a sexual encounter in a bathroom.
6) Ninjia Shoujo Makari Tooru: When a ninja invades a girl's bedroom, he finds himself completely outmatched by her skills, both ninja and erotic.
7) 80D: A couple has a sexual exploit in a library after hours.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 2 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1-44
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

The brilliant scientists Dr. Horomiya and Dr. Forks have disappeared from the scientific community, taking their groundbreaking MM (micro-machine) technology with them. Only two young girls, who harbor the same sort of MMs inside their bodies, have a chance of finding the doctors, their hidden research, and perhaps the reasons why Dr. Horomiya and Dr. Forks chose to disappear in the first place.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Based on the light novel by Hirasaka Yomi & Buriki.

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting.

That is how "Rinjinbu" was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Sakamoto Ryuuta is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing really special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game "BTOOOM"!

One day, he awakes in what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how or why he has come to be there. While wandering around, Ryuuta sees someone and calls out for help. The stranger responds by throwing a bomb at him! Now Ryuuta realizes both that his life is in danger, and that he has somehow been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game! Will Ryuuta be able to survive long enough to figure out how and why he ended up here?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Sunjeong
Status: 14 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (Easy Going Scans)

Orphaned Lark Alfen is taken to his new home by distant relatives. It's been said that his late mother was a vampire, so everyone is scared of him and doesn't want him around. He gets bullied a lot until, one day, he meets a black-haired boy named Setz who has red eyes like him. They become friends. But as a rumor spreads that Lark is also a vampire, his guardians decide to send him back to the orphanage. When Lark hears about their plans, he decides to run away, and Setz invites him to his home... in the world of real vampires.

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Demographics: Sunjeong
Status: 11 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Easy Going Scans)

The Great Merchant Kim Manduk portrays the story of a poor young girl who, despite the misfortunes she had to face in life, made it to become the best merchant in Joseon. We will see her undergoing many troubles and hardships, as well as finding true love when she least expects it.

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

Hiroki's passed his high school entrance exams, and now he's looking forward to a peaceful, lazy spring vacation before the entrance ceremony. All of that is ruined on the morning he's woken up by Hinata, a stranger who claims to be his childhood friend. The truth is, Hinata is a "tsundere childhood friend" android made for him by his mad scientist neighbors in celebration for him passing his exam! With all the complications his new "childhood friend" is going to cause in his life, what will happen to the peaceful vacation Hiroki had hoped for?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Teshigawara Saki is a high school girl who lives in Roppongi with her perverted father and grandfather. Though she may seem like an ordinary girl, she has the extraordinary ability to open any kind of lock. Saki uses this ability for whoever asks, regardless of whether they are the police or yakuza. But with the organized crime situation worsening in Roppongi, this openness may end up getting Saki more involved than she would like...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: One-shot Part 1 | One-shot Part 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

"Kami-Oroshi" are government workers that use their powers to deal with gods and other mysterious creatures that threaten the safety of the public. A young Kami-Oroshi named Subaru and his partner Kirara are headed to a case in the Ibaraki prefecture. The two of them are investigating what could be a sign that the "Tsuchigumo", a giant spider god monster, may have revived and broken free from it's seal. Their investigation leads them to infiltrate a nearby school, where they hear from a student called Maria about strange disappearances and happenings in the school house after dark. Will they be able to resolve the case before anything more horrible happens?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seongin
Status: 0 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Easy Going Scans)

In the village of Adatt, Re-Mi, the tomboy granddaughter of a local witch, sees the infamous mage Eldermask en route to her hometown. Wanting to find out who's stronger, she sets off to challenge him with his childhood friend En-Jeu, a novice swordsman who's always being dragged around wherever she goes… However, in the background there is a war going on between the two powerful nations Teodorl and Aleumhan in order to rule the sea!

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Turtle Paradise)

There is a strange breed of mechanical creatures, aptly called “Machines,” who will, on the condition that their Host never love another person for as long as they live (else the debt will be paid in blood), grant their wielders fortune and prosperity. And where a Host has betrayed his Machine, you are sure to find a member of the mysterious Gari family, wielders and hunters of Machines, in the ensuing carnage...

So it was justifiable when the Gari family was dispatched to Shakunage High School to covertly investigate a brutal murder perpetrated by the spindly hands of a Machine… But it wasn’t so justifiable when Hanare Shizuma, a youth with an agenda of his own, enrolls at the High School soon thereafter, hell-bent on conducting his own investigation – and soon meets the head of the family of hunters, shockingly enough, a girl his own age. But little do either of them know that their encounter will set the cogs of fate spinning rapidly into motion...

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

On the world that consists of a single giant continent called Dokkanon, most people have some kind of special ability. Those who have a high-ranking ability, such as the ability to control water, are respected and granted much power. Those with low-ranking abilities, such as Nana, who controls bananas, and her best friend Ringo, who has super-powerful legs, have very little power in society.

When Nana and Ringo were kids, they were awed by stories from Ringo's adventurer father about a land called Oz, where a god lived who could make any wish come true. Nana and Ringo swore that they would go adventuring together when they were adults. But as time went by, Ringo's father vanished while adventuring, and Ringo became much more aware of the social stigma associated with adventurers. Will the two of them find the strength and courage to follow through with their promise?

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

Imagine a world where history’s most famous scientists have gained incredible powers from mastering their field. They are known only as Gakusha and are the ultimate form of one that devotes itself in areas such as chemistry, biology and medicine. They are able to tap into the knowledge that they have gained and materialize their own talent in amazing ways.

In this story, we follow a teenage girl named Thomas A. Edison, the Gakusha of Knowledge, and her android Alfred Nobel. They encounter another Gakusha in the name of Charles R. Darwin, King of Evolution, who wants to take Edison’s powers. Darwin, able to control the flow of evolution of creatures, attacks Edison and Nobel. As the two Gakusha clash, what will be the outcome…

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

High school girls Oniyuri Itsuki, the student body president, and Himeyuri Shizuku, the treasurer, are the school’s most popular students. In fact, they are so popular that each girl has developed a massive following that often clash with each other regarding the superiority of Oniyuri over Himeyuri and vice versa. However, they are in love with each other and have been secretly going out for a while now but cannot come out for several reasons. One being their peculiar sexuality and the other being their many loyal followers. They put on a show around other students so no one will suspect them but how long can they keep up the act?

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 Preview
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In order to escape serious problems, such as pollution, population increase, and diminishing natural resources, humanity has created the virtual world of "Gaia." In Gaia, people can continue to live their peaceful, ordinary lives, but without pain or death. Yuri is doing just that when he comes across a strange unregistered money card called an "Oz" type card. Against his better judgment, he uses it, and afterward notices something quite odd; though he is in Gaia, for some reason he is now capable of feeling pain... What has Yuri got himself into?!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seongin
Status: 8 Chapters (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1 (Easy Going Scans)

After the ending of his last true love, a white-collar worker experiences the excruicating sorrow of parting. Walking around the empty city aimlessly and now living a prosaic life, how will he be able to put back the broken pieces of his heart and love again? A philosophical and heartwarming story about an emotion called "love"...

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 6 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1-6
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Sayoko is an incredibly kind, but solitary, young kimono-clad lady who has certain supernatural abilities. She can see ghosts, and she frees them from their places of death by agreeing to let them haunt her instead. As a result, everywhere she goes, she is followed by an army of well-meaning spirits that only she can see. Her weirdness tends to throw any normal people who would have otherwise possibly become her friends.

Inaba is a poor college student who accidentally ran over her with his bicycle, before learning that the store where he had worked had gone out of business and his boss had vanished. Sayoko was not only very understanding about the accident, she even gave him money that would help him out until he found another job! Though Inaba's no fan of the supernatural, he was so grateful that he managed to pretend Sayoko wasn't weird at all, even when she started talking to ghosts. Sayoko, unused to this sort of treatment from others, fell in love instantly. Now she's become his next door neighbor, and, with a little help from her ghosts, she's determined to try her best to win his heart!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 7 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Based on the PS3 RPG, this tells the story of the young, somewhat lazy alchemist Rorona. Rorona lives in the small kingdom of Arland, with her teacher Astrid and a helper called Hom. Unfortunately for Rorona, Alchemy is not as popular as it once was, and the government has given her atelier a three year review period to prove that it should not be shut down. Rorona lives peacefully amidst her numerous friends while she tries her best to prove the usefulness of alchemy. She works to complete the tasks assigned to her by the government, in addition to helping out various townspeople. Though she messes up sometimes, and occasionally slacks off, she'll try her best to protect her atelier!

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

Sakaki Mirei and some of her friends from her high school drama club have started up a new theatrical group. The recruits Mirei and her friend have managed to get for their company range from the hard-working middle school boy, Tachibana, to the 32-year-old Uehara, whose knowledge of theater was instrumental in making their first performance a great success. The company's off to a great start, but it seems at least one of the members may have joined less for their love of theater and more to be around Sakaki Mirei...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Akagawa Minato has recently been accepted to the college of his choice. After the opening ceremony at his new school, he meets Amashiro Shun, a street performer that caught his attention with her voice. Shun, who has not performed in front of large groups of people yet, convinces Minato to come with her but her nervousness takes over. Minato helps her overcome her nerves and she puts out an amazing performance. They part ways but coincidentally meet again at the bath house that Minato’s family owns. Little do they know that this was the start of something special.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 8 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Volume 1-7
Translations: None
Scanlations: Volume 1-3 (Episode 9 Act 1) (Iskultrip Scans & Ala Atra Scans)

Lyle is a young man who lost his memories when he was young, and doesn't know who he is or where he came from. His only connection to his past is his Soul Gadget, "Czerny". Lyle was adopted by Gio, and has a sister-in-law named Sheska. These three work together on special thieving jobs to make ends meet. Read along as Lyle uncovers the secrets of Czerny and his past...

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 6 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1-6
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

This is an original story expanded from the STEINS;GATE game, and focusing on the heroine Amane Suzuha. In 2036, a monopoly on time machines has created world peace, but at the cost of human liberty. Suzuha has followed in her late father's footsteps in fighting alongside the Valkyrie rebellion force to change the world. After the group fails on a major mission, Suzuha has almost no hope left. But then she discovers that her father left something for her: a time machine. Using this, maybe Suzuha will have the power to finally destroy this dystopian society and create a better present and future!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

All through middle school, Touto was the tough kid that people either fought, feared, or avoided. Resolving that his high school life will be different, he studied hard and entered a prestigious high school. Despite his harsh demeanor and odd behavior, he manages to make two friends right off the bat, two hopeful students who are also trying to recreate themselves. Timid Miyakoe, who is interested in the occult, was always overlooked in middle school, and she wants her presence to matter in high school. Chubby Yuta wants to erase his school history of being constantly bullied.

Everything is going well until Miyakoe disappears while investigating a scary school myth. Going after her, Yuta and Touto encounter a dangerous cellphone monster! When all seems lost, Touto's cellphone-strap good-luck charm comes to life to give him the strength to defend his new friends. It seems that Touto's high school life is going to be much stranger than he could have ever imagined!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 5 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 5
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Takatsuki Misora is a 15 year old high school freshman with one glaring problem: her height. She is extremely short and is often mistaken for an elementary student and her friends jokingly tease her for being so cute. Her self consciousness is further complicated because her younger sister, Kotori who is only 11 years old looks like she should be in high school or even older. Kotori loves her big sister and wants to play with her but Misora, as the older sister, is embarrassed with what looks like a reversal of roles in a sibling relationship.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

One morning, while Mikoto is getting ready to meet her friend Sane, something strange yet familiar appears in her bedroom. It's another version of herself, which came straight out of her dreams! Now Mikoto and Sane can teach dream-Mikoto all about the wonders of the real world as they enjoy their time together. However, when dream-Mikoto crossed into reality, she left an opening behind her that other dream creatures could cross as well. Will they be able to block the passageway before something unfortunate happens?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Yurika attends a girls-only college with a long tradition of lesbian love, and according to rumors, she's been with over half of the 10,000 girls who attend the school! This rumor is mortifying to Yurika, and seriously damages her chances of ever getting a boyfriend. The truth is, for some reason, she's just completely irresistible to women, even women who claim to be straight. One day, Yurika gets a call from her Dad, letting her know that his company is bankrupt. He suggests that she get by on her charms, since he can no longer help her with money. Is it time for Yurika to actually start taking advantage of her unwanted persona as a masterful lesbian lover?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

In the year 2038, a white light descended on the center of Tokyo and stole the memories of over one million people. The cause of this horrible incident was not determined, and no cure was to be found. The government formed a separate city beneath Tokyo to house and care for the victims of the incident and branded them as "KIDz." Regardless of their age, they truly are like children, and they must be retaught everything they once knew. Noa Ikurumi, who lives in this isolated society, is just taking one day at a time and dreaming of finally being allowed to go back out into the world. But Noa's life will once again change drastically on the day that he is taken hostage by a terrorist with some surprising information about his identity...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
The way they maintained suspense in Kami Oroshi made it really exciting to read; it was a definitely a page turner for me. I found the plot of Zennou no Noa intriguing, though it is probably because I tend to be fond of both detailed science fiction and stories with identity crises. Renai Kaidan Sayoko-san made me laugh a lot, Sayoko seems like such a lovable, awkward weirdo! Btoom! certainly seems to have a plot that's been done a million times or more, but the art was beautiful (particularly the backgrounds). I want there to be more chapters of Oz, there's a lot about the world and about the owner of the card that was hinted at but not really explained in the preview chapter. It seems like it could be a really engrossing story. Nana of Banana was pretty ridiculous, but also funny if you're in the mood for silly humor. And Toraneko Folklore started out with really funny and kind of interestingly flawed characters, but got a bit too absurd for me by the end of the second chapter. It would probably be fun to read, if they return to their first style.
Here's a note from vyc:
Great looking series this week. Couple of one shots that I hope get picked up. Nobel is the typical adventure story with a twist with famous scientists. Cant wait to see what powers other characters have. Sakura Frontier is interesting enough to see what will happen and how the story develops. Oniyuri-Himeyuri is an uncommon genre but the drawings are drawn very well and the comedic side makes it easier to read for even the readers that aren't into yuri.
The ones I want to read are: Please! Mr. Bear! (nice little romance), Renai Kaidan Sayoko-san (reminds me a bit of Natsume Yuujin-chou but with romance), and Zennou no Noa - World of Lostmemories (sounds really intriguing).

Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
xdeathcat - Cloth Weaver: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
fevrier - Straight No Chaser: One-shot (Needs TLC/PR)
mikeythebest - Baki Scarface: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
StruckByLightning - Kanpachi: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 (Needs TLC/PR)
kawaiiusagichan - Vampire Princess Yui: Chapter 1 (Needs PR)


If you haven't done so already, check out the scanlations of the mangas from previous shout outs which have been recently scanlated: mystery Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan, adult gender bender Nyotai-ka, and action adventure one-shot Kirinji.