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

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. With the no-raws/scans rule on MH, you have to work a bit to find these mangas. This week features a life changing website, a non-blood sucking vampire, and a boy ready to take over the political world. Remember to favorite any manga you like. Don't forget to also thank the various people 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: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

There's a website where people can buy and sell events that will happen in their future. The currency involved is a point system, with more pleasant events, such as getting back together with your girlfriend, having higher point values than unpleasant events, like losing your wallet. Strangely, deaths are high priced and seem to be in very high demand. A boy happens upon this website and, after realizing it's authentic, attempts to use it to improve his life. He may find out that messing with your future is more trouble than it is worth!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

In a certain middle school baseball club, the kids are divided into four teams labeled A-D. However, D-team isn't really included in any of the baseball games. That team is made up of misfits, such as fatties, girls, and cripples. They are constantly bullied by the A-team "baseball geniuses" and forced to do odd jobs and chores. One day, D-team finally stands up for itself and challenges the high and mighty A-team! Will D-team be able to force the A-team stars to re-evaluate their attitude towards their fellow club members?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Staz is the vampire boss of a section of the demon world, but he has little interest in human blood. He's more infatuated with Japanese culture. When he learns that Yanagi Fuyumi, a Japanese teenage girl, accidentally wanders into the demon city, he jumps to the occasion. However, while Staz deals with an intruder on his turf, the oblivious Fuyumi is killed by a monster and becomes a wondering ghost. The disappointed Staz vows to her that he will find a way to bring Fuyumi back to life.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

The year is 2012 and Japan is under attack by an alien race that looks similar to the space invader game. Their ray beams infect human cells and crystallize them, turning humans into pixilated figures. Tobita, nick named “the hero” because of his immunity against the ray beams, is a member of the Invader Shooter Unit (ISU), the first line of defense against the aliens. Tobita’s old friend Minamoto Saya is recruited by the ISU to translate the alien language but there's just one thing: Saya's been infected!

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

The Heavy Metal Music Group at the high school consists of just Amanokawa Rinko and the main character, a teenage boy madly in love with her. The club is intended for people who enjoy the music genre to discuss their passion for heavy metal. However, there's only one kind of passion going on in this club house located in the outskirts of campus, and it is definitely rockin’.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Suwa is perfect. She has perfect grades, perfect looks and is the idol of everyone at her school. However this "perfection" has created an odd distance between her and her fellow classmates. That is except for Takeda, the boy who sits in front of her in class. It seems Takeda is the only person that is able to speak to Suwa normally and much to her chagrin he is starting to think she is not all that perfect.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: Prologue + 2 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Kurata Yuki is staying alone at home while his parents are off on their vacation. His childhood friends Nekoyanagi Mei and Inui Sayo are helping him with the household stuff in the mean time. Mei is outspoken and active while Sayo is calm and knowledgeable. They have known each other for their entire life and they treat each other like they were real siblings. Little do any of them know, they'll be involved in a love triangle a year from now.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 2 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

This is the mysterious story of Futaba Kazuma's first patient. At 18, Futaba Kazuma went to school to get his qualification in clinical psychology. While attending school, he boards at a creepy mansion, which even has a butler. Also living there is a strange young woman called Emiru. She is suffering from a terminal illness of the heart --- despair. This deep psychological problem has eerie physical effects as well: her hair has turned white, her body temperature is well below normal, and her blood pressure is also bizarre. No psychologists or counselors have been able to help cure her of this problem. Will Kazuma be able to determine the cause of Emiru's despair and save her before it's too late?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: Chapter 1 (molokidan)
Scanlations: None

Akaba Teiichi is beginning his student career at an elite private boy's high school, which was originally renowned for producing many excellent naval officers. In its current incarnation, his school regularly turns out many important politicians and bureaucrats, and networking starts from day one. Teiichi is determined to become the school's student council president, a position which will help launch him into the political sphere after graduation. He has run his life so far by maintaining a perfect image, while never neglecting the darker side of politics.

He has plenty of help to reach his goal. Teiichi's father, who is now an important bureaucrat, lost the position of student council president during his high school years, and that loss has continually hindered his career. He's determined to support his son's success in any way he can. Teiichi also has his loyal best friend and second-in-command, Koumei, helping him with strategy. On the side of emotional support, Teiichi has his little sister and mother, in addition to his girlfriend Mimiko.

However, an unexpected force may rise against his ambition. An idealistic new teacher, Kurosaka Reiko, is determined to use her power to undermine the corrupt political traditions of their school. Her first step is to push a well-liked, highly intelligent, but poor student named Otaka Dan, who is not from the elite feeder middle school, into the political world. Will Teiichi be able to use the existing political system to achieve his goals, in spite of Kurosaka's efforts to upset the status quo?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
Teiichi no Kuni was surprisingly entertaining, and my favorite of the week. It looks like it is shaping up to be a very complex and intelligent story. I was impressed with the story and how well-rounded and likable most of the characters are.
Here's a note from vyc:
All the series this week were interesting to me. Dot Invader - The "hero" who isnt really courageous but isnt timid either, just average kid fighting aliens. The love interest who is pixilated. Comedy mixed in with a little bit of seriousness and romance. Juukinzoku Kanojo - heavy metal vs. romance. seems impossible but this does this well. Blood Lad - my favorite from this week. main character seems unreliable and lazy but time and time again, never lets you down. Otoko ... - the prologue to the already started series. Sets up the characters before they were involved in a messy relationship. You can already see the problems arising.
My opinion:
Anata no Mirai, Kaitorimasu sounds pretty interesting since it'd be pretty fun to be able to pick events that would happen in your life~ I'm sure people will read the BENCH scanlation since it's by the mangaka of Naruto. The pixelated people in Dot Invader look adorable and it may be a fun read. Juukinzoku Kanojo is definitely a good pick for anyone that likes a school romance type manga with a tsundere featured in it. I read the scanlation for the first chapter of Kanpeki na Kanojo. If you're looking for a short cute story about a seemingly perfect girl, then you might like this, although I would suggest waiting for a few chapters to be out for it before checking it out.


Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
xdeathcat - Cloth Weaver: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
mikeythebest - Baki Scarface: Chapter 1 (Needs TLC/PR)
sonsofloki - Young Shima Kousaku: Chapter 1



If you haven't done so already, check out the scanlations of the mangas from previous shout outs which have been recently scanlated: ecchi sports manga Cheer Cheer (MH link), sci-fi adventure Fractale (MH link), shoujo ai comedy Shitsuji Shoujo to Ojousama (MH Link).