New Manga Shout Out: 10/25/10 - 10/31/10

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 cursed wizard, the return of Dirty Pair, more Ikkitousen fanservice and an ero-mangaka. Remember, if you like any of the series, favorite them. 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: Seinen
Status: 4 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

In a supernatural 1960s era America, there lives a cursed magician known as "Bullet the Wizard." The supernatural side of his life includes a magic gun and his childlike accomplice called Titi-Alice, who can keep his life-threatening curse at bay. One day, the two of them sneak into a casino owned by the dangerous Leland Gang in order to steal their magic gun. Complications in their plan lead to the involvement of the reluctant Paula Winston, a journalist working undercover as a waitress. Now Bullet must find a way to achieve his mysterious goal while also keeping Paula safe from the deadly Leland gang!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

16 years ago, in a dark world ruled by the demon lord and its legion, a lone hero rose and defeated the dark lord, bringing peace to the land. In the present world, Link, the daughter of said hero, now 16 years old, lives with her mother, living a life of poverty. Link looks up to her now deceased father and has become strong in order to be a hero just like him. She can’t wait to move out from her overbearing, yet good-hearted, mother and travel the world, helping people. Little does Link know, the hero that she aspires to be is her mother...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 7 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Kei and Yuri are the Lovely Angles, a pair of employees of the WWWA Trouble Consultant. As humans moved beyond the solar system and into the vast universe, the number of problems exponentially grew. To combat that, the government created the WWWA. More famously known as the Dirty Pair, Kei and Yuri solve the big issues facing humanity using their combat skills, but more often than not, cause colossal collateral damage.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Ono Matori is a high school student who is secretly a successful erotic manga author. He has recently found new inspiration for his work from his neighbors and classmates, the Hikasayama twins, Haruna and Wakana. Both Haruna, the cheerful and active half, and Wakana, the cool and collect one, both fall in love with Matori. He unwittingly agrees to date both of them both for research purposes and personal interest. Their love triangle will help Matori with his erotic manga storyline but how will his life change back in the real world?

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Ryubi Gentoku and her friends are invited to a newly discovered hot springs. The gang decides to go to ease their battle wounds and prepare for upcoming challenges. A little side story as a fan service of the popular online comic series.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Hanako and her two friends are very passionate about remedying feminine problems. They have a series of suggestive pun high school club names for each cause they undertake. Some examples of their causes include a crusade against the burden of wearing bras and panties and an effort to design an ideal vibrator for a woman. They tend to take their ideas a little too far, even pulling Hanako's male childhood friend into their plans, but at least they never have a lack of enthusiasm!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Late one night when Jun was out on his bike, he came across a drunk, half-naked girl sprawled on the side of the road. She came to just enough to be uncomfortably affectionate, but Jun took her to his home to sleep it off with gentlemanly discretion. It turns out that she is Kawase Narumi, his author mother's new assistant. Unfortunately, she has no idea what she's doing in her new job, so Jun's going to have to coach her. He's also going to have to deal with her habit of getting drunk, mostly naked, and cuddly. Jun's life will never be the same!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

The story follows a boy named Yamato and his friends, who are primarily pretty girls with an intense fighting spirit. Many of them even have weapons that they specialize in using. Yamato gets into trouble with the girls occasionally for doing perverted things, such as peeking at them when they're in the bath. This chronicles the funny situations and shifting relationships within this close-knit group of friends.

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: None
Scanlations: None

Two young men, Roy and Gaia, are stuck in an island prison that is supposed to be inescapable. Will Gaia, whose knowledge and abilities seem limitless, be able to get them out?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Raws: None on MH
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1-3

One day, Fujimoto, a 29 year old temp worker (whose age equals the number of years he’s lived without a girlfriend) suddenly receives a surge of calls and emails all at once from the women connected to his past. That’s right, he’s finally hit popularity, something which comes only once in a lifetime for everyone! Feeling elated, Fujimoto decides to meet them one after the other…or so the story goes.

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

In the Touhou universe, young girls, Reimu and Marisa work at the Hakurei Shrine. They find the hand of a water sprite as an offering at the temple which gets the attention of a local one hand sage, Ibara Kasen. Reimu and Marisa are very interested in what the sage can teach them and asks for her to stay at the shrine.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
There's certainly lots of nudity in this week's manga. My favorite of the week was Bullet the Wizard. It really doesn't seem like 60s US to me, but that could just be due to all the curses and magic guns and things. It seems like an interesting story set up, and I'd like to learn more about the characters.
Here's a note from vyc:
Several comedies this week. Haruwaka - plot line is sorta typical but the drawings i thought were pretty well done and the sexiness helps too. Daughter of the Hero and Knife - original plot line and the comedic element is great. I can see it becoming more serious as the series progresses so has lots of potential. Dirty Pair - Lots of comedy and interesting endings to each chapter.
My opinion:
Daughter of the Hero and Knife looks like it might be interesting since it has a hidden female hero~ The other series I'm interested in and checking out is Moteki. It looks like a nice romance series. Moon Walker LTD is by the mangaka of Prince of Tennis so if you're a fan of that series, check it out~ If you're one of those people looking for an ecchi series, there is no shortage since many contain some fanservice/ecchiness- Haruwaka, Ikkitousen Gekirin Kousatsu, Joshikousei Girls-Love, Kono Oneesan wa Fiction desu!?, and Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!.


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