New Manga Shout Out: 5/23/11 - 5/29/11

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 skilled soccer player, a delinquent living a double life, and plastic surgeon. 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: Shounen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

The women of the country have always protected this nation while the men were away during the war. The teenage princess has carried on this tradition and has protected this European nation with the help of 6 other female pilots. They have made sure this country is safe against the invasion of Nazi Germany with their impeccable piloting skills. However, royalty has always been haunted by the god of war. The teenage princess has been a victim of it recently, but a little servant boy, Pokka, seems to be the key to overcoming this evil deity...

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: Chapter 1-5

Tokano Yuuka has been going out with her boyfriend Yazaki Norikazu for a little over a year now but doesn’t get to see him everyday since he works in a different city as a newspaper writer. Although they are apart, they love each other and things are going well. Norikazu gets an opportunity to interview Saeki Keito, the lead singer of the most popular band in Japan, Zero Sum Game, because they were good friends in high school. Being a fan of the band, Yuuka gets to tag along. However, Yuuka soon finds herself being raped by the members of the band while Keito distracts Norikazu because it seems that Keito has an obsession with him. After the traumatic event, the relationship between the three becomes extremely complicated.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Tonohara is party of the military police squad in Hiroshima. She is a bit clumsy, but her skills are top notch and have been recognized by her superiors letting her move up in rank very quickly. But with the addition of Tiara Seitaro, who has gotten his high rank in record breaking time, her life has turned upside down. Seitaro is about to turn the Military Police up on its head and shake things up.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 2 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Takeru had been taken as a slave by a gang of bandits after his friends were taken hostage when he meet Habaki Sara, a small teenage girl with a giant sword. She single handedly takes care of the bandits with the use of her sword, the Tsukukagenohabaki, one of the seven legendary items. Sara is on a journey to find the rest of her friends with the remaining six legendary items. With the help of Takeru and her immensely heavy sword that only her small body can use, Sara continues on her adventure and takes names along the way.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Josei
Status: 1 Chapter (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Echigoya Patalliro's father has died, leaving him 10 billion yen's worth of debts to repay! In order to get the money, 10-year-old Patalliro begins to work as a super housekeeper. When a low-charging, suspicious-seeming housekeeping agency called CHM (which seems to be connected somehow to the KGB) appears as his rival, his work-related struggles begin!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 10 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

There lives a man who has lost his memory and can’t remember where he’s from, and who he is, including his name. He just goes by the name Matsumoto and the one and only thing he remembers is how to play soccer. However, the one thing he does remember, he does exceptionally well, even better than the professionals. He sells his ridiculous soccer skills to teams and guarantees them goals and, even more important, wins. As he travels from city to city, country to country playing for money, he hopes that he regains his memory.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

A collection of short stories:

1) Metabolica: A succubus named Maya has managed to get grossly overweight. Now, to get back in shape, she must limit herself to one man: a teacher named Honda Katsumi. Now they must defend their relationship from exorcists, occultist students, and even other succubi!

2) Byouin de Nyu!: Yoshimura Kanji is a boy who works as a nurse, but has inherited a special ability from his father. When he's between the legs of his destined girl, he can pass through walls and other objects. After an accidental tumble due to an over-waxed hospital floor, he has found his destined partner! The only problem is that she's a surgeon, and he's just a nurse. Will he be able to convince her of how well they would work together, as partners and as lovers?

3) Minna Agechuu <3: All of Yuno's friends at school are working on losing their virginity. Yuno has told them she lost hers at 16, although the truth is that she's still a virgin. Minako, who thinks she's the only virgin left, is planning her first time. Will Yuno end up losing her virginity too, or will her friends discover her lie first?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 12 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Nanba Tsuyoshi is leading a double life. He's part of a hardcore delinquent family, and he's supposed to go to their traditional Ichimatsu high school and be the top fighter. Instead, he's secretly attending the high-class Shirayuri high school, as a normal kid. For a while, things seem to be going well. He has the skills of a top fighter, so he just sneaks into Ichimatsu to knock out his competitors. Afterwards, he switches back to his mild-mannered, Art Club president, student council president alter ego. With a little help from a few trusted friends, he's kept the two lives safely separate.

Everything gets a little harder when his little sister Ginko decides to attend Shirayuri high school. Will he be able to keep his identity secret from his own sister, as they attend the same school? And how will he deal with Yayoi, a Shirayuri student with a huge crush on his punk persona? Will he be able to keep up his double life through graduation?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 6 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Shimada Kanon may be young but her tank piloting skills are the best in town. Her goal is to one day become the best darn pilot in Japan. Her tank enthusiasm, incredibly strategic ability and bubbly personality make it a good possibility. Kanon’s community is filled with tank riders that will challenge her to be better than the last battle she had. With the help of her two friends Mariko and Mutsumi and her trusty Panther tank, Kanon blasts her way through her teenage years.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

It's been five years since an airplane surgery scandal marred the life of the unscrupulous, sleazy, cosmetic surgeon Sakisawa Takumi. Now Orihara Mami is going undercover as a nurse at his clinic in order to investigate him. There, she learns his work philosophy: Men only want to have sex with pretty women. So, for a woman, beauty is the most important thing in life. Even if you weren't born pretty, you can still be beautified through surgery, for a price.

Mami is horrified by his glorification of physical attractiveness and tries desperately to convince him, his nurse, and his patients that a woman's personality and identity are also important. What has happened in Takumi's life to make him feel this way? Will Mami be able to convince him, or will she just have to admit that beauty is truly the most important thing in life?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Kubota Saki, too scrawny and short to be an athlete, is the only boy in his school's theatre club. The girls work him hard, often sending him on lots of odd jobs, but he mostly likes being helpful. Saki also has to deal with his friend Ogata, from the baseball club, who keeps trying to get Saki to introduce him to the theatre club girls. The last major part of his life is his athletic childhood friend Jinko. She seems to like him, but she's way too awkward to get any kind of message across on that front. As the story opens, the theatre club is planning their summer retreat and their presentation for the school's cultural festival.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
The only one that really stood out this week was Nanba Deadend. I'm not usually into teen delinquent stories, but this one was hilarious (deliberately so). Also, I liked the art.
Here's a note from vyc:
Good looking series this week.
Cross and Crime – very adult romance series unlike the typical high school boy meets girl type story. Story starts out with the main character getting raped and the deception that follows. Very gritty but interesting at the same time. Hime Habaki – little girl with a giant sword. Not as sexy as it sounds when you find out she will cut you in half in a blink. Nice easy read for anyone. Lost Man – a different kind of sports series that moves away from teenagers. The plot is more realistic with an adult using his incredible soccer skills to bend the rules of the professional scene for exorbitant amounts of money. You also get to learn about the technical and behind the scene side of the sport which makes it interesting to read.
My opinion:
Nanba Deadend sounds the best of the bunch. I'm always interested in reading manga about those who live a double life, especially if it has some comedy mixed in~



Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
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: drama slice of life Sumikko no Sora-san (MH link), sci-fi slice of life Rosetta Kara no Shoutaijou (MH link), historical drama Warabe no Kusa (MH link), action adventure Kiba no Tabishounin - The Arms Peddler (MH link).