New Manga Shout Out: 12/12/11 - 12/18/11

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 transfer student aiming to be the strongest, salmon going to the ocean and a girl-turned-cyborg. 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: 10 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Mitsumine High School is known as the school with the most juvenile delinquents in the country. The students are so violent that even the teachers are scared for their lives. Sunahara is the leader of the first years and is the strongest dude of his class. But when the transfer student Asagiri Shinnosuke makes an appearance at the school, he starts taking down names and kicking up dust like a tornado. If the students thought things were violent and unpredictable at Mitsumine, they haven’t seen anything yet since Asagiri is here to become the champion of the school.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Mahjong is all Nidokai Aki knew growing up. With her parents operating a Mahjong shop where people would gather to play the game, it served as a good time for Aki, her older sister Rumi and their family. But when their mother leaves them out of the blue, their father is forced to close the shop and he leaves Aki and Rumi with relatives. With no real goal in life and not even sure if she wants to continue on to high school, Aki has to figure out what she wants out of her life.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Shintaro and his school of salmon have been living in a small lake for generations. Tired of being muscled out of food by the bigger fish, they decide to make a bold move and head for the “ocean” that they’ve heard about in stories where it is vastly large and food is beyond plentiful. As Shintaro leads his school of salmon out into the sea, they soon realize how protected they were in the lake and realize how dangerous it is.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Satoko was a normal 16-year-old girl until the day she woke up as a cyborg. Apparently, she'd been in a terrible accident, and, upon learning she had no living relatives, a bizarre researcher saved her life by using her as an experimental subject. Now he wants lots of data on the working of her elaborate cyborg systems, but Satoko just wants to return to her normal high school 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

This 4-koma manga mixes school-life and science fiction. Aiba is an ordinary high school boy, but one day a new transfer student arrives in his class. She's Mizuno Karuki, an alien! Karuki might be in school, but she has all sorts of weird schemes for taking over the Earth. The armed forces, represented by the cyborg Kondou Ichigou and the esper Kataoka Tomoka, are determined to stop her!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

A collections of short love stories:

1) Neko wo Kabutta Kare Dakedo: Rio has had feelings for Youhei for ages, and she's working herself up to confessing to him. Before she does, she hears a rumor that he's going to study abroad after high school. Is it already too late?

2) Ai ga Tarinai: Tomoya confessed his feelings for Akane, and they've been dating for years. However, Akane doesn't like the way their relationship is going. They almost never go out on dates, and Tomoya hardly seems to care about her. Does he really love her?

3) Give Me a Smile: Noguchi Shizuka and Takamura Kenichi used to work part-time together at a bookstore. Then, Kenichi became a top idol and skyrocketed to fame and popularity. Now that he lives in a different world than Shizuka, will she ever be able to meet him again?

4) Renai Toshoshitsu: Saeki doesn't really like books, but she gets stuck working in the school library. That's where she meets Koga, a book-lover. He always compliments her whenever he's in the library... Does this mean he likes her?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

No matter how hard he thinks about it, Todoin Seiya cannot figure out why he doesn’t have a girlfriend in his 16 year lifespan. Physically attractive, naturally smart, athletic and, on top of that, comes from a wealthy and politically significant family. And it’s not like he hasn’t tried either; but every girl he asks out flat out rejects him. Seiya sets a goal for himself to get a girlfriend by the time high school ends and rejection isn’t going to stop him from trying again. But it sure is heartbreaking when you get rejected this many times without knowing why.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

In 1661, Yasui Santetsu is a member of the Yasui House of the Four Houses of Go. However, he's beginning to doubt that Go is his true calling. Outside of the Go house, he goes by the name Shibukawa Harumi, and he's fascinated by mathematical and astronomical problems. Specifically, Harumi is pouring all of his energy into creating a new Japanese calender.

The story is based on the actual astronomer and calender-reformer Shibukawa Harumi (1639-1715). In Harumi's time, the Japanese used the Chinese lunar-solar Xuan-ming calendar, which had not been updated in nearly 800 years. At that point, there was already a two-day delay in the winter solstice. He reformed the calendar based on his careful astronomical observations.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

A collection of (mostly) short teen love stories:

1) U15's: A middle school boy, Shiba Shunsuke, is in a club (Under-15's) that takes and puts together pictures of pretty middle school girls. One day, they run into a pretty girl, Notoya Chie, who was Shiba's childhood friend. But now, she's actually an idol!

2) Last U15's: A continuation of the story of 15-year-old model Chie and her friend Shiba.

3) Hotline!: Kitazato doesn't really have any friends, but he does live youtube broadcasts that attract large amounts of listeners. One day, a cute classmate, Mashino An, catches him at it. As he teaches her about his hobby, he'll have to decide whether he really prefers internet-reality to the real thing.

4) Wagamama!: A father tries to help his daughter get ready for school when his wife's sick.

5) Candytone: A brief story of candy and romance.

6) Laundromat: On a rainy day at a laundromat, a boy meets a distraught young lady.

7) Namidame Hologram: A girl is dumped on Christmas and is left to fend for herself as others spend their holidays with the people they love.

8) Momoiro Toiki: Chidori has a crush on a female friend, and her friend knows it.

9) Otomesuti: Kurahashi Naoko loves lolita fashion, but she's determined to keep her fascination a secret.

10) Parallel Connection: Hinako and Kouichi are childhood friends, but is that all they will ever be?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
The only one that caught my eye this week was Tenchi Meisatsu. I don't really know much about ancient Asian calendars or Go culture, so it seemed a little dense, but I think it would be a great story if it matches your interests.
Here's what vyc had to say:
Crimsons - kinda like WTF series. Fish are the main character as they try to travel from a small lake to the pacific ocean. New idea but I'm really not sure how readers are going to take it...
My opinion:
Naze Toudouin Seiya 16-sai wa Kanojo ga Dekinai no ka? sounds interesting. If a guy is that great, but he's rejected, what could possibly be turning him off to girls..? Tenchi Meisatsu piqued my interest too. Yay for math~ :p


Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
myao - Circle Game: Chapter 1
Runte - Denpa Kyoushi: 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: school life action Ware wa Ken-oh!! (MH link), supernatural action Imawa no Kuni no Alice (MH link), sci-fi adventure Asamiya-san no Imouto (MH link).