New Manga Shout Out: 5/7/12 - 5/13/12

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 mysterious suicide, an undercover officer and a cosplaying teacher and student. 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: 3 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

It’s every man’s dream to have a group of women tending to his sexual needs. But for Shishigami, a college student, it suddenly becomes a reality. First, his schoolmate whose nickname is Pochi becomes his sex slave number 1, her friend Mike becomes number 2 and lastly, the young landlord at his apartment, Tama, becomes number 3. His three girlfriends practically begin living together with Shishigami and although the stress of dealing with 3 women is sometimes unbearable, he can’t complain about his every sexual desire being fulfilled.

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 many short erotic stories, each containing a sex scene. Each story has a different scenario. For example, one features a shy girl who works a part-time job to be near her crush, another features a sexy encounter with an angel, one features a humanoid robot lover who is curious about her origins, and another features a boy who wants to put the moves on his home tutor.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 8 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

It all started with the suicide of an up and coming female photographer named Hirose Miki. The autopsy revealed that she may have been raped before she threw herself off of the condo balcony. Her fiancé, Kuremi Takeo, a TV producer, is unable to accept her death and begins his own search for the truth of what really happened to Miki. Beginning with one photograph that he finds, Takeo begins to unravel a dark mystery. But the deeper he goes into the abyss, the greater the conspiracy becomes and the more danger he encounters. The thirst for justice and revenge will push Takeo to take on whatever obstacle stands in his way.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 30 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Tanibukuro city’s Officer Kikukawa Reiji is the problem child of the police force. He doesn't always follow protocol and he enforces justice through his own personal morals. But it was that exact unwavering sense of righteousness that convinced the chief of police that Reiji was a perfect fit for a top secret undercover mission. He is given the task of infiltrating the Sukiya organization, the biggest and most dangerous mafia group of the Kanto region, and find solid evidence to arrest its leader Todoroki Shuho. But being accepted and trusted in the mafia means Reiji has to do unthinkable things and put himself in dangerous situations where one little slip and his life would be over.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

This 4-koma style manga follows the life of a girl named Noriko. Noriko and her big brother live together, with no parents, in an apartment. Her big brother writes illustrated children's stories for a living, and his work is managed by an impressive, skilled, pretty boss named Yoko, who Noriko has always admired. At school, Noriko's teacher is a friendly, laid-back woman that the students call "Sanae-chan." Noriko's friends include Mika and an athletic half-Japanese girl who sometimes says the strangest things. These are the elements that make up the everyday life of Noriko!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Katsuyo is a chubby girl whose family sells tonkatsu. Her whole family is also quite chubby, as they are always eating delicious tonkatsu! She and her childhood friend Ken are going to the high school she chose to pursue her middle school crush, Samejima Takumi. On the first day of school, she overhears him say he doesn't care about girls' looks... as long as they aren't fat.

Katsuyo decides she must lose weight, and she won't let her parent's consternation stop her! To do so, she joins the swimming club at her school. Now she has new friends: Ayumi, a skinny girl who also loves to eat, cheerful Hatsume, and the cool and unsympathetic Rinko. This 4-koma style manga chronicles Katsuyo's high school life!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 12 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

This is a story about teenagers and gangs in Yokohama. Junya, Teru and Makio used to be good friends as children. As they became teenagers, however, Makio joined a gang and seemed to become a completely different person. Now, Makio's, Junya's and Teru's lives are plagued by violence as they try to navigate what once was and what their lives have become.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

Anime enthusiast Sakuno Kaho attends a comic convention and is taken aback by a cosplay girl named Nonomi. Her outfit is extremely well crafted, looks identical to the original character and she looks beautiful in Kaho’s eyes. That inspires Kaho to start pursuing cosplay too. Several months later, Kato Konomi, a teacher’s assistant, comes to Kaho’s high school. Although Ms. Kato doesn’t realize it at first, Kaho instantly makes the connection between her and Nonomi. Ms. Kato explains that Nonomi is her alias when she does events and that she has been keeping it a secret from everyone since wearing skimpy clothes will affect her position as a teacher. In return for keeping her secret, Kaho learns the techniques of creating a high quality cosplay outfit from her teacher.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
Not much stood out to me this week. Pocha Pocha was pretty cute, and surprisingly serial in its storytelling for a 4-koma.
Here's what vyc had to say:
Mogura no Uta - Cop goes undercover into mafia. Mix of drama, suspense and comedy makes it easy for reader to be immersed into the plot line. The drawing is meh but the main character and the story should keep you interested.

I Ueo Boy - a quite older series but the mix of drama and the plot that thickens with each chapter makes it really interesting.
My opinion:
Nothing really popped out at me this week. ^^;;


Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
myao - Circle Game: Chapter 1
persona_1 - Mahou Shoujo Pretty Bell: Chapter 1
Ju-da-su - Boukoku no Siegfried ~Das Nibelungenlied~: 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: supernatural comedy Inugamihime no Shimobe (MH link), romance josei Nounai Poison Berry (MH link),