New Manga Shout Out: 8/6/12 - 8/12/12

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 police women, a murderer, and a half human/half human family. 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: 1 Volume (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Ichino Bungo presents us with a compilation of short stories, where love and sex goes beyond what we might consider as normal. Sex-service offered to the wrong client? “Casual” sex between good friends? Rape because of a conspiracy? In this world, all kinds of incidents, from the strange to the weird, occur without our notice. This series displays a small fraction of these strange relationships, that people embrace, the world has to offer. Could you be the next person to be involved in such an “embraced” relationship?

Thanks go to Midori-Mori for the summary.

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

Sakura Eri is a 28-year-old police woman who works the relatively quiet post of the police box in front of Hirugaya Station. She's not married, nor does she have a boyfriend, which is a problem she often thinks about. One day, she gets a new partner, an adorable, young-looking 22-year-old girl with big eyes and flowing hair. Now the two of them will have to work together to deal with all the situations that may arise near Hirugaya Station!

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

The Black Museum holds criminal memorabilia from the many cases that have been investigated by Scotland Yard. In this fictional re-imagining of the popular legend, a visitor comes to see a piece of particular interest, the leg of Spring-Heeled Jack. When the curator guides him to the piece, he begins to tell his story of the case of Spring-Heeled Jack, which began in the late 1830s.

The earlier adventures of Spring-Heeled Jack involved an eccentric nobleman named Walter, who used his specially made suit to harass women. After an encounter with a very strong-willed woman named Margaret, Walter hung up his Spring-Heeled suit for good. Three years later, Spring-Heeled Jack returns, this time with a penchant for murder. Detective James Rockenfield first suspects Walter, but soon it begins to seem that someone else has taken up the mantle...

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

For any 22 year old virgin without a girlfriend, living together with hot teenagers would be a dream come true. But for Chiei Yatsuki who works part time at the high school, being roommates with Ayatsuji Rotsuka, Makabe Ichie and Suzunari Nia is nothing but trouble. Their real identities are supernatural monsters that rely on Yatsuki’s rare power to purify cursed objects. They work together to rid the city of other monsters that are like the three school girls but harm innocent citizens.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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

Kataoka (male) and Sato (female) have been friends since they were little. Kataoka has much better hearing than the average human, and he says Sato's voice is the most noisy of all. He has grown into a teenager able to hear everything from far around him--the good and bad. Now that the two of them are teenagers, Sato is affiliated with the school newspaper club, and Kataoka has mostly isolated himself. When the newspaper club decides to look into the truth behind some 'supernatural' rumors, Sato manages to convince Kataoka to lend the club his abilities.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

In the year 2020, it was found out that a harmful virus had infected the human race, killing them slowly and bringing them towards a dark future. But with the technology they had in hand, in an attempt to save the civilized race, the people chose to go through with “Beast Transformation." Knowing that other than humans, all animals were safe from the virus, the humans made the decision to inject the genes of animals into themselves to become part-human, part-animal. In the end, the idea was “Either you do beast-transformation or die.” With the race known as Homo Sapiens gone, by the year 2035, being a beast-human was normal.

In this new world, one boy excels within his school. Kokuryuu Kazuto, 14 years old, is the top runner and the most athletic. Although he may not seem like it, he is also the most popular, with girls giving him hugs and boxed lunches, to his chagrin. But one day, he's approached by three girls, members of a group called the “Pure-bred Special Ward,” who claim that Kazuto is actually a human, who should not even exist. Although he’s in disbelief, he has to accept it as fact when he finds out his “ears” and “tail” are all fake. How will Kazuto face this dilemma, when he’s a human in this beast-human driven world?

Thanks go to Midori-Mori for the summary.

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

Little Yuki and her younger brother Ame are not the same as ordinary children... they're part wolf! This tale follows the story of their family, starting with their mother's first fateful meeting, in a college class, with the man that would become their father. Their father was descended from the now extinct Japanese wolves, and he can transform between his man and wolf forms at will. Now Yuki and Ame's mother, Hana, has her hands full figuring out how to deal with the special needs of her own very special, and very loved, wolf children.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

On Sonokawa Momoka's first day of school, she is groped in transit. To her surprise, a girl nearby pulls a gun on the man who grabbed her butt! That incident marks Momoka's first encounter with her new high school's survival game club. Before long, Momoka finds herself reluctantly pushed into joining the club, which is full of cute girls who carry air guns around. The leader, Ootori Miou, is really enthusiastic about her survival skills, and is also surprisingly popular with the girls in the school. Another girl in the club, Kyoudou Maya, is a part-time model. Will Momoka be able and willing to become a valuable member of the survival game club team?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

For the residents of a small fishing island off the mainland of Japan, Yura is the only place they will ever live. But for the four close friends Kanmi, Takara, Yoshi and Take, they are bored of this town. With everyone else being elderly, the boys who have been friends since preschool hang out with each other whether they like it or not. Yura has no entertainment or anything fun and the gang spend their days finding anything to do. But whatever gripes they might have about Yura, they truly love it and would not be anywhere else in the world.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
My favorite this week was Kuro Hakubutsukan Springald. It had a very interesting art style, and the story was really exciting. There is some nudity and violence, though, as a warning :).
Here's what vyc had to say:
Yura Colors - comedy series where they main characters try to find some entertainment in their small island town where nothing really happens. Nothing really ground breaking but interesting to read.
Now for Midori-Mori's take on his manga:
Though I shouldn't say this, neither will many notice possibly, this is the last summary I'll write this season. I hope everyone who reads these summaries will find a series they'll like.

This week, I got to read a truly interesting series. With animal-humans as our main stock cast, one human strives to survive, his identity as a human hidden. Very good so far, so take a read when you have the time, readers. As for the other one, it may sound a bit simple, but take a peep if you think you are mature enough. Enjoy your reads, everyone!

My opinion:
Not much really interested me although if I had to pick one, Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki would probably appeal to me the most. It sounds like it's a cute slice of life/romance story.


Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
myao - Circle Game: Chapter 1
persona_1 - Mahou Shoujo Pretty Bell: 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: yuri comedy Ebiten (MH link).