New Manga Shout Out: 3/11/13 - 3/17/13

Welcome to the next New Manga Shout Out. This weekly article introduces you to manga that are new and/or have not been scanlated yet. This week features an otaku who might get a girlfriend, the Count of Monte Cristo, and a nurse-in-training. 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: Shoujo
Status: 4 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

Tsutsui Hikari is an otaku, and he mostly avoids social life. Hikari has only one friend at school, who is also a social misfit, and he is mocked brutally by most of his classmates for being creepy and weird. One day, he ends up having to clean the school pool with Igarashi Iroha, who appears to be pretty much everything he hates in real-life girls. She skips school, has a blunt manner, doesn't have female friends, and seems the sort to be promiscuous. However, she is friendly to Hikari, and even stands up to the people who make fun of him. Hikari's bitterness and trust issues lead him to say pretty harsh things to Iroha, but she never dismisses him as creepy. After a while, it starts to look like Iroha may become his first real-life, 3D girlfriend! Will he be able to handle it?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

The Count of Monte Cristo was once Edmond Dantès, a young man engaged to the lovely Mercédès. After being falsely accused of crimes he did not commit, he is sentenced to life in prison. Now, Dantès has escaped from prison, and he is traveling as the Count of Monte Cristo while searching for his revenge. The story begins in a town where he learns of the plight of a small boy, Marco, through a compassionate young shopkeeper named Rebecca. Marco's mother left the family and his father died, so now he lives alone while working on his father's life project, an Auto Organ Orchestra. The Count of Monte Cristo may be searching for revenge, but he can also help others on his way!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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

A two volume side story to Ns' Aoi which features the earlier life of Misora Aoi. After Aoi's mother died, she eventually lost custody of her little brother to her estranged father. All alone, Aoi moved from her home in the country to a dorm in Tokyo to attend nursing school. She's going to have a lot of her plate, dealing with the classes, roommate issues, and everything else.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Shounen
Status: 4 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

When Princess Diana was born, oracles predicted that her fate was one of destruction and disorder. Despite this, she was a sweet child who spent much of her time caring for the sick at the local monastery. Her father left her alone until her twelfth birthday, but then he sent men, led by the knight Saifar, to have her killed. Diana survived, due to the help of a few loyal friends, including the tomboyish fighter, Attica. Now, Attica and Diana travel together, and their home kingdom has begun the military conquest of neighboring lands.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: Here
Translations: None
Scanlations: None

This story begins around the time of the Heiji Rebellion (1159-1160), with the conflict between the Genji (Minamoto clan), led by Yoshitomo, and the Heike (Taira clan), led by Kiyomori. Yoshitomo's third son, 13-year-old Yoritomo, goes into battle against the Taira clan alongside his father and two older brothers. The events of this disastrous battle will change the course of Yoritomo's life, and eventually lead to his becoming a prominent figure in the history of the period.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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This is what tethysdust said this week:
3D Kanojo had some really interesting, believable characters. Ns Aoi Those Days seemed like a good story, though it starts out incredibly sad.

My opinion:
3D Kanojo seems like it might be interesting - to see an otaku really get a girlfriend. It might be interesting to read Monte Cristo in manga form~


Translated items that need some love/scanlation:
myao - Circle Game: Chapter 1
persona_1 - Mahou Shoujo Pretty Bell: Chapter 1
Bomber D Rufi - Nejimaki Kagyu: Chapter 1-5
Eru13 - Ballroom e Youkoso: 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: historical comedy Nobunaga no Chef (MH link), action sci-fi Yuusen Shoujo - Plug-in Girl (MH link).