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 a school of archangels, a girl & her weird pink monster, and 2 highschoolers going back to the Edo period. 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~
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Akazukin-chan wa, Ookami ga Osuki. ( 赤ずきんちゃんは、狼がお好き。)By: NARUMI Yuki
Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 1 Volume (Complete)
Manga Details: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneKira was raised as the only child of a single mother. When she was of high school age, her mother decided to remarry. Kira's new stepfather has four gorgeous sons: adult Mutsuki, tech school student Kanna, high schooler Hadzuki, and 6th year elementary student Satsuki. Kira's mother and stepfather head out to travel together, leaving Kira to live with her four new brothers. At first they all seem really nice, except for the rough, wolfish Hadzuki. Then she finds that they're not really as nice as they seem, as each of them tries to get her naked and one even steals her first kiss. She is scared, feeling like she has no safe place to live, when Hadzuki shows his softer side, comforting and protecting her. Can Kira accept the feelings she's starting to have for her new stepbrother?
Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.=======================================================
Angel Koukou (エンジェル高校)By: INUGAMI Sukune
Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneOn one normal day while leaving school, Lukio dies from a car accident. Next thing he knows, he's being transported to a school called "Angel High School," where future Archangels study. With no other choice (being that he's actually dead), he now has to study to become a full Archangel, but somehow he becomes involved in the school's rivalry against the "Fallen Angel School." Now he must study with his fellow apprentice angels and compete against the fallen angel students.
Thanks go to DrCoke for the summary.=======================================================
Gringo 2061 (グリンゴ2061)By: NOGUCHI Keisuke
Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: None28 July 2061 was an unlucky day for Raiji, in which he was falsely accused of being a groper on public transport. That evening, he joined his friends, Yuma and Osamu, to watch Halley's Comet. The comet appeared to arrive a few hours ahead of schedule, but it didn't just pass by in the night sky. Instead, there was a blinding flash, and all the people Raiji and his friends had been watching with vanished. Not only that, but the area around them was suddenly filled with nightmarish giant mushrooms and twisted human faces. In this new, violent world, the three of them will encounter dangers human and inhuman!
Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.=======================================================
Nobunaga no Shinobi (信長の忍び)By: SHIGENO Naoki
Demographics: Seinen
Status: 6 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneThis 4-koma manga follows Chidori, a little ninja girl in Sengoku Japan (the Warring States Period). One day, Oda Nobunaga himself rescues her from drowning in a river. Since that day, Chidori knew she wanted to serve Nobunaga. 5 years later, she and Sukezou (who likes her) head out from their ninja village, determined to serve Oda Nobunaga!
Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.=======================================================
Otouto Catcher Ore Pitcher de! (弟キャッチャー俺ピッチャーで!)By: TONAKA Shinji
Demographics: Shounen
Status: 15 Volumes (Ongoing)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneThe legendary pitcher/catcher duo in the Kanto area was known as the "Touma Sibling," but due to their parents getting a divorce, they were both separated before joining high school. Now that the older of the two siblings, Ichiya, is back in Japan, they were supposed to reunite the "Touma Sibling" duo again... but will he be able to convince his younger brother turned delinquent to get back into baseball?
Thanks go to DrCoke for the summary.=======================================================
Pupipo! (プピポー!)By: OSHIKIRI Rensuke
Demographics: Shounen
Status: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneHimeji Wakaba is a 5th year elementary school student, and she has the ability to see things that others can't. They are mostly frightening evil spirits, and they tend to do bad things to people who are close to her. As a result, Wakaba has no friends and rarely smiles. On a couple of occasions, she brings home stray animals, but her parents won't let her keep them. However, they're worried about their sad, creepy daughter, so one day they decide that whatever Wakaba brings home next, they'll let her keep.
The next thing she brings home is a pink monster called "Pupipo," but her parents stand by their decision and let her keep it. No one is quite sure what Pupipo is, but it protects Wakaba from the other things she sees. Pupipo also helps Wakaba make friends with an occult-obsessed transfer student and solve problems with bullying. Wakaba's life is a much better place with her pet pink monster!
Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.=======================================================
Rockwell + Gangster (ロックウェル+ギャングスター)By: SAENAGI Ryo
Demographics: Shoujo
Status: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneMelissa is a young, not very powerful witch, whose magical contract is with a demon in the form of a cat, Yorun. Her teacher takes her own life, due to personal reasons, and Melissa wants to find a way to bring her back from the dead. For help, she summons the great legendary hero, Shade Gangster, though his real identity seems a bit shady. Together, they begin their journey to find the resurrection spell, facing many supernatural dangers along the way.
Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.=======================================================
Yuubae Sakusen (夕ばえ作戦)By: MITSUSE Ryuu x OSHII Mamoru x OHNO Tsutomu
Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Complete)
Manga Details Page: HereTranslations: NoneScanlations: NoneOne day during class, high schooler Suzuka Shigeru got a text message from his classmate, Kazama Akio. The text message read "I have something interesting to show you." Having no idea what he wanted to show him, Shigeru visits the Kazama residence.
The Kazama residence is huge and looks to have a lot of history behind it. Akio takes Shigeru to a cluster of three "Torii" (Japanese Shinto gates) in the huge backyard of his mansion. At sunset... when the shadows of the three gates merge, a shining beacon of light forms at the cross section. Out of curiosity behind this mysterious phenomenon, Akio pushes Shigeru and himself through the beacon of light. Next thing they know, they end up in the Edo period of warring Japan, in between the battle between the Iga and Kazama Ninja clans...!
Thanks go to DrCoke for the summary.=======================================================
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This is what tethysdust said this week:
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From the first chapter of Gringo, it looks like it could be really brutal, but creative. Pupipo was a pretty cute story, as well.
Here's what DrCoke had to say:
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No comments this week.
My opinion:
Gringo 2061 probably sounds the most interesting with a very post-apocalyptic vibe~
Translated items that need some love/scanlation:myao -
Circle Game:
Chapter 1persona_1 -
Mahou Shoujo Pretty Bell:
Chapter 1Bomber D Rufi -
Nejimaki Kagyu:
Chapter 1-5Eru13 -
Ballroom e Youkoso:
Chapter 1