Featured New Manga Shout Out: 12/13/10 – 12/19/10

Welcome to the next weekly article on the featured new manga that have been recently uploaded on the irc-distro bots this past week. Sorry for missing last week, but we had some communication problems. Anyway, this week features a teen with billions of yen, a girl adept at playing video games and a salesman assassin. If you're one of those people that are looking for newly started manga in Japan or are looking for something new to read or scanlate, then come check these series out. On with the manga~

006 (ゼロゼロシックス)
By: ENOKINOBU Aki

Demographics: Shounen
Status: One-shot (Complete)

One day, the lonely, bullied Katahira Bondo makes a new friend: a 6-year-old genius super spy called 006! 006 has very few friends, since he sped through primary school, secondary school, and university very quickly. However, Bondo is in trouble! He's being targeted for kidnapping by the criminal organization that 006 is trying to stop. Will 006 be able to keep his new friend safe?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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ALL AROUND TYPE-MOON -Ahnen-Erube no Nichijou-
(ALL AROUND TYPE-MOON~アーネンエルベの日常~)
By: TYPE-MOON x B-suke

Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Volume (Complete)

Characters from various Type-Moon franchises, such as Fate, Tsukihime, and Kara no Kyoukai are able to hang out at the strange cafe called Ahnen Erbe. They chat together and deal with various curiosities such as a nosy talking cat or a "pot of happiness," which expels a gas that causes people to laugh.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Billionaire Girl (ビリオネアガール)
By: HASEKURA Isuna x KATSURA Asuka

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)

Takato Kei is just an ordinary college student, training for an ordinary life, when he falls into a strange and appealing part-time job. He's been hired to tutor a teenage girl at home for 10,000 yen an hour! The girl in question, Fujioka Yukari, is not a high school student, but a highly successful day trader who has already amassed 17 billion yen!

Despite her money and her beautiful apartment, Kei can't help feeling like there's a certain loneliness about the cute teenage girl. She even seems embarrassed of her career, as if her obsession with the stock market and the vast amount of time she spends moving stocks makes her an otaku. Kei may be just the person she needs to help her break out of her isolated lifestyle and acquire the one thing money can't buy-- happiness.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Fudanshifull! / Fudanshifuru! (フダンシフル！)
By: Morishige

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing) / 2 Chapters Available

High school girl Togawa Masaki, born and raised in Osaka, just recently moved to Tokyo to attend Kentei Academy. She chose to move because of a boy named Miyano Amata. Miyano is a model student in every way, but he has a dark secret. He dresses up as a girl and assumes the character of Amane in order to get closer to a girl he likes, Konishi Nozomi. The only classmate that knows his secret is Togawa and Miyano wants to keep it that way. This is the direct sequel to Fudanshism and you can see all the same characters and some new ones too!

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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High Score Girl (ハイスコアガール)
By: OSHIKIRI Rensuke

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 3 Chapters (Ongoing)

The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Kami Suki (かみスキ)
By: WADA Aruko

Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot (Complete)

Suzuki Yuusuke had a crush on a girl in his class, Abekawa Sadako. She seemed like a cute, desirable girl, but when the full moon came, she started acting truly bizarre. When he gets a little too close to her, Yuusuke finds himself pulled into her lunatic troubles!

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Kimi to Boku no Assistant -Time Travel Kasuga-Kenkyuusyo-
(君と僕のアシアト～タイムトラベル春日研究所～)
By: YOSHIZUKI Kumichi

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 2 Volumes (Ongoing)

In the year 2022, Kazamidori Aki works at the Time Travel Research Facility with her assistant Miyama. They use a technology called Aston that has scanned every detail of the city for the past twenty years and recreates the past exactly as it appeared into a client’s mind. This process called the In-Brain time travel allows the user to visit his past. But because it is only in their mind, they are unable to change anything in the present so no time paradoxes occur. Aki uses her services to help those who made mistakes in their past and help them change their ways. There is something odd about Aki’s past that makes her very unique and she has to deal with the skeletons in her closet.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Kutsuzure Sensen -Majo Wershenka no Sensou
(靴ずれ戦線 -魔女ワーシェンカの戦争-)
By: HAYAMI Rasenjin

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)

It is 1943 in Soviet Russia during the war. Naaja, an officer, and Wershenka, a witch, are looking for their allies. All they can do is walk until they find them. In the mean time, they get into silly little adventures and experience some weird stuff.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Kyou Kara Hitman (今日からヒットマン)
By: MUTOU Hiroshi

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 14 Volumes (Ongoing)

Inaba Toukichi is a regular 34-year-old white collar worker who just got married to Misako six months ago. He was living a normal life until he gets involved in the death of a world famous assassin nicknamed “Dual Gun.” In order to save his normal life, Toukichi has no choice but to assume the role as the second generation Dual Gun. Although severely inexperienced, with the help of a powerful organization that can acquire him anything and the original Dual Gun’s girlfriend, Chinatsu, Toukichi becomes an assassin. As his normal life would be destroyed if anyone, including if his wife found out about his involvement with the dark side of society, Toukichi has to deal with his regular life as a salesman and more importantly, not be killed at each of his missions.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Kyou wa Tanoshii (今日はたのしい)
By: KUHOU Souin

Demographics: Shounen
Status: One-shot (Complete)

Kenzaki Akatsu was suspended from school for a month for her behavior. She has an unusual fetish for cute little girls and is heavily into yuri. Her sister forces her to take a job at the pool that she works at, but when Akatsu finds out there are girls in tight swim wear, she is all aboard. As heavenly it may be for Akatsu, everyone else at the pool has to be careful not to get special mouth-to-mouth from her.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Living Dead! (りびんぐでっど！)
By: Sato

Demographics: Shounen
Status: 4 Chapters (Complete)

Aoyama Keita had a crush on his classmate Haida Monako, but he was too shy to tell her. One day, when Haida suddenly passes away, he is finally able to confess to her through a letter he places at her funeral. Little does Keita know, she returns as a zombie and blackmails him into letting her stay with him with the threat that she will tell everyone about the love letter if he doesn't. Now Keita has to hide Haida from his parents, classmates and the outside world because everyone else thinks she is dead. To make matters worse, as a living dead, she craves flesh from time to time and Haida doesn’t care if it comes from Keita…

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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MELTY BLOOD X (MELTY BLOOD X)
By: TYPE-MOON x FrancePan x KIRISHIMA Takeru

Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)

Satsuki Yumizuka, Sion Eltnam Altasia and Leez are outcasts of society, living in the alley, hidden from society. Satsuki and Sion are both vampires and together with Leez, they have been living aimlessly after the events of Tatari. Sion decides to use her alchemy powers to construct decent living quarters for them, but something goes horribly wrong and she ends up making a 100 meter pyramid in the middle of the city. Thinking there might be foul play, the trio investigate the pyramid and get things under control. Based on the Tsukihime and Melty Blood games, you will be introduced to other familiar characters like Kohaku and Akiha.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Niwasaki Anbai (庭先塩梅)
By: SUDOU Masumi

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 8 Chapters (Ongoing)

This series is a compilation of short stories that tries to convey the importance of community and family. It contains stories from ancestors in spirit form to the secret of a sinking island to repairing the relationship of a father and son through a beat up robot. This series is filled with heart warming tales of people.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Ore wa Mata Shuuchan de Rensai Dekirunoka?
(俺はまた週チャンで連載できるのか？)
By: SHIKAWA Yuuki

Demographics: Shounen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)

The author of the series Sanagi San, Shikawa Yuuki, has not developed a series in over 2 years. The impatient editors at Champion magazine ask him to develop a 4koma manga for the web version of their magazine. Not knowing what subject to draw about, Shikawa sensei decides to start a series about starting a series. A meta comedy written about writing a 4koma manga in a 4koma manga style.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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P-Ken (P研)
By: SUZUKI Shinta

Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot (Complete)

Just after he bought a new guitar, Hatosaburou finds out that his Jazz Club is being shut down! The club is supposedly being merged with the Popular Music Club, but all the other Jazz Club members would rather quit music altogether than deal with the Pop Music Club's president. She's the headmaster's granddaughter, and so her club gets far more than its share of the school budget. Furthermore, she's a violent, bad-tempered girl who refuses to allow any boys to join her club. Will the tenacious Hatosaburou be able to weather all the pointless pain and humiliation and finally join the only club where he can play the guitar? Or will he be forced to lose his masculinity in the process?

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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PIECES (ピーッズ)
By: SHIROU Masamune

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 4 Volumes (Ongoing) / 2 Volumes Available

Pieces is a gallery of unreleased work by Shiro Masamune. The never before seen art gallery and premium illustrations all in full color will captivate its readers. Exon Depot is a short series in color that has never been released before. Volume 2, named Phantom Cats, follows the character Cyril Brooklyn through vivid illustrations as she works for a large private military corporation in the future.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Sakurada-san to Boku no Koto (櫻田さんと僕の事)
By: MAEDA Sengoku

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Volume (Ongoing)

The apartment that college student Takano Yosuke was living in burned down to the ground and the real estate agent was only able to offer one place that fit his budget: a room to rent out from a hot sexy widow, Ms. Sakurada. As awkward as it was, Yosuke was starting to get used to living with Ms. Sakurada. That is, until he started to dream about her gorgeous body. The connection that both Yosuke and Ms. Sakurada were feeling was unmistakable and things start to get really romantic in the house.

WARNING!!!: Contains adult content. Continue at your own discretion.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Shouwakusei ni Idomu (小惑星に挑む)
By: ASARI Yoshitoo

Demographics: Seinen
Status: One-shot (Complete)

A couple of curious aliens encounter a human space probe sent to investigate an asteroid. It appears to be from the Japanese Hayabusa asteroid probe, which returned samples to Earth during June 2010. The friendly space probe explains how it functions and what its goals are to the aliens.

Thanks go to tethysdust for the summary.

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Tsunami! Chuu Ihou / Tsunami! Chu-ihou (ツナミ！　ちゅー意報)
By: Komusou

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 7 Chapters (Ongoing)

Fujioka Tsunami is a middle school girl with a personality that packs a punch just like a tidal wave. She’s very outgoing and positive but at the same time, oblivious to many things, including her busty body. Tsunami goes on mini adventures with her friends Sanae, Kana and Yuuki just like any teenage girls would do.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Yashikoh Shodai Seitokai (ヤシコー初代生徒会)
By: FUJI Koyomi

Demographics: Seinen
Status: 1 Chapter (Ongoing)

Seriu Ichiro has always been in the shadow of his older sister, Rei, who did great things as the student body president in her high school. Although he was the student body president at his middle school, he was sick of the responsibility and wanted to live free. That’s when Ichiro decides to attend Yashio Academy, literally a brand new school, where his class would be the first ever class of the school which meant a fresh start for Ichiro. He meets a fellow school mate, Hatsuse Sakuno, on the way to Yashio and as soon as the two walk through the school gate, it's announced that he is the new student body president. As much as he tries to fight fate, he soon accepts the position of student body president on one condition: that Sakuno acts as co-president.

Thanks go to vyc for the summary.

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Opinions for the manga:

From tethysdust:

The only one that interested me this time was Billionaire Girl. The characters seemed very believable and sympathetic to me. I get the feeling that a romance might develop somewhere down the road.

From vyc:

Had lots of fun reading through the series this week. Big range from comedy to romance to drama to action and mystery. Sakurada-San - erotic series. sorta like a forbidden love thing going on. very sexy. High Score Girl - Author focuses on very specific games and makes them funny. Loved it when the author was talking about being really cheesy and low-life when using specific characters in Street Fighter II. Kyou Kara Hitman - best series this week. Started in 2005 and has multiple volumes and for a good reason. Great storyline with adult violence and sexiness. Yashikoh Shodai Seitokai - romantic comedy with surprisingly great artwork. I really liked how the characters looked in this one. Hopefully the storyline progresses just as good.

Living Dead - zombie girlfriend sort of comedy. Pretty funny and sorta makes fun of other zombie movies. Fudanshifuru - sequel to a successful series. Now the characters are in high school and the same drama/romance that happened there is about to resurface. The main character is refreshing and the illustrations are great. Melty Blood X - based on a extremely popular game. The main characters are not the same in the manga series but the comedy aspect along with the main story line makes it good. Tsunami Chuu ihou - funny comedy. The stories are short but I actually Lol'd at some scenes. Saru - very dramatic and mysterious. Ancient monkey monsters, mysterious organizations, black magic, historical references. Overall great series and hope it stays strong. Kimi to Boku no Ashiato - favorite series this week. Very dramatic and touching stories. Made me sentimental at times. The main story line is a mystery and you really keep reading to find out what really happened / happens to Aki and how her sister gets involved in the situation. Sorta like they tell you a part of the future and you see how it develops to that.

As for me:
I'd like to read Billionaire Girl - the art looks pretty decent and the storyline sounds nothing like anything out there. I'm sure if you're into video games from the 90's and beyond, then High Score Girl would be the manga for you. Kyou Kara Hitman sounds like a fun gag manga. If you're looking for a gender bender, then P-Ken might be for you. I like the series Fudanshism so I hope to see Fudanshifull! get scanlated as well. Kimi to Boku no Assistant -Time Travel Kasuga-Kenkyuusyo- sounds intriguing. Living Dead! sounds funny and it's only 4 chapters long so it should be a quick read - hopefully someone will scanlate it since it's so short...

Well, I hope you enjoyed this brief look at some of the new manga on irc-distro. Follow our Twitter to know what new manga are getting uploaded instantly and see you next week when we check out a new batch of manga~ ^_^