Kaiji, Vol.27 Ch.137

Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears.

Kaiji's unrelenting misery continues for two years until he is paid an unexpected visit from a man named Endo, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endo gives Kaiji two options - either spend ten years to repay this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. Using a con, Endo pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.
--Wikipedia

The manga is divided into three parts:
Part 1: Volume 1-13 (Complete)
Part 2: Volume 14-26 (Complete)
Part 3: Volume 27-39 (Complete)
Part 4: Volume 40-? (Ongoing)

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Hanayashiki no Juunintachi, Vol.01 Ch.003

Sakura Aki is a poor high schooler who likes to cook and do other "unmanly" things. His grandfather and father are really strict about gender roles and beat up Aki everytime he does a thing that women would usually do, like cleaning. One day, his grandfather gets fed up with his actions and, in order to teach him a lesson, he sends him to live at one of the dorms at an all girls' school that he runs, the dorm Hanayashiki (Flower Estate). There he mets Kitahiro Renge, a powerful, meat loving girl. Is this encounter going to save Aki Sakura or give him more trouble?

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Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas, Ch.214

Alternative Name????? THE LOST CANVAS; ????? THE LOST CANVAS; ????? THE LOST CANVAS ????; Saint Seiya - Lost Canvas - Meio Shinwa; Saint Seiya - Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades; The Knights of The Zodiac - Lost Canvas - Myth of the Lord of the Underworld; Saint Seiya - El lienzo perdido - El mito del amo del inframundoTypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank155th, it has 802,003 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.75 / 5 out of 77 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

This manga tells the story of the previous Holy War, taking place in the 18th century, 250 years before the original series, in the Saint Seiya universe. The story centers on the relation between Tenma, the Pegasus Saint and his beloved friend, Alone, who would eventually become his greatest enemy, Hades.

The story takes place in the same time period as Saint Seiya Next Dimension.

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Umi no Misaki, Vol.06 Ch.051

Alternative Name????; ????; ??? ??; ????????????????????? (Thai); Ocean's Cape (English)TypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank29th, it has 2,980,339 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.81 / 5 out of 340 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

Goto Nagi has traveled to the southern island of Okitsushima, and ventures out to see Umi no Misaki, a striking cape jutting out into the ocean. But when he arrives, he finds that there is much more to this cape than a wondrous view. There is something peculiar about the cape, and about the island's inhabitants.

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Tonari no 801-chan - Fujoshiteki Koukou Seikatsu, Vol.01 Ch.003

Alternative Name????801??? ~????????~; ????801??? (?); ??801??; A Fujoshi-Style High School Life; Tonari no 801-chan (Jin); Tonari no 801-chan: Fujoshi-teki Koko SeikatsuTypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank1004th, it has 161,398 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.38 / 5 out of 42 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

Junior-high school student Rei Hoshino, a fujoshi who does not especially have any interest in the 3D aspect of life, suddenly changes when on a rainy day she takes interest in a high school student named Kei Akai and wants to get into the same high school as him. To that end, she enlists the help of her childhood friend Shotaro Kamiyu who helps her study for the entrance examination, and diet so as to become a cuter girl. All goes according to plan, until a scheming girl going to the same school named Luna Kurotsuki makes it harder for Rei to get closer to Kei.

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Sankarea, Vol.04 Ch.014

Furuya's obsessed with zombies. He collects any figurines, watches any movie, and plays any game with the living dead, and is even only interested in zombie girls. When his cat dies, Furuya begins trying to raise it from the dead using an ancient book of the occult he bought from a shop. But what will happen when he sees the idol of a nearby all girl's school walking close to where he conducts his experiment, wishing to die and be reborn as a different person?

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Annarasumanara, Ch.010

A rumor goes around school about an abandoned amusement park and a magician who lives there that can make someone disappear for good. Yoon Ai, a very smart girl in her class, struggles to feed herself and her sister everyday. She just wants to become an adult faster so that she can escape from the poverty and the reality of her current situation. One day, her life changes as she meets a childish magician.

Webtoon from Naver

Please address this work as Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

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Love and hate in shonen manga, visual effects in shoujo

Lori Henderson posts the list of last week’s all-ages comics and manga, and picks her favorites, at Good Comics for Kids. Lissa Pattillo shares her comics-shop finds at Kuriousity, and at Comics Village, the whole team selects their favorites from the past week’s new manga.

Erica Friedman brings us up to date on the world of yuri in the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.

Michelle Smith and Melinda Beasi dissect Hakusensha’s How to Draw Shoujo Manga (published here by Tokyopop) in their latest Let’s Get Visual feature at Soliloquy in Blue.

Margaret O’Connell continues her look at love and hate in shonen manga at Sequential Tart.

Alex Hoffman takes a second look at Kodansha’s summer lineup and finds it a bit too much on the safe side.

Last week, Vertical’s Ed Chavez announced two new licenses: Princess Knight and Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku). Bloggers were pleased; here are reactions from Deb Aoki, Alex Hoffman, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber, Lissa Pattillo, Khursten Santos, and David Welsh.

Melinda Beasi devotes her Failure Friday post to some common flaws in BL manga—and some manga that overcome them.

Digital Manga has added yet another BL series to their lineup: Katekyo! (Private Teacher!)

Daniella Orihuela-Gruber asks her readers: Which manga would you most like to see licensed?

Naoki Urasawa won the Prix Intergénérations (Intergenerational Award) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival this past weekend for his series Pluto.

News from Japan: ANN chronicles several manga launches and conclusions, including the fact that Kei Toume’s Genei Hakurankai has drawn to a close. Kadokawa Shoten has a new 4-koma magazine in the works.

Reviews: I just discovered Katherine Hanson’s yuri blog, Yuri no Boke, and I enjoyed her writeup of Husky and Medley, a yuri manga that supposedly started on a 2chan thread.

AstroNerdBoy on vol. 1 of Cardcaptor Sakura (omnibus edition) (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime & Manga Blog)
Animemiz on La Corda d’Oro (Anime Diet)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 20 of D.Gray-Man (The Comic Book Bin)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 3 of Dorohedoro (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 14 of Gakuen Alice (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime & Manga Blog)
Erica Friedman on vol. 13 of Hayate x Blade (Okazu)
Jason Green on vol. 1 of I Am Here (PLAYBACK:stl)
Connie on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kiss (Slightly Biased Manga)
Erin Jameson on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kiss (PLAYBACK:stl)
David Welsh on Kinderbook (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Connie on vol. 2 of Kingyo Used Books (Slightly Biased Manga)
Brenda Gregson on vol. 3 of Library Wars: Love and War (Animanga Nation)
Lori Henderson on vols. 1 and 2 of Maoh: Juvenile Remix (Manga Xanadu)
Todd Douglass on vol. 3 of Ratman (Anime Maki)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of The Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko (Comics Worth Reading)
Caddy C. on vol. 22 of Skip Beat! (A Feminist Otaku)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vols. 1 and 2 of The Stellar Six of Gingacho (Comics Worth Reading)
Todd Douglass on vol. 7 of Sumomo Momomo (Anime Maki)
Nicola on Taro and the Magic Pencil (Back to Books)

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Kedakaki Yakusoku, Vol.02 Ch.003

Katherine's hope for her beloved brother's return to their estate in Hampshire is dashed when she receives the news of his death... He met a brave death at Battle of Waterloo. Then cruel reality hits devastated Katherine. Her uncle's family claims the estate, leaving Katherine no access to her fortune. The only person she can turn to for help is Lord Adam Calthorpe, her late brother's superior. Little does she know her brother asked Adam to look after Katherine if any ill fate were to befall him....

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AM 8:00 Kimi ga Suki, Vol.01 Ch.002

Miwa Narumi is 15 years old, and becomes a long-awaited high school student this spring. Now she is in love!? His name is Sugiura, and he likes Doraemon and loquat-steamed-bread. She won't give up this love!!

1) 08:00 AM I like you

2) Happy 3 seconds

3) Imprisoned Summerdays

4) Broken pieces of a dream

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Comfort manga

Jason Thompson looks at Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha in this week’s House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.

On the ANNCast, Ed Chavez of Vertical (publishers of Buddha!) discusses his company’s new licenses, Princess Knight and Drops of God. Manga bloggers Ed Sizemore and Deb Aoki drop in as well. Lissa Pattillo has more on the new licenses at Kuriousity.

Sean Gaffney looks ahead to next week’s new manga. It looks like there are lots of new volumes of long-running series in the works (Blade of the Immortal, Black Jack), plus a few newcomers (Amnesia Labyrinth)

David Welsh’s latest license request is Umimachi Diary, a josei manga by the creator of Banana Fish.

Melinda Beasi looks at some comfort manga at Manga Bookshelf: Manga that feature “warmth, food, and easy people.”

Tony Yao posts his entry for the the Manga Moveable Feast with a look at Karakuri Odette and our attitudes toward robots at Manga Therapy

At All About Manga, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber asks her readers: How do you pick your favorite manga?

News from Japan: Tanbishugi has a list of the March manga releases, broken down by publisher.

Reviews

Carlo Santos on vol. 13 of 20th Century Boys (ANN)
Ken Haley on vol. 1 of Cardcaptor Sakura (omnibus edition) (Sequential Ink)
Connie on vol. 4 of Crown of Love (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Sarasah (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate Dacey on vols. 1 and 2 of Shoulder-a-Coffin, Kuro (The Manga Critic)
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of The Story of Lee (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of The Story of Saiunkoku (The Comic Book Bin)

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Iris Zero, Vol.03 Ch.010

In a world where every boy and girl has a special power called Iris, Toru who, as a result of not having any kind of special power, was bullied from a young age, lives by his motto: “low exposure” – to live without standing out. But his peaceful school life changes when he receives a certain "Confession" from the schools most popular girl, Koyuki. His motto begins to shake!!
The school fantasy story that shakes the heart begins with their meeting.

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Hanged Doll, Ch.070

From BGscans
Five people, 24 years old. Their first memory starts in 1994, and it all revolves around a mysterious crime that occurred... Will they be able to escape the dangers?

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Maerineun Uibakjoong, Vol.01 Ch.005

Ui Mae-Ri, who has not dated for a long time, meets a death metal group's vocalist and begins a relationship with him. However, a perfect man interferes in their relationship...

This was originally a webcomic that was then complied and published in print form. It was adapted into a KDrama under the same name "Mary stayed out all Night" in November 2010.

***** This work is by the same author who wrote and drew the manhwa FULL HOUSE, also adapted as popular Korean drama Full House. The Drama version of Mary Stayed Out all Night does not have the exactly the same plot as the Manhwa, and the author acknowledged this.

(Webtoon from Naver)
Please address this work as a Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

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Akazukin-chan ga Fushigi no Kuni ni Mayoikondayou Desu, Vol.01 Ch.003

This time Little Red meets the White Rabbit, who was incidentally halfway through a race with a turtle. Together they discover a mysterious hole in the ground which leads them to Wonderland. There she meets many delightful personalities like the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts, in addition to characters from the first book. How exactly will the airheaded Little Red manage to get herself out of Wonderland?

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Kimi no Iru Machi, Vol.14 Ch.122

Alternative Name?????; ?????; ?? ?? ?? (Korean); A Town Where You Live; ????????????????? (Thai); Ang Barrio Kung San Ka Nakatira (Filipino); A város,ahol Te élsz (Hungarian); Un pueblo donde tu vives (Español); ??????? ???? ???? ???? (Arabic); Senin Yasadigin Kasaba(Turkish); ?????, ? ??????? ?? ?????? (???????); Un oras în care traiesti (Romanian); Kota Tempat Kau Berada (Indonesian); A cidade onde você vive (Brazilian Portuguese); Uma cidade onde tu vives (Portugal Portuguese); Miestas kuriame gyveni (Lithuanian); ?????? ? ????? ?????? (Bulgarian); En stad där du bor (Swedish); Miasto w którym mieszkasz (Polish); Miesto kde žiješ (Slovensky); En by hvor du bor (Danish); Kaupunki, jossa sinä asut (Finnish)TypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank7th, it has 6,042,409 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.65 / 5 out of 1088 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

Kirishima Haruto lives in a small town in Hiroshima and is just about to enter high school when Eba Yuzuki, a mysterious girl from Tokyo suddenly decided to go to high school in the countryside and despite his objections, she moves in to his home.

Haruto must now put up and take care of this clumsy freeloading city girl and at the same time, make sure his long time crush Kanzaki Nanami doesn't get the wrong idea!

This story takes place a few years after the popular sports romance Suzuka and is based on the author, Seo Kouji’s hometown.

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Dear Diary, Vol.01 Ch.005

From Eclipse Scans and Evil Flower
Hyobi is a famous teen star on TV who lived her whole life as her mama’s doll. Suddenly, Hyobi’s mother decides to send her back to high school on a whim. Hyobi is confused and lost in the process, and even worse, she doesn’t have a single friend at school. Then she meets a girl named Soyule, an outcast of the class, and her childhood friend Chanbi. Now, Hyobi seeks comfort in Soyule and Chanbi because they don’t know who Hyobi really is outside of school...

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7 Seeds, Vol.12 Ch.065

Alternative Name????; ????; ????; ????; 7Seeds; 7SEEDS; 7 Siizu; 7SEEDSTypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank602nd, it has 263,572 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.86 / 5 out of 98 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of young healthy people, which allowed them to survive the meteor. After the computer determined that Earth was once again safe for human life, it released them into the world.

The Japanese government created five groups of survivors: Winter group, Spring group, Summer group A, Summer group B, and Fall group. Each group consisted of seven members and one guide. The guide carried small tubes of poison on their necks to allow them to end their lives if their situation became unbearable. The Japanese government prepared seven "Fuji" as refuges for the groups. In each Fuji, the group would find seeds and numerous books instructing them on survival in the wilderness.

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Noririn, Vol.02 Ch.015

edit Noririn Vol.01 Ch.009 /a/nonymous scanlations TheQwertiest Nov 4, 2010 Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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Ruler of the Land, Vol.05 Ch.029

Alternative Name???? (Korean) yeolhyulgangho; ????; ????; ??; Hi?p Khách Giang H?; Sabre & Dragon; Sabre et Dragon; The Ruler of the Land; Yul Hyul Gang Ho; Yul Hyul Kang Ho; Yulgang; Žemes valdytojas (Lithuanian)TypeKorean Manhwa (Read from left to right.)Rank652nd, it has 249,561 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.71 / 5 out of 49 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

An intricate story revolving around Han Bi Kwang as he follows a hero's journey. Just throw in a historic setting, ancient weapons, and a riveting plotline and you have one of the most highly-acclaimed manwha, a definite must-read.

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Bi-Kwang and Hwa-Rin try in vain to shake ---Sang Pil "Gold Cobra" Jin and his men, but ultimately they are forced to defend themselves. Unfortunately, Bi-Kwang and Hwa-Rin lose, and the Sword of the Flowers is taken from them. Bi-Kwang and Hwa-Rin regroup, pursuing Sang Pil Jin in an effort to retrieve the sword-but then Sang Pil and his men learn that Bi-Kwang and Hwa-Rin aren't the only ones after them. Sang Pil's superior, Master Yoo, has learned that Sang Pil planned to keep the sword for himself, and has approached Shi-Yun, leader of the Black Serpents, for help.

The lives of Bi-Kwang, Hwa-Rin, Sang Pil Jin, and his men are all in danger, as Master Yoo and the Black Serpents join forces and search for the sword together.

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Smash!, Vol.15 Ch.137

Smash! is about two childhood friends (Shouta and Miwa) who share a common love for Badminton. Miwa, who's in love with Shouta, tries to persuade Shouta to apply to the same badminton school as her but the latter being of a carefree, easy-going and dense nature, brushes her away and states that he only plays badminton for fun.
However, Shouta's perspective of badminton quickly changes after a fateful encounter with Yuuhi (a mute girl). In his search for his badminton goddess Yuuhi, Shouta met Anan and thereafter, decides that he's going to pursue badminton more seriously...

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Nineteen, Twenty-One, Vol.01 Ch.012

Alternative Name??????? yeol-ahhop semeul-hana (Korean); (Korean); Nineteen, Twenty One; 19, 21; ???????????, ??????? ? ????; ??, ???; Devyniolika, Dvidešimt vienas (Lithuanian)TypeKorean Manhwa (Read from left to right.)Rank213th, it has 624,874 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.88 / 5 out of 367 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

Summary by: Easy Going Scans

Yun-lee is a girl who is carrying a huge emotional scar in her heart. Due to an accident, she lost 2 precious years of her life, the time period between 19 and 21 years old. Her life is empty. She is miserable, but still attending a preparatory school in an attempt to catch up with all the time she has lost. Suddenly, one day on her way to feed some stray cats, she comes across a young man who seems to have what she has lost... the period between 19 and 21 years old.

Please address this work as a Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

Webtoon from Naver

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Love SOS, Vol.08 Ch.002

Alternative Name?? SOS; Sarang SOS; ???? SOS; L'amour SOSTypeKorean Manhwa (Read from left to right.)Rank1396th, it has 119,566 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.72 / 5 out of 270 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

The main character is Dan-bi, the daughter of a Yakuza boss. One night, the father she loves more than anything is killed before her eyes. The killers blind her, making her father's death the last thing she sees with her own eyes. Her mother sends the wounded Dan-bi to Korea, where she has an eye transplant. From then on, Dan- bi is to be a good girl, live with her aunt, and stay out of trouble.

Dan-bi does her best, maneuvering between her aunt’s boy-crazy daughter and Jijang son. Things get complicated when her aunt's adopted son turns out to be connected to the mysterious boy who looked in on Dan-bi when she was in the hospital. This boy always looks so sad, and once he even asked for permission to kiss Dan-bi's eyes.

**Dan-bi lost her eyes and her father to the yakuza. She receives “swimming” eyes (referring to color) that hot guys love, but with kind eyes, she EXPLODES BEFORE her revenge!! Don’t hang onto me, saying that you like me, I’ll start WANTING TO KICK YOU!! The deeper the love, the STRONGER her FIST becomes!!!**

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