New And Notable Manga From 1/8/12-1/15/12
1. Pocket Monster Reburst
Author: KUSUDE Jun
Artist: TAMURA Mitsuhisa
Genre(s):
“The protagonists are Ryouga, a boy with superhuman strength, and Miruto, a girl who works for an organization tracking the villains. The plot centers around “Burst”, the ability to use crystals with Pokémon stored in them to transform into human-Pokémon hybrids. Ryouga’s Burst is Zekrom, and one of the villains’ is Excadrill. On rare occasions they actually use Pokémon.” -Mangareader.net
Click below to view the rest of the notable manga from 1/8 - 1/15.
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Disclaimer: The manga mentioned in this post have been posted on a manga hosting website within the mentioned time frame. These manga may not have been written recently, some are many years old and are only now being posted. Some have been posted on previous websites other than the ones mentioned in this post. Furthermore, some manga mentioned are one-shots and thus are likely not to be continued. Manga mentioned here have been picked from a limited number of websites and are chosen based on my opinion. The following is not a complete list of all new and notable manga released within the time frame mentioned in the title. The term “manga” is used loosely to also include both manhwa and manhua.
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2. She’s Gon
Author: Son Hee Jun
Artist: Wudang - Q
Genre(s):
“Yu Yong Gi was playing video games like any other day. Unfortunately for him, he was approached by a tiny lizard-thing that claimed to be a red dragon hatchling that had come to recruit him to become a hero. He refuses at first and, in return, the “hatchling” transported him into the game he was playing. He is approached by a beauty that claims to be the “hatchling”. She proceeds to convince him that hero’s are good-for-nothing bastards and tell him that he could never become one. He is returned to reality where he becomes determined to become a hero. But this entire situation was orchestrated by the demon lord. What could she be planning?” -Mangareader.net
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3. Real PG
Author: DOMOTO Yuki
Artist: DOMOTO Yuki
Genre(s):
“ Motoba Hitachi has lived a boring high school life, until his kouhai invited him to a real-life simulation event of Incubate Castle, an online game they both played. But, what seemed like a harmless replication of the game turned out to be as real as it could get. Now, Hitachi must find allies to get out and survive this reality of a game. ” -Mangareader.net
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Author: Shamneko
Artist: Shamneko
Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Seinen, Supernatural
“Goddess Pandora was sent to Earth to collect “gifts” that were spread among humans. She has a nice body that can tempt anyone who looks at her, but when she uses her powers, she shrinks to a young girl’s body. The only way to gain her power back is to kiss her reluctant peon, Aoi.” -Tokyopop
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Author: KAKIZAKI Masasumi
Artist: KAKIZAKI Masasumi
Genre(s): Drama Psychological Seinen Tragedy
“3 January 2011. ER doctor Matsuoka Tsuyoshi examines a patient presenting influenza symptoms. The next day, the patient dies from multiple-organ failure, followed by others who had shown the same symptoms. As the death toll rises, even the high-tech Japanese are at a loss over how to check the further spread of the deadly virus” -huamulan03.blogspot.com
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Author: Sakaki Ichirou
Artist: Sakayama Shinta
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen
“ Toru Acura, an incredibly lazy man with some hidden talents, has been forced by his sister Akari to actually go outside and search for work. However, he is in for a big surprise when he meets Chaika Trabant in the forest, and they are suddenly attacked by a monster! How will they survive? Who is this mysterious girl, and why is she being targeted? ” -Mangafox.com
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This week’s new manga highlight is:
2. She’s Gon
Honorable Mention:
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