Manga Corner

Japanese: 戦國ストレイズ Type: Manga Volumes: 15 Chapters: 79 Status: Finished Published: Dec 26, 2007 to Oct 22, 2014 Genres: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Shounen Mangaka: Nanami Shingo (Story & Art) Serialization: Gangan Joker Synopsis:  Kasane is your average kendo-obsessed girl, when a brush with a mysterious sword sends her back in time to the Sengoku Era. Stuck in an unfamiliar time and place, Kasane also has the poor luck of winding up right in the middle of the turmoil that surrounded Oda Nobunaga's rise to power! Groups Scanlating For The Halibut Psylocke Scans Silent Sky Storm in Heaven Tateami Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates Side notes: I'm convinced that Nobunaga Oda was a great samurai etc. as it feels like there no way going around him if going back in time.XDD I didn't go looking for him especially but it seems like I picked him up again. Maybe I should make that theme some time? There is no end for mangas a...

Japanese: クジラの子らは砂上に歌う Synonyms: Whale Calves Sing on the Debris, Tales of the Wales Calves Type: Manga Volumes: 7 + Chapters: 5 + Status: Publishing Published: Jun 6, 2013 to ? Genres: Mystery, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Shoujo Mangaka: Umeda, Abi (Story & Art) Serialization: Mystery Bonita Synopsis:  Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny. Background Was ranked 10th place on Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2015 Female readers listing. Groups Scanlating One Snowsho...

Japanese: うんばらんすスク～ルライフ Type: Manga Volumes: N/A Chapters: 10 + Status: Publishing Published: Dec 1, 2015 to ? Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Gender Bender Mangaka: Mutsuki Tsutomu (Story & Art) Serialization: Manga Action Synopsis:  A former boys' school recently integrated into a co-ed high school. Shinya Sanada spent the beginning on his high school life in a hospital, so he arrives to what he thought was the boys-only dormitory a month late. What's waiting for him is his former childhood friend, although he's much more womanly than he remembers. Shinya decides to adapt to his new life at school. Groups Scanlating Biamam Scans Source: MAL manga info, Baka updates Side notes: This manga doesn't have much support from the readers and it's left to the borderline fine and good manga measly balancing on that line. And after even one chapter it's easy to see why it is like that. It's like a good idea is loosing...

Japanese: 星野、目をつぶって。 English: Hoshino, close your eyes. Type: Manga Volumes: N/A Chapters: 3 + Status: Publishing Published: Apr 6, 2016 to ? Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen Authors: Ishigana (Art), Nagashii Kouhei (Story) Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly) Synopsis:  Kobayakawa is an apathetic high school student who believes that school life is bland and boring; he does not want to get related to the so-called 'normies.' One day, he meets a girl called Hoshino Misaki who seems to be one of those 'boring' people. However, he soon realizes that she is different from others; she is actually very caring and courageous girl who wants to help others. Not only that, he discovers her secret: she cannot do make-ups by herself! Suddenly, Hoshino's sister, who is also the art teacher, requests Kobayakawa to do the make-ups for her—and his entire school life looks like it is about to change! Groups Scanlating C1V1 Scans Miso Soup ...

Japanese: 夜回り先生 English: Yomawari Sensei Synonyms: Nightwatch Teacher Type: Manga Volumes: 9 Chapters: 44 Status: Completed Year: 2005 Genres: Drama, School, Psychological, Seinen Authors: Mizutani Osamu (Story), Tsuchida Seiki (Art) Serialization: Ikki Synopsis:  The author, a high-school teacher, recounts his 12 years on "night patrol" in Yokohama City, where he comes face to face with youth dealing with issues ranging from self-mutilation to drug abuse. Related Manga Sequel: Yomawari Sensei Tokubetsuhen - Sayonara Ga Ienakute Groups Scanlating LOL Scans Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates Side notes: As this is an autobiography it's events are based on the real life and aren't fiction in principle. So reading this manga is itself a time travelling experience to the past that is unknown to us readers but known to the author. The chapters are pretty long when the first chapter zero took close to 90 pages to be ...

Japanese: 精霊の守り人 Synonyms: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit Type: Manga Volumes: 3 Chapters: 16 Status: Completed Published: Apr 2007 to Aug 2008 Genres:  Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Shounen, Supernatural   Authors: Fujiwara Kamui (Story & Art), Uehashi Nahoko (Story) Serialization: Shounen Gangan Synopsis:  Once every 100 years, a Water Fairy implants an egg into a person who then becomes the Guardian of Fairies. This time, the responsibility falls on Chagum, the second prince of the New Yogo Kingdom. Chagum`s life isn`t easy. The king finds Chagum an inconvenience and attempts to have him killed. As a result, the queen asks a female guard, Balsa, to protect Chagum. In addition to this, beings from another world, known as Nayugu, constantly attack him in order to eat the egg carried in Chagumu`s body. Related Manga Alternative version:  Moribito Series Sequel: Yami no Moribito Adaptation: Seirei no Mo...

Japanese: ヒトキリシェアハウス Type: Manga Volumes: N/A Chapters: 4 + Status: Publishing Published: Feb 27, 2016 to ? Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,  Shounen   Authors: Katagiri Ikumi (Art), Ninomiya Ai (Story) Serialization: Comic ZERO-SUM Synopsis: Hitokiri Share House takes place in the 27th year of an alternate Meiji era (where the kanji used for "Meiji" means "maze"). A self-proclaimed samurai named Naguri travels from the countryside to the capital Asakusa to achieve his dream, and he moves into a share house. In Asakusa spirits, samurai, and technology coexist. Groups Scanlating Smut Rocket Scans Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates Side notes: This is quite new project and there has been now 4 chapters translated. The art is okay and on the good level for a typical shounen manga. The plot has lots of same elements as Gintama. It might be a lil surprise but I've not read or watched Gintama so I can't compare these two works at al...

Japanese: アゲイン!! Type: Manga Volumes: 12 Chapters: 136 Status: Completed Published: Apr 6, 2011 to Apr 9, 2014 Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen, Supernatural Mangaka: Kubo Mitsurou (Story & Art) Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly) Synopsis:   Imamura Kinichiro reluctantly wakes up one day to attend his high school graduation. He'd made no friends in high school and joined no clubs. Everyone was afraid of him, due to his long blond hair and surly attitude. Reflecting on his awful high school years, he remembers a girl from the Japanese cheering squad that he saw in the welcome ceremony three years ago. Searching for the old cheering squad's clubroom, he accidentally startles a classmate, causing them both to fall down a flight of stairs... When he wakes up, it's the morning of his first day of high school, three years ago. As he confusedly goes through his day, he's able to correct a lot of the mistakes he made the first time aroun...