Manga Traders

Posted by KaKaR on 08/28/2010 12:24 pm

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Psycho Busters suggested by DarkDrakir & Romance Papa! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Psycho Busters

Series Summary:
The story follows the life of Kakeru, who while wishing for something a little more exciting to happen in his life, inadvertently receives it when he crosses paths with a group of gifted youths calling themselves “Psychics” who claim to need his help.  After having escaped from a secret government organization known as the “Greenhouse”, they're now on the run from the pursuing “Farmers”.  But why do they need Kakeru's help. Could it be he has a power too?

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Romance Papa

Series Summary:
Sangbum, a misogynistic and germophobic plastic surgeon, is shocked to suddenly discover that the sperm he donated when he was a medical student has produced a 13-year-old daughter named Myunghae!
Myunghae's foster parents were killed in an accident, so she is unceremoniously dropped into her biological father's life. Sangbum is unprepared for the responsibility of fatherhood, but he quickly comes to love the daughter who looks so much like him.
In the midst of her happy new life with Sangbum, however, Myunghae is shocked to find out that her boyfriend Hyunjoon is going out with her best friend Mijoo. The truth is that Hyunjoon and Mijoo just wanted to teach Myunghae a lesson, but unexpected feelings are growing between them. Meanwhile, a popular student named Donghui is attracted to Myunghae.

Posted by KaKaR on 08/14/2010 5:17 am

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on G Senjou Heaven's Door & Threads of Time! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

G Senjou Heaven's Door

Series Summary:
It is the story of two boys, Machizo and Tetsuo, who create manga together.

Machizo's father is a successful mangaka (manga artist). Machizo feels he's living under his father's shadow, and resents his father's success.

Tetsuo, who is at school with Machizo, enjoys drawing manga and is good at it. His favorite mangaka happens to be Machizo's father. The two boys strike up an alliance to draw a successful manga to win a contest, with Machizo writing the story and Tetsuo drawing the graphics. An important part is also played by a violent girl named Kimiko, who has a crush on Tetsuo.

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Threads of Time

Series Summary:
High school student Moon Bin Lee has difficulty sleeping due to a recurring nightmare: he's stranded over a thousand years in the past chasing a dark-haired girl into a deep abyss.
Before long, the nightmare overwhelms him, and he is unable to tell whether he is Moon Bin, a Seoul teenager at the end of the second Millennium, or Sa Kyoung Kim, the son of a prominent warrior family in the middle of the first Millennium. People in his present-day life assume roles in his historical life as he struggles to learn exactly who he is and what he's expected to do, straddling a transmigratory portal through time and space.
In the present, his school's kendo club battles to stay in the championships...but in the past, Moon Bin finds himself at the threshold of a territorial dispute on the plains of Mongolia ...

Posted by KaKaR on 07/24/2010 2:08 am

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Midori no Hibi & Hana no Namae! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Midori no Hibi

Series Summary:
Seiji Sawamura is the toughest seventeen-year-old in town, feared by all for his fighting prowess and his deadly "devil's right hand." But at heart, Seiji is a softy, and all he wants is an end to his seventeen-year history of being a lonely single guy. Unfortunately his tough-guy reputation only serves to decrease his popularity with the ladies. But what happens when one day, his right hand becomes a girl?!

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Hana no Namae

Series Summary:
Devastated by the loss of her parents, 18-year-old Chouko loses her will to live. After staying with several different relatives, she settles in with a handsome young writer named Kei and finds solace in tending to the flower garden. Kei's a solitary person who doesn't quite know how to deal with this emotional young woman, but Chouko's dedication eventually leads him to accept her presence. Will their mutual affection grow into something more?

Posted by KaKaR on 07/17/2010 12:55 pm

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Beck suggested by Amber3 & C-Blossom -Case 729 suggested by watermelonshake.  If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Beck

Series Summary:
For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band. Then soon after the confronation Yukio is thrown into a whole new world. Followed by orginal and unique faces, a crime boss, and a band named after Ryusuke's Frankenstein-like patched dog--Beck.

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C-Blossom -Case 729

Series Summary:
Matsumiya Kana's world is turned upside down when her father is arrested on charges of embezzling from the Ministry of Defense. She decides to escape the trauma by transferring to a private boarding school, but trouble follows!

Megane bishounen Kisaragi Kou gets Kana to open up to him, but what's this?! He isn't really who he says he is? And who's the guy in the trucker's cap lurking outside her window? Welcome to C-blossom -case729- a series with action, intrigue, and well - a plot.

Posted by KaKaR on 07/09/2010 11:26 pm

This week, our manga spotlight has shined on Witch Hunter suggested by AAotD & Aishiteruze Baby! If you are unfamiliar with these manga be sure to check them out!

Witch Hunter

Series Summary:
Witches suddenly declare war against humans causing two-thirds of the world to fall apart. They summon monsters called "Supporters" and devastate human residences... but why?

Survivors gather people with the power to combat the witches and called them Witch Hunters! Tasha Godspell is one of the strongest nicknamed "The Marksman" along with his "Jack-O-Lantern" looking Supporter. He fights the witches but cannot really bring himself to hate them...

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Aishiteruze Baby

Series Summary:
Katakura Kippei is your average high school playboy. Returning home one day, he finds out that his aunt Miyako has disappeared, leaving behind her 5 year old daughter, Yuzuyu, with Kippei's family. Unwillingly, Kippei is given the task of taking care of Yuzuyu until her mother returns to pick her up. However, taking care of a 5 year old is not an easy task. Already having problems with his own life, Kippei soon realizes that Yuzuyu being abandoned by her mother and Kippei's lack knowledge in childcare may create a ton of problems in their everyday lives. Will Kippei and Yuzuyu be able to live with each other without conflict?