Variety Pack

We've had a lot of updates and a bunch of new series every week, so check out the older updates if you haven't been here in a while.

MG Stuff

• It's great to see many people responding to many areas of the website in the past two weeks. We were happy to hear from: tero, ayame harushino, clamp, Robin (glad to hear from you again), Camui, and Dinah. Too bad there weren't more for the winter holiday treat.
  ;)


• we edit recent updates often, so read all of the post! To RSS readers: you'll have to refresh your MG feed and personally check posts for edits. I know mine only alerts if there's a new post - not if edits have been made.


• I added information to oneshots about the series or anthology that they came from. This is for those who want to check out more or are curious. There were a lot =_=.
  Note: My information is only as accurate as what's given by the scanlators and MU.

Scanlation

• For those who don't know yet, World of Creation or (WoC)scanlation group closed on Jan 9, 2009. Yes, yes, I know, it's now the end of January that I'm relaying this.


• Shoujo Crusade's website is down, so go to their Lj backup for their news. See Scanlators Directory for address.


• Superior - was picked up by a devoted fan a while ago. There has been a release, so the series is back under Active. I know for sure that ayame harushino noticed it had been moved to Dropped.


• Hadaka no Oujisama - Love kingdom ch5 has been released to those who've been waiting. There is a 2 day waiting period, so we might have the chapter up on Monday.
  @Dinah: Lol, and this is the day after you asked about the series, too! I'm only posting this in case you happen to check the updates.
   


• Those who liked the Oneshot Heaven's Door will be interested to know that there's a sequel story. See Nagareboshi's site for complete details.

//edit: Major housekeeping finished. x_x. I'll be taking down some series that will be updated, so I'll remember tomorrow. They'll be up again after updating. Done.

//Edit2: Feb 2, 2009

• Vierna from Fairfly has given permission for Manga Garden to host their releases of Sensei!. Starting from v5 c27, the project is also a joint with NCIS.

Downloads

• Reuploaded (Active):  Koi Suta ch1 - with both Manga Abyss and Starry Heaven versions


• New Updates (Active):
  Go! Baajinaru Hanayuki  v1c5--v2c2
  Crimson Hero  v10 extra story
  Sensei!  v5c24--v6c28 -once again, thanks to Fairyfly for making an exception
  Hotaru no Hikari  v2c10-v2c12
  Usagi Drop  v2c10--v2c11 v2c11-v2c12  oops, typo
  Hadaka no Oujisama - Love Kingdom  v2c5

- Now moved to Dropped (the series has been dropped by the scanlator):
Kiss Wa 0 Toki Wo Sugite Kara

End of Winter Holiday 2

Check the previous post for more Series Updates, Re-uploads & Broken Links -in 2 parts
Before I  withdraw into hibernation, I have 2 New Series for everyone. Yay - the first time I've posted something new! I've been planning this for a while, but I kept having to fix things on the website.

• New Series (under Active Manga):

Hakushaku to Yousei - also commonly known as My Fairy or Earl and Fairy.  Lydia, a fairy doctor, is hired by a man named Edgar to find a sword that will allow him to claim the title of Blue Knight. The original Blue Knight was an earl who supposedly held land in both the human world and fairy world.

The art is good. I first ran into the anime and I checked it out because the premise seemed interesting. After a while, I thought that the plot lacked detail. It had some interesting ideas for the story, but they weren't built upon well enough. I wouldn't say that it was badly done, but it wasn't enthralling either (maybe a 3/5). When I found the manga being scanlated, I checked it out to see if it was different. So far, the manga seems to follow the anime. In fact, I liked the anime better for the first few episodes - you miss out on the action when it's in pictures. I did like the anime until they searched for the sword.
I think the scanlator has quit or is quitting work on this series soon and another plans to pick it up. For now, you can find chapter 1 (in 4 parts) for download.

Half Prince (1/2 Ouji) - Fang len's brother brings home a new multi-player virtual reality game called "Second Life." Because she calls it lame-o, her brother taunts her by saying it's because she's a girl. Girls are scared of pain, and when they're in trouble, they just stay in the back and get the guys to protect them. Insulted, Fang len raises to the challenge and says that she could beat her brother in the game, fair and square. She starts the game and, inspired, asks to become a male character. Her adventures begin and new players join her as it progresses - the odd squad grows!

This series has a great mix of generes. Yeah, so it's a gender-bender because the girl becomes a boy; the 1st main character is a girl out to prove a point; it's kind of science-fiction because it takes place in the future in a virtual reality game; it's kind of fantasy because of the game's setting. You may think that it all sounds familiar, that you've all heard one of these points before. However, I like this manga so far. It's not some stereotypical fantasy adventure. The story tries to sell mostly on the comedy point. So try out this series and check out the wacky characters and their interactions. Then, if you like it, go visit the scanlators and say thank-you. The project is temporarily stalled at the moment. The Little Corner is an affiliate, too (a wonderful little group).

Any comments? Like/Dislike?
Check out the previous posts for news on Series Updates and Re-uploads and Broken Links.

End of Winter Holiday

So how is the 1st week back from winter holiday? I'm freezing my toes off in the -30C weather.

• Re-uploaded (Active):
  Dr wa Ijiwaru na Kiss de  story 1
  Men's School  v1-v2c5 - reuploaded by Munky. I can't remember if this was mentioned before. Now you know.


• Series Update (Active):
  Crimson Hero  v10c41 - For now, you can go to Escan's website to download c42.
  Dong Meng  c1b - It reminds me of "Heaven!!".
  Incandescent Moon  v1c4
  Oresama Teacher  v1c3

- updated and downloads moved to Dropped (scanlator has dropped the project)
Terepari/Telepathic Kiss v1c2

Since Loving_Day is temporarily absent, I reuploaded a few things myself for organization, and I updated a few series that interested me. I hope you don't mind.

Check out this post for the List of Broken Links or look down to Dec29 for just the offline series. Report any problems to us through the chatbox.

//Edit: Jan 9, 2009

• Re-uploaded:
   Active
  Yokohama Monogatari (v1c1-c6)
  BioPlanet WOo  v1c1-c6
  Completed  Gaba Kawa-also reuploaded by Munky!
  -We now only have 1 more series to reupload + various other chapters.


• Series Update (Active):
  Yokohama Monogatari  v1c7-c9
  KISS  v6c30-31 - if you haven't downloaded from Ochibichan already
  Handsome Girlfriend  v4c16
  Shiritsu! Bijinzaka Joshi Koukou  v2c6 -uploaded a while ago...
  Crimson Hero  v10c42 -go to Enchantment's website for the latest release (an extra story)