Team Medical Dragon

「医龍」
Mangaka: Nogizaka Taro & Nagai Akira
Genre: seinen

Synopsis: Modern Japanese doctors are more concerned about status and prestige than saving lives. Most of them are fly-by-the-book, doctors who would rather overlook the mistakes of senior doctors at the expense of the patient instead of speaking up and losing their position by getting on the bad side of their superiors. Dr. Asada Ryutaro, with his unorthodox methods, is a genius surgeon rebelling against this "illness of Japanese medicine."

Comments: Team Medical Dragon is a more mature and dramatic version of Godhand Teru.

Warning: graphic surgery scenes, nudity in the first chapter

Scanlator: NexGear

Kirara

Mangaka: Yui Toshiki
Genre: shounen, romantic comedy

Synopsis: Kirara, who got in an accident and died on the way to church on her wedding day, begs God to let her return to earth to her beloved Konpei. Her wish is granted but the problem is she returns as a ghost eight years too early: Konpei is still a high school student, and he has yet to meet the young Kirara of that time.

Comments: The story is cute, with the love triangle between Konpei and the future and present Kirara. The two Kiraras are the exact opposite of each other: the older one is seductive and perverted while the younger one is rough, boyish and refuses to have anything to do with Konpei because she knows that she'll die in the future if they end up together. I thought Kirara could have done without the gratuitous nudity though, but without that, this would have been a shoujo manga instead.

Warning: nudity

Scanlator: Solaris-SVU

Wild Life

「ワイルドライフ」
Mangaka: Masato Fujisaki
Genre: shounen

Synopsis: Iwashiro Tetsushou-kun is your typical high school delinquent, a bum with no direction in life. He has one gift though, and that is he has a perfect sense of hearing. Inspired by a veterinarian he meets on a park, Tetsushou -- with his keen hearing (he can detect irregularities in heartbeat, respiration rate, etc.) and strong desire to save lives -- decides to become a vet himself.

Comments: As of this review, I've only read three chapters so far and I like what I'm seeing. The manga is funny and although the premise of a genius doctor isn't exactly new, the added twist of Tetsushou's perfect hearing is an interesting concept.

Scanlators: Boku-tachi, Manga City

Nana

Mangaka: Yazawa Ai
Genre: shoujo, romance

Synopsis: Two girls with the same first name meet on a train and later on become roommates. Although they have completely opposite personalities -- Nana Komatsu is bubbly, boy-crazy, and naive while Nana Oosaki is a punk rocker chick -- the two become close friends.

Comments: I love love love Nana! Yazawa-san's masterful storytelling is unpredictable, and cliffhangers and surprises abound every chapter. Each character has his/her own quirks and is lovable in his/her own right. Since this is a romantic manga though, it can get really mushy at times but it's not your typical shoujo mush. Nana is in a class of its own.

Scanlators: started by Mangascreener then continued by Lavendar Tinted and Sugar-Oasis

Edit: Nana has been licensed by Viz.

Hot Milk

Mangaka: Kenji Nagatomo
Genre: shounen, comedy

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Meruo Kitajima owns Hot Milk Convenience Store, a service-oriented business in which she does chores, runs errands, and anything else it takes to help other people. Kind-hearted as she is, her fearlessness and naiveté often gets her in dangerous situations, much to the dismay of her bodyguard Fumioshi Saruno. Apparently, Meruo is the sole grandchild of one of the richest and most powerful men in Japan and Saruno must keep her safe at all costs, lest he suffer the wrath of Meruo's grandpa.

Comments: Hot Milk has a mildy humorous and interesting storyline, although I felt that the ending was rushed and too abrupt.

Warning: may get a little perverted at times

Scanlator: all 2 volumes have been scanlated by Anime Waves