Best NEW unlicensed manga, manhwa, and manhua

[rachelmanija]

What are your favorite manga, manhwa, manhua, and other Asian comics that a) have not yet been licensed in English, b) were created within the last ten years or so?

Other than Yokohama KK mumble, which is delightful and which I am already reading, and Yoshinaga Fumi's Ooku, which I already know about... and would really appreciate scanlation links for, if scanlations exist. If not, maybe I should bid on scanlating services from livelongnmarry.

If you describe why I ought to read them, and provide or email scanlation links if they exist, I may read and review them here. Also, I am in a position to occasionally suggest licenses. Just sayin'.

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[oyceter]

Nan Kongyuu! Sadly, she is not scanlated, and I don't think anyone has even heard of her, though if I have time, hopefully both things will change. I will show you the two volumes of hers that I bought when you visit!

My favorite Yuki Kaori one shots so far are Boys Next Door, which is about the pure true love of a 14-year-old boy prostitute and a kindergarten-teacher-cum-rent-boy-serial-killer and should be so wrong and yet is angsty and disturbing and all those things we love about Yuki Kaori, and Kaine, which has a proto-Kira and identical twins and rock stars and the image on the cover is of someone in a body bag! I also read Neji, which is not quite as good, but is Yuki Kaori doing psychic kids in a lab in the future. Also, it has a killer doll.

Yazawa Ai's Kagen no Tsuki has gorgeous art and I love the four kids. Her Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai is the first series of hers that I read, and though the art is horrible at first and it falls prey to the hero's angst overtaking the story halfway through, it still ends well and holds up well on a reread. It also has one of my favorite manga female friendships.

I second other people's recs of They, Too, Love, and also add Pahanjip, which isn't the best thing ever, but has possibly Korean possibly Chinese folklore and is set in Tang China. So far, it's very MotW a la early xxxHolic, but two cool women have just come in, and I'm hoping the arc will start soon. Plus, it stars a ghost-hunter/curse-dispeller guy and his loyal and devoted servant who also happens to be a sword.

[oyceter]

Oh! And I like Yumeka Sumomo's stuff (the short stories I made you buy that has the most female-looking guy in manga history, which is saying something). But it's scattered everywhere, so I can upload it to your computer when you visit if you want.