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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[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I read in Japanese and don't know anything about how to get scanlations if they exist, so I have no info on that.

#1 awesome manga of awesomeness is Tamura Yumi's 7 Seeds. It's currently ongoing (at 13 vols, I think) and wow, just wow. Consistently blows me away. It's another post-apocalyptic tale, yet nothing at all like Basara. The gov't. knows about a huge comet that will hit the Earth and, worst case scenario, make it unlivable, so they have several plans. Their last-ditch effort is a project called 7 Seeds. Five teams of teenagers are cryogenically frozen, with a computer set to thaw them when it senses that the world has become livable again. There are lots of twists and turns and awesomeness which would be spoilery to mention.

#2 is Tegamibachi (or Tegami Bachi aka Letter Bee) by Asada Hiroyuki. I have seen his previous manga on the shelves and wow, his art has gotten so much better. This is one I just marvel at while reading because the drawings are so beautiful. It's a sci-fi/fantasy story about a world which has no sun. The people live by the light of a man-made star, but it doesn't reach far, so the world is divided into three lands, the innermost one being the lightest (and where the rich people live). Letter bees are people who deliver letters and packages across the land, but they're no ordinary postmen. They use spirit amber to fight these giant insects who lurk in the darkness. When Lag is little, a letter bee named Gauche comes to deliver him to a different town. The journey makes Lag want to become a letter bee, too. It's only on vol. 4 so far, but there are hints of awesome twists and turns to come. It's shounen, but not at all a fighting manga.