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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[snarp]

I'm going through my list of all the manga I've been reading recently, and of the recent stuff, the only things still unlicensed are either by Ashinano Hitoshi or Moyoco Anno, or involve lesbians. (And technically, Ashinano Hitoshi stuff generally involves lesbians.) Mysterious, American manga publishers!

Strawberry Shake/Strawberry Shake Sweet, Hayashiya Shizuru - Cute, funny, completely plot-free shoujo-ai manga set at a modelling agency. "Ouran with lesbians" would not be an unfair summary.

Honey & Honey, Takeuchi Sachiko - Autobiographical manga about a lesbian couple. Very sweet with very rough, simplistic art.

Plica, Amamiya Sae - Probably-autobiographical comic about a lesbian woman in Japan, very simplistic art like Honey & Honey, but much grimmer. Actually a 4-panel comic strip.

All three of the above can be acquired at Lillilicious.

Okay, I got one that's not yuri: Pandora Hearts. I am unsure that this manga is actually any good, but it amuses me that it's basically Tsubasa - guys who look suspiciously like Syaoran and Fai, in roughly the same roles, trying to help girl who's lost her memories recover them - if Sakura was the greatest warrior in the universe, especially when she transforms into her true form as a goth monster rabbit. (Annnd I just googled and it's been licensed.)

Again purely for Crack Logic reasons, the Legend of Zelda: Four Swords manga, by Himekawa Akira. Himekawa felt that the basic plot "Link splits into five Links with different-colored hats, and they fight" would be improved by angsty UST between the evil Link and the Link in the purple hat. He/she was right. It may be read here.

And if you haven't read Ashinano Hitoshi's PositioN, you should. It's similar to YKK, but urban fantasy rather than sci-fi, and only one volume.