Deb Aoki turns in her list of the best new manga of 2011.
A lot of series seem to be winding up, either now or in the near future, and the Manga Bookshelf bloggers include several final or penultimate volumes in their latest Pick of the Week discussion.
News from Japan: GTO creator Tohru Fujisawa has a new series in the works, to run in Kodansha’s Young Magazine, and he is also contributing to several other projects. Two Comic Gangan series, Fudanshi Full! and Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto, both ended in last Friday’s issue, and Comic Ace had three series come to a close.
Reviews: Ash Brown chronicles another week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga. The Manga Bookshelf team gets the week started with a new round of Bookshelf Briefs.
Kristin on vol. 4 of Afterschool Charisma and vol. 36 of Bleach (Comic Attack)
Kristin on vol. 2 of Ai Ore! (Comic Attack)
Chris Beveridge on vol. 8 of Bakuman (The Fandom Post)
Chris Beveridge on vol. 16 of Black Jack (The Fandom Post)
Anne on vol. 2 of Codename Sailor V (Manga Report)
Lori Henderson on Dark Water (Manga Xanadu)
Chris Kirby on vol. 10 of Detroit Metal City (The Fandom Post)
Matthew J. Brady on vol. 1 of The Drops of God (Warren Peace Sings the Blues)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 4 of I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow (The Comic Book Bin)
Matthew Alexander on vol. 2 of Itsuwaribito (The Fandom Post)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 32 of Negima (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Angela Eastman on vol. 5 of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (The Fandom Post)
Kristin on This Night’s Everything and An Even More Beautiful Lie (Comic Attack)
Matthew Warner on vol. 13 of Vampire Knight (The Fandom Post)