Manga: Bitter Virgin

[Archangel]

You can read it here (http://www.onemanga.com/Bitter_Virgin/)

Be warned, the series Bitter Virgin has been categorized as 'mature' and may be inappropriate for some users. It deals with some strong subjects such as rape and pedophilia but if you think your old enough you should have no problems with it. There is no hentai content.

Summary:

Suwa Daisuke is the ladies man of his small town high school, and he has his eye on most every girl, except for one. Aikawa Hinako isn't his type, but when he overhears a deep dark secret of hers, he finds himself thinking of her more and more.

You really have to give yourself time ( about 3 chapters ) to really fall in love with the characters but after you do your hooked. It's interesting to see how a "broken" girl such as aikawa acts in a world that seems to conspire against her and even more so to see suwa's change of heart for the girl. I don't want to give any spoilers up but i highly recomend this seinen manga to all readers.

Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Virgin)

[Abdula]

I've already read this and I'm kinda ambivalent about it. I don't have any problem with the subject matter or anything but something just seems off and rather unrealistic about it, in my opinion anyway.

[Archangel]

Dam, does anyone know when the next chapter is out? It's been a while since i read the last one...

[Ryllharu]

I do in fact.

Solaris-SVU's site:
Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:15am
I couldn't release until today, when my monthly bandwidth limit resets for the next month. Umi no Misaki vol3 will be published later this month. Please, don't bombard me with 'do you have it yet?' questions. I get enough of those about BITTER VIRGIN. If/when I get it, I will start working on it immediately. The same goes for BITTER VIRGIN. People asking me is not helping the situation, and frankly, I don't know when I will have it, or when I will release until I have the book in my hands or the scans on my drive.
When the tank is out and delivered into the hands of their translator. Or, in the language of most subbers/scanners, "When it is done."

There's plenty of other series to distract me while I wait, a few from Solaris-SVU themselves. As eager as I am to see where this story is going next, this is nothing new to the scanlation world.

[Marik]

Thanks for the heads up. I never heard of this series, but after seeing this I went and read it. Stayed up last night, reading all 24 chapters. It was great.

[Archangel]

Well i'm glad, if i get just 1 person reading this manga than making the thread was worth it :)

[Narasho]

I very much enjoyed this manga, so you can count me as the 2nd person you got to read it haha.

Does anyone know if the manga has been completed in Japan? I'm just curious if they are still releasing chapters in Japan or not.

[Archangel]

I'm pretty sure they're still releasing them.

Solaris is currently translating them and we'll probably have the next volume by the end of the month

[Narasho]

Good to know, thanks.

[Marik]

Nice to know, I'll be waiting.

[Archangel]

Here's the link guys

http://www.mangaworld.org/index.html

Check it out in about a week, it should be there by then

[staffcc]

I'm downloading it now! I'll post some comments after reading it...

[Archangel]

Cool, a female perspective on the whole drama might be interesting

[Ryllharu]

Since this manga is more popular than I realized:

Chapter 25 is available at Solaris-SVU's site:
http://www.mangaworld.org/

[Marik]

OMG! Thanks for the news. Been waiting on this one.

[Narasho]

And chapter 26!
http://www.mangaworld.org/

[Marik]

Nice, thanks for the heads up.

[Narasho]

27 is out.

http://www.mangaworld.org/

[Ryllharu]

Hmm...I'm not sure what to think of Yuzu. At first, it was easy to respect her with her line about how it's wrong for a woman to attack another woman's wounds (but totally unrealistic since they do it all the time in the real world). Then she turns around and lets it all loose.

Sure, Daisuke doesn't care because he already knows, but Aikawa's trust in Yuzu will be completely gone. Yuzu may be nearly as much of a control freak bitch as Kazuki, but she obviously has no intention of letting him go easily if thing between Aikawa and Daisuke started to go well.

[Narasho]

I'm really disappointed in Yuzu. She has let her feelings for Daisuke control her decision making, and cause her to make a bad decision and betray Aikawa.

[Narasho]

And 28:

http://mangaworld.org/

[Marik]

Chapter 29

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6NV7OLK or http://www.mangaworld.org/ or online viewing http://www.onemanga.com/Bitter_Virgin/29/01/

[Ryllharu]

Chapter 30 is also out, we all know where to get it by now.

This chapter was quite the turnabout. I have to say I am pleasantly surprised.

[TheBladeChild]

chapter 31-32 via one manga

http://www.onemanga.com/Bitter_Virgin/31/01/

[Narasho]

I can't believe the manga is over! It was a good story... though I am sad that it ended :*(