Just would like to say...

Happy Birthday to us! Today, 3/3/10, Mankin-Trad is 3 years old! Well, it really depends on how you count. Here's the reasons why you will say we are wrong:

- Mankin-Trad started off as a French team. So yes, you could say, Mankin-Trad started in early 2005. Fine, then we are 5 years old!

- There were Mankin-Trad releases in English before 3/3/2004! We even released Jumbor chapter 1 (from WSJ raws) before that! And that's very true. But alot of those weren't of great quality. Not that quality you have come to know and love. It's not that we aren't saying those months were important. They certainly are. But those 7 months were like my gearing up zone, to get us to where we are today!

So why this date? Well, since it's the day that mankin-trad.net domain name was purchased. And that seems like a good enough day to say, "it's our birthday!" So here we are! Yup, we are 3 on 3/3! Another year has gone by so fast! It feels like I've been doing this longer than I actually have! I know, it should be the reverse!

What are we going to do special for our birthday? A new banner! More Baru for you! What does this mean? More Jumbor is on the way! So make sure you look forward to it! More releases will be coming soon!

 Hello, after several months of waiting, Mankin-Trad is proud to announce our latest release, and future project. As some of you may know, Takei has now entered the market of Ultra Jump. His first contribution to the magazine is a Jumbor oneshot. This is a sequel to his original series "Jyuki Ningen Jumbor". You can read this series right now on Mankin-Trad, just take a look through the left hand menu.

From this success, Takei will now be releasing brand new Jumbor chapters every month in Ultra Jump. Mankin-Trad is proud to announce that we will also be scanlating this series every month, as it is released from Japan. As some of you may know, some of Dit's first work here at Mankin-Trad was the original "Jyuki Ningen Jumbor." As such, the entire team will be back on again for this new series! Raws will be provided by Jezzy, translations by Dit, and I'll cover all the typesetting and cleaning. It'll be fun, and I hope you all enjoy this new series!

In the upcoming weeks and months, we will also have some other new releases. So please check back every week, and watch out for other things we have planned.

Our entire team has worked very hard on this oneshot, and we hope you enjoy our release!

Once upon a time, Takei wrote Shaman King. Then it got cancelled. Then he wrote some more. And ended it quickly. Then he tried something else. And failed. Then he went back to Shaman King. He created several wonderful volumes. He finished with the story. But he forgot some details. So he created the "Mentalite" fanbook. He created Snake's Legs to introduce us to information we basically already know. But he knew that wasn't enough. No. He couldn't stop. As a result...

Shaman King: Flowers -Hana's Epoch- Chapter 1!

This is the true sequel to Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang. Originally published in the Mentalite fanbook, this is the start of the sequel. However, there are no plans yet for when chapter 2 will be released. Or even where! So we just got to hope for it!

When it appears, we'll be ready for it! Enjoy this chapter!

 You just finished Shaman King chapter 300 ten minutes ago? Well just in luck! We've got the inside scoop on what's going on now! Let's just say those were some crazy times you missed!

Well, enjoy! We've got more Mentalite stuff coming on the way. I told you we weren't done with Shaman King yet!

Some of you have waited a very long time for this. For fans like myself, I've waited even longer. The final, true, conclusion. An ending that Takei wanted. On Takei's timeframe. It covers alot of ground, but it needed to end somewhere. Takei picked here. There is alot to it. But this is it, chapter 300, the final Shaman King chapter. It's ready for you to enjoy. Maybe I'll do a commentary in the future. Probably something serious, which will show you the depth Takei placed in this end if you don't find it convincing.

But, we aren't done yet. Mentalite has brought us some more Shaman King goodness and we will do our best to give that to you. Plus we still have more loose ends to tie up with Kang Zeng Bang, and Shaman King in general. So look forward to that in the upcoming days, weeks, and months!