I hate myself for not being aware of this one. I first heard about it from a post made by Raze on UTW's site several days ago, and I'm so glad he did.
Completed, 11 volumes (though only four are translated to my complete regret. More on this later.)
My favorite mangas to read consist of these genres: ecchi, romance, seinen. I've found that I am almost always going to like the manga if it has all three, and that is the case here.
Sakuranbo Syndrome (or Cupid's Mischief) is about a girl who has one heck of a medical disorder: her body gets
younger. The cure is some enzyme that only one in a million men have in their saliva. She runs into a nice dude who (le gasp) happens to have it. One kiss a day, she ages properly that day.
That little synopsis is pathetic, and I know it. Didn't want to ruin anything though, so forgive me.
You won't find this on mangafox.
You CAN find it here, link courtesy of Raze. http://www.otakuworks.com/view/82054/sakuranbo-syndrome/vol-01/read/
Raze also offered fileserve download links, which you can find on UTW's main page. Just scroll down a bit.
But yeah...this manga rocks. With the administrative stuff done, I will kick off the discussion (DON'T open spoiler unless you've read through v4 or just don't care.)
Women who'll fight for their man are hot. I didn't think much of Asou for a very long time, but she really grew on me in v4. Rena, on the other hand, just keeps slipping. She's certainly likable, and she's in an impossible situation, but she really isn't handling it well. Asou nailed it; not telling her parents is the definition of idiocy here.
Agawa has so far been a likable dude. He had some emotional scarring from his past, but he's moved on and become a better man for it. HE'S MOVED. ON. The man has backbone. Good stuff. I just hope he doesn't try to please both and lose both. I much prefer him with Asou right now, but I wouldn't be too upset if he ended up with Rena.
Rena sure can kiss passionately. I know her actions are probably because of her body desiring that enzyme, but being kissed like that has to be an enjoyable experience.
From earlier...I'm considering having a group translate volume 5. I know sahadou does Kodomo no Jikan, and that and this are similar genres. I've read gigabytes of saha's translated works and personally, I think the guy is very good. He also has a better price per page than other groups.
I WOULD like better raws than the ones I found. The ones I found were of low quality and had two pages per .jpg file, and we all hate that. I'd like the highest quality available that is one page per .jpg file. If I get that, I can at least get a quote from saha.
Nothing set in stone yet, and I haven't even contacted sahadou, but I'm hoping my personal financial stuff works out. Wish me luck I suppose.
Sorry for a ridiculously long opening post.