Enjoy! Also, online reading doesn't work yet. Not sure why, I will work on it soon.

I would like to take a moment to make this comment to all users. As noted in previous posts on Mankin-Trad and posts made on Shaman King Nation, there will be new Shaman King chapters coming in our future. However, these chapters (outside of the first two new chapters), will take place after the current chapter 285. For this reason, there will be spoilers. On Shaman King Nation, there is, and will be more in the future, news articles which describe events in unreleased chapters and contain images from said chapters.

Some fans read spoilers to get a heads up on what will happen in future chapters. Other fans, however, will not. So, for this reason, I will echo this policy.

Any details about a Shaman King chapter not released by Mankin-Trad will be considered a Spoiler. So even if there is a raw (which there isn't yet, don't ask), or an promotional ad. Unless it's been scanlated by Mankin-Trad, it's still a spoiler.

So, for all comments in ANY news post, must remain Spoiler Free! But this doesn't mean you can't discuss what will happen in these chapters. No. Instead you can use the forums to discuss the events of future Shaman King chapters.

This is the ONLY location on Mankin-Trad where spoilers can be posted. This is the Mankin-Trad official forums, in the section "Rebirth of Shaman King."

Thank you for your time, and look forward to our upcoming releases and news on Shaman King Nation.

Welcome to our biggest update EVER! This is 273MB of chapters! This is 7 "new" releases! Oh snap!

Or maybe not. Meh. Anyways, volumes 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 have all been batched up. All online reading for those chapters are still intact. However, if you wish to download any of those chapters, you need to download the entire volume. This allows us to manage the whole site alot easier. Also, this will allow us to take down releases as we see fit. As you may have noticed Volumes 21 and 24 are already gone. Our plan right now, is to remove these volumes 6 months in advance of Viz releasing their volumes. Go support Viz, or more importantly, support Hiroyuki Takei. He deserves it, he really does.

Speaking of which, the menu on the left got a redesign! In terms of length, it's just a bit shorter, but it should be easier to find stuff. Plus it gives you a better idea on what's coming up in the future. Things that are towards the top, are things that will be updated more often! That's Kang Zeng Bang, Butsu Zone, Shaman King, and Man.Ji.En! But that doesn't mean that things towards the "bottom" are forgotten either! Plus, a new section still needs to be added!

Now, here's the part I probably shouldn't say. But is there anything wrong? Is the site broken somewhere? If so, while this page is still towards the most current news item (so if it falls behind, then e-mail me, andysislands), leave a comment with the problem. There are two known issues. Funbari No Uta Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 images and download links aren't working (but Online Reading does work). Also, don't report that KZB doesn't have online reading, that's not an error. It's just not done yet. So, pile it on, if you find errors. However, I might not fix them until next year (depending on what it is).

So, enjoy. Next update should be KZB raws. But, there will be more updates and news on SKN until then. Please don't download these new volumes unless you really want to. It's the EXACT same as the other chapters. Just renamed to match the original Japanese page numbers and it's one chapter right after another.

Before reading any more, Read This First! Read Me.

Did you read that? No!? Fine, be lost, I'm not repeating it. I'll have a guide up in a week or less which should help clear things up if you are lost.

Yes, Mankin-Trad will scanlate these. Yes, we will have our own raws. Yes, you will be able to download the raws before the chapter is scanlated. No, we aren't going to make a batch download with the new chapter inserted. Yes, there will be online reading for when it's released. Yes, online reading for both the raws and scanlations. No, I don't know when the new scanlations will be released. Yes, the release date for the chapters is in the article if you read it. How will we number these chapters? All renumbered chapters will be called "KZBXXX" where the XXX stands for a number. Like KZB265 will be the new chapter. So, if you refuse to convert over or you get lost, understand that anything with "KZB" is new stuff. I think this will be the easiest way for people to understand what's going on. Also, no M-T isn't a news site, SKN is. So, if there is more updates, they won't be here. Check Shaman King Nation for your latest Shaman King news updates.

If you are in a scanlation group that wishs to scanlate these new SK chapters (in English or any other language, but knows some basic English), please e-mail me (andysislands), and we can work together to get these chapters released to everyone in as many languages and forms as possible. Since it's better to make connections now!

And here is KZB scans 9-10! Or is that 09-10? I don't know. I didn't add the "0" before it prior, and now it's here. Better late than never? (I'm talking about the zero, not the release, but I think that counts as well)

Also, as you may have noticed, alot of our "core" staff has been very busy over the last few months. It's true, we have. So releases have been a bit on the slow side. It happens. Sorry. Just please be patient and wait for our next releases.

But, before I jump into that, I would like to make one quick annoucement. Don't upload these KZB scans else where on the internet. You can modify them for use in sigs/avatars/.etc, but don't just go uploading them as full pages. There is no need. Credit needs to go where credit is due, and now M-T is hosting them up for online reading as well! The script doesn't resize them so you'll need to move your window size around a bunch to read it all. The price you'll have to pay for HQ scans that Jezzy provides and that we are thankful for. And of course, you need to thank Dit for her hard work as well!

So, more releases coming up!? You bet! When? Who knows! We are going to try to get a good end of the year push to catch up on stuff that we personally feel like we've fallen behind on. But it is the holiday time, there are other things we could be doing. On Saturday I spent about 7 hours working on SKN and M-T stuff. Do you see it all yet? No, but it's coming, things take time. We work off our own schedule and such, so nice words are good, but it is our schedules, and we'll follow them how we see fit. So only leave nice comments if you are going to leave any at all.

27 days after Exotica, "Diary of Exotica," the Volume 27 special, is released~! I know, you were probably thinking, "hmm... 27... maybe he would release it on Thanksgiving, the 27th...." Nope, it didn't happen. Oh well. It's out now. Now you can learn of some of Takei's inner thoughts!

So, what's coming up next? Who knows! What ever gets done first, well, that goes up next. We've got 4 projects which are in their respectable hands. Well, I guess, there is a bunch of other "projects" as well. And, alot of those, are all on my end. You'll be seeing those soon. This means some more odds and ends updates, and some menu restucturing. All batch volume downloads for Shaman King! Kang Zeng Bang gets it's own section! New sections are created (with new and old releases to fill it)! Broken links get fixed! So many good, happy things!

But, who knows when that will happen. Soon, I promise. But, I know, you want more! Well, if you want more, go over to Shaman King Nation (http://shamanking-nation.com). There is Shaman King news out there, and I do my best to report it! Like, Kang Zeng Bang volumes 19 and 20 come out next week. We'll have all the info on those releases next week! Plus, tons of other news and articles! Articles? Yes. Like insight into things. The two big ones coming up in early December: "The Complete Kang Zeng Bang Guide" and "Year in Review: 2008." Learn about everything you may ever need to know about the KZB and learn why this year was one of the BEST years to be a Shaman King fan.

So, check back often, both here and SKN for new stuff! We'll keep you happy throughout the winter!

I'm not dead! Hmm... that's weird. It's like every news post I seem to make is me saying that I'm not dead or something. Weird. Well, today, we have a release for you all! Yay! It's not Shaman King either! *silence*

Uhh... it was printed in Volume 27 (Original Print) of the Shaman King manga.

*single lone cheer* (Maybe...)

I know, you all want Shaman King, but we got to mix it up a bit. Maybe some more in the next update? When will that be? Not sure. Probably no new update for the next two weeks or so. But after that! Oh... after that... I'll try to tear out a bunch of updates for you all. More Exotica, MJE, and BZ related!

Of course, that's merely scanlation news, non-related to KZB. KZB stuff happens when it's ready. I'm just merely the relay for it. So, I can make no promises on that. Post nice things and maybe Dit and Jezzy will respond nicely as well.

News so scary that... you just won't believe...

Exotica will be released this weekend.

Ooooohhhooohhh.....

More updates on other releases (such as Shaman King), will also be posted at that time.

Happy Halloween!