The conclusion to the year-end award ceremony, including the announcement of the best series of 2011.

[scanlation by CXC Scans] Looks like Kurisu’s just lost one of his key advantages: exclusive knowledge of the password. Whatever on Earth it is that “Q-510″ means, Haiba now knows that it’s a password, courtesy of his new improved diary. Speaking of the improved diary, there’s an unclear point as to what exactly it does. In the last chapter, it [...]

[scanlation by CXC Scans] Kurisu just barely avoids the generic evil hostage-taker mold by actually having a legit use for Shigeru; she’s going to get out too, but it’ll be as bait for any traps Enigma has set up around the exit. Given the built-to-kill design of the password games thus far, it’s a legitimate possibility. Even if the current [...]

[scanlation by CXC Scans] A USB-drive-based password seemed so simple when we first saw it. Too bad the computers don’t have power. This comes as more of a surprise in a manga than I expect it would in an anime; black and white color schemes make it difficult to tell when the lights are out. Kurisu plays his game pretty [...]

Rank Change Series Chapter Score 1 +5 Psyren 143 80.06% 2 +2 Beelzebub 85 78.08% 3 -2 Enigma 10 77.33% 4 -2 One Piece 604 77.33% 5 +3 Nurarihyon no Mago 131 76.35% 6 +1 Hayate no Gotoku! 297 74.85% 7 +2 The World God Only Knows 122 73.87% 8 +3 Bakuman 109 73.04% 9 +3 Fairy Tail 211 72.18% [...]

[download link - 184min, 77mb] In this week’s huge double-show: News SWOT canceled Fake Hunter x Hunter return information 37 manga publishers to launch North American manga portal New Shueisha magazine: Saikyou Jump Air Gear vol. 31 bundled with anime DVD One Piece vol. 60 sells over 2 million in 4 days Negima‘s Akamatsu plans free site for out-of-print manga [...]

[scanlation by CXC Scans] The group’s back together again, which makes the absence of the mascot guy all the more conspicuous. It is fairly weird that he left the infirmary, given the obvious danger of going out alone. Using narrative boxes to skip an exposition scene is perfectly acceptable by itself, and thankfully we don’t miss Hiina and Shigeru’s reactions [...]

Rank Change Series Chapter Score 1 +1 Enigma 9 78.45% 2 +1 One Piece 603 78.45% 3 +1 Code:Breaker 112 78.45% 4 -3 Beelzebub 84 77.82% 5 +4 Gamaran 72 77.52% 6 +4 Psyren 142 75.82% 7 +1 Hayate no Gotoku! 296 74.22% 8 -3 Nurarihyon no Mago 130 74.13% 9 +4 The World God Only Knows 121 73.04% 10 [...]