One of my favorite ongoing manga series right now is the delightfully absurd and utterly hilarious Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka. While we’re only up to the 10th volume here in the U.S., Nonaka finished the series some time ago and is currently hard at work on a new manga series, entitled Mirai Chounaikai. The guys at Same Hat! managed to grab the first volume, and have some details and pictures:

The series revolves around a neighborhood association in the year 2076. No really, I’m serious. At first, it’s literally PAGES and PAGES of neighbors sitting around tables having zoning discussions and stuff. But in a way, the initial setup and scope of this comic already makes it pretty damn experimental and weird, for a comedy manga.

It looks like as the story goes on, Nonaka introduces weirder and weirder neighbors and committee issues, like these intense mutant warriors that look like something out of Mai, The Psychic Girl or Dragonball. The basic format, with repeating scenarios, running parodies and a growing cast of odd characters, should feel pretty familiar to Cromartie fans.

Nonaka’s proven himself with Cromartie enough that I’m willing to snatch up this as soon as it gets translated here. Assuming of course that ADV picks it up.

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