It's a new month, so it's time to honor the best titles from the previous.  All the titles up for nomination come from our previous month's reviews, and had a score of 8 or higher.  Our board of manga reviewers then pick the best of the best.  Winners will receive either the gold scroll, silver scroll or bronze scroll.  First, the nominations:

Apollo's Song	Vertical, Inc.	8.5
Aqua Volume 1-2	Tokyopop	8
Children of the Sea Volume 1	Viz Media	9.5
Pluto Volume 5	Viz Media	9.5
Rasetsu Volume 2	Viz Media	9
Slam Dunk Volume 4	Viz Media	9.5
Sounds of Love	Aurora	9
Strange Tales #1	Marvel Comics	10
Summit of the Gods Volume 1	Ponent Mon	8.5
Tale of an Unknown Country Volume 1	CMX	8

For the Brownie, nominations come from our lowest review scores of 5 or below.  This is all in good fun, in the vein of the Razzies.  The nominees are:

Black God Volume 6	Yen Press	5
Four-Eyed Prince Volume 1	Del Rey Manga	5

The Blue nominations are to recognize the best of BL titles from the month.  The nominees are:

Endless Rain

Digital Manga Publishing/June

8

A trend showed up quickly with this month's voting, making the winners pretty clear.


Children of the Sea Volume 1


Pluto Volume 5


Apollo's Song


Four-Eyed Prince Volume 1
This boy's suggestion of swapping girlfriends leads to one of the most surprising and confusing chapters I have ever read in a shoujo manga.


Endless Rain (By Default)

After voting, our reviewers then have the option to give a minority opinion, or honorable mention to any titles they feel deserved more credit.

Lori Henderson