MiXiM

The current manga of mangaka Nobuyuki Anzai (Flame of Recca, MAR).

Matsui Ichimatsu, Sanguubashi Takezou, and Haruno Koume have really lousy love lives. However, their lives change when an alien by the name of Carmina appears and informs them that they are all from another planet named Polaris and that one of them is the prince of Polaris. She also tells them that their lack of luck in love is a result of a magic spell that makes women avoid them to stop them from assimilating with Earth society; however, there are twelve exceptions, each one bearing a sign of the zodiac.

However, things soon become dangerous for the heroes, for a group called Big Bang Zero is out to kill them. Filled with ruthless beings from all over the cosmos and led by a group capable of blowing up whole planets known as Shadow Matter, Big Bang Zero will stop at nothing to kill the heroes as well as destroy Polaris.

Ended in 2010. Due to the rushed pacing of the ending, its likely it was canceled by it magazine.

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Tropes used in MiXiM include:

• Action Girl: Momoko
• Affably Evil: Pandora, who tends to act like a goofball even when committing heinous acts.
• Creepy Child: Zero. He's nice enough, but once he feels that he fully understands you...
• Cute Shotaro Boy: Koume, who seems to have an appearance more fitting of an elementary school student.
• Cut Short: After Matsui beats Pandora, he given all the powers of his colleges and even a few from his Heel Face Turn former opponents and uses it to destroy the princess of Kocab. He and the other continue their lives after that. The end.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: Takezou
• Expy: Pandora appears to be one of Joker and Nanashi, from appearance to personality to choice of weaponry.
• I'm a Humanitarian: Dodo
• Improbable Weapon User: All over the place from finger puppets that give different effects (strength, turning anything into a weapon, eating the landscape and er...excreting it to trap enemies), to cute costumes that give you its properties, to wine glasses, to even PSPs that can bring out game characters and allow you to use them in real life.
• Kill It with Fire: Juuzo's method of fighting
• Monster Clown: Dodo, oh god, Dodo...
• Person of Mass Destruction: The princess of Kochab, to the point that most members of Shadow Matter need to be present to calm her down again.
• Sink or Swim Mentor: Momoko
• Tomato Surprise: If one of the Twelve Penance, Crete, is to be believed Komue is the main prince of Polaris.
  • Her other two predictions have now both come true, so it's looking pretty likely.
  • But at the same time, Dodo was killed, so how can he kill Arachne? Also Juuzyou was not betrayed.
  • Zero and the Princess are two halves of the same person Kochab. He lost his memory however