Synopsis: (from Wikipedia)
The source material for the Winter 2012 anime Moretsu Pirates also known as Bodacious Space Pirates.In the far future where space travel has become the norm, Marika Kato is a high school girl living a rather ordinary life as a member of the space yacht club and a part-time job at a high-class retro café. One day, Marika meets subordinates of her recently deceased father who reveal her father was a space pirate. By law, only direct descendants can inherit her father's spaceship, the Bentenmaru, which her father's subordinates ask that she takes over as their new Captain. Thus begins Marika's life as a Space Pirate
Publication data:
Written by Yūichi Sasamoto
Published by Asahi Shimbun
Demographic Male
Original run October 2008 – possibly complete? maybe ongoing?
Volumes 8
I have not found any indication that this series has been licensed by a US publisher. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to kill the poll and thread!