Akiko Higashimura
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a bamboo sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what
...Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Akiko's school days are long over and her work as a manga artist is keeping her very busy. Yet when Hidaka-sensei declares that he has four months left to live, it turns out he's got one final lesson to teach her. The emotional finale of mangaka Akiko Higashimura's dramatic memoir!
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"While just starting to rekindle an old flame with Hayasaka-san, Rinko is mortified to have their first date crashed by Key. Will what he has to say condemn Rinko to another angry, drunken night with her friends...or will it strengthen her resolve to make this new relationship work? There's only one thing Rinko is sure of-she's running out of time."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
TURNING TIDES As this modern fairy tale of otaku girls bum-rushing the fashion industry hits its penultimate volume, Kuranosuke charges onwards for Tsukimi's retrieval mission! Hanamori-san also makes his way to Singapore, for less noble reasons, but the biggest showstopper is Shu, who decides to propose...for real this time! Meanwhile, the Jelly Fish line may not be dead yet, but who's crazy enough to take its reins?
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
FASHIONING A FAIRY TALE The night of the fashion show for Tsukimi and Kuranosuke's Jelly Fish brand has finally arrived. They pulled out all the stops to make Amamizu-kan into an enchanting wonderland–even Mayaya has transformed into a chic model! The show brings some much-needed attention to the retro building, but will the exposure be enough to save the Amars and their home? When their fashion line becomes a hit success, the girls scramble...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
LONG DISTANCES In order to save Amamizukan, the girls decide to put up an exhibition of their work. When the Jelly Fish dresses catch the eye of Asia's greatest fashion influencer, Kai, it's not only the dresses that the mogul wants—it's the designer herself. Tsukimi and the gang are about to get the massive break they need, but at what price...? Afraid that he may lose Tsukimi, Kuranosuke must come to terms with what his true purpose for starting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A BRAND NEW WORLD In order to save Amamizukan, Tsukimi makes the ultimate sacrifice: She goes to Singapore to work as a designer for Kai's fashion company. While Amars seems to accept Tsukimi's departure and the end of Jelly Fish, Kuranosuke refuses to give her up without a fight! As she floats further and further away from home, Tsukimi struggles to learn the ins and outs of the fashion industry, as well as decipher the motives of the enigmatic Kai......
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
THE LONG-AWAITED STORY OF FANGIRLS TAKING ON TOKYO! Special large-size 2-in-1 edition of over 400 pages! "One of the best anime and manga for beginners. Enthusiasm – geeky and otherwise – is power in Princess Jellyfish. Enthusiasm saves the day and paves the road to the future." – Kotaku "Princess Jellyfish's ambition is simple: to tell a delightful story in a delightful way... It's a pretty deadly one-two punch." – Anime News...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She's loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
FIT FOR A PRINCESS As a brand, Jelly Fish comes to the conclusion that their dresses are for Amars, by Amars. After embracing the fact that they make clothes for weirdos, Tsukimi and the crew must figure out how to sell their styles! In true Amars fashion, these beloved otaku girls and eccentric boys struggle and fumble their way to their happy endings!
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
THE BUSINESS OF LOVE With the help of Amars and their savvy new ally Nisha, Tsukimi's jellyfish designs are slowly taking shape as a real clothing line. There's no time to waste if the group wants to save Amamizukan and make a splash in the fashion world, and that means churning out new dresses—and fast! As if Tsukimi weren't already overwhelmed, Shu makes it clear that he's ready to make a romantic commitment to her. For a geek girl who's never...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
THE LONG-AWAITED STORY OF FANGIRLS TAKING ON TOKYO!
Special large-size 2-in-1 edition of over 400 pages! "One of the best anime and manga for beginners. Enthusiasm – geeky and otherwise – is power in Princess Jellyfish. Enthusiasm saves the day and paves the road to the future." – Kotaku "Princess Jellyfish's ambition is simple: to tell a delightful story in a delightful way... It's a pretty deadly one-two punch." – Anime News...
Author
Series
Princess Jellyfish volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She's loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately...
Author
Series
Tokyo tarareba girls volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After yet another devastating encounter with Key, Rinko constantly questions what it means to be a 'good woman'. The haunting thought drives her to consult a fortune teller, who seems to nail her problems right on the head. When Rinko brings Koyuki and Kaori along to experience the psychic for themselves, things devolve into an argument that drives the close friends to go their separate ways. But a friendship as strong as theirs is not so easily...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Turns out, sex isn't everything. After a misspent night with a hot model (and a little too much booze), Rinko wakes up feeling more depressed than ever, unable to shake her growing suspicion that, at 33, she's doomed to be forever alone. Her friends Kaori and Koruki think they have found cosmopolitan bliss in an unavailable ex and a married man, but the daylight only brings increasingly devastating "what-ifs". And with younger, fitter, hungrier women...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sex in the city. When it finally seems like Rinko has caught a break, it disappears almost as quickly--thanks, once again, to Key. Meanwhile, Kaori finds out that she's not the only one her ex is cheating on his girlfriend with, and Koyuki learns her married boyfriend's wife may not be as estranged as she seemed. And yet, faced with the relentless void of loneliness, the three continue to make choices even they know they'll regret."--Page [4] of...
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