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Language
English
Description
A teenage boy, Kafka Tamura runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom.
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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer. When one of them, Toshi, discovers that her nextdoor neighbor has been brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbor's son. But when he flees, taking Toshi's bike and cell phone with him, the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within them as well as from the world around them."--Publisher's description....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Kimi Nakamura loves nothing more than transforming the outfits of her friends into expressions of their "Ultimate Selves" but her mother thinks it is a waste of time. After a huge fight, Kimi makes the decision to accept her grandparents' invitation to Kyoto where she is surrounded by her heritage, which is simultaneously foreign and familiar, and the environment helps her understand her mother better than ever before.
Author
Series
Yu-gi-oh! original series volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Contains several "Shonen Jump" adventures, including a showdown between Yugi and the Egyptian mystic Shadi, which decides the life or death of Yugi's best friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The tournament for the right to duel Kaiser Zane is over. With a new deck in hand, Jaden resolves to fight the black shadow that's after the spirit cards. In the midst of all this, four American duelists arrive for an exchange battle. Soon after, Crocodile, one of the four, challenges alexis's brother Atticus to a duel. Even as Crocodile turns up the heat, Atticus keeps his cool. What is his real power?
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Reggie MacKenzie's demon-posessed father makes his move when the next round of duels begin at Duel Academy. He manipulates members of the visiting American team and thus sows the seeds of destruction. Will Jaden realize the evil he faces when when he confronts his next opponent or will the demon's plan to be resurrected succeed?
Author
Series
My little monster volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act...
Author
Series
Inuyashiki volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse for Ichiro Inuyashiki, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where he stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there's something...different about himself. It turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichiro needs to take a new lease on life. Now it seems like there's nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect...
Author
Series
Inuyashiki volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family, despite all that he's done to support them. Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to...
Author
Series
Hello melancholic! volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Asano Minato is a tall but stooping first-year in high school. Though she's a killer trombone player, she does everything she can to fade into the background. Despite her best efforts, Minato catches the attention of her bubbly and charismatic senpai Hibiki, who wants Minato to join the mysterious band she's forming at school. And she won't take no for an answer! Will Minato be able to let go of the past and play in a school band again? Can polar...
Author
Series
My little monster volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Haru's big brother suddenly appears with unclear motives. What is clear is Haru's hatred for his big brother. Haru disappears at the sight of his big brother and Mizutani is left with even more questions about Haru. What are her feelings for him? How can she make him like her? And what is the deal with his big brother?" --
"Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive...
Author
Series
Flower in a storm volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Riko Kunimi is trying to lead a normal high school life when Ran Tachibana bursts into her classroom carrying a gun and tells her that her life is now his. Ran, the richest, most powerful 17-year-old in Japan wants her as his wife, and he's not taking no for an answer! If Ran can't capture her by five o'clock the next day, he'll give up on her, but he has all that money can buy at his disposal. However, Riko has one trick up her sleeve--she has...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Moritaka and Akito's hard work is paying off, and they start challenging their rival Eiji's popularity in Shonen Jump. But just as they plan the next step, the team is hit with a surprising setback. Moritaka and Akito will need the help of their manga artist friends to overcome this hurdle!" -- p. [4] of cover.
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