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Series
Boys run the riot volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ryo and Jin have started their own fashion brand, Boys Run the Riot. Now they just have to get the word out there! But the world of fashion is a cutthroat business of patronizing adults, and the boys will have to get creative--and save some cash--if they want to get their brand off the ground and be taken seriously. Working part-time is hard enough, but for Ryo, being transgender makes it even harder. In work, friendship, and romance, he struggles...
Author
Series
Boys run the riot volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A transgender teen finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the world of street fashion in this personal, heartfelt, story from a Japanese transgender manga creator"--
"Sales for Boys Run the Riot skyrocket when the famous LGBTQ YouTuber WING introduces the brand to their fans& ut in the process, also outs Ryo as transgender to the whole world! With his secret now out in the open, Ryo is left to face the confusion...
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 8
Language
English
Description
Princess Mia's junior year in high school begins with a difficult course load, a crazy student council race, Grandmere's search for temporary lodging, and learning that her boyfriend is moving to Japan for a year, partly because she will not sleep with him.
Author
Language
English
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Cozy Reads from Asia
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Translations from Japanese
Cozy Reads from Asia
Read-Alikes for What You Are Looking for is In the Library
Translations from Japanese
Description
"Cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" -Kirkus "Bibliophiles will dote on this charming import from Japan, smoothly translated by Louise Heal Kawai." - Library Journal From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about...
Author
Language
English
Description
The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Akari is a high school junior obsessed with "oshi" Masaki Ueno, a member of the popular J-Pop group Maza Maza. She writes a blog devoted to him, and spends hours addictively scrolling for information about him and his life. Desperate to analyze and understand him, Akari hopes to eventually see the world through his eyes. It is a devotion that borders on the religious: Masaki is her savior, her backbone, someone she believes she cannot survive without-even...
Author
Language
English
Description
"...the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages."
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage centers on a devastating emotional betrayal and its consequences. Tsukuru Tazaki belongs to a tight-knit...
Author
Series
My hero academia smash volume 3
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
This volume of the My Hero Academia parody series treats hero education like a joke! First, the aspiring heroes of U.A. High enjoy fun in the sun on their summer break. Then, exams are replaced by silly student vs. teacher games assigned at random! Plus Izuku and company in Halloween costumes and as animals! What are we teaching these kids?!...
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10) Grotesque
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the brutal murders of two Tokyo prostitutes, Yuriko and Kazue, Yuriko's older sister describes the three women's education at a prestigious girls' high school, where a strict societal conventions determine the courses of their lives.
11) An assassin
Publisher
Asian Crush
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
Trained to be the perfect assassin by the mob and saving a mysterious high school girl; things change to where the mob is hot on their trail.
Author
Series
Nisekoi volume 25
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In order to to keep the peace between their feuding gang families, Japanese high school students Raku Ichijou and Chioge Kirisaki agree to pretend they are in a romantic relationship.
13) Our cursed love
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a love potion gone wrong causes Cam to forget his best friend Remy completely, they travel through Tokyo to rediscover his memories, make new ones, and maybe even fall in love all over again.
Author
Publisher
Soho Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school—again. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out of school in Hawaii, isn’t upset; she only wants to know why. But Ginny has always been in-between. She can't bring herself to open up to anyone about her past, or about what prompted her to flee her native Japan. Then, Ginny finds a mysterious scrawl among Stephanie's scraps...
15) Horimiya: 14
Author
Series
Horimiya volume 14
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The sweet 'aww'-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The student council members are usually pretty buddy-buddy. But that's not to say they get along 24-7... When an all-out fight explodes among them, will it be just another chapter of their average high school life? Or will their friendships be forever broken...?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"As Chitoge gets more and more acclimated to her new life in Japan, she finds herself spending more time with Raku and her newfound friends, most of whom have a crush on Raku as well! But now that it's Valentine's Day, will Chitoge and friends find the nerve to give Raku their homemade chocolates?" --
Author
Series
Say I love you volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"It's hard for the once-loner Mei to believe that she's been going out with Yamato for six whole months! He's taught her a lot about how sweet love can be, but now she's about to learn a new lesson: Love can be war! When a serious rival arises for Yamato's affections (and a roundhouse kick isn't an option), how will Mei handle it? Let the battle begin!" --
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 hero academia. Main series volume 13
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The students of Class 1-A have reached another milestone--the Provisional Licensing Exam. After making it through the first part of the test, they ready themselves for the next phase, which takes place in a simulated disaster area. Midoriya and his friends have to rescue as many victims as they can, and although the students of rival Shiketsu High are technically supposed to be helping, competition between them is fierce and even dangerous! As the...
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