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Turning Japanese is an illustrated memoir that chronicles MariNaomi's experiences working in illegal hostess bars in San Jose and Tokyo while attempting to connect with a culture that had eluded her since childhood. Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition includes new story pages that bring fresh insight and a new resolution to this classic comics memoir of our times.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks,...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Akira's gig as an alien's bodyguard gets a lot harder when an intergalactic assassin attacks, putting his partner Sho in mortal danger. Akira will have to get over his nerves and summon every bit of courage he has inside him to stand up to an opponent he never, ever imagined he'd face! But he won't do it alone. The last person he expected to see suddenly shows up to save the day... As Sho's mysterious identity is finally revealed, secrets are about...
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Tokyo aliens volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This thrilling sci-fi fantasy series welcomes you to Japan, a top ten destination for extraterrestrials looking for refuge, relaxation, a good time, or just to raise a little hell! Join one unsuspecting Tokyoite as he discovers that intergalactic tourist relations can prove to be a lot more dangerous than they seem! Shiny new high school first-year Akira is as ordinary as they come. But fate has its own plans for Akira. After witnessing a ferocious...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"High school first-year Akira finds out he's less ordinary than he thought when he's thrown into the elite and mysterious AMO, a secret police organization in charge of managing relations between aliens and humans on Earth! The inscrutable leader of the AMO, Amamiya, sees great potential in Akira. But the hapless high schooler is still seeing stars over the fact that aliens are real and walk among us! To test out Akira's abilities, Amamiya assigns...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Our intrepid hero-in-training, Akira Gunji, and his somewhat terrifying boss, Reiji Amamiya, drop in on a black market auction that deals in the illegal trade of extraterrestrial creatures. When Akira suffers a near-lethal attack by one of the aliens, Amamiya inscrutably leaves him for dead! Surely the calculating AMO head has some plan in mind...but that falls by the wayside when Amamiya catches a glimpse of what's inside the alien creature. Whatever...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"This thrilling sci-fi/fantasy series welcomes you to Japan, a top-ten destination for extraterrestrials looking for refuge, relaxation, a good time, or just to raise a little hell! Join one unsuspecting Tokyoite as he discovers that intergalactic tourist relations can prove to be a lot more dangerous than they seem! When the terrifying alien Hakugin attacked a young Sho Tenkubashi and his little sister all those years ago, who was their brave--and...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After leaping 12 years into his past, Takemichi has now fallen in with two leaders of the Toman gang, Mikey and Draken. He's failed to avoid an encounter with the opposing Moebius gang, and a Toman member ends up in jail for assault! A schism splits Toman, with Mikey on one side and Draken on the other. Takemichi mediates between them, but not everybody gets the message, and the festival night of August 3rd is set as the day Draken dies! Will Takemichi...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Language
English
Description
"Asa and Denji are going on a date to the aquarium! Asa just wants to seduce Denji to turn him into a weapon, but Denji might have other ideas. Will they ruin the date with their extreme social awkwardness, or will a surprise attack by a devil be the culprit?" --Back cover.
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Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Nico Hayashi is a 14-year old junior high school girl working part-time as a telephone dating operator and as a private investigator to the mob. Along for the ride is her friend Iichiro Sudo who has an obsession for collecting toy robots. "Together they are Sexy Voice and Robo, two people doing their best to bring some hope into this crazy world."
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Series
Durarara!! (Manga) volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
Description
After twenty years of searching, Celty, the headless black rider, has at last found her missing head bobbing through the streets of Ikebukuro on someone else's neck! Though Celty pursues, the girl escapes on the arm of Mikado Ryuugamine, taking refuge in his apartment. But with both the legendary rider and Yagiri Pharmaceuticals bearing down on Mikado in their pursuit of the scarred girl, how can he hope to save his own neck?
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Series
Tokyo revengers volume 1-2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
English edition.
Language
English
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"Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is also responsible for Hinata's death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang! But things aren't so simple when he befriends the gang's leader, Mikey....
15) Chainsaw man: 15
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world. After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! As a primal fear devil makes its appearance, the world may soon be turned upside down. This devil has the power to drive a wedge between Asa and Yoru-- can the two of them manage to work together to avoid becoming a meal for the residents of hell?" --back...
19) Blue period: 8
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A manga about the struggles and rewards of a life dedicated to art. Popular guy Yatora realizes he's just going through the motions to make other people happy and finds himself in a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling... CITYSCAPE After a disappointing first assignment, Yatora is encouraged by Maki and is determined to move forward. His next assignment is a scenery of Tokyo....
20) Nana: Vol. 12
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Hachi tells herself that she's got her eye on the future and her life with Takumi, but she just can't let go of the past and her friendship with Nana and the rest of Blast--especially Nobu. And the tangle gets thicker when Hachi's wedding has to be postponed in favor of Nana and Ren's nuptials. Can Hachi handle another delay in her happily-ever-after?
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