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Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 3
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Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki is still trying to get used to his new life when Commission of Counter Ghoul agents Mado and Amon start...
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Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 5
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Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as The Gourmet for his interesting and sadistic tastes. And Kaneki learns...
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"Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer spent her early years in Japan and relocated to the United States in 2003. The summer before she turned sixteen, she returned to Tokyo, making a solo journey to get reacquainted with her birthplace. Through illustrations, photos, and musings, Inzer documented her journey. In Diary of a Tokyo Teen, Inzer explores the cutting-edge fashions of Tokyo's trendy Harajuku...
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Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 2
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Ken Kenaeki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and amster his new powers. Unable to discard his humanity but equally unable to suppress his Ghoul hunger, Ken finds salvation in the kindness of friendly Ghouls who teach him how to pass as human and eat flesh humanely. But recent...
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Tokyo ghoul (Manga) volume 4
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Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as The Gourmet for his interesting and sadistic tastes. And Kaneki learns...
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This book provides readers with a unique vision of Japan's capital, as seen through the eyes of an artist. Arrazola immerses herself in the cult of Hello Kitty and the pop-eyed charms of "Kawaii" cute culture, while conveying the collision of traditional and modern Japanese culture in the female Samurais she meets and draws.
8) Solanin
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"Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to...
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In this final volume Yozo has been lulled into a sense of comfort with his new life and young wife. All that he holds dear is completely destroyed when he finds out that the person he loves is even potentially worse off than he. After his wife is sexually assaulted by a business acquaintence, Yozo can no longer envision her as the beautiful pure woman that tamed his soul many months before. Now his wife is little more than a doll for charming men,...
12) Nana: Vol. 21
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"Tragedy strikes as the Search Weekly team takes their snooping too far! Hounded to the limit by remorseless reporters, Ren spins his car off the icy road in a horrible accident that will change the course of everyone's future" -- p. [4] of cover.
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Saint Young Men volume 2
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"Buddha, the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God, continue their goofy adventures through modern-day Tokyo, with escha-pades aplenty. The wise guys of Tachikawa, along with their band of saintly companions and immortal foes, immerse themselves even deeper into daily life among their new neighborhood acquaintances. As the seasons turn, new adventures await them around every corner: from the blissful highs of bullet train travel and gaming with friends...
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Skip and loafer volume 2
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"While Mitsumi adjusts to big city life, her cheerful and forthright personality brings joy to her classmates. Now that she's getting the hang of high school, her circle expands even further."--Provided by publisher.
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Saint Young Men volume 3
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Buddha the Enlightened One and Jesus, Son of God have successfully brought the 20th century to a close, and after a few millennia of guiding humanity to salvation, these two sacred ones are in need of some rest and relaxation. They decide to share an apartment on Earth in Tokyo, but living among mortals in the 21st century is no cakewalk for the saintly duo ... They may find it difficult to navigate modern Japanese living, but Jesus' carefree attitude...
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Saint Young Men volume 6
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"Comic karma-geddon. Buddha, the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God, continue their jovial adventures through Japan in search of new expieriences. The saintlt duo tests the resolve of their various "comic" personas, treads new ground with their old acquaintances in Tachikawa, and encounters a fresh cast of divine colleagues during their explorations of Tokyo. Walk the path of the wisest of guys, and finally learn the answer to age-old spiritual...
17) Trash market
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"A man walks away from his desk and disappears for weeks, only to return with no recollection of his wanderings. A married war veteran wrestles with depression and befriends a young woman. A rebellion turns bloody. A young artist studies the life and paintings of Vincent van Gogh. A schoolboy faces violence and antipathy at home. A group of lowlifes tease and cajole each other as they wait their turn to sell blood to survive"--Page 4 of cover.
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"Japan's beloved literary masterpiece brought to life in manga form! Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society in early 20th century Tokyo. Written with biting wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a rather cynical stray kitten. He finds his way into the home of an English teacher, where his running commentary on the follies and foibles of the people...
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"The neon pulse of Asia. When Americans venture to the other side of the Earth, they might as well be on another planet. Tokyo days, Bangkok nights follows the exploits of young travelers lost on the streets of two exotic, electric locales: Tokyo days: A gadget-geek in search of the latest in cool consumer tech discovers that every routine detail of daily existence causes a culture-clash. Featuring hyper, high-fashioned high school girls, over-the-top...
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"After suffering unprecedented disasters in World War II, Japan accepts the American and Allied Forces' terms of unconditional surrender. Now the citizens of a ruined nation, the people of Japan come together amid an influx of influences and immigrants and-cunningly, carefully-survive...This is the unrecognizable Japan to which the sharpshooting, sweet-talking womanizer Leo Shishigami returns three years after the war. Against this backdrop, in the...
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