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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the "wakaresaseya" (literally "breaker-upper"), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. When Sato hires Kaitaro, a wakaresaseya agent, to have an affair with his wife, Rina, he assumes it will be an easy case. But Sato has never truly understood Rina or her desires and Kaitaro's job is to do exactly that--until he does it too well. While...
Author
Series
GTO volume 4
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Eikichi Onizuka engages in so many activities that he cannot get the sleep he needs.
83) The changeling
Author
Publisher
distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
85) Blue period: 3
Series
Blue period volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Relief is short-lived for Yatora after his first competition, where his piece ranks higher than expected but is far from his dream school's standards. He's prepared to give Ooba-sensei's challenges everything he's got... but what if all he's got is still not enough? With 100 days until university exams, Yatora must toil to produce a piece only he can."-- cover page 4.
Series
Boys run the riot volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"To be my true self. Sales for Boys Run the Riot skyrocket when the famous LGBTQ YouTuber WING introduces the brand to their fans... but 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 of his classmates-- most of all from his best friend and crush, Chika-- and finds that the regret of staying silent is sometimes worse than the silence itself. Meanwhile, WING has...
Series
Boys run the riot volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"RIOTS ARE ALL THE RAGE. Now that the drama with Tsubasa has cooled down, Ryo is living out and proud at school, and he and his friends are back on track to create new designs for Boys Run the Riot. While doing so, Ryo bumps into a fan named Joe, who has been running his own fashion brand for 20 years. Under his tutelage, Boys Run the Riot gets put to the test to think up their brand message, motif, and concept...in order to prepare for their brand's...
89) The big wave
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1986, c1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
90) Kamishibai man
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.
92) Blue period: 5
Series
Blue period volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Yatora makes the best of a bad situation during TUA's first exam, and he must surpass these efforts for the second. But after all he's gone through, Yatora is feeling a little out of sorts. To get back on track, he'll have to step out of the studio and into new lighting... With the help of an old friend, Yatora bares his soul and some skin to take on his latest challenge: the nude self-portrait.
93) Blue period: 4
Series
Blue period volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Yatora now has new materials in his tool box and a wider range of expression under his belt. But a week before the first exam, Ooba-sensei says he's missing a crucial edge. With so much at stake, Yatora's self-doubt brings him lower than ever before. Still, he has his fire, his resilience--and he might just get a lucky break, too"--Back cover.
Series
Chasing after Aoi Koshiba volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A young girl's journey through adolescence is packed full of drama, and budding socialite Sahoko is no exception. After a summer of emotions, she's finally acknowledged the feelings she has in her heart for the tomboy, Aoi. With the start of the fall semester just around the corner, the new school year is shaping up to be just as turbulent as the last!"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Chasing after Aoi Koshiba volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Four years have gone by, and Sahoko still yearns for her high school love, Aoi. Flashback to the summer of their second year of high school: A bubbly yet still gawky teen, Sahoko, meets super-hot Aoi at the sports festival. The two develop a close bond but their relationship stalls. Sahoko now anxiously waits for Aoi at their high school reunion, reminiscing about their fateful kiss. Can Sahoko finally reconcile her feelings for Aoi?"--page [4] of...
Series
Keep your hands off Eizouken! volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Midori loves to design worlds. Tsubame loves to animate. Sayaka loves to make money! And at Shibahama High, they call them Eizouken--a three-girl club determined to produce their own spectacular science fiction anime! But with no budget from their school and a leaky warehouse for a studio, Eizouken is going to have to work hard and use their imagination... the one thing they've got plenty of!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination...
Series
Sayonara football volume 16
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Time to shine. All Nozomi Onda's ever wanted was a chance to show her coach, her captain and her old 'pupil' Namek, now captain of the rival Egami West, what she's made of on the field--and now she's got it. With the Newcomer's Tournament on the line, and so much pressure from everyone who said girls don't belong on the field with boys, how will she rise to the occasion?"--Provided by publisher.
99) Thousand cranes
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents' deaths, Kikuji encounters his father's former mistress, Mrs. Ota.
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