Black Cowl (Yaoi Manga)


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In his black hood, Anoa walks the streets selling apples. But he has a dark side he keeps hidden away...! This story is filled with fantasy, love between boys, and action!




A Little Life


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.




First Love Experiment (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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“First Love Experiment” is a compilation of 5 sexy and funny BL stories by Souko Ikeda. 1. "First Love Experiment" Teraoka and Matsudo have always spent time together since childhood until they both now become teachers in the same school. The problem is, Teraoka only stuck with Matsudo because he had agreed to become his friend's lifetime guinea pig. But did he actually do all the experiment for Teraoka or does he have an ulterior motive that will change their relationship forever? 2. "The Butt Doctor" Coming to Proctology Clinic to check on his butt is an embarrassing thing for Takuya. But, apparently, the doctor was very gentle and helpful… Hm, maybe a little bit too much. But Takuya doesn’t have time to think about that since the doctor’s examination made his body feels so good! 3. "The Men’s Public Baths" Yuzawa owns a public bath so he can have his own sexy time with the cute guys he has eyes on. One of his customers is a dull salaryman that is not Yuzawa’s type at all, but he keeps staring at him! What does he want from Yuzawa and why Yuzawa who always desired to be a top start wanting to be embraced by him… 4. Secret Drag-Dressing Lesson Kiyokawa was in the middle of practicing his school girl’s costume for a doujinshi event, but the most socially satisfied guy in campus, Hoshino caught him in the act! Now Kiyokawa has to go a date with Hoshino or his photo will get spread..! What does this man want from Kiyokawa…5. The Virgin Brothers ~ Our First Time ~ Masami was ready to leave his boring boy's high school and welcome his university debut life, but before he leaves the town, his handsome younger childhood friend, Kento came to his room asking Masami’s help to make him lose his virginity! Not being able to tell Kento that he is, in fact, is still a virgin too, Masami offered Kento to do it with him!







AsiaPacifiQueer


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This interdisciplinary collection examines the shaping of local sexual cultures in the Asian Pacific region in order to move beyond definitions and understandings of sexuality that rely on Western assumptions. The diverse studies in AsiaPacifiQueer demonstrate convincingly that in the realm of sexualities, globalization results in creative and cultural admixture rather than a unilateral imposition of the western values and forms of sexual culture. These essays range across the Pacific Rim and encompass a variety of forms of social, cultural, and personal expression, examining sexuality through music, cinema, the media, shifts in popular rhetoric, comics and magazines, and historical studies. By investigating complex processes of localization, interregional borrowing, and hybridization, the contributors underscore the mutual transformation of gender and sexuality in both Asian Pacific and Western cultures. Contributors are Ronald Baytan, J. Neil C. Garcia, Kam Yip Lo Lucetta, Song Hwee Lim, J. Darren Mackintosh, Claire Maree, Jin-Hyung Park, Teri Silvio, Megan Sinnott, Yik Koon Teh, Carmen Ka Man Tong, James Welker, Heather Worth, and Audrey Yue.




Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures


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The animated worlds of the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon cartoon and Batman: The Animated Series collide in this outstanding mini-series featuring fan-favorite characters from both universes! Villains start to mysteriously escape Arkham and Batman seeks to track them down, but he discovers that they have left Gotham completely... and gone to the New York City of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Collects issues #1-6!




Gangsta., Vol. 1


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In the city of Ergastulum, a shady ville filled with made men and petty thieves, whores on the make and cops on the take, there are some deeds too dirty for even its jaded inhabitants to touch. Enter the “Handymen,” Nic and Worick, who take care of the jobs no one else will handle. Until the day when a cop they know on the force requests their help in taking down a new gang muscling in on the territory of a top Mafia family. It seems like business (and mayhem) as usual, but the Handymen are about to find that this job is a lot more than they bargained for. -- VIZ Media




Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san, Vol. 1


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Ever wonder what it's like to sell comics at a Japanese bookstore? Honda provides a hilarious firsthand account from the front lines! Whether it's handling the store, out-of-print books, or enthusiastic manga fans, Honda takes on every challenge!




Growing Up Queer


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LGBTQ kids reveal what it’s like to be young and queer today Growing Up Queer explores the changing ways that young people are now becoming LGBT-identified in the US. Through interviews and three years of ethnographic research at an LGBTQ youth drop-in center, Mary Robertson focuses on the voices and stories of youths themselves in order to show how young people understand their sexual and gender identities, their interest in queer media, and the role that family plays in their lives. The young people who participated in this research are among the first generation to embrace queer identities as children and adolescents. This groundbreaking and timely consideration of queer identity demonstrates how sexual and gender identities are formed through complicated, ambivalent processes as opposed to being natural characteristics that one is born with. In addition to showing how youth understand their identities, Growing Up Queer describes how young people navigate queerness within a culture where being gay is the “new normal.” Using Sara Ahmed’s concept of queer orientation, Robertson argues that being queer is not just about one’s sexual and/or gender identity, but is understood through intersecting identities including race, class, ability, and more. By showing how society accepts some kinds of LGBTQ-identified people while rejecting others, Growing Up Queer provides evidence of queerness as a site of social inequality. The book moves beyond an oversimplified examination of teenage sexuality and shows, through the voices of young people themselves, the exciting yet complicated terrain of queer adolescence.




Possessed By A Ghost (Yaoi Manga)


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Gyou Ryouta is a 18-year old university student. All he wanted was a normal school life and eventually get a cute girlfriend who will wear a frilly apron when he returns home. But this is a BL, and that's never the case. Instead, his apartment is haunted by a young delinquent ghost named Taiga Yamakawa who, for his own reasons, is there to stay. Ryouta usually hates the bully type but why does Taiga seem... cute? He cooks, cleans, and looks after him. Maybe living with a ghost is not so bad ¯_(ツ)_/¯