High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku, Vol. 2


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Despite being only eight years old, Haruka is just as grown-up as her teenage classmates—and she wants them to know it! The whole family faces exam stress, but naturally, only genius Haruka has it easy... Then, when Kotaro, Ichiro, and Shizuka get their academics in order, they reach for their next high school milestone—club sports! -- VIZ Media




High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku, Vol. 9


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Two summers after becoming a high schooler, Ichiro walks the halls of Tovota Motor Corporation once again. Aoyama is overjoyed by his former coworker’s return, but it’s too soon to celebrate—Ichiro is only visiting as a student on a field trip! Aoyama still holds out hope and uses every stop on the tour as an opportunity to recruit Ichiro as a “new” hire! -- VIZ Media




High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku, Vol. 1


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Kotaro’s classmates balk when his entire family shows up on the first day of high school. Just when he’s sure this embarrassment will lead to his social exile, Kotaro’s family wins hearts through charm, surprising sports skills, and...desserts?! There’s never a dull moment as the Ietani family tries to fit in at school! -- VIZ Media




High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku, Vol. 8


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Feline high schooler Gomez strikes up an unlikely friendship with Kayama and Kina, two fiercely independent delinquents from infamously gang-infested Nastee High. Ichiro’s attempt to set this cool cat back on the straight and narrow falls on deaf ears, but what will happen when rumors about Gomez spur Nastee High’s Big Four to launch an all-out attack on Happee High?! -- VIZ Media




High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku, Vol. 10


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The Ietani family is off on their class trip to tropical Okinawa! Desperate to keep this once-in-a-lifetime occasion from turning into a slideshow of nonstop family vacation memories, Kotaro decides to do something drastic—like finally asking out his crush, Arisa Yumiki. But class president Yashiki, who has her own crush on Kotaro, overhears the pair’s plan to meet up alone. Is Kotaro’s big confession about to be derailed?! -- VIZ Media




The Liminal Zone


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What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a “weeping woman”—a professional mourner—sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward—she can’t stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there? One of horror’s greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an experience of ultimate terror with four transcendently terrifying tales. -- VIZ Media




Unmasking Japan Today


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This book, the product of a joint project between a Japanese and an American scholar, successfully addresses the issues important to Americans and others interested in contemporary Japan.




Japanese Patterns of Behavior


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Examines beliefs and values generally shared by the Japanese and the importance they place on social interactions, relationships, and proper conduct.




Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film


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"Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film" offers an extraordinary close-up of the hitherto overlooked golden age of Japanese cult, action and exploitation cinema from the early 1950s through to the late 1970s, and up to the present day. Having unique access to the top maverick filmmakers and Japanese genre film icons, Chris D. brings together interviews with, and original writings on, the lives and films of such transgressive directors as Kinji Fukasaku ("Battles Without Honour and Humanity"), Seijun Suzuki ("Branded to Kill") and Koji Wakamatsu ("Ecstasy of the Ange."




Manga's Cultural Crossroads


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Focusing on the art and literary form of manga, this volume examines the intercultural exchanges that have shaped manga during the twentieth century and how manga’s culturalization is related to its globalization. Through contributions from leading scholars in the fields of comics and Japanese culture, it describes "manga culture" in two ways: as a fundamentally hybrid culture comprised of both subcultures and transcultures, and as an aesthetic culture which has eluded modernist notions of art, originality, and authorship. The latter is demonstrated in a special focus on the best-selling manga franchise, NARUTO.