Samurai Girl Real Bout High School Volume 1


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Royoko Mitsurugi, the Samurai Girl, is the top fighter and best student at Daimon High where martial arts is standard curriculum. When Shizuma Kusanagi transfers to the school, Royoko's top place is challenged.




Samurai Girl Real Bout High School


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Daimon High School's student council president Isozaki asks martial arts expert and fellow classmate Ryoko to collaborate on an effort to sweep the streets clean of troublemaking scum. But his hidden agenda is clear: he wants to expand the K-Fight program beyond the school's campus, and does so by pitting Ryoko and four other women warriors against Shizuma and his band of brawny brawlers. Surprisingly, Ryoko not only accepts the challenge but agrees to head the group of lady fighters as well, hoping the experience helps her attain her ultimate goal of becoming a great woman. The battle of the sexes is, literally, at hand. -- VIZ Media




The Bob's Burgers Burger Book


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The hand-written, pun-packed “Burger of the Day” special on the Belcher’s restaurant chalkboard is one of the show's best sight gags and a fan favorite. Now, Bob’s Burgers fans can grill up 75 of the best burgers Bob Belcher ever created with this hilarious cookbook. This fantastic collection of recipes lists which season and episode each burger comes from, and it also includes original artwork exclusive to the cookbook, plus all-new character commentary from the entire Belcher family as well as beloved characters including Teddy, Jimmy Pesto Jr., and Aunt Gayle. Along with some general cooking tips on how to turn out the best burgers and fries, a selection of the recipes included are: The "Bleu is the Warmest Cheeseburger" The "Bruschetta-Bout-It Burger" The "Texas Chainsaw Massa-Curd Burger" The "We’re Here, We’re Gruyère, Get Used to It Burger" The "I Know Why the Cajun Burger Sings Burger" The “Final Kraut-Down Burger” All recipes originated from Cole Bowden’s wildly popular "The Bob’s Burger Experiment" blog and were further developed together with Bouchard and the rest of the Bob’s Burgers writing team. Ravenous Bob’s Burgers fans can now create the ultimate Bob’s Burgers experience at home—why not make the burger, then put on the episode where it appears!




Merman in my Tub Vol. 4


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A handsome merman named Wakasa has made his home in the bathtub of Tatsumi, a high school student who otherwise lives alone. Their friends gather around the tub to sing karaoke, dress up, and play all kinds of inappropriate games...love is in the air, until suddenly their precious tub gets caught in an explosion! Tatsumi's sketchy uncle, Hisatora, appears in this volume, along with his collection of self-formulated bath salts! The fourth volume of this popular bath comedy brings the story to the boiling point!




The Samurai's Garden


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The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama's The Samurai's Garden uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for this extraordinary story. A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight. Matsu is a samurai of the soul, a man devoted to doing good and finding beauty in a cruel and arbitrary world, and Stephen is a noble student, learning to appreciate Matsu's generous and nurturing way of life and to love Matsu's soulmate, gentle Sachi, a woman afflicted with leprosy.




The Distance Between Us


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In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.




Non Non Biyori Vol. 1


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Welcome to the countryside village of Asahigaoka, a quaint town far-removed from the hustle-and-bustle of the big city. You couldn't imagine a more isolated setting in all of Japan. So when Tokyo-raised elementary school student Hotaru Ichijo transfers to the tiny Asahigaoka Branch School due to her father's job, she's in the for the culture shock of her life! Join Hotaru and her new friends, the eccentric Renge, and the mischevious sisters Natsumi and Komari, as they share daily adventures in the idyllic Japanese countryside.




The Anime Encyclopedia


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An encyclopedia of Japanese animation and comics made since 1917.




Samurai Girl Real Bout High School Volume 6


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Nobody pulls a punch in this no-holds-barred installment set at Real Bout High School, where the teachers don't break up fights--they grade them.




Kanokon Vol. 1


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Innocent country boy Oyamada Kouta is about to lose his innocence forever. After transferring to a big city high school in his freshman year, Kouta quickly becomes embroiled in a world of crazy. First, a beautiful second-year student named Chizuru hands him a love letter. Kouta can hardly believe his luck, but when he meets up with her after class, he gets an even bigger surprise: the busty babe not only has the perfect body – but a set of fox ears and a tail! It turns out that Chizuru is a fox yokai and she has set her sights on Kouta. Soon, Kouta is spending day and night fending off the frisky fox spirit's advances. Even worse, he soon learns that his new school hides a shocking secret: it is full of yokai who pose as human students, each with their own agenda! In a dog eat dog world, Chizuru's foxy love for Kouta may be his only hope.