Skip・Beat!, Vol. 5

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421570238
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Kyoko lands a regular role on a TV show...as a giant chicken. Not content to settle for poultry recognition, Kyoko tries out for a big commercial. At the audition she runs into her Love Me-rival Moko, who's having rival woes of her own. With a jealous rich girl out to bring them down, can Kyoko and Moko overcome their differences and act as a team to trounce the competition? -- VIZ Media

Skip・Beat!, Vol. 18

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421572796
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Kyoko hasn't had a Love Me Section job in a while, and this newest assignment is pushing her limits. She's now the personal assistant to Koo Hizuri, a Japanese actor turned Hollywood star, and everyone knows how assistants are treated in Hollywood! Can Kyoko see past Koo's meanness, or will his nastiness just make her demons worse?! -- VIZ Media

Skip・Beat!, Vol. 42

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 197471022X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
Kyoko has sailed through the first two audition tests for the role of Momiji, impressing even the people who are rooting against her. But her competition isn’t known for playing fair, and the more Kyoko shines, the dirtier Kimiko is willing to get. When Kimiko’s scheming scores a direct hit, Kyoko’s professionalism is blasted away by waves of doubt and grudge demons. Her only way to stay in the running is to channel her dark emotions into her acting, but how can she hope to control her feelings about her special weakness—Ren Tsuruga?! -- VIZ Media

Skip・Beat!, Vol. 1

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421568950
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
Kyoko knows she's not plain and uninteresting, no matter what Sho says. With the help of a little makeover, Kyoko's ready to exact her revenge. But first she needs to land an audition, and she sets her sights on the agency where Sho's lead rival works. Her persistence pays off, but her broken heart turns out to be a disadvantage. Kyoko has lost the will to love anybody, let alone fans she's never met. Can the agency see past this problem to Kyoko's true star potential? -- VIZ Media

Skip・Beat!, Vol. 6

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421570483
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
Ren's manager Yashiro comes down with a nasty cold in the middle of an important shoot, and dares Kyoko to take over his job! Of course Kyoko accepts, but she's in way over her head with a pack of new responsibilities and the scorn of everyone who thinks she's doing a bad job. But the more time Ren spends with Kyoko the more he sees her kind and gentle side. Will all her hassles be worth his change of heart? -- VIZ Media

Skip・Beat!, Vol. 11

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421571986
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
There's trouble on the Tsukimori set, and surprisingly it's not Kyoko's fault. Ren is having difficulty acting the part of a love-struck suitor since he's never really been in love before. Stressed by his sudden acting impotence, Ren goes MIA. Kyoko is determined to help her friend, and joins forces with Ren's manager. But as Ren sees the two of them getting close, he realizes he might know more about serious emotion than he thought! -- VIZ Media

Skip・Beat!, Vol. 15

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421572699
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Sho decides to take the high road rather than confront Vie Ghoul about their theft of his song. But VG frontman Reino doesn't take kindly to being ignored and devises a devious plan to get Sho's attention--he's going after Kyoko! Normally, Kyoko's not the type of girl that needs rescuing. But for some reason, Reino's presence petrifies her. Will Reino's evil scheme work better than anyone imagined? -- VIZ Media

Yashakiden Vol. 5

Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi
Publisher: Digital Manga, Inc.
ISBN: 1613132387
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 584

Book Description
The vampirization of Demon City Shinjuku is nearly complete. Princess, the legendary evil vampire from ancient China, and her followers Kikiou and Ryuuki have unleashed the plague of vampirism upon the already debauched and depraved city on the edge of the abyss. As more and more of Shinjuku’s citizens turn into creatures of the night, a secret government plan is hatched to annihilate Demon City with a nuclear device. As the clock ticks down, beautiful manhunter Setsura Aki enters Princess’s kingdom to retrieve Princess’s hostage—the Prime Minister of Japan. There he meets a mysterious mask maker from a bygone era and undergoes a transformation. But will it be in time to save Shinjuku? Meanwhile, the Demon Physician—Doctor Mephisto—remains a voluntary prisoner in Princess’s camp. To what end—and whose side is the good doctor truly on? And in Shinjuku’s Magic Town, Tonbeau Nuvenberg and the Doll Girl find the portal to Princess’s kingdom—a box sealed by magic. To open the box, they must do the impossible: access the timeline of the Universe itself—the Akashic Records. The thrilling conclusion to the great vampire series, Yashakiden: The Demon Princess — by the master of Japanese horror fiction — Hideyuki Kikuchi.

Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 5

Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421505800
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Travel back to the mystical Universe of the Four Gods in this prequel to hit the hit series Fushigi Yugi! When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! In the midst of a heated battle, Takiko is transported back to her own world. There, all the problems she escaped through her father's book are waiting for her: her mother's funeral, her father's disapproval, and her reunion with Mr. Ohsugi, her first love. But with the wisdom and strength she's found as the Priestess of Genbu, Takiko knows what she has to do. And when she discovers that the wishes of the Priestess really do have power in her world, she realizes that she must find a way to return to the Universe of the Four Gods!

Scribings, Vol 5: Inversions

Author: Jamie Alan Belanger
Publisher: Lost Luggage Studios LLC
ISBN: 193648921X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Life is full of surprises. Sometimes changes upend everything we thought we knew, inverting our perceptions of the people and world around us. Part of the joy and terror of living lies in experiencing these inversions. Scribings, Vol 5: Inversions presents eight stories from the Greater Portland Scribists, each with its own hidden twists and surprises. A former rock star who can no longer sing. Escaped convicts with much to atone for. A strange boy with an affinity for plants. Gods watch mortals make a seemingly simple choice. Tiny shoe prints lead to a birthday adventure. A hostage tries to salvage a botched bank robbery. A soldier flees war only to find it follows. And a quest for a missing corporate department that may actually be hiding.