Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421544237
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Takiko has found another Celestial Warrior--in a house of ill repute! But the proud, bitter Inami has no interest in following the priestess, and she intends to test Takiko's mettle in a duel. Can Takiko's skill with the naginata withstand a full Celestial attack? And when a dark force engulfs the women of the brothel, can Takiko and Inami join forces to save them? Then Yuu Watase presents a special side story set in the world of her hit series Ceres: Celestial Legend! -- VIZ Media
Fushigi Yûgi (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 1
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421557665
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A Collection of Volumes 1 - 3! Miaka is a junior high school student studying for entrance exams for Johan High School, the top school in the city. Not academically inclined, Miaka would rather forget studying and spend more time eating snacks--her favorite pastime--but she's cramming for the exam to please her mother. While studying at the library with her best friend Yui, she finds an old book called The Universe of the Four Gods. Upon reading the book, the girls are transported to a land resembling ancient China. Immediately on their arrival, a pair of bandits attempts to abduct Yui! A mysterious young man with the kanji for "demon" on his forehead comes to their rescue, but now he wants to be paid for his act of heroism! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421557665
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A Collection of Volumes 1 - 3! Miaka is a junior high school student studying for entrance exams for Johan High School, the top school in the city. Not academically inclined, Miaka would rather forget studying and spend more time eating snacks--her favorite pastime--but she's cramming for the exam to please her mother. While studying at the library with her best friend Yui, she finds an old book called The Universe of the Four Gods. Upon reading the book, the girls are transported to a land resembling ancient China. Immediately on their arrival, a pair of bandits attempts to abduct Yui! A mysterious young man with the kanji for "demon" on his forehead comes to their rescue, but now he wants to be paid for his act of heroism! -- VIZ Media
Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 9
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 142154430X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Back in her own world, Takiko tries to forget about The Universe of the Four Gods. Determined to live the life of an ordinary girl in Tokyo in 1923, she returns to her father's home and concentrates on being a loyal daughter--and, soon, a dutiful bride. But she can't leave her other life behind. And while Takiko struggles to cool her still-burning heart, the Celestial Warriors battle through a new ice age! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 142154430X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Back in her own world, Takiko tries to forget about The Universe of the Four Gods. Determined to live the life of an ordinary girl in Tokyo in 1923, she returns to her father's home and concentrates on being a loyal daughter--and, soon, a dutiful bride. But she can't leave her other life behind. And while Takiko struggles to cool her still-burning heart, the Celestial Warriors battle through a new ice age! -- VIZ Media
Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki, Vol. 1
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974721892
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The year is 1923. Suzuno Ohsugi’s father, Takao, warns her to stay away from The Universe of the Four Gods, telling her it’s a book that only men can touch. He knows that in order to enact its story, the book needs one last heroine: the Priestess of Byakko! After the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes, Suzuno and Takao are trapped in their burning home. Takao has only one chance to save his young daughter, and that is to send her into The Universe of the Four Gods! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974721892
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The year is 1923. Suzuno Ohsugi’s father, Takao, warns her to stay away from The Universe of the Four Gods, telling her it’s a book that only men can touch. He knows that in order to enact its story, the book needs one last heroine: the Priestess of Byakko! After the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes, Suzuno and Takao are trapped in their burning home. Takao has only one chance to save his young daughter, and that is to send her into The Universe of the Four Gods! -- VIZ Media
Fushigi Yûgi (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 3
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421558262
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A Collection of Volumes 7 - 9! Tamahome's love for Miaka has broken Nakago's hold over him, and his memory has returned. Miaka, thinking she now has all seven Celestial Warriors, starts the ceremony to summon Suzaku, only to discover that one of the warriors is an impostor--he's really the Seiryu Celestial Warrior Amiboshi! But when the real warrior Chiriko is discovered, the ceremony will no longer work. Now Miaka must travel to Genbu to find another way to summon Suzaku with a sacred treasure called the shentso-pao. Meanwhile, Yui learns that she too must travel to Genbu to summon Seiryu! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421558262
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
A Collection of Volumes 7 - 9! Tamahome's love for Miaka has broken Nakago's hold over him, and his memory has returned. Miaka, thinking she now has all seven Celestial Warriors, starts the ceremony to summon Suzaku, only to discover that one of the warriors is an impostor--he's really the Seiryu Celestial Warrior Amiboshi! But when the real warrior Chiriko is discovered, the ceremony will no longer work. Now Miaka must travel to Genbu to find another way to summon Suzaku with a sacred treasure called the shentso-pao. Meanwhile, Yui learns that she too must travel to Genbu to summon Seiryu! -- VIZ Media
Fushigi Yûgi (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 6
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421560283
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Change Your Perspective--Get BIG A Collection of Volumes 16 - 18! Final Volume! Miaka and Taka are searching for the seven stones that will bring back Taka's memory as Tamahome. Without the stones, the man Miaka loves will disappear forever! Taka and Miaka journey back into the scroll and are able to meet the six Celestial Warriors once again. However, the demon-god Tenko, having been sealed inside The Universe of the Four Gods, is intent on destroying Suzaku to free himself. To do that, he must break Miaka and Taka apart, the people in whom Suzaku resides. Facing their biggest challenge, Miaka and Taka's love will be put to the test in this dramatic finale of the Fushigi Yugi series. -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421560283
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Change Your Perspective--Get BIG A Collection of Volumes 16 - 18! Final Volume! Miaka and Taka are searching for the seven stones that will bring back Taka's memory as Tamahome. Without the stones, the man Miaka loves will disappear forever! Taka and Miaka journey back into the scroll and are able to meet the six Celestial Warriors once again. However, the demon-god Tenko, having been sealed inside The Universe of the Four Gods, is intent on destroying Suzaku to free himself. To do that, he must break Miaka and Taka apart, the people in whom Suzaku resides. Facing their biggest challenge, Miaka and Taka's love will be put to the test in this dramatic finale of the Fushigi Yugi series. -- VIZ Media
Absolute Boyfriend
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421505688
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Shy high school student Riko Izawa aches for a boyfriend but guys just won't look her way. Then one day she signs up for a three-day trial of a mysterious "lover figurine," and the next thing she knows, a cute naked guy is delivered to her doorstep--and he wants to be her boyfriend! Has Riko died and gone to heaven? The cute naked guy turns out to be smart, super nice, stylish and a gourmet chef. Plus, he looks like a million bucks.... Trouble is, that's about what he's going to cost Riko because she didn't return him in time!
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421505688
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Shy high school student Riko Izawa aches for a boyfriend but guys just won't look her way. Then one day she signs up for a three-day trial of a mysterious "lover figurine," and the next thing she knows, a cute naked guy is delivered to her doorstep--and he wants to be her boyfriend! Has Riko died and gone to heaven? The cute naked guy turns out to be smart, super nice, stylish and a gourmet chef. Plus, he looks like a million bucks.... Trouble is, that's about what he's going to cost Riko because she didn't return him in time!
Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 5
Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421544202
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
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! -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421544202
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
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! -- VIZ Media
Graphic Novels
Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1113
Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1113
Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Aishiteruze Baby, Vol. 6
Author: Yoko Maki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421510057
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Kippei Katakura is a 17-year-old playboy. When his 5-year-old cousin Yuzuyu comes to live with his family after her mother disappears, he is suddenly in charge of taking care of her. Kippei's main occupation changes from tending to his high-school girlfriends to picking Yuzuyu up from kindergarten and making her lunch. Soon the two are getting along like peas in a pod, but the girls at his high school miss their "quality time" with Kippei.
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421510057
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Kippei Katakura is a 17-year-old playboy. When his 5-year-old cousin Yuzuyu comes to live with his family after her mother disappears, he is suddenly in charge of taking care of her. Kippei's main occupation changes from tending to his high-school girlfriends to picking Yuzuyu up from kindergarten and making her lunch. Soon the two are getting along like peas in a pod, but the girls at his high school miss their "quality time" with Kippei.