Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 1

Author: Fujita
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632367041
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga and a quiet gamer boy are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date. It's a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? This manga comedy is now a hit streaming anime! Extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volumes! GAMES OVER ROMANCE Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn't she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 5

Author: Fujita
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1636994881
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
After years of butting heads and petty disagreements, Hanako and Taro begin to realize that the next stage of their relationship may be the most challenging one yet. Naoya faces his own hurdles in trying to understand his feelings toward Ko, whose quest for personal growth has led her farther out of his reach. Fortunately, big brother Hirotaka has some insight to share on the topic, which may bring to light a new perspective of what Narumi means to him…

Random

Author: Tom Leveen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442499583
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Who’s the real victim here? This tense and gripping novel explores of the consequences of cyberbullying. Late at night Tori receives a random phone call. It’s a wrong number. But the caller seems to want to talk, so she stays on the line. He asks for a single thing—one reason not to kill himself. The request plunges her into confusion. Because if this random caller actually does what he plans, he’ll be the second person connected to Tori to take his own life. And the first just might land her in jail. After her Facebook page became Exhibit A in a tragic national news story about cyberbullying, Tori can’t help but suspect the caller is a fraud. But what if he’s not? Her words alone may hold the power of life or death. With the clock ticking, Tori has little time to save a stranger—and maybe redeem herself—leading to a startling conclusion that changes everything…

We're New at This 1

Author: Ren Kawahara
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646598784
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Ikuma Saeki finally married his childhood friend and the girl of his dreams, Sumika. But while years of pining came easily to him, physical closeness does not...and he's having trouble navigating the intimacy that comes with marriage. Sumika, too, is having trouble bridging the gap between friend and lover...what is this innocent couple to do but navigate it together, awkwardness and all!

Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan

Author: Patrick W. Galbraith
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 147800701X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
From computer games to figurines and maid cafes, men called “otaku” develop intense fan relationships with “cute girl” characters from manga, anime, and related media and material in contemporary Japan. While much of the Japanese public considers the forms of character love associated with “otaku” to be weird and perverse, the Japanese government has endeavored to incorporate “otaku” culture into its branding of “Cool Japan.” In Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith explores the conflicting meanings of “otaku” culture and its significance to Japanese popular culture, masculinity, and the nation. Tracing the history of “otaku” and “cute girl” characters from their origins in the 1970s to his recent fieldwork in Akihabara, Tokyo (“the Holy Land of Otaku”), Galbraith contends that the discourse surrounding “otaku” reveals tensions around contested notions of gender, sexuality, and ways of imagining the nation that extend far beyond Japan. At the same time, in their relationships with characters and one another, “otaku” are imagining and creating alternative social worlds.

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku 1

Author: Fujita
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1642122068
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
GAMES OVER ROMANCE Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1

Author: Aka Akasaka
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974702405
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
As leaders of their prestigious academy’s student council, Kaguya and Miyuki are the elite of the elite! But it’s lonely at the top... Luckily for them, they’ve fallen in love! There’s just one problem—they both have too much pride to admit it. And so begins the daily scheming to get the object of their affection to confess their romantic feelings first... Love is a war you win by losing. -- VIZ Media

Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love, Vol. 1

Author: Ayuko Hatta
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974729915
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Given how fast everything has happened, Satomi is still clueless about how dating is supposed to work. How will she forge ahead in her relationship with Yagyu? -- VIZ Media

Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 8

Author: Kenjiro Hata,Kenijro Hata
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974730646
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Nasa and Tsukasa are on an overnight trip to a hot springs resort! There’s so much for them to do, from touring traditional sites to sampling the local delicacies to—nah, let’s face it, Nasa is most excited (and terrified) by that private bath in their room. Time for an inopportune appearance by Tokiko, Tsukasa’s mysterious and heretofore unseen guardian. Can things still get hot and steamy between our favorite lovebirds? And whether or not they do, will the artist find an excuse to put some supporting characters in swimsuits? Do you even need to ask? -- VIZ Media

Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 3

Author: Naoya Matsumoto
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974733343
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Kafka manages to fight off a humanoid kaiju, rescuing Iharu and Reno. But before he can change back to his human form, Kafka is spotted by Defense Force officers, and the neutralization unit—led by none other than Vice-Captain Hoshina himself—is dispatched to dispose of him. Can Kafka withstand his superior officer’s attacks without revealing his true identity?! -- VIZ Media