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

Fushigi Yûgi (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 2

Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421557916
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 602

Book Description
Change Your Perspective--Get BIG A Collection of Volumes 4 - 6! Yui has sworn revenge on Miaka, embittered by the belief that her best friend had no intention of rescuing her from the Qu-Dong empire. Now Yui has become the Priestess of Seiryu, the enemy of the Hong-Nan empire, and a love rival for Tamahome's affections! Tamahome leaves Miaka to travel to Qu-Dong in an attempt to stop a war between the two territories from breaking out, and Hotohori starts to woo Miaka in his absence. Laden with Hotohori's gold and a big appetite, Miaka embarks on a journey to find the remaining three Celestial Warriors, who will help her in her quest to save the Hong-Nan empire and return home. But her search leads her into a lair of bandits and to a plague-cursed town where she has to die to survive! -- VIZ Media

Fushigi Yûgi (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 4

Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421523026
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Get It All--Get Big!, The 3-in-1 Edition! Fifteen-year-old Miaka Yuki is transported into an ancient Chinese kingdom by an old library book, The Universe of the Four Gods. Following the legend in the story, Miaka becomes the Priestess of Suzaku and must find her seven Celestial Warriors before she can save the kingdom and return home.Read the shojo manga that started it all! Fushigi Yûgi, the best-selling series from beloved creator Yuu Watase is now available in a VIZBIG Edition--three of the original graphic novel releases collected into one volume, including color artwork and new bonus content! A Collection of Volumes 10 - 12! With one of the Celestial Warriors lost forever, Miaka and her men are more desperate than ever to obtain the two Shentso-Paos to summon Suzaku. But once Miaka has one in her grasp, it is stolen away by the Seiryu Warrior Nakago. Miaka goes to Nakago to get it back, and he sexually assaults her. Believing she is no longer worthy of becoming Tamahome's bride, Miaka flees on her own, only to be saved by a man whom she thought was her enemy. Meanwhile, Tamahome falls under the Seiryu Warrior Tomo's power of illusions…

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

Rurouni Kenshin, Vol. 1

Author: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421546094
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend. -- VIZ Media

Basara, Vol. 1

Author: Yumi Tamura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781569319741
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Sometimes destiny is a choice. Born under a prophecy that will liberate and unite Japan, Sarasa has had to take her brother Tatara's place as the "Boy of Destiny." Fighting for the oppressed, Sarasa journeys across Japan to gain allies and defeat her enemies--all while keeping her identity a secret! Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shôjo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother.

My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! (Manga) Vol. 1

Author: Satoru Yamaguchi
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1648273823
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Don't miss this alternate universe spin-off for the beloved light novels, manga, and anime series My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! A high school girl is stunned to find herself reincarnated as the conniving villainess from her favorite dating sim…but something’s off! What if, when Katarina Claes was reincarnated into Fortune Lover from the original series, she didn’t regain the memories of her past life until she was fifteen? With less than a year to go before her destruction, Katarina must find a way to avoid all possible bad endings!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Volume 12 Magician Vs. Magician

Author: Kazuki Takahashi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435215399
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

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.

Fushigi Yugi, Vol. 2 (1st Edition)

Author: Yuu Watase
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781569314395
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
First published in Japan by Shogakukan Inc.