Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 1

Author: Haruko Kumota
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632364697
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
THE STAGE IS SET A hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from one of Japan's greatest masters, Yakumo Yurakutei VIII, during his time in jail, he will settle for nothing less than to become apprentice to the best. Yakumo, notorious for taking no students, is persuaded to take him on, and nicknames him Yotaro—the fool. Yotaro has no formal training or elegance, but something about his charisma reminds Yakumo of someone from his past. The saga of a generation of love, art, and storytelling begins here.

Descending Stories

Author: Haruko Kumota
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1642120871
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
A NEW ERA Time, which had stopped for Kikuhiko and Sukeroku, begins to move again at last. Sukeroku retakes his place on stage, and the warmth of the audience's love reminds him of what it means to be a storyteller. The stage is set for his triumphant return to Tokyo with Kikuhiko, and there, together, they can build the future of rakugo they've been dreaming of. But before they can, a ghost from both Kikuhiko and Sukeroku's past returns, threatening to drag them both under...The story of Kikuhiko, Sukeroku, and Miyokichi reaches its final act!

Erased, Vol. 2

Author: Kei Sanbe
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316468495
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
After his mother's death triggers his Revival ability, Satoru finds himself 18 years in the past! While he's relieved to see his mother and his old friends again, his thoughts are focused on future kidnapping and murder victim Hinazuki Kayo. Putting his plan to save her in motion, he starts a conversation with her. However, he finds himself at a loss for words when Kayo asks him a shocking question... "Would you kill for me?"

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 8

Author: Haruko Kumota
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632365464
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship to a famed storyteller, and Konatsu, who yearns to perform rakugo but cannot because women are not permitted in the craft. HIDDEN SECRETS Yakumo slowly begins to recover after his collapse on stage, but the light inside him has faded, and he shockingly declares that he won't perform rakugo anymore. Meanwhile, in search of a film taken of the late Sukeroku, Higuchi takes Yotaro and Matsuda to Shikoku, where the two men learn a truth about the two storytellers--and what really happened that fateful night that claimed Sukeroku and Miyokichi's lives.

Descending Stories

Author: Haruko Kumota
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682335445
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description

Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 1

Author: Hiroshi Shiibashi
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421545047
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Rikuo grew up in a house full of yokai, so he always thought they were cool. But the kids in his class talk about yokai like they're bad! When his grandfather announces Rikuo as his chosen heir to run the Nura clan, Rikuo is torn between his human nature and his duties as a yokai. The rest of the clan's not so crazy about a wimpy part-human as their ruler, particularly Gagoze, a high-ranking yokai who would rather eat a human than be ruled by one. -- VIZ Media

Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer! Vol. 1

Author: Aresanzui (Story), Miyakobachi (Art)
Publisher: Azuki
ISBN: 1960186019
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
Yuuki Narito’s new seatmate Yui Takatsuki is the notorious “Seatmate Killer,” who strings guys along before breaking their hearts. But Yuuki’s so clueless he might be immune to her charms! And so begins a fierce competition between two seatmates in this hilarious rom-com.

Dreamin' Sun Vol. 1

Author: Ichigo Takano
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN: 1642756644
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Shimana Kameko lives in a home where she feels she doesn't belong. Her mother is dead, her father has remarried, and her six-month-old baby brother takes up everyone's attention. Kameko skips school and runs away to a nearby park, where she literally stumbles over a mysterious man in a kimono. The stranger, Fujiwara Taiga, offers Kameko a place to stay—on three conditions. The first condition is that Kameko tell him why she ran away from home. The second is that she fetch the stranger's lost apartment key (he is locked out!). The third condition is...to have a dream. Kameko meets the conditions, moves in, and begins a journey of romance and self-discovery.

Monster, Vol. 3

Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421569086
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Could Johan have a dual personality, like Jekyll and Hyde? Tenma calls on Dr. Gillen, an authority on criminal psychology, to psychoanalyze Johan. But Dr. Gillen secretly concludes that it is not Johan but Tenma who has committed all the serial murders. Dr. Gillen then tries to lure Tenma into various traps, intending to use him in his own experiments. Karl, a student at Munich University, visits a blind billionaire every week to read books to him as a way to pay for school. One day he encounters another young man named Johan who once did the same job for the billionaire. From that point on, strange events continue to befall Karl. Who is this young man named Johan? Is he the Johan that we know?

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Volume 3

Author: Spike Chunsoft
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506713645
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
The conclusion! Komaru decides to remain in Towa City with Toko, determined to put an end to the reign of terror inflicted by the children of the Warriors of Hope. But to bring about a resolution, not only must she defeat the remaining Warriors, but also the last-ditch weapon of the adults...the massive Big Bang Monokuma! Does a horribly ordinary high school girl have what it takes to stop this mutually assured destruction between two generations...and shape the destiny of Towa City and the Future Foundation? Based on one of the multiple video games in the Danganronpa franchise, Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is the missing story that goes between the original Danganronpa: The Animation manga, and the recently published manga series Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair.