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…

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 3

Author: Fujita
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1642125644
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
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.

Sweat and Soap 9

Author: Kintetsu Yamada
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1636993907
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Now that Kotaro and Asako have gotten used to living together, they’ve started to think about what their future holds. It’s an exciting—and somewhat terrifying—prospect, one made all the more difﬁcult when the haunting reappearance of a ghost from Asako’s past threatens their happily ever after...

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

Dreamin' Sun Vol. 3

Author: Ichigo Takano
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN: 1642756660
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
When Shimana runs off into s rainstorm, the last person she expects comes to her rescue: Zen! When he gets a fever the next day, Shimana feels responsible and offers to nurse him back to health. While caring for him, she learns that he's been hiding something from her--but that's not the only surprise he has in store for her. Zen's got a confession to make and it's getting harder and harder for him to keep it under wraps.

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!

Hard-Boiled Stories from the Cat Bar

Author: Yourei Ono
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975321022
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The familiar scents of gunpowder and kitty litter… When hardened men with a soft spot for felineslook for a haven, they come to Kitty and Me, a barwith a select clientele and one ironclad rule: When inside, do not dare harm the cats that call it home.Here, the hitman known as Undertaker findshimself in the unenviable situation of mourning the recent loss of his beloved pet, Cheriko...and discovering that his next target is a fellow cat lover. But the concrete jungle isn’t always so courteous as to wait outside, and the bloody truth about Undertaker’s latest job is knocking at the door.

Plunderer, Vol. 3

Author: Suu Minazuki
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975383532
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
Class is in session! As newly enrolled students of Special Military School #13, the gang must plunder stars in order to become soldiers-a title the perpetually hormonal Rihito couldn't care less about. While juggling studies and military training, Jail and the others begin to look for the meaning behind their mysterious time slip, only to come across the school's disturbing connection to the Aces...

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 : 245

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.