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Cartoons and comics City and town life Comic books, strips, etc Comic books, strips, etc Japan Translations into English Ghouls and ogres Graphic novels Japan Japan Social life and customs 20th century Comic books, strips, etc Manners and customs Tokyo (Japan) Social life and customs Comic books, strips, etcSummary: Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as The Gourmet for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOKIshida, Sui
Summary: Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Things heat up in the Ward Eleven as the CCG...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOKDenson, Abby
Summary: Tokyo is an astonishing world unto itself—a city for lovers of Japanese culture, fashion and great food that mixes the best of old and new. In Cool Tokyo Guide, Abby Denson, renowned graphic artist, and author, takes you on a personal tour of Tokyo's coolest sites including: A restaurant where clowns drive robots and mermaids ride on sharks Fantastic shops for lovers of everything from vintage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.2 TOKNakazawa, Keiji.
Summary: "Volume eight opens in 1950. Gen is now in middle school, where he meets both a progressive-minded schoolteacher at odds with his conservative superiors, and a brilliant but cynical classmate who challenges the teacher's-- and Gen's-- values at every turn. Gen also finds himself confronting the corrosive effects of drugs and the arms industry on postwar Hiroshima society. With the Korean War...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Last Gasp of San Francisco 0000
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BARIshida, Sui
Summary: "Ken Kenaeki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and amster his new powers. Unable to discard his humanity but equally unable to suppress his Ghoul hunger, Ken finds salvation in the kindness of friendly Ghouls who teach him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOKYamada, Murasaki
Summary: "Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YAMNakazawa, Keiji.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Last Gasp of San Francisco 0000
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BARIshida, Sui
Summary: "Kaneki learns more about what really happened to Rize and also meets Shu Tsukiyama, known as the Gourmet for his interesting and sadistic tastes." -- Back of book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2015
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Summary: "Kaneki is captured and then tortured by Yamori, one of Aogiri Tree organization's most sadistic members. To survive the interrogation, Kaneki will have to finally surrender to the Ghoul inside him - but if he does, it will change him permanently and push him even further away from being human" -- Back of book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOKTakamatsu, Misaki
Summary: "While Mitsumi adjusts to big city life, her cheerful and forthright personality brings joy to her classmates. Now that she's getting the hang of high school, her circle expands even further."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SKIDeveney, Jean-Christophe
Summary: "For the first time in English, the work of master Haruki Murakami is available in manga form. In this collection you'll find striking full-color adaptations of these iconic short stories: Super-frog saves Tokyo -- A few days after an earthquake, Katagirl-san finds a giant frog in his home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from the next earthquake, but Katagiri-san must help him. Is this real,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. 2023
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Summary: "Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of the most celebrated and influential comics artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs--used-camera salesman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Comics 2019
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2 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TSUSaito, Nazuna
Summary: "A collection of manga short stories about aging and death. Anxiety and longing suffuse incisive portraits of post-war Japan."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NAZMori, Kaoru
Summary: Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues. Karluk has left home to become a man! For four months, he's off to learn falconry from Amir's brothers, living with them at their winter camp. As his training commences, what will Karluk learn about himself, and Amir, in the process?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIMiyabe, Miyuki
Summary: With a determined plan to reunite his mother and father, the 10-year-old boy named Wataru knowingly enters a fantasy realm inhabited by a goddess who has the power to change destiny. With the help of the Lizard Boy, the Cat Girl, and the Fire-breathing Dragon, Wataru faces a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. One way or another, the young hero...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MIYAzuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2009
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Summary: "YOTSUBA heeeeeere! Guess what, guess what!? Yotsuba is going to a flower store with Fuuka! Yotsuba's gonna give flowers to everybody in the whole, wide world, even the police lady with her whistle that goes-- PI! PI! PIPI! PI! PIPUUUUUUUU!!"--Publisher's web site
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009