Summary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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Summary: Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen year old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the daily loss of life's amenities she still has to maintain the will to live.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AFT

Summary: Based on the real incident of Abe Sada. An ex-prostitute becomes involved in an obsessive love affair with the master of the household where she is employed as a servant which culminates in murder and mutilation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN IN

Kaito

Summary: "An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them. For some reason, Taichi Ichinose just can't tolerate Futaba Kuze. But at the start of his third year in high school, he finds himself in the same homeroom as her, along with his childhood friend and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLU

Kaito

Summary: "An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them... Toma gets seriously injured diving in front of a car to save Taichi, leaving Taichi racked with guilt over not just getting his best friend hurt, but also stealing his last chance at making the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2020

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Kaito

Summary: "Love is already hard enough, but it becomes an unnavigable maze for unassuming high school student Taichi Ichinose and his shy classmate Futaba Kuze when they begin to fall for each other after their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them... The school sports festival is coming up, and Toma accepts the position of class 3-A's cheer-squad captain on the condition that Futaba and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020

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Kaito

Summary: "Love is already hard enough, but it becomes an unnavigable maze for unassuming high school student Taichi Ichinose and his shy classmate Futaba Kuze when they begin to fall for each other after their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them. Rumors spread like wildfire after Toma's shocking confession during the culture festival, and Taichi feels confused and uncertain"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021

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Kaito

Summary: An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their best friends have already fallen for them. Love is already hard enough, but it becomes an unnavigable maze for unassuming high school student Taichi Ichinose and his shy classmate Futaba Kuze when they begin to fall for each other after their same-sex...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021

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Kasza, Keiko.

Summary: A lonely little bird named Choco goes in search of a mother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1992

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAS

Kaito

Summary: "An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their best friends have already fallen for them... It's the last year of high school, and love is in the air. Romantic feelings that have been building up over years of friendship come to light. When Taichi's classmate Futaba asks him to help her confess...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020

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Kaito

Summary: "An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their best friends have already fallen for them... Toma's older brother, Seiya, asks Taichi to find out why Toma doesn't want to go to college. On the day of Toma's release from the hospital, Taichi still hasn't found a way to broach the subject with Toma....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020

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Kaito

Summary: "Toma and Futaba have their first sit-down talk after the big fight at school. Meanwhile, Taichi struggles with the problems that have been dumped in his lap by his friend's choices, and he ends up distancing himself from Toma. Then, one day, Toma stops coming to school. Left in the lurch, what can Futaba and Taichi do? Everyone chooses their futures, and time marches on"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLU

Higashino, Keigo

Summary: "Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino's best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns in Silent Parade, a complex and challenging mystery-several murders, decades apart, with no solid evidence. A popular young girl disappears without a trace, her skeletal remains discovered three years later in the ashes of a burned out house. There's a suspect and compelling circumstantial...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIG

Ishihara, Keiko.

Summary: At an all-girls school during the Taisho era of Japan, rumors swirl that heiress Sayaka Yoshimura is having a forbidden love affair with her chauffeur, Shinobu Narutaki! Sayaka scoffs at the rumors, but could a romance between master and servant actually be brewing? Sayaka wears a crimson ribbon that signals she is at the top of her class, and her classmates all revere her. So when Narutaki...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2016

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Kasza, Keiko.

Summary: When a young pig knocks on a fox's door, the fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Kas

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KAS

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAS

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Gaku, Keito

Summary: "RIOTS ARE ALL THE RAGE. Now that the drama with Tsubasa has cooled down, Ryo is living out and proud at school, and he and his friends are back on track to create new designs for Boys Run the Riot. While doing so, Ryo bumps into a fan named Joe, who has been running his own fashion brand for 20 years. Under his tutelage, Boys Run the Riot gets put to the test to think up their brand message,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BOY

Higashino, Keigo

Summary: Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIG

Kasza, Keiko.

Summary: Badger is bored with the same old meals, but his search for more exciting food only leads to trouble.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2007

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Takemiya, Keiko

Summary: The Mu, a group of outcast humans with extrasensory powers, have tried to broker peace with the human race, but the humans' fears of telepathy and the Mu's fears of human social engineering have frustrated all hopes of peaceful coexistence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2007

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TO

Gaku, Keito

Summary: "Ryo and Jin have started their own fashion brand, Boys Run the Riot. Now they just have to get the word out there! But the world of fashion is a cutthroat business of patronizing adults, and the boys will have to get creative--and save some cash--if they want to get their brand off the ground and be taken seriously. Working part-time is hard enough, but for Ryo, being transgender makes it even...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2021

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