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Apartment dwellers Comic books, strips, etc Cat owners Comic books, strips, etc Comic books, strips, etc Japan Translations into English End of the world Comic books, strips, etc High school students Comic books, strips, etc Human-animal relationships Comic books, strips, etc Immortalism Comic books, strips, etc Kittens Comic books, strips, etc Revenge Comic books, strips, etc Vampires Comic books, strips, etcSummary: "Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has - until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encore Films 2011
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Summary: New bride Noriko is adjusting to her new life as a member of her husband Kazuhito Shito's large family, when she's accosted by a merchant who rents property from the Shitos. The merchant makes an oblique comment before fleeing. The brief, if unsettling, encounter achieves more prominence for Noriko after she learns that the man and his family died in a propane explosion, and she eavesdrops on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NONMunaweera, Nayomi.
Summary: "Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUNMunaweera, Nayomi
Summary: "In the idyllic hill country of Sri Lanka, a young girl grows up with her loving family; but even in the midst of this paradise, terror lurks in the shadows. When tragedy strikes, she and her mother must seek safety by immigrating to America. There the girl reinvents herself as an American teenager to survive, with the help of her cousin; but even as she assimilates and thrives, the secrets and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUNSakurai, Gamon
Summary: It's all-out war. After demi-humans mobilize to overthrow the government of Japan--terror and immortality their prime tactics--young cynic Kei must decide if he's on anyone's side other than his own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AJILalami, Laila
Summary: In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America-a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LALSakurai, Gamon
Summary: A bright high schooler has discovered to his horror that death is just a repeatable event for him - and that humanity has no mercy for a demi-human. To avoid becoming a science experiement for the rest of his interminable life, Kei Nagai must seek out others of his kind. But what would a community of them stand for? Volume 2 also included the AJIN pilot chapter - File: 00 "The Shinya Nakamura...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AJIKo, Sangmi
Summary: Mini finds a dog in the park wearing shoes but no collar and begs to keep him, but soon she realizes that whoever put the shoes on him loves the dog, as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015
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Summary: When Soviet troops invade Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the last days of World War II, twelve-year-old Natsu Kimura must care for her younger sister as they struggle to survive and return to Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NAGSummary: "Akira Inugami [is] the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers. At the same time,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN WOLSakurai, Gamon
Summary: High school student Kei Nagai is killed in a traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be a human after all. Instead, he may be a Demi-Human, a mysterious and almost immortal being blessed with amazing super-human abilities. Scared, he runs away and is aided in his escape by his friend Kai. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on, and he will soon be caught up in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AJIKonami, Kanata
Summary: Chi's adventures continue as her new family moves to a new home, she meets other cats, and learns to like the vacuum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KONKonami, Kanata
Summary: "As Chi Yamada has shown, kittens are a resourceful and strong lot. Through play and exploration they learn to hunt for their food and to define their territory, much like the big cats of the savannah and jungle. Chi's turf now stretches out for blocks. But after a brief sick spell, she is confined to her condo home while her instincts and heart command her to go out to spend time with her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2012
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Summary: "Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2015
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Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of The Moor's Account--a timely and powerful new novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, all of it informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Nora Guerraoui, a jazz composer, returns home to a small town in the Mojave after hearing that her father,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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Summary: After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing - to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. Three months have passed since the invasion in Nagoya and Yuichiro, Mika and Shinoa Squad are all on the run from both the vampires and the humans! Just as they resolve to ask Krul Tepes for help,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SERKagami, Takaya
Summary: "After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing--to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. On the way to Guren's safehouse to finally get the details on his true plan, Yuichiro drops a bombshell of a question on him: "Did you kill my family?" Guren hesitates to answer, and Yuichiro, wanting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 SERKagami, Takaya
Summary: "After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing to get revenge by killing each and every vampire"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SERKagami, Takaya
Summary: "After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing--to get revenge by killing each and every vampire... Shinoa fights for her life at the Demon Army headquarters where the First Progenitor, Shikama Doji, is trying to possess her. Ferid's solution to the problem? Kill her before she's turned and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SERKagami, Takaya
Summary: After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing - to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. Three months have passed since the invasion in Nagoya and Yuichiro, Mika and Shinoa Squad are all on the run from both the vampires and the humans! Just as they resolve to ask Krul Tepes for help,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SERKagami, Takaya
Summary: "After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing—to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. The attack on Nagoya begins! The Japanese Imperial Demon Army descends on the vampire nobles, aiming to exterminate them completely. Three squads are assigned to take down each of eight nobles....
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SERHalevi, Yehuda Nahari
Summary: Tells the story of Yigal Amir, an Israeli extremist who killed Yitzhak Rabin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN INCKonami, Kanata
Summary: Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2011
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Summary: Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2011