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Author
Series
My hero academia. School briefs volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Midoriya, Ida, and the rest of Class A at U.A. High School attend a training camp in the woods, and although they are there to improve their superpowers, it is also an opportunity for them to have fun.
Author
Language
English
Description
The last surviving victim of an experiment that implanted the subjects' heads with electrodes that decipher coded messages is the unnamed narrator. Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his...
3) Mandala road
Author
Publisher
Thames River Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Two generations of the Nonezawa family--Asafumi and his wife Shizuka, and Asafumi's grandfather Rentarō and his Malayan lover Saya--are connected across the years by the mysterious Mandala Road, which simultaneously casts Asafumi and Rentarō from their respective ages into a haunting post-apocalyptic world. As becomes apparent, Asafumi, Rentarō, Saya, and Shizuka are all, in their own way, on a private journey to discover and reconcile themselves...
Author
Series
Dr. Stone volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Several millenia after humans were petrified by a flash of light, high schoolers Taiju and his friend Senku awaken and begin working on how to use science to reawaken human civilization.
Author
Series
UQ Holder! volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tōta dreams of heading to the big city, but before he can leave, he is tasked with defeating the master mage who raised him, a situation complicated by the arrival of a bounty hunter.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Earth is under constant threat from Neighbors, invincible monsters from another dimension that destroy our way of life. At least we have the elite warriors of Border, who co-opt alien technology to fight back! Our hero Osamu Mikumo may not be the best agent, but along with his Neighbor friend Yuma, he'll do whatever it takes to defend life on Earth as we kno it. Should Border admit a Neighbor into its ranks? Jin and Arashiyama Squad think so, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Destroy thy Neighbor! A gate to another dimension has burst open, and invincible monsters called Neighbors invade Earth. Osamu Mikumo may not be the best among the elite warriors who co-opt other-dimensional technology to fight back, but along with his Neighbor friend Yuma, he'll do whatever it takes to defend life on Earth as we know it. Having defeated Arafune and Suwa squads in the Rank Wars, Tamakoma-2 settles nicely into the middle B-Rank group....
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Kazuto Kirigaya (aka Kirito) has survived the death game of Aincrad masterminded by Akihiko Kayaba, programmer of Sword Art Online, and made it back to the real world. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Asuna Yuuki (aka Asuna the Flash), the girl Kirito fell in love with in the game world and who has yet to awaken from her seemingly endless slumber. As his sister, Suguha, sadly looks on, Kazuto continues to visit Asuna in the hospital in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Kirito jumps into a new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online (ALO) in search of Asuna, who still hasn't regained consciousness. On his quest to find the World Tree and reach Asuna, he meets a sylph girl named Leafa. A veteran player experienced with the sword, Leafa recognizes that Kirito is motivated by serious circumstances and decides to help him. But ... Leafa's identity in the real world is Suguha Kirigaya--Kirito's sister. And it's the glimmer of...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Having defeated General Eugene of the Salamanders and having aided the alliance between Sylphs and Cait Siths by protecting their leaders, Kirito and Leafa reach Alne, the town at the foot of the World Tree, at long last. But before they can tackle the tree--and their main objective--server maintenance begins, and they are forced to log out. Back in the real world, Kazuto and Suguha Kirigaya, each unaware of the other's in-game identity, pay a visit...
12) Apollo's song
Author
Language
English
Description
Shogo Chikaishi mirrors the journey of the god Apollo as he travels through different eras and lands in search of love and redemption.
"Better to have loved and lost...The gods, with their poetic justice, can be unrelenting. Just ask the young cynic Shogo, who sinned against love. Electroshock therapy was only meant to bring him face to face with his own violent misdeeds, but instead landed him in the court of a stern goddess. If the encounter was...
Author
Series
My hero academia. School briefs volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The U.A. High School hero course teaches young hopefuls everything they need to become heroes. Between killer events like the sports festival and internships, there's even parents' day!"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In the final round of the Strongest Under the Heavens tournament, it comes down to Goku and Jackie Chun, the mysterious, powerful old man. After the tournament, Goku continues his quest for the seven Dragon Balls, but the evil Red Ribbon Army wants them too and Goku must stop their plans.
15) Akira: Book one
Author
Series
Akira series volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In Neo-Tokyo, built on the former site of Tokyo after World War III, two teenagers are targeted by agencies after they develop paranormal abilities.
16) Swim time
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The 3-E students discover that Koro Sensei's greatest weakness might be a common substance. Will they be able to use it to assassinate him while he helps Meg, formerly of the varsity swim team, with her greatest weakness? The next assassination attempt, implemented by Terasaka, is more elaborate but endangers his fellow students. Can he save them without saving his target? Then, the top class at school, including Principal Asano's son, conspires...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future feels like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him. Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise, it's a...
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 12
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Erwin and the Survey Corps desperately mount a rescue operation to take Eren back from the Colossus Titan and Armored Titan. But without the numbers to form up properly outside the walls, how can the humans catch up before they're all slaughtered? Just whose side is Ymir on? And will Eren ever see his friends again?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 8
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
"The expedition outside the wall was Eren's chance to prove himself. But it failed, and the female Titan is free once more! With his squad dead, Eren faces a royal summons. Will Mikasa and Armin have to betray their king to save their friend? And can they discover the female Titan's identity before she kills again?"
Author
Series
Demi-human volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Kei Nagai, a high-school student, should have died when the truck hit him. Instead, he comes back to life and his world is changed forever. Kei learns he is an Ajin or demi-human, a mysterious creature that cannot die. Frightened by the prospect of what might happen to him, Kei, helped by his friend, Kai, flee from civilization only to encounter a group of demi-humans who are hostile to humans. Who should Kei side with?