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Book Synopsis Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 1 by : Shin Mashiba
Download or read book Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 1 written by Shin Mashiba and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '" When the lonely Hiiragi Yasase learns that he has a long-lost half-brother, he decides to meet the man--but is shocked by what he discovers. His brother is the proprietor of a pet shop, one that is actually a front for supernatural rentals. Customers in-the-know can rent out yokai to perform supernatural deeds. There''s just one catch: they have to forge a contract written in blood... An all-new dark fantasy from the creator of Nightmare Inspector! "'
Book Synopsis Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 1 by : Shin Mashiba
Download or read book Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 1 written by Shin Mashiba and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUPERNATURAL PETSHOP When the lonely Hiiragi Yasase learns that he has a long-lost half-brother, he decides to meet the man–but is shocked by what he discovers. His brother is the proprietor of a pet shop, one that is actually a front for supernatural rentals. Customers in-the-know can rent out yokai to perform supernatural deeds. There’s just one catch: they have to forge a contract written in blood... An all-new dark fantasy from the creator of Nightmare Inspector!
Book Synopsis Forbidden Scrollery, Vol. 1 by : ZUN
Download or read book Forbidden Scrollery, Vol. 1 written by ZUN and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where else would a girl with the power to translate any tome she sets in her lap reside except a library? Sure, some books may be more dangerous than others, but that's far from discouragement for a true bibliophile like Kosuzu Motoori!
Download or read book Kitaro written by Shigeru Mizuki and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet one of Japan's most popular characters of all time—Kitaro, the one-eyed monster boy Meet Kitaro. He’s just like any other boy, except for a few small differences: he only has one eye, his hair is an antenna that senses paranormal activity, his geta sandals are jet-powered, and he can blend into his surroundings like a chameleon. Oh, and he’s a yokai (spirit monster)! With all the offbeat humor of an Addams Family story, Kitaro is a lighthearted romp in which the bad guys always get what’s coming to them. Kitaro is bestselling manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki’s most famous creation. The Kitaro series was inspired by a kamishibai, or storycard theater, entitled Kitaro of the Graveyard. Mizuki began work on his interpretation of Kitaro in 1959. Originally the series was intended for boys, but once it was picked up by the influential Shonen magazine it quickly became a cultural landmark for young and old alike. Kitaro inspired half a dozen TV shows, plus numerous video games and films, and his cultural importance cannot be overstated. Presented to North American audiences for the first time in this lavish format, Mizuki’s photo-realist landscapes and cartoony characters blend the eerie with the comic. Translated from the Japanese by Jocelyne Allen.
Download or read book The Swamp written by Yoshiharu Tsuge and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of the most influential and acclaimed practitioners of literary comics in Japan. The Swamp collects work from his early years, showing a major talent coming into his own. Bucking the tradition of mystery and adventure stories, Tsuge’s fiction focused on the lives of the citizens of Japan. These mesmerizing comics, like those of his contemporary Yoshihiro Tatsumi, reveal a gritty, at times desperate postwar Japan, while displaying Tsuge’s unique sense of humor and point of view. “Chirpy” is a simple domestic drama about expectations, fidelity, and escape. A couple purchase a beautiful white bird with a red beak. It is said that the bird will grow attached to its owners and never fly away. While the girlfriend is working as a hostess, flirting with men for money, the boyfriend decides to draw a portrait of the new family member, and disaster strikes. In “The Swamp,” a simple rural encounter is charged with sexual tension that is alluring but also fraught with danger. When a young woman happens upon a wing-shot goose, she tries to calm it then suddenly snaps its neck. Later, she befriends a young hunter and offers him shelter, but her motivations remain unclear, especially when the hunter notices a snake in the room where they’ll both be sleeping. The Swamp is a landmark in English manga-publishing history and the first in a series of Tsuge books Drawn & Quarterly will be publishing.
Book Synopsis Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by : Syundei
Download or read book Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart written by Syundei and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '" High schooler Hoshino Terumichi has been haunted by a recurring dream: a young man, a century earlier, dying at the hands of another man he calls “Sensei.” This dream–or curse–is about to merge with reality when a mysterious, attractive classmate named Yamada Omihiko steps into Terumichi''s life. "'
Book Synopsis Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea Vol. 1 by : Kaitei Shujin
Download or read book Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea Vol. 1 written by Kaitei Shujin and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young witch Wadanohara has just returned from a journey across the oceans, searching for a clue to mysteriously lost memories. But now that she has come home, Wadanohara must begin a new quest to ensure the safety of the ocean kingdom she hails from, along with her familiars Memoca, Dolphi and Fukami. When a mysterious figure from her past appears and demands that she leave her ocean home forever, will it be enough to stop Wadanohara from upholding a family legacy to save her world from an invading force?
Book Synopsis The Man Without Talent by : YOSHIHARU TSUGE
Download or read book The Man Without Talent written by YOSHIHARU TSUGE and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Japanese manga legend's autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first full-length work by the great Yoshiharu Tsuge available in the English language. Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of comics' most celebrated and influential artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book ever 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, ferryman, and stone collector -- hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature.
Download or read book Red Flowers written by Yoshiharu Tsuge and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge’s stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It’s a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming. The title story highlights the nuance and empathy that made Tsuge’s work stand out from that of his peers. A nameless traveler comes across a young girl running an inn. While showing the traveler where the best fishing hole is, a bratty schoolmate reveals the girl must run the business because her alcoholic father is incapable. At the story’s end, the traveler witnesses an unusual act of kindness from the boy as the girl suffers her first menstrual cramps — and a simple travelogue takes on unexpected depth. Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country’s culture.
Book Synopsis Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 3 by : Shin Mashiba
Download or read book Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 3 written by Shin Mashiba and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '" Karasu fought his powerful yokai father--and lost. His younger brother Hiiragi awakens in the aftermath and finds himself in Nurarihyon''s maze-like halls. There, Hiiragi meets his caretaker, a beautiful but volatile young man with incredible yokai powers: another half-brother! "'
Book Synopsis Shortcake Cake, Vol. 1 by : Suu Morishita
Download or read book Shortcake Cake, Vol. 1 written by Suu Morishita and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten Serizawa has a two-hour commute through the mountains to high school every day, so she can’t spend much time hanging out with her friends in the afternoon. She decides to move into the local boardinghouse, where one of her friends and three other boys are living. Ten’s friends consider her to be as oblivious as a rock when it comes to noticing boys and falling in love, but will she be able to keep her calm and steady heart in her new living situation? -- VIZ Media
Book Synopsis Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun, Vol. 1 by : Shin Mashiba
Download or read book Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun, Vol. 1 written by Shin Mashiba and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who suffer nightmares, help awaits at the Silver Star Tea House, where patrons can order much more than just Darjeeling. Hiruko is a special kind of private investigator. He's a dream eater. And he'll rid you of your darkest visions...for a price. Lost Things / Dreams on the menu this volume: a restless soul, a murderous beauty, a woman afraid of falling apart, a grieving lover, an unforgiving son, a suicidal actress and a mysterious voice on the other end of a lonely young man's phone.
Book Synopsis Phantom Tales of the Night, Vol. 2 by : Matsuri
Download or read book Phantom Tales of the Night, Vol. 2 written by Matsuri and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That is your secret, isn't it?" Murakumo Inn welcomes the troubled masses, human or otherwise. But its curious innkeeper accepts only one form of payment: a being's deepest secrets. Tonight's visitors are a beautiful snow phantom, a researcher of the supernatural, and...a baby?! Come witness the fantastical tales spun at this mysterious inn.
Book Synopsis The Anime Companion 2 by : Gilles Poitras
Download or read book The Anime Companion 2 written by Gilles Poitras and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become an expert on cultural details commonly seen in Japanese animation, movies, comics and TV shows.
Book Synopsis Architects of Buddhist Leisure by : Justin Thomas McDaniel
Download or read book Architects of Buddhist Leisure written by Justin Thomas McDaniel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region—in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia’s culture of Buddhist leisure—what he calls “socially disengaged Buddhism”—through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how “secular” and “religious,” “public” and “private,” are in many ways false binaries. Moreover, places like Lek Wiriyaphan’s Sanctuary of Truth in Thailand, Suối Tiên Amusement Park in Saigon, and Shi Fa Zhao’s multilevel museum/ritual space/tea house in Singapore reflect a growing Buddhist ecumenism built through repetitive affective encounters instead of didactic sermons and sectarian developments. They present different Buddhist traditions, images, and aesthetic expressions as united but not uniform, collected but not concise: Together they form a gathering, not a movement. Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the way. Parks and museums are complex adaptive systems that are changed and influenced by budgets, available materials, local and global economic conditions, and visitors. Architects must often compromise and settle at local optima, and no matter what they intend, their buildings will develop lives of their own. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure asks readers to question the very category of “religious” architecture. It challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture.
Book Synopsis Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 4 by : Shin Mashiba
Download or read book Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 4 written by Shin Mashiba and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wedding of Nurarihyon to an abducted human girl draws nigh! Half-brothers Karasu, Enju, and Hiiragi embark on a final battle to stop their father, but does their ragtag group of half-yokai hybrids really have a shot at defeating the yokai king?
Book Synopsis Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 2 by : Shin Mashiba
Download or read book Yokai Rental Shop Vol. 2 written by Shin Mashiba and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overprotective father pays a visit to the shop in search of supernatural protection for his daughter. When Karasu catches sight of the eye on the man's forehead--a clue to finding his own father--it becomes apparent that there is more to his story. Will the man give Karasu the information he needs, or is he just another desperate customer?
