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Nana, Vol. 15

Ai Yazawa · 188 pages

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Your Lie in April, Vol. 6

Naoshi Arakawa · 195 pages

"Spirits are still high after the Maiho Music Competition when Kaori receives a letter in the mail: There's going to be a gala concert to celebrate the winners, and even though Kaori and Kosei didn't advance, they're invited to perform! Conficent they can leave a lasting impression, Kaori seizes the chance to order Kosei back onto the stage with her. The ultimate duo that moved an entire audience'

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Honey and Clover, Vol. 1

Chica Umino, Yu Hai Ye chika · 184 pages

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Wandering Son, Vol. 4

Takako Shimura

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Sunny, Vol. 1

Taiyo Matsumoto · 224 pages

"The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak everyday lives"--MangaHere.com review.

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Honey and Clover, Vol. 4

Chica Umino · 191 pages

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Full Moon o Sagashite, Vol. 1

Arina Tanemura · 162 pages

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Bakuman, Volume 3: Debut and Impatience

Tsugumi Ohba · 192 pages

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A Distant Neighborhood, Vol. 1

Jiro Taniguchi

"Middle-aged businessman Hiroshi Nakahara has been catapulted back into his life as a 14 year-old but with all his adult memories and knowledge intact. As he settles into his past in a way that only someone who has seen the future can, he experiences again the friendship, the exhilaration and the love of youth. But subtle changes occur in his history and, as the summer break reaches its conclusion

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A Silent Voice, Vol. 2

Yoshitoki Oima · 192 pages

It’s been five years since Shoya Ishida bullied Shoko Nishimiya so badly she left their elementary school, because of one simple difference between them: Shoya can hear, and Shoko can’t. In the intervening time, Shoya’s life has changed completely. Shunned by his friends, Shoya’s longed for the chance to make up for his cruelty. When it finally comes, will he find the voice to tell Shoko he’s chan

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If I Stay

Gayle Forman · 272 pages

*Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. Stay, he says.* Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind? Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, an

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Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Vol. 1

Shimoku Kio · 192 pages

When Kanji Sasahara and Saki Kasukabe join an otaku club called Genshiken, they experience quarreling club members, crazy activities, and a vice president determined to break them up.

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Bunny Drop, Vol. 6

Yumi Unita · 224 pages

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Sensual Phrase, Vol. 3

Mayu Shinjo · 192 pages

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Oona Out of Order

Margarita Montimore · 339 pages

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Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 17

Karuho Shiina

Sadako, feeling like her boyfriend Kazehaya is being distant, decides to take a drastic step in order to finally reach him.

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Gravitation, Volume 10

Maki Murakami · 191 pages

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Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 12

Tomoko Ninomiya · 208 pages

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Honey Hunt, Vol. 2

Miki Aihara

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Skip Beat!, Vol. 01

Yoshiki Nakamura · 184 pages

Kyoko followed her true love, Sho, to Tokyo and supported him while he made it big as an idol. Now, he says she means nothing to him, so Kyoko sets out to become even bigger than Sho, but finds that her bitter heart may be her undoing.

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Princess Ai: Lumination

D.J. Milky (Stu Levy), Misaho Kujirado · 192 pages

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Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 5

Yuki Midorikawa · 155 pages

Takashi believes he has been able to balance yokai and friends, but finds it difficult to keep spirits and demons at bay while studying with classmates at a country inn.

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