Jocelyne Allen
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"The soul of the deceased narrator, cleansed of all its memories of its past life, is heading toward the darkness when it suddenly encounters an angel. 'Congratulations!' the angel exclaims. 'You're the winner of our lottery! You're being given a second chance!' The next thing it knows, the soul is back on earth, occupying the body of fifteen-year-old Makoto who is planning to poison himself. Makoto is friendless, and his family shows him little love....
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Graphic novel featuring a selection of horror stories, including one about an old wooden mansion that eats its inhabitants, a dissection class with a non-traditional study subject, and a funeral where the dearly departed may not be quite as gone as people had thought.
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Since meeting Kuroyukihime, an avatar in a virtual world, Haruyuki has managed to grow up a bit, but in the Accelerated World, he must now subjugate a cursed piece of enhanced armament which is polluting the minds of the duel avatars that don it and only Silver Crow, the sole duel avatar with the power of flight, can apprehend the relic.
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Tasuku is starting to feel at home at the drop-in center--just in time for him to help a younger student who also hangs out there. Misora Shuji likes to wear girls' clothing but is unsure about their gender identity. Will Tasuku's guidance offer Shuji some clarity or just make things harder?
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"Together with his sworn friend Shisui, Itachi takes on a mission to assassinate a spy in the village in order to join the Anbu. The rivalry between the Uchiha clan and the village grows ever more fierce, until finally death comes for his friend. Despairing at both his clan and the village, Itachi heads into the tragic night with his new eye and a fatal resolve. The hope and the dreams he spoke of to his brother. The gentle yet cruel truth awaits"--Back...
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"Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster--and the fouler beast who created him--to life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for. Also included are six tales of Oshikiri--a high school student who lives in a decaying mansion connected to a haunted parallel world. Uncanny doppelgangers, unfortunately murdered friends, and a whole lot more are in...
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"When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture of family life unfolds. But after what seems like a mere moment of bliss to Hana, the father of her children is tragically taken from her. Life as...
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"Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he had been outed as gay. Just as he's contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most...
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Makoto was an ordinary boy having a perfectly ordinary day. Then he picked up a weird book off the library shelf, and everything got turned upside-down. The book sucked him into a strange, twisted version of Lewis Carroll's famous Wonderland, where monsters terrorize the countryside and the White Rabbit is a captain in the King of Hearts' army. And to make matters worse, when Makoto got sucked into Wonderland, he wound up trading bodies with the weapons...
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Makoto was an ordinary boy having a perfectly ordinary day. Then he picked up a weird book off the library shelf, and everything got turned upside-down. The book sucked him into a strange, twisted version of Lewis Carroll's famous wonderland, where monsters terrorize the countryside and the white rabbit is a captain in the king of hearts' army. And to make matters worse, when Makoto got sucked into wonderland, he wound up trading bodies with the weapons...
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"Alice, Makoto, and their Wonderland companions finally make it to the palace of the King of Hearts, only to be flung far away by the King's magic. Makoto and the Hatter will have to fight their way back through a tangled maze of illusions set up by the devious Jabberwock. To make matters worse, the Hatter's life depends on Makoto successfully solving the labyrinth. Meanwhile, Alice, the White Rabbit, and the rest try to unravel the King of Hearts'...
16) Graineliers: 2
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After Luca and Abel are taken to the research facility, Luca's forbidden ability is finally exposed! Luca is taken away to the Grainelier headquarters, and Abel promises to save him... What does fate have in store for them now?
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"Soichi, the unhinged second son of the Tsujii family, chews nails and makes them clatter and clack as he spouts horrific curses to bring about the most bizarre happenings. Whether it's summer holidays or a birthday party, Soichi can turn any occasion into a nightmare in a heartbeat. What is the terrible secret of his origin?' Meanwhile, tormented by his little brother's never-ending pranks, older brother Koichi has a soundproof room built. But why...
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"Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre tableau. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead? In another tale, a girl falls silent, her tongue transformed into a slug. Can a friend save her? Then, when a young man moves to a new town, he finds the house next door has only a single window. What does his grotesque neighbor want, calling out to him every evening from...
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"'Tachibana...What are you doing here?' The blunt question, even though it was asked innocently, shakes Akira's heart. As Christmas draws closer, Akira resolves to do a certain something for Kondo, and Yui, Yoshizawa and Kase grapple with secret feelings of their own..."--