Shoujoai Ni Bouken: The Adventures Of Yuriko, Volume 1 (EN)

Shoujoai Ni Bouken: The Adventures Of Yuriko, Volume 1 (EN)

Yuriko is a perfectly average Japanese pop idol, actress and model who finds herself sent back to high school as part of a reality television series. Now she faces the challenge of balancing interviews, charity events, public appearances and math homework – all while searching for the woman of her dreams. Is she up to the task? Find out in Volume 1 of The Adventures of Yuriko!

Yellow Rose (EN)

translated by Sarah Frederick

Yoshiya Nobuko’s short-story series Flower Stories (Hana Monogatari) is widely known for launching the genre of shoujo fiction–stories expressly written for girls and young women. For the first time in English, one of the most ardent and influential of the collection, “Yellow Rose,” is published with a translator’s introduction, era-specific design and list of further readings. It will appeal to all readers of fine fiction, especially those with an interest in women’s writings, genre fiction, youth culture, queer writings, and twentieth-century modernist styles.

Serial Experiments Lain: Complete Series Blu-ray

Acclaimed artist Yoshitoshi Abe (Haibane Renmei, Texhnolyze) brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as The Matrix.

Schoolgirl Lain doesn’t seem to be the type to be cracking into corporate computer systems, but other people – people Lain doesn’t know – seem to think she is. Lain’s evolution is a surreal trip through the past’s idea of the near future in The Wired.

School Life  – Science Fiction

Utakata: The Complete Series

While cleaning a spooky mirror, Ichika sees a reflection that is not her own. In the mirror is magical girl-creature Manatsu who comes into the world to be Ichika’s companion through a little misinformation and a lot of personal charm. Manatsu guides Ichika through a series of magical trials that give her gods’ powers, but to what end?

Magical Girl

Shattered Angels: The Complete Collection

From the creators of Kannazuki no Miko, when a Prince comes to Kuu’s school, she finds that her entire life has been a lie. She’s not the quiet girl she supposed, but a servant of the Prince. Kuu is drawn into the lives of other Angels and their masters, as they maneuver for supremacy.

Fantasy – Action

 

Simoun: Complete Collection

Elaborate world-building in a fantasy sci-fi setting, a mix of science and religion and gender-bending make Simoun a deeply satisfying series, for people who like their stories complex and non-linear.

Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana) Complete Series (Litebox)

Fumi and Akira, friends when they were very young, meet again as they begin high school. Theirs lives and friends and loves intertwine in a masterpiece of shoujo storytelling. Set in Kamakura, the animation skillfully and accurate represents actual locations

Vandread: Ultimate Collection

Two cultures, separated by a war of the sexes, come into contact when ships collide. This rom-com in space has serious consequences for both cultures and their space soldiers.

Science Fiction, Romantic Comedy

WORKS

Four sexy stories of lesbian life and love by Japanese yuri manga artist Eriko Tadeno. From stories of high school crushes and adults coming out to an office May-December romance, Tadeno’s stories speak to everyone who has ever been in love. Includes several short gag comics.

 

Yuri Monogatari 4

Yuri Monogatari (“Lily Tales”) is an annual collection of lesbian-themed Japanese-style comic stories (yuri manga). These tales about lesbian life and love come from artists and writers from around the world, including popular Japanese yuri manga artists Akiko Morishima and Rica Takashima and four-time contributors Althea Keaton, Beth Malone and Kristina Kolhi.

Anthology

Gakuen Polizi, Volume 2

School life Drama-Comedy Cop Story. Polizi-in-training  Aoba is assigned to the most peaceful high school there is.

Gakuen Polizi, Volume 1

By Milk Morinaga

Aoba has always wanted to be a Policewoman and at last, as a school “Polizi” she has the chance she’s been waiting for. But in between discovering the truth of school mysteries and helping protect her classmates from stalkers and perverts, Aoba has to deal with her recalcitrant partner, Midori.

School Comedy – Action – Drama

The Legend of Bold Riley

She has hunted the wildest game and dallied with countless beautiful girls, but still longs to know the world beyond the city walls. Princess Rilavashana SanParite, called Bold Riley, leaves behind her station and sets out to travel through distant lands and find forgotten ruins, fearsome enemies, inscrutable gods, and tragic love.

Skim

by Mariko Tamaki Series: Skim Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Groundwood Books; Reprint edition (February 23, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 088899964X ISBN-13: 978-0888999641 Also available on Kindle.

Blue Is the Warmest Color

By Julie Maroh

Emma’s lover Clem is dead, and to find some closure, Emma visits Clem’s family. Through entries in Clem’s diary, Emma relives how they met and how their relationship began – and ended.

Drama

Sunstone Graphic Novel

Two women deal with modern themes of sex, relationships, and fetishism in this erotic romantic comedy. So beware all who enter, because, to quote a few hundred thousand readers on DeviantArt: “I’m not into BDSM…but this story…I get it.”

Strawberry Panic: The Complete Novel Collection

Omnibus collection of all three Strawberry Panic novels, a $24 value, at only $14.99
For new transfer student Aoi Nagisa, St. Miator Girls’ Academy offers her the chance at a fresh start and a way to redefine herself. But these noble intentions go out the window when she catches her first glimpse of honor student Hanazono Shizuma, whose porcelain white skin and goddess-like beauty leave Nagisa speechless.

It’s puppy love at first sight, but naive Nagisa is unaware that Shizuma is a serial heartbreaker who has set her sights on Nagisa herself. Will Nagisa end up as another notch on Shizuma’s belt, or does fate have other plans in store for the new couple

Strawberry Panic Manga Omnibus

For new transfer student Aoi Nagisa, St. Miator Girls’ Academy offers her the chance at a fresh start and a way to redefine herself. But these noble intentions go out the window when she catches her first glimpse of honor student Hanazono Shizuma, whose porcelain white skin and goddess-like beauty leave Nagisa speechless.

It’s puppy love at first sight, but naive Nagisa is unaware that Shizuma is a serial heartbreaker who has set her sights on Nagisa herself. Will Nagisa end up as another notch on Shizuma’s belt, or does fate have other plans in store for the new couple?

Azumanga Daioh Omnibus

By Kiyohiko Azuma

10-year old Chiyo is a genius and has started High School. She befriends a cast of wacky characters and learns to enjoy her school days. Jokes that make you say “heh” years after reading them.