Things are heating up at the Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” with the individual competition! Takaomi Kaji of Osaka, whose flawless performance in the group competition led his team to vict……続きを見る
The Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” ends with a thunderous applause for the performance of the genius Soichi Tanuma! Upon hearing that performance, a feeling he’s never known before begins ……続きを見る
The awaited Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” has begun. Everyone on Setsu’s team from Umezono Private School is fired up for the first day’s group competition. But before their eyes, the Osa……続きを見る
Young Takuya has it tough. After his mother passed away it has been his job to take care of his baby brother, Minoru while their father, Harumi, works the long hours of a Japanese salaryman.
Takuya ……続きを見る
When Setsu's grandfather died, so did Setsu's "sound"ーhis unique creative spark. Grieving, he goes to Tokyo to find himself...but manages to become totally, literally lost on his first day. Only a ……続きを見る
The Tsugaru Shamisen Club is finally up and running, and begins practicing for the "Matsugoro Cup," which was established by Setsu's mother, Umeko. However, the club is having a hard time getting me……続きを見る
Ruth Marimo is an Illegal Immigrant. Born in Zimbabwe, Marimo has traveled the world, gaining insight and deep appreciation for the plight of the illegal immigrant. Sharing firsthand recollections o……続きを見る
Final Volume!
Sometimes raising a baby is enough to make any overworked junior-high boy lose his patience. But when tragedy strikes, Takuya gets a painful reminder of just how much he's learned to l……続きを見る
When a new student, Hikage, joins the class, Takuya tries to befriend him. But Hikage is suspicious of Takuya's motives and begins a campaign to destroy Takuya's happiness. When Takuya seems to weat……続きを見る
Everyone's an art critic. First Takuya's brainy friend Hitoshi reveals his secret passion for drawing stories about space heroes, only to get into a feud with Fujii over the artistic direction of th……続きを見る
When Takuya's friend Hitoshi finds a strange woman's photo in his father's cookbook, he panics. Could his ultra-feminine dad really be having an affair? But Hitoshi's problems are just beginning, as……続きを見る
Takuya's class defends its honor in an intramural baseball game that gets a little too intense. Then it's off to beautiful Hawaii, where Takuya's dad tries to keep his staff together during a compan……続きを見る
Kain and Mel’s relationship has seen its share of tribulations, but each challenge has only made their bond stronger, leading at long last to the altar. But their wedded bliss is short-lived: The ne……続きを見る
Since becoming a vampire, Albert’s life has fallen into an unchanging cycle-day to night, bat to vampire, USA to…Japan? After a mishap at a meat-processing plant in Nebraska, bat-Al is flash-frozen ……続きを見る
Every member of the Shamisen Club is training hard for the Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup.” At the suggestion of their mentor Odawara-sensei, the club will set out for a summer training cam……続きを見る
The Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” begins! Before Setsu and the others can take the stage in the group competition, powerhouse teams from all over the country stand in their way! Finally, ……続きを見る
This book is an awakening and a liberation of the female body as a center of sexual pleasure. Written from a female perspective, it is an exhibit of the inner workings of the female mind and soul in……続きを見る
After several months in Japan, Al is becoming accustomed to life on the far side of Asia. Living and working with Akira-though not without its spats and squabbles-has given him a place to belong for……続きを見る
Seiichi, the old neighborhood bully, has moved back to town, and his sudden arrival is causing all sorts of trouble. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kimura, are torn between feeling angry for the way he d……続きを見る
Takuya's neighbors Seiichi and Tomoko are on the outs, thanks to Seiichi's weakness for gambling. But with Seiichi unavailable, Tomoko can dig up only one date for her big class reunion: Takuya! Wor……続きを見る
Takuya and his friends share a beach house over summer vacation and run afoul of Moriguchi's foxy grandma, who loves checking out the hot young studs at the beach...and hates looking after kids. But……続きを見る
Ichika and Ma-bo run away from their crowded home...but it's not long before the peace and quiet of Takuya's house get on their nerves! At the office, Takuya's father juggles a computer crisis, a st……続きを見る
How did Takuya's family get started? In this special flashback volume, meet Takuya's father, Harumi, in his days as a hardworking college student and womanizing bachelor. Struggling to make it in To……続きを見る
There's only one thing Ichika wants for her birthday (besides Minoru's undying love), and that's the royal treatment! At her birthday party, family and friends are forced to bow to the precocious to……続きを見る
Minoru is growing up, but just because he's out of diapers doesn't mean things are easier on Takuya. Being a big brother is tough, and Takuya has to deal with his own troubles even as he tries to pr……続きを見る
