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One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn
by Eiichiro Oda
A young pirate's swashbuckling adventure to become the King of the Pirates.
A new shonen sensation in Japan, this series features Monkey D. Luffy, whose main ambition is to become a pirate. Eating the Gum-Gum Fruit gives him strange powers but also invokes the fruit's curse: ... (Goodreads)
Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto
by Masashi Kishimoto
A young ninja's quest to gain acceptance and recognition, as he battles a powerful group of evil antagonists.
The world’s most popular ninja comic! Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He’s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 01
by Nobuhiro Watsuki
A samurai warrior in 19th-century Japan struggles with his past while defending the innocent against injustice.
Packed with action, romance and historical intrigue,, Rurouni Kenshin, is one of the most beloved and popular manga series worldwide. Set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, it tells the ... (Goodreads)
Yu Yu Hakusho, Volume 1: Goodbye, Material World!
by Yoshihiro Togashi
After dying, delinquent Yusuke Urameshi is given a chance to come back to life as a Spirit Detective and protect the living world from supernatural threats.
Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life... by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with ... (Goodreads)
Bleach, Vol. 1
by Tite Kubo
A young man discovers he has supernatural powers and must save the world from evil forces.
Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife. Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his ... (Barnes & Noble)
Shaman King, Vol. 1: A Shaman in Tokyo
by Hiroyuki Takei
Yoh Asakura, a shaman, competes in a tournament to become the Shaman King and communicate with the Great Spirit.
The plot of Shaman King revolves around Yoh Asakura , a shaman , a medium between the worlds of the living and the dead. Yoh seeks to become the Shaman King, the one who is able to contact the Great ... (Wikipedia)
Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 01
by Yoshihiro Togashi
A young boy sets out to become a Hunter, a skilled adventurer with special abilities, and discovers a world of danger and excitement.
Hunters are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other people. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the ... (Goodreads)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
by Hiromu Arakawa
Two brothers embark on a journey to restore their bodies to their original state using alchemy.
Breaking the laws of nature is a serious crime! In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. ... (Goodreads)
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom
by Tsugumi Ohba
A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that can kill anyone whose name is written in it.
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami, a death god. Any ... (Goodreads)
Reborn! Vol. 01: Reborn Arrives!
by Akira Amano
A high school student is killed and reborn as a baby in the mafia world. He must train to become a hitman and protect his new family.
Tsunayoshi Sawada (Tsuna for short) is a cowardly junior high student who doesn't excel at academics or sports. He only attends school so he can stare at his beautiful classmate Kyoko from afar. But ... (Goodreads)
Hellsing, Vol. 01
by Kohta Hirano
The Hellsing Organization, led by the powerful vampire Alucard, fights against supernatural threats to protect England.
There's a secret organization somewhere in England created to defend the Queen and country from monsters of all sorts. Yes, it's hard to believe in this day and age... but really, isn't this the true ... (Goodreads)
Fairy Tail, Vol. 01
by Hiro Mashima
A young wizard named Lucy joins the Fairy Tail guild and embarks on magical adventures with her new friends.
THE WICKED SIDE OF WIZARDRY Celestial wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates ... (Goodreads)
Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1: The Millenium Puzzle
by Kazuki Takahashi
A young boy named Yugi solves an ancient puzzle and gains the power to summon powerful creatures to duel with.
The Millennium Puzzle,Sitting by himself in the back of the class, 10th-grader Yugi always had his head in some game–until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing a powerful ... (Barnes & Noble)
Case Closed, Vol. 1
by Gosho Aoyama
Detective Conan follows a mysterious crime case, using his skills to uncover the truth.
Can Detective Conan crack the case...while trapped in a kid’s body? Jimmy Kudo, the son of a world-renowned mystery writer, is a high school detective who has cracked the most baffling of cases. One ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3
by Hiromu Arakawa
Two brothers continue their journey to restore their bodies using alchemy, encountering new challenges.
Alchemy tore the Elric brothers’ bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again? A hardcover collector’s edition of one of the most beloved manga and anime of all time! Fully remastered with an ... (Barnes & Noble)
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
by Hajime Isayama
Humanity lives in fear of Titans, giant humanoid creatures who devour humans without reason. Eren Yeager vows to eradicate them all.
The Desperate Battle Begins! For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is ... (Goodreads)
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
by Bryan Lee O'Malley
A young man's misadventures in love, learning lessons of responsibility and maturity.
Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's "between jobs," and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong, unless a seriously ... (Barnes & Noble)
Days Gone Bye
by Robert Kirkman
Small-town sheriff's journey to survive a zombie-filled apocalyptic world.
The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Ranma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ (US 2nd), #1)
by Rumiko Takahashi
A martial artist named Ranma Saotome is cursed to transform into a girl when splashed with cold water. Chaos ensues.
On a training journey in the Bayankala Mountain Range in the Qinghai Province of China, Ranma Saotome and his father Genma fall into the cursed springs at Jusenkyo (,呪泉郷,) . When someone falls into a ... (Wikipedia)
One Piece, Volume 5: For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Eiichiro Oda
Monkey D. Luffy and his crew face off against the tyrannical Captain Kuro and his band of pirates.
Once upon a time, Usopp was just a local boy with a talent for tall tales. Everyone in his little seaside village knew him as the joker who claimed to be a pirate captain and woke people up in the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1
by Jinsei Kataoka
After being falsely accused of murdering his classmates, Ganta is sent to a twisted prison where inmates must fight to survive.
Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red Man, middle-school student Ganta Igarashii finds himself sentenced to death in the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison known as ... (Barnes & Noble)
Skip Beat!, Vol. 1
by Yoshiki Nakamura
Kyoko Mogami follows her childhood friend to Tokyo to help him achieve his dreams, but ends up pursuing her own career in show business.
When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight! Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But ... (Barnes & Noble)
Bleach, Volume 14
by Tite Kubo
Ichigo battles against the Soul Society to save his friend Rukia. The stakes are high as he faces powerful opponents.
White Tower Rocks Ichigo and Yoruichi race to save Ichigo's friends from Rukia's cold-blooded brother, Byakuya Kukichi. They arrive to find Ganju in tatters, and Rukia with him. Ichigo is bent on ... (Goodreads)
Bleach, Volume 12
by Tite Kubo
Ichigo battles a powerful new enemy, while his friends face their own challenges. The stakes are high as they fight to protect their world.
Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife. Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5
by Hiromu Arakawa
Brothers Edward and Alphonse continue their quest for the Philosopher's Stone, facing new enemies and uncovering dark secrets.
Alchemy tore the Elric brothers’ bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again? A hardcover collector’s edition of one of the most beloved manga and anime of all time! Fully remastered with an ... (Barnes & Noble)
One Piece, Volume 7: The Crap-Geezer
by Eiichiro Oda
Luffy and his crew encounter a strange old man who has a powerful weapon. They must fight to protect it from falling into the wrong hands.
Don Krieg's evil pirate armada attempts to hijack the oceangoing restaurant Baratie, but the pirate cooks put up a fierce resistance until Krieg reveals one of the greatest secret weapons in his ... (Goodreads)
Chobits, Vol. 1
by CLAMP
A young man finds a discarded android, who happens to be a "Chobit" - a highly advanced and rare type of android with human-like emotions.
Chi isn't your average humanoid computer. She can't do word processing, she can't connect to the Internet, and she's incapable of networking with other persocoms. Even her sound card seems broken. No ... (Goodreads)
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
A vampire and preteen boy form an unlikely bond while struggling against loneliness and persecution.
It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenage boy is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. ... (Goodreads)
Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 1
by CLAMP
Sakura accidentally releases magical cards and must capture them to prevent chaos. Along the way, she discovers secrets about herself and her family.
Fourth-grader Sakura Kinomoto found a strange book in her father's library — a book made by the wizard Clow to store dangerous spirits sealed within a set of magical cards. But when Sakura opened it ... (Barnes & Noble)
South of the Border, West of the Sun
by Haruki Murakami
A married man's reflections on a once-in-a-lifetime love affair, and his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.
Alternate cover edition, here,. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. ... (Goodreads)
