Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646598636
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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The first round of the spring national tournament is in the record books. In the second round, Kokuyodani faces Sumibino from Fukuoka, which Kyoko and Sengoku “spied on” earlier—a team that’s literally doppelgangers to the Stray Dogs. Kokuyodani takes the first set, but after finally getting the hang of teamwork, Sumibino’s quickly on the rebound. Meanwhile, Seiji Academy’s Maya Amamiya is busy using her underhanded connections with multiple teams to advance along her sinister plan…

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682339262
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 213

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On Neri’s first day at Kokuyodani High School, she finds herself surrounded by a very odd bunch in the volleyball club. Each of her fellow first-years has their own set of peculiarities, and her sempai have the reputation of being witches. Then, the club’s customary initiation ritual gets Neri’s blood pumping. She sees the overwhelming force with which these witches can spike, and she wants a piece of it. Neri’s entering a new chapter of her life at the high school her late sister attended, and with that, the Kokuyodani High arc begins!

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1684911826
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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"You don’t have to try and act normal." Every word from these young athletes has the weight of their lives riding on them as they try to navigate their chaotic lives...and as you try to traverse your own, wavering between teamwork and loneliness. It's Kokuyodani against Seiji in the spring nationals, and Neri's confrontation against the monstrous, greedy Maya Amamiya is reaching its climax!

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646596404
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 213

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Neri’s back from training camp with the national team—and with the extreme technical and mental growth she’s shown, she’s proven herself to be the ace of the Kokuyodani squad. Meanwhile, high-school teams from across the country are preparing for spring national tournament. With golden-era champions Fueko and Masako leading them, Kokuyodani prepares to challenge the nationals once again. The fight begins against a gauntlet of brand-new foes!

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646597567
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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The spring national volleyball tournament is finally underway! Yamabukiya High's team consists of girls who used to run the school manga club. Between their first tournament and the tricky foe they're paired with, the Stray Dogs have trouble keeping a decent pace. Then, pushed to attend a game Neri's playing in, Mayu and Tamaki reunite. With that, the tale of the "golden years" team that ended with Mari's death picks up once more...

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1636991718
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Kokuyodani’s steadily advancing in the spring national tournament―and now they face Seiji Academy, led by heated rival Maya Amamiya and home to four past teammates of Neri’s. Who will win: Kokuyodani, unified by trust, or Seiji, ruled by Maya with an iron fist? When the whistle blows, the results are bound to amaze!

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 164659293X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Kokuyodani High's volleyball team is preparing for a regional meet, the last major event before the spring nationals. If they lose, their coach Fueko has promised to accept the marriage proposal of Bessho, coach of a rival school. Neri storms the principal's office for the truth, only to learn of the history behind Fueko sacrificing herself to win the nationals back in her playing days. Shigeru protests, saying it wasn't the right time to tell her -- but the principal pushes forward, reasoning that the more trials Neri faces, the more she shines...

Author: Yoko Nihonbashi
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1646592387
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 203

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The team is headed for the local winter tournament, which decides whether they qualify for the big spring championships—but their new lineup forces Manabu and Shino to tackle serious questions. Realizing how difficult the road is ahead for her, Manabu resolves to give it her all—but she's soon visited by Takako Yui. She warns her about Seiji High player Maya Amemiya, a rival with an odd fixation on Neri, and it isn't long before Manabu declares war on this interloper!

Author: Kyoko Hikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421566753
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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The End is here! The darkness that has pursued Noriko and her tortured warrior Izark descends full force as their corrupt enemies in the government stage a last coup. With Noriko bedridden, Izark must fight alone, but help may come from an unexpected source. Still, even if they survive, the prophecy can no longer be avoided. The time of the Sky Demon has come—and no one is ready for the final revelation. Will Noriko truly be the death of her first and only love? Find out all the answers and much more in the incredible conclusion to this epic manga. -- VIZ Media

Author: Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438473915
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Examines the role that Japanese girls’ magazine culture played during the twentieth century in the creation and use of the notion of shōjo, the cultural identity of adolescent Japanese girls. Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase examines the role that magazines have played in the creation and development of the concept of shōjo, the modern cultural identity of adolescent Japanese girls. Cloaking their ideas in the pages of girls’ magazines, writers could effectively express their desires for freedom from and resistance against oppressive cultural conventions, and their shōjo characters’ “immature” qualities and social marginality gave them the power to express their thoughts without worrying about the reaction of authorities. Dollase details the transformation of Japanese girls’ fiction from the 1900s to the 1980s by discussing the adaptation of Western stories, including Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, in the Meiji period; the emergence of young female writers in the 1910s and the flourishing girls’ fiction era of the 1920s and 1930s; the changes wrought by state interference during the war; and the new era of empowered postwar fiction. The bookhighlights seminal author Yoshiya Nobuko’s dreamy fantasies and Kitagawa Chiyo’s social realism, Morita Tama’s autobiographical feminism, the contributions of Nobel Prize–winning author Kawabata Yasunari, and the humorous modern fiction of Himuro Saeko and Tanabe Seiko. Using girls’ perspectives, these authors addressed social topics such as education, same-sex love, feminism, and socialism. The age of shōjo, which began at the turn of the twentieth century, continues to nurture new generations of writers and entice audiences beyond age, gender, and nationality. “This book provides many fascinating, perceptive, and fresh insights into a variety of aspects of girls’ literature and culture, which have not yet been discussed in English.” — Helen Kilpatrick, author of Miyazawa Kenji and His Illustrators: Images of Nature and Buddhism in Japanese Children’s Literature