This novel is a tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their...

"Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he has inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. However, one day, a talking cat named Tiger appears and asks Rintaro to save books with him. Of course, "ask" is putting it politely -- Tiger is demanding Rintaro's help. The world is full of lonely books, left unread and unloved, and only Tiger and Rintaro can liberate them from their neglectful owners. And...

A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what she wishes she could be. Reminiscent of Studio Ghibli, this lushly-drawn story was voted one of the top 10 manga of the year in 2018 by the Japanese manga industry. A TOUCH OF MAGIC In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch....

Now that she's 13 years old, it's time for younf Kiki to start thinking about her future. So one night, under the shine of a full moon, she grabs her black cat Jiji, hops on her mother's broom and heads into the night. The next day she alights upon a friendly oceanside city called Corico. This is where she'll spend the next year learning how to become a real honsedt-to-goodness witch.

"On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and eaten somen noodles together. 'Tell me a story from long ago,' Sensei says. 'I wasn't alive long ago,' Tsukiko says, 'but should I tell you a story from when I was little?' 'Please do,' Sensei replies, and so Tsukiko tells him that, when she was a child, she awakened one day to find something with a pale red face and something with a dark red face in her room, arguing...

The sorcerer Orphen is on a magic-for-hire-mission; he even receives a nocturnal visit from a ghost! Ethereal entities are the lest of Orphen's worries, though, as hired assassins (and ghastly snake men appear)--hungry for blood. Along with his wand-wielding understudy (and bone-headed companion), Orphen must retrieve a magical ring from the mansion of a beautiful young woman. This should be no sweat for the seasoned sorcerer, but a young woman--very...

"On her search for famous Pokemon trainer Red, Yellow Caballero finds both human and Pokemon friends--and enemies. Now Yellow must team up with other trainers, gym leaders and even evil Team Rocket to fight the Elite Four! Yellow Caballero prepare to battle the Elite Four's top trainer, Lance... It'll take everything you have and everybody you know to beat him!"--cover.

Red wants to be friends with the Pokémon as well as their trainer-- can he win over the independent Pikachu?

Rakan is a lonely orphaned teen with an unusual attraction to flowers and plants. Chigusa is his surprise guest, who arrives mysteriously one day out of nowhere. Together, these two uncover secrets about each other -- including the fact that Rakan may be a special prince, who Chigusa insists on protecting at all costs! "After capturing Tohji, the assassin sent after them, Rakan and his two guests return to squabbling over what to eat for dinner. As...