tokyo (japan)

The author, who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father, and grew up in the United States, recounts in graphic novel format her visit to her grandparents in Tokyo the summer before she turned sixteen.

"The Devil King and the Hero clash in an epic battle--in high school? Maou and Emi's latest feud centers on the race for student council president. The day of the election has arrived, but what will happen when the truth of Chiho's long-held crush on Maou comes to light? If only high school were as easy as a demonic reign of terror!"--Back cover.

"Maou, (aka the Devil King) and Emi (aka Emilia the Hero) have arrived from another world--and now they're in high school! Things are crazy enough already with classmate Chiho's ongoing crush on Maou, but are these kids going to be ready when a little girl shows up on Maou's doorstep and calls him "papa"?"--Back cover.

"Follows the adventures of Rinka Urushiba and her friends,a group of Tokyo high school students who use their ESP powers to fight the forces of evil."--OCLC.

Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.

When Ruth finds a piece of debris washed up on a beach on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest she discovers the diary of sixteen-year-old Nao, living in Tokyo, who decides that death is the only escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying, but before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century.

Nineteen-year-old college student Mari Asai has a series of unusual encounters over the course of a long Tokyo night, while her sister Eri, a fashion model, sleeps.

Nana and Nana have both decided to go to Tokyo and follow their dreams and, after meeting on the train when it breaks down for a few hours, the girls decide to become roommates and help each other find their way in the strange city.

A graphic novel in which two twenty-year-old women who share the same name become fast friends, despite their vastly different backgrounds, and learn about the world around them.