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The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
Apr. 16th, 2025 09:14 am
An elderly teacher and his middle-aged former student's lives are transformed by their chance encounter in a bar.
The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
An elderly teacher and his middle-aged former student's lives are transformed by their chance encounter in a bar.
The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
In which two young women delight in how nature has rebounded after the collapse of human civilization.
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 2 by Sakae Saito
RuriDragon, volume 5 by Masaoki Shindo
Apr. 2nd, 2025 09:08 am
Strongarmed into taking a prominent role in her high school festival, half-dragon Ruri discovers the experience is not entirely unpleasant.
RuriDragon, volume 5 by Masaoki Shindo
Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo
Mar. 19th, 2025 09:05 am
The Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments is a bold attempt to address South Korea’s negligible birthrate. In exchange for new homes in an invigorating rural setting, certain conditions need to be met.
Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo
Exuberant Youko and stoic Airi set out on an electric motor bike to tour Japan’s many wonders.
Too bad about the end of the world.
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 1 by Sakae Saito (Translated by Amanda Haley)
A witch and her bodyguard travel to a new continent the witch hopes will be free of anti-witch prejudice, where the pair soon becomes monster hunters.
Witch and Mercenary, volume 1 by Chohokiteki Kaeru
In which the Great Library is tested by a work designed to inflame mobs while skirting library regulations.
Magus of the Library, volume 7 by Mitsu Izumi
How better to react to the end of one's first romance than to dedicate the entirety of the rest of one's life to depressed mourning?
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
A humble peasant boy returns home to find most of his family slain, and his little sister transformed into a demon. His problems were just beginning.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, volume 1 by Gotouge
What was supposed to be a quiet refuge is instead a battleground.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm, volume 4 by Hiromu Arakawa
Anna Sakarias' already troubled teen life is enormously complicated by the revelation she is a key asset in an interdimensional war.
Ansuz (Whisper of Ravens, volume 1) by Malene Sølvsten
In which plucky Coco and her pals overcome the villain, only to discover treating his victims without running afoul of magical regulations may be even harder.
Witch Hat Atelier, volume 13 by Kamome Shirahama
Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Jan. 15th, 2025 09:01 am
Who slipped poison into Yoshitaka's coffee? Ayane , the wife he just dumped? Hiromi, the mistress for whom he had dumped Ayane? Or was it suicide?
Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo, volume 2) by Keigo Higashino (Translated by Alexander O. Smith)
Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki
Jan. 8th, 2025 08:52 am
A life of endless indulgence goes awry thanks to an ill-considered marriage.
Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki
Another instalment in the efforts of two teens to combat insomnia with romance and astronomy.
Insomniacs After School, volume 8 by Makoto Ojiro
A (mainly) Disco-era foray by an assortment of Canadians and Americans into the mysterious world of Japanese speculative fiction.
The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories edited by John L. Apostolou, Martin H. Greenberg, Judith Merril & Grania Davis
RuriDragon, volume "4" by Masaoki Shindo
Dec. 18th, 2024 08:54 am
A half-human, half-dragon Japanese school girl wrestles with problems mundane and draconic, from bullying to coughing up a venom that affects only her.
(The "4" is because I am guessing this is what will be in V4)
RuriDragon, volume "4" by Masaoki Shindo
Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki
Dec. 11th, 2024 09:04 am
A nigh-superhuman battlefield killer finds new purpose in life as an affectless amanuensis.
Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki
A murderer comes to Lillköping, and Kalle Blomkvist's friend Eva-Lotta is in the killer's gunsights.
Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt (Kalle Blomkvist, volume 2) by Astrid Lindgren (Translated by Susan Beard)
In which adventures, having overcome mad mages and eldritch horrors, now face an even greater challenge: dealing with the aftermath of success.
Delicious in Dungeon, volume 14 by Ryōko Kui (Translated by Taylor Engel)
