Contemporary Women

Hachi was happy to be Blast's biggest cheerleader, but now that the band is taking off, she's discovering that there are hordes of fans eager to take her place. At the same time, her involvement with Trapnest hottie Takumi is turning into a romantic...

Hachi tells herself that she's got her eye on the future and her life with Takumi, but she just can't let go of the past and her friendship with Nana and the rest of Blast - especially Nobu. And the tangle gets thicker when Hachi's wedding has to be...

College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at...

Hachi's happiness with Nobu is slipping through her fingers as an unexpected complication with Takumi threatens to upend her entire life. And unlike her past romantic woes, the choice she makes now will change the lives of everyone around her.About the...

Hachi tells herself that she's got her eye on the future and her life with Takumi, but she just can't let go of the past and her friendship with Nana and the rest of Blast - especially Nobu. And the tangle gets thicker when Hachi's wedding has to be...

Takumi and Hachi are getting married, but it's far from a joyous announcement. Nobu and Nana are devastated, and even Takumi's bandmates take the news hard. With paparazzi skulking around for a new scandal to exploit and tensions between Trapnest and...

Things are slowly coming together for Nana Osaki. The guitarist and drummer from her old band have joined her in Tokyo and she's finally found a ripping new bass player to replace Ren Honjo. The Black Stones are back and they're ready to kick some ass...

Nana K. is going home - for an awesome Trapnest concert! She drags Nana O. along, convinced that somehow Ren will sense his ex-flame in the audience. But life is never that easy, and Nana O. isn't sure if she even wants Ren back. As for Nana K., is she...

Nana K.'s perfect Tokyo life is crumbling around her. She can't keep a job, she can't keep any money, and now it looks like she can't even keep her boyfriend! But luckily, a tasty nugget of gossip about Nana O.'s past love life helps Nana K. keep her...

Nana's band Blast is taking off in a big way - from sold-out club dates to a record label waving a contract at them. But the Trapnest menace still lurks, stealing away everything she cares for. Trapnest took her boyfriend, and even though Ren is back in...

With the tabloids still out for blood, Nana and her Blast bandmates move into a weird dorm building run by their agency. But they've barely got enough time to settle into their new digs because their crammed schedule has them running from music studio to...

Nana 'Hachi' Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. Although these two...

Anxious to get into a Tokyo groove, both women are on the prowl for a funky and cheap place to live. But inexpensive apartments in Japan's capital city are hard to find. Thank goodness each Nana has a clique of cool friends willing to help out. Too bad...

Ever since she got engaged to Takumi and moved out of apartment 707, Hachi has felt like she's slipping out of Nana's life. When the tabloids start digging up Nana's troubled family history, Hachi tries to step in and take care of things. But will her...

Nana 'Hachi' Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. Although these two...

Things aren't looking good for Blast. Shin, under extreme stress from the band's rising success and his relationship with Reira, seeks out reconciliation wherever he can. Re-establishing ties with his own family turns out to be a horrible failure, and...

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the...

Ren's drug use is spiraling out of control and he doesn't want to drag Trapnest down with him. Neither Takumi nor Reira are willing to let Ren quit the band, and both do their best to give him the time he needs to get it together. But Ren isn't sure this...

The tabloid feeding frenzy has finally brought Blast down, but Nana is determined to keep hope alive. She's going to take a gig as a solo artist, and even accept acting jobs she has no interest in. As long as she keeps herself in the spotlight, she knows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506736648Author Wataru NadataniFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506736631Author Wataru NadataniFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

The highly-anticipated third volume of the best-selling comic franchise, written by award-winner Charles Ardai, co-founder of Hard Case Crime! Fans of the series and pulp noir enthusiasts will love seeing sexy heroine Joanna Tan collide with government...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606999592Author Emil FerrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506727431Author Wataru NadataniFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683969273Author Emil FerrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

As the night rolls in and the cold air sets, Ochiai is walking home when he spots his friend's partner, Kaoru, passed out on a park bench with an empty beer in her hand. Learning that his friend ditched Kaoru and she's now in Ochiai's capable...

Isao has gone. Mom is gone. And suddenly life is better for Mari. But she is not complete. There is still a need for closure that burns within. Going home, to Isao's home, might provide that resolution. Embracing everything that has ever been inside Mari...

THE NEXT CHAPTER OF CODENAME G.I. JOE BEGINS HERE. Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara is about to take on the most dangerous black ops mission of her career: infiltrating the mysterious rising power in Japan known as Clan Arashikage. Her one lead is her former...

CRAVE, a mysterious app that promises to make your desires come true, spreads among the students of an elite university who use it as a hookup app. David, a top student, engages in a game of seduction with the unattainable Alexandra. But as requests to...

To escape his troubles at school, Zen and his family have decided to drop him out of his studies. That was not in Hojo's plans. And as Zen has not followed her lead, she decides to take control of the situation by nipping his troubles in the bud. That...

Tragedy strikes as the Search Weekly team takes their snooping too far! Hounded to the limit by remorseless reporters, Ren spins his car off the icy road in a horrible accident that will change the course of everyone's futureAbout the AuthorAi Yazawa is...

Erica Slaughter may have slain the monster terrorizing the small Wisconsin town of Archer's Peak, but now she sets off deeper into the woods -- because the monster she killed was a mother... and now she needs to kill its children.EVIL NEVER DIES...UNLESS...

Komori's apartment has led them to a dead-end. Yet, after days without a reasonable lead to Mari's whereabouts, one finds them. Mari has called home! Where has she been? Why has she disappeared? And why did she decide to make contact now? Submission to...

Daisy has taken the mysterious Leland Black up on his job offer, giving her a new outlet to excise her demons - but quickly realizes that the dangerous conspiracy goes much deeper than she ever imagined.EVIL IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Daisy has taken...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681378466Author Dash ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

High school can be a stressful time for many young people. The change means a new commute, new friends, new courses...new teachers. For Shino Oshima the change could have meant an opportunity to blossom into adulthood. Unfortunately, things go wrong on...

Tsukiko has a secret to share with Akito: she's pregnant! Now they have two things to celebrate - marriage and a baby. But when Mitsuki shows up on their wedding day and tells Akito the truth about everything, Tsukiko's perfectly laid plans are left in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506736938Author David DastmalchianFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647292768Author Tina YamashinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.