FLOWERS OF EVIL COMPLETE ED TP #1
(W) Shuzo Oshimi (A) Shuzo Oshimi (CA) Shuzo Oshimi
Edgy, intense, and romantic, The Flowers of Evil has been a reader favorite. This new combined edition will give fans a chance to reconnect with Kasuga, Saeki, and NAKAMURA as it explores the issues of bulling, loneliness, individualtiy, and identity. The routine of class and endless stupidity in a provincial town is taking a toll on middle-schooler Takao Kasuga. Though he gets along well enough with his peers, they'll never begin to dig any of that reading business that's his only true escape. What can he expect when he's in love with foreign stuff like the poems of Charles Baudelaire? Yet his life threatens to take a turn for the worse when, in a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes of pretty, sweet, and smart Nanaka Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Witness to the theft is the oddest girl in class, who seems to consider the whole world a pile of excrement and to nurse a terribly sadistic streak. Collects volumes 1-3 of the original publication.
JUNI TAISEN ZODIAC WAR HC NOVEL
(W) Nisioisin (A) NAKAMURA (CA) NAKAMURA
Rampage. Weep. Kill. Every 12 years, the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac take the form of warriors and engage in the ultimate battle royal. They face one another in battles to the death, using all the powers of their star signs, and the sole survivor is granted the ultimate prize-a wish. Any wish.
WORLDS GREATEST FIRST LOVE GN #8
(W) Shungiku NAKAMURA (A) Shungiku NAKAMURA (CA) Shungiku NAKAMURA
Manga editor Ritsu Onodera continues toiling away for his demanding boss Masamune Takano, who happens to be his first love. The rookie editor has just finished his very first autograph session when Takano tells him he's going to throw him a birthday party-and then promptly drags him all the way to Kyoto! Along the way, they cross paths with Arata Haitani, Takano's old coworker who's now the editor in chief for their rival Shonen Earth. Ritsu sees this as an opportunity to learn more about Takano's past, but Takano demands that Ritsu steer clear of the other man! For mature audiences.