“The Radius”
Kingyo Used Books Volume 3
Author: Seimu Yoshizaki
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: April 19th, 2011
Format: Manga (Viz Sig)
Genre: Real Life, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Rating: B
Similar Series: What a Wonderful World
Some things are so important that you must go the extra mile in order to finish the job.
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“The Radius”
Title: Kamisama Kiss volume 4
Manga Author: Julietta Suzuki
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: Aug. 2nd, 2011
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar titles: Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura
Love is often an elusive creature and when it does come, it sometimes comes in ways that should not take shape. Have you ever had a crush on someone that you know is wrong?
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”The Radius”:
Title: Kamisama Kiss
Artist/Author: Julietta Suzuki
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: Oct. 4, 2011
Format and length: Shojo manga, 200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Nanami has become a kamisama for the Mikage Shrine where she lives. A big task for a clumsy, enthusiastic human high school student, as she strives to bring the shrine the attentions it deserves.
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“The Radius”:
Title: Kanpai!
Artist/Author: Maki Murakami
Distributor: Tokyopop
American release date: September, 2005
Format, Genre and length: Comedic, Gothic Manga; 209pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T , Teen 13+
Overall Personal Rating: B
What happens when the monsters of the world become overhunted? Well, that is
where the monster guardians come in.
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“The Radius”:
Title: Ultimo Volume 4 (Karakuridoji Ultimo)
Artist/Author: Hiroyuki Takei
Original Concept by Stan Lee
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Jump
American release date: March 1, 2011
Format and length: Shonen manga, 200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Other titles by the author to check out: Shaman King
One can only hope that the fate of the world rests with someone who has the ability to save it. While in mechanical form, pure good and evil battle to prove which is the more powerful, it is up to the human Yamoto to travel through out time to find the way to save the earth.
“The Radius”:
Title: Karakuridoji Ultimo Volume. 3
Authors: Original Concept by Stan Lee
Story and Art by Hiroyuki Takei
Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Jump
American Release Date: December 7, 2010
Format: Traditional Manga
Genre: Action, Sci Fi, Drama, Shonen, Apocalyptic
Publisher Age Rating: T (Teen)
Personal Review Grade: C-
Similar Series: Samurai 7
Let the Hundred Machine Funeral begin!
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“The Radius”:
Title: Kaze Hikaru 19
Director/Author: Taeko Watanabe
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: August 2, 2011
Format, Genre and length: Shojo, historical Romance manga
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: OT
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Pressure from Western sources heavily influences the political events in Japan and the changes maybe unwelcome influence and irrevocable. Kamiya and Soji find their world changing in more than one way.
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Kaze Hikaru Volume 16
Author: Taeko Watanabe
Viz Media
Shojo Manga
American Release date
Rated: Older Teen 16+
Overall Grade: B+
Similar Titles: Kaze Kikaru Volumes 1-15
Red River
Kaze Hikaru Volume 16
Hidden in the ranks of the Shinsengumi, Sei struggles with who she was and where she came from as she seeks to move forward in fulfillment of her destiny.
“The Radius”:
Title: Kaze Hikaru Volume 18
Author: Taeko Watanabe
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: August 3, 2010
Format, Genre and length: Shojo manga, 186 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T+ for Older Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar series or titles to check out: All the Kaze Hikaru Books, including volume 16 and volume 17
“The Radius”
Title: Kekkaishi
volume 27
Manga Author: Yellow Tanabe (Shogakukan)
American Publisher: VIZ Media
American Release Date: August 9, 2011
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 10 chapters
Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shonen
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Titles in the Radius: Naruto, One Piece and Ranma ½
Summary:
Kieli: volume 1 
Author: Yukako Kabei & Shiori Teshirogi
Publisher: Yen Press
American release date: April 2008
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Supernatural/192 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series/titles to check out: Natsume Yuujinchou; Immortal Rain; Zombie-Loan
Kieli, a young girl in a world of strange things happening everywhere, can see ghosts. She finally meets someone who also sees the dead, a man called Harvey, but even he’s not what he seems.
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Kieli: Volume 2 
Author: Yukako Kabei & Shiori Teshirogi
Publisher: Yen Press
American release date: October 2008
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Supernatural/224 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Similar series/titles to check out: Natsume Yuujinchou; Immortal Rain; Zombie-Loan
One journey ends, another one begins, as the manga adaptation of Kieli and Harvey’s story comes to an exciting and emotional conclusion that will satisfy all of its fans.
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“The Radius”
Title: kimi ni todoke: From Me to You volume 9
Manga Author: Karuho Shiina
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: June 21st, 2011
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: C-
Similar titles: Love*Com
To be young, in love and confused is a condition most of us go through and I’m not sure if it something that anyone enjoys.
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Title: kimi ni todoke: From Me to You
Manga Author: Karuho Shiina (Shueisha)
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: February 1, 2011
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: C
Titles in the Radius:Ai Yori Aoshi, Fruits Basket, Oh! My Goddess
Normally, when a manga comes out in the US the timing of it is never around the right season. For example, the manga talks about Christmas Eve and its the middle of summer. That’s because we get a delay in the publishing because of the translation and printing (and often also for commercial reasons). However, sometimes things get timed just right that an American release date actually corresponds to the time period in the book, like in Kimi ni Todoke volume 7.
Title: kimi ni todoke: From Me to You Vol. 5
Manga Author: Karuho Shiina (Shueisha)
American Publisher: VIZ Media
American Release Date: August 3, 2010
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Fruits Basket, Happy Cafe, Oh! My Goddess
A rival is defined by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as “one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess”, but that does not say whether they can be friends; friend is not listed as an antonym to rival, but many equate being a rival and friend as mutually exclusive because the enjoyment one experiences as a friend is different from that of a rival. However, there are many who look back in their pasts as enjoying those times spent as among their best.
Title: kimi ni todoke: From Me to You
Manga Author: Karuho Shiina (Shueisha)
American Publisher: Viz Media
American Release Date: November 2, 2010
Age Rating: T
Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shojo
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Ai Yori Aoshi, Fruits Basket, Oh! My Goddess
The classic love triangle is a well used convention in all forms of fiction and figuring out a resolution to it has been a quandary of both authors and readers alike. Of course the most common way is simply to have one of the two possible pairings get together finally. But sometimes unusual events can happen such as with Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to suddenly and easily resolve the situation. However, even when these do happen, they usually aren’t ended quite as neat and tidy as Star Wars-style.
“The Radius:
Title: Kingyo Used Books Volume 2
Author: Seimu Yoshizaki
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: October 19, 2010
Format: Manga (Viz Sig)
Genre: Real Life, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Rating: C
Similar Series: What a Wonderful World
“Manga are just bundles of paper…” “But, those bundles of paper… can move a lot of people… and touch their hearts. They’re so… very powerful…”
Synopsis:
“The Radius”
Kingyo Used Books Volume 4
Author: Seimu Yoshizaki
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: Oct. 18th, 2011
Format: Manga (Viz Sig) / 208 pages
Genre: Real Life, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Publisher Age Rating: T+ (Older Teen)
Personal Review Rating: B-
Similar Series: What a Wonderful World
In a world where people are labeled by the things they do, it is sometimes hard to understand what drives them to do those things that define who they are.
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“The Radius”
Kurozakuro Volume 1
Author/Artist: Yoshinori Natsume
Distributor: Viz Media
Release Date: Nov. 9th, 2010
Format: Manga / 200 pages
Genre: Shonen, supernatural
Age Rating: T+ for Older Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar titles: Bokurano Ours
Just imagine you are the class punching bag and bullied all the time. You have a bizarre dream and wake up with super human strength and all those bullies better beware. You also have a strange hunger and Mc Donald’s in not on the menu. What do you do?
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