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Title: Waqwaq Vol. 4: Wishes Granted

Author: Ryu Fujisaki

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: May 4, 2010

Format: Manga

Genre: Sci Fi, Adventure, Gothic, Comedy

Publisher Age Rating: T (Realistic and Fantasy Violence)

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Series: Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Bleach, Aquarion, Claymore, Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee

All that’s left is a dying Shio, a broken Gojin-Zou, and a healthy Guardian with his own Gojin Zou.  How the heck is Shio going to survive this time?

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Title: We Were There Volume 12

Artist/Author: Yuki Obata

Distributor: Viz Media/shojo Beat

American release date: May 3, 2011

Genre, Format and length: 200 pages, Shojo romance manga

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen +

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar series or titles to check out:B.O.D.Y.

Some relationships seem to hang on beneath the surface. Even though two people may be apart, their lives still affect each other.

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Title: We Were There Volume 14

Artist/Author: Yuki Obata

Distributor: Viz Media/shojo Beat

American release date: May 1, 2012

Format and length: 192 pages, manga

Genre: shojo, romance, drama

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen +

Overall Personal Rating: B+

If you love someone, wishing the best for them may mean they end up with someone else.

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A complex set of relationships exist within a small group. As a student, Motoharu Yano was in love with Nana Yamamoto when she died in a car accident.  Later, Yano met Nanami Takhashi in high school, they became close but Nana’s memory kept getting in the way. The confusion in the name similarity was part of the problem. How could Nanami compete with the memory of Nana?

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What a Wonderful World!

Author: Inio Asano

Distributor/Publisher: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: Oct. 20th, 2009

Format: Manga

Genra: Seinen, Drama, Comedy

Age Rating: OT older teen

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar titles: I’ll Give It My All Tomorrow

What a Wonderful World! is a compilation of 9 tracks or short stories that chronicle a turning point in the life of young adults. All of these tracks deal with characters that live on the fringe of society. They range from middle school outcast, to college dropout musician, to struggling manga artist. Inio Asano takes us through a series of events that cover the depressing to humorous times in life all captured in the urban setting that shows the oppressive tendencies that come with inner city life.

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X  3 in 1 volume 1

Creators: Clamp

U.S. Distributor: Viz Media

U.S. Release Date: Nov. 8th, 2011

Format: 3 in 1 Manga / 584 pages

Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Shojo

Age Rating: T+ for Older teens

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar Titles: XXX Holic, Tokyo Babylon, Magic Knight Rayearth and many more Clamp titles.

Fate may trap us too much, but we do not want to suffer. However, it may be just the thing that frees us. What is Kamui’s true fate, is it to save or destroy the Earth?

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X  3 in 1 volume II

Creators: Clamp

U.S. Distributor: Viz Media

U.S. Release Date: April 17th, 2012

Format: 3 in 1 Manga / 584 pages

Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Shojo

Age Rating: T+ for Older teens

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: XXX Holic, Tokyo Babylon, Magic Knight Rayearth and many more Clamp titles.

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Title: Yakitate! Japan
Manga Author: Takashi Hashiguchi (Shogakukan)
American Publisher: VIZ Media
American Release Date: October 12, 2010
Age Rating: T+
Format and length: Manga, 10 chapters
Genres: Action, Comedy, Shonen, Parody
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Titles in the Radius: Hayate the Combat Butler, School Rumble

Shonen manga are marketed to young males and typically possess themes that include sports or epic adventures. When you think of a shonen cooking manga, it doesn’t seem to sound all that exiting.  However, Yakitate! Japan is anything but boring.

Yotsuba&!: volume 6

Author: Kiyohiko Azuma

Publisher: Yen Press

American Release Date: September 15th 2009

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/208 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: All Ages

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Titles: Chi’s Sweet Home; Neko Ramen; Tengai-Retrogical

Reviews of previous volumes: Volume four; volume five

Ring! Ring! Here comes another volume of Yotsuba&! – and here comes Yotsuba on her new bike! Wait, Yotsuba on a bike? This can’t end well. What kinds of adventures will the new bike riding Yotsuba get into now?

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Yotsuba&! volume 4  

Author: Kiyohiko Azuma

Publisher: Yen Press

Original Release Date: Sept. 15, 2009

Type: Manga

Rating: All Ages

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Titles: Azumanga Daioh, Aria, Chi’s Sweet Home

Here comes Yotsuba! Whether she’s going on her first fishing trip, going shopping with Daddy at the grocery store, or heralding the end of summer as the tsukutsuku boushi, Yotsuba is always having fun! Err, I wonder why Fuuka looks so gloomy?

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Yotsuba&! volume 5

Author: Kiyohiko Azuma

Publisher: Yen Press

American Release Date: September 15th 2009

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/208 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: All Ages

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Titles: Chi’s Sweet Home; Azumanga Daioh; Haruhi Suzumiya

It’s the end of summer! Whether it’s meeting cardboard robots or looking for stars or taking a swim at the beach, Yotsuba is going to make sure the summer ends with a bang! But will her new nemesis, the insufferable Yanda, defeat Yotsuba and steal all her ice cream? It’s a rivalry for the ages!

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Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s vol. 2

Author: Masahiro Hikokubo

Artist: Masashi Sato

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: Feb 7 2012

Format: Manga

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Card Battles (Not specifically a genre, but it’s what it is)

Publisher Age Rating: T for teen

Overall Personal Rating: C

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Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, Vol. 1

Author: Masahiro Hikokubo

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release date: July 05, 2011

Format: Manga, 208 pages

Genre: Action

Publisher Age Ratting: T (teens)

Overall personal ratting: C+

The game of Yu-Gi-Oh had gotten bigger, badder, and faster. This was once a card game,  now played on top of fast motorcycles called Duel Runners. In the outskirts of New Domino City, in a place called The Satellite, up and coming new turbo duelist, Yusei Fudo, is making his mark on the world.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Volume 7

Written by: Naoyuki Kageyama

U. S. Publisher: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: Aug. 2nd, 2011

Format: Manga/ 200 pages

Genre: Shonen

Age Rating: A for All Ages

Overall Grade: B

Similar Titles: Pokemon

The Americans are coming, the Americans are coming, the Americans are coming!!!!! That’s right, the American have invaded the Duel Academy.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Volume 8

Written by: Naoyuki Kageyama

U. S. Publisher: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: Jan 3 2012

Format: Manga/ 208 pages

Genre: Shonen

Age Rating: A for All Ages

Overall Grade: C

Similar Titles: Pokemon

Jaden Yuki, a student of the duel academy, is about to face Aster Phoenix, a member of the American duel academy and a professional duelist. Aster uses Vision Heroes in his deck and this duel will be the premiere of Jaden’s new deck with Masked Heroes. So, this will be a fight between Vision Heroes and Masked Heroes. Jaden may be a good duelist, but is he good enough to defeat Aster?

Zombie-Loan volume 3  

Author: Peach-Pit

Publisher: Yen Press

Original Release Date: June 30, 2008

Type: Manga

Rating: Older Teen

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar Titles: Bleach, Rozen Maiden, Black Butler

In a world full of zombies and shinigami, poor Michiru is finding it hard to stay above all the confusion. Not only is a dangerous killer on her trail, but she can’t even relax at a hot spring without trouble! Good thing Chika and Shito are around to help her – right?

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