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Summary: "It's Valentine's Day, and Iku's hopes are dashed when Dojo, the guy she's been crushing on--and who's her Library Force superior!--receives an elegant box of chocolates from another woman. Romantic intrigue strikes the whole team as Shibazaki meets a would-be suitor and confides in Iku about her tortured love life. And it seems that Hikaru is being followed by someone from his past"--P. [4] of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Mediz, LLC 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBArikawa, Hiro
Summary: Daisuke Sorai, a 29-year-old fighter pilot who was exempted from P due to an unexpected accident, was transferred to the Public Relations Office of the Air Staff Office of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Ministry of Defense. Awaiting you are Sagisaka (also known as fraudster Sagisaka), the director of Miha, Yuki, a red-spotted beauty who scratches his ass, and Hiromi Maki, Sagisaka Fan Club...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gentōsha 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.6 FIC ARIArikawa, Hiro
Summary: "In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives, climbing, comforting, nestling, and sometimes just tripping everyone up in this uplifting collection of tales by international bestselling author Hiro Arikawa. Against the backdrop of changing seasons in Japan, we meet Spin, a kitten rescued...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ArikawaArikawa, Hiro
Summary: The terrible hardship did not stop her from writing her story, and her husband now does all he could to support her. Wonderful love story of a couple working though lifes obstacles. In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shinchōsha 2010
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Summary: "A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice, The Travelling Cat Chronicles shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy. We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts... An instant international...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARIYumi, Kiiro
Summary: Library Forces member Iku Kasahara has plans to go out for tea with her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, but just figuring out what to wear puts her in a tailspin. When an urgent call comes in about an author seeking protection from the government, Iku realizes that the fight against censorship never takes a break!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBYumi, Kiiro
Summary: In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Library Forces have decided that a censored author, Toma, must defect. But as he and the LF attempt to leave the courthouse, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2015
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Summary: Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore, but now that she's a recruit, her dream job is more like a nightmare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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Summary: "In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves---the Library Forces! Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBYumi, Kiiro.
Summary: "Hikaru's big brother is working for the enemy, and he wants to reunited with Hikaru. Meanwhile, someone is posting negative reviews on the library's website, and Kasahara intends to find out who. Later, personal issues are set aside when the Library Forces find out about a book burning on their home turf!" -- p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBYumi, Kiiro.
Summary: In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The war between the Library Forces and the government's censorship committee heats up! Iku Kasahara, once a lowly Library Forces recruit,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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Summary: "In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves---the Library Forces! Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBYumi, Kiiro.
Summary: In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Media Betterment Committee has silenced a famous writer, and Library Forces member Iku Kasahara and her supervisor and secret crush,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2014
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Summary: When several ranking officers are injured in a fierce skirmish, a rift develops in the Library Forces management causing Iku to question her place in the military group, and Iku's relationship with Dojo grows more intimate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBYumi, Kiiro.
Summary: "There's a groper in the library and Library Force members Iku and Shibazaki are sent in as bait! Iku's undercover outfit makes her vulnerable-- will she be able to defend herself if the pervert targets her? Later, Library Force members are required to take a test that involves reading stories to a group of rambunctious schoolkids. Coming from a big, unruly family, Iku definitely has the upper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LIBYumi, Kiiro.
Summary: Iku is witness to a disturbance during a Board of Education speech on protecting children from the danger of books. The perpetrators are two young boys protesting the banning of their favorite books. But while Iku wants to reach out to the next generation of book lovers, Dojo insists that they can't play favorites. Will Dojo's prickly insistence on sticking to the rules ruin their budding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010