Higashimura, Akiko
Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "As this modern fairy tale of otaku girls bum-rushing the fashion industry hits its penultimate volume, Kuranosuke charges onwards for Tsukimi's retrieval mission! Hanamori-san also makes his way to Singapore, for less noble reasons, but the biggest showstopper is Shu, who decides to propose...for real this time! Meanwhile, the Jelly Fish line may not be dead yet, but who's crazy enough to take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PRIHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "A RUDE AWAKENING. Thanks to Hidaka-sensei's intensive training, Akiko manages to get through her art school exams. She's one step closer to seeing her dreams come true...or so she thinks!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She's loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PRIHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "Inari, the aggressive vixen of redevelopment, ramps up her efforts to buy out Amaizu-kan, where Tsukimi and her friends live. But Kuranosuke has a fabulous plan of attack-- turn Tsukimi's jellyfish designs into a reality! Will becoming fashion designers be more than Amars can handle? Meanwhile, Shu's interest in Tsukimi drives Kuranosuke to confront some feelings he's never dealt with before"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PRIHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "Akiko has finally achieved her dream of becoming a manga artist! She's almost ready to fully immerse herself in the wonderful world of shoujo when Hidaka-sensei approaches her. Just what does he want?"--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLAHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "With the geeky paradise of Amamizu-kan threatened by redevelopment plans, Tsukimi and Amars must spring into action. But the wily Inari-san and her hold on Shu forces Kuranosuke to pull out all the stops: money, blackmail, and ... fashion?! Though Amamizu-kan still struggles with Kuranosuke's stylish ways, the neighborhood fashionista has too much to lose, whether it's a hidden identity or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PRIHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "While just starting to rekindle an old flame with Hayasaka-san, Rinko is mortified to have their first date crashed by Key. Will what he has to say condemn Rinko to another angry, drunken night with her friends...or will it strengthen her resolve to make this new relationship work? There's only one thing Rinko is sure of--she's running out of time."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOKHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: "Rinko has done everything right. She hustled her way through her 20s to make it as a screenwriter, renting her own office in a trendy Tokyo neighborhood. Everything should have gone according to plan. So at 33, she can't help but lament the fact that her career's plateaued, she's still painfully single, and she spends most of her nights drinking with her two best friends in their favorite pub....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOKHigashimura, Akiko
Summary: Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She's loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2017