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Steel of the celestial shadows vol 5 by Daruma Matsuura

6/11/2025

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Cover of Steel of the Celestial Shadow volume 5. Bokutake with his demon mask jumps at us. Behind that is a stylized version of Bokutake peaking out from under his mask, with a very handsome face.
Katsuma-san finishes telling the history of Haretake and the evil lurking inside their foe who now has Tsuki hostage. Katsuma tells of Haretake’s goal to unseal the sessho-seki stones and unleash whatever evil is lurking below and the attempt Haretake will make to control the power inside. With this knowledge, Katsuma sets Konosuke, Aki, and his new apprentice Bokutake off and through a jar to go rescue Tsuki. But Katsuma’s jar drops Konosuke off in a gambling den in the clutches of one of the generals of the Tsuchimikado clan. This would-be professional gambler toys with Konosuke, at first lulling him into a false sense of security, but eventually prodding him to gamble with something very high stakes, much more valuable than money.


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Uzumaki by junji ito

5/22/2025

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Cover of Uzumaki. Shadowy figures stare hauntingly at us as their hair makes spirals above their heads.
Kirie is a simple young girl from the town of Kurouzu-cho, a town that is slowly descending more and more into maddening problems all to do with spirals. Along with her brooding boyfriend Shuichi, Kirie narrowly escapes many horrific encounters with creatures and monsters inspired by spiral shapes. Kirie’s father, a local pottery artisan, even becomes infected as he dredges the pond by their house, Dragonfly Pond, for material, but it seems to be a magnet and a source for many spiral-shaped disasters.


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After God vol 1 By Sumi Eno

4/3/2025

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Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-12


Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: November 19, 2024
ISBN: 9781974749706 (Paperback)

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Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Dystopian, Horror, Surrealism, VIZ Media

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Steel of the celestial shadows vol 4 by daruma matsuura

2/9/2025

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Cover of Steel of the Celestial Shadows volume 4. Lord Haretake is laying against his arm in the background, while the doctor is standing in the foreground with his hand on one hip and a necklace in the other hand.
Aki and Konosuke are rescued by a doctor who transports them away via a jar to a remote mountain hamlet where Konosuke is finally able to recuperate from his poison wounds, but he doesn’t trust the doctor. Why would this man help them out of the blue? The doctor tells them of his long history into the Tsuchimikado family — he was tasked with training the Onmyoji’s son, Haretake, to control his considerable power, but something seemed wrong in the Tsuchimikado family that left the doctor wanting revenge. In another part of the world, we begin to see why Haretake kidnapped Tsuki in the first place, and why he needs her considerable power.


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Emanon vol 1 by Shinji Kajio

2/7/2025

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Cover of Emanon volume 1. Emanon is standing sideways with her hands in her jeans pockets. She's wearing a tan sweater and her brown hair is flowing around her face. Behind her is a rocky ocean coastline. She has on a yellow backpack.
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In 1967, a man gets on a ferry and meets a mysterious woman who gives her name as Emanon. At first, they pose as a couple to shield her from some lecherous older men, but the two strike up conversation and discover some similar interests, including a love of science fiction. As the night wears on, Emanon confides in him that she has the memory of ever iteration of her cells before her, that she can remember the entire history of the planet Earth, and that she has loved many times and lost that many over. At first, he's not sure whether to believe the wild story, but morning comes, and the potential loss of someone so perfect brings more of her story into perspective.


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Fishflies by jeff lemire

10/14/2024

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Cover of Fishflies. Franny and a giant fishfly are jumping through the air over a farm.
In the small town of Belle River, Canada, bugs known as Fishflies descend upon the residents for once a week every year. But once a generation, a different plague besets them. What started as a simple dare lands one young boy in the hospital and begins a manhunt that entangles the boy’s classmate, Franny. The young girl takes pity on the fugitive and makes a friend in the process. The townsfolk, Franny, and her new friend embark on something much more supernatural and rooted deep in the town's history, and many of the discover something much more than they bargained for.


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Steel of the celestial shadows vol 3 by daruma matsuura

8/13/2024

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Cover of Steel of the Celestial Shadows volume 3. Aki's eyes are glowing as she sees a fision while Madara is kneeling in front of her in a ghostly green color superimposed on Aki's face.
Konosuke and Aki the Ichido fight off a band of assassins masquerading as performers, and finally make it out of Konosuke's house. Even though they don't have a travel permit, they decide to go after Tsuki anyway. They are almost immediately attacked by Madara, a terrifying gifted being who controls all manner of deadly bugs. She has had a tragic life full of persecution in her village and has a fierce loyalty to Haretake of the Tsuchimikado clan who have been ordered to kill Konosuke. As he is ferociously attacked, Konosuke starts to unlock some of his power and control over metal in order  to save himself and Aki.


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Steel of the celestial shadows vol 2 by Daruma matsuura

5/19/2024

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Cover of Steel of the Celestial Shadows volume 2. Konosuke is looking over his shoulder while a red outline of Aki overtop of him is lunging towards the viewer.
Konosuke wakes covered in bandages and can’t remember a thing. As he slowly recovers, he realizes he had a job to report to in a few days, so he focused on recovering from whatever made him so injured. His memory is still very hazy, but this has happened before. He slightly remembers two other people, but can’t make anything more out. Meanwhile, Tsuki and her captors are on their way to their destination and reveal the memory wipe on Konosuke has been successful. In another part of Edo, a young blind ichiko (fortune teller) has arrived. Aki looks to set up shop while she tracks down the descendants of the woman who saved her mother. Her quest leads her to the doorstep of Konosuke just as he recovers his memories and becomes distraught at Tsuki’s disappearance, and Aki finds herself entangled in Konosuke’s quest.


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Steel of the Celestial Shadows vol 1 By Daruma Matsuura

3/15/2024

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Cover of Steel of the Celestial Shadows volume 1
Booklist starred review

Sara's Rating: 10/10
Suitability Level: Grades 11-Adult

Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: January 16, 2024​
ISBN: 9781974742745 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Magic, Historical Fiction, Surrealism, ​VIZ Media

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Erased vol 5 by Kei Sanbe

6/21/2021

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Cover of Erased volume 5
This volume is all the side-stories you didn't know you needed from the time Satoru is in his coma. Hinazaki continuously visits Satoru in the hosipital and keeps his mom company until Sachiko decides to move Satoru away from the area. Kenya is determined to figure out who attacked Satoru, but his lawyer father, who has the case, tells Kenya he needs to acquire the skills first, so Kenya gets great grades and goes to school to become a lawyer. We also see when Kenya meets up with Sawada-sensei to solve the murder-mystery. Lastly, we see Airi-chan's life since Satoru wasn't in it this time, and the end of volume five links up with the end of volume four to explain how all the characters come together again.


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