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Viz' Library catalog

8/1/2019

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It's almost like Viz figured out that librarians are buying their books and we have very little guidance as to what's good...  Oh wait! they did! Here's the summer edition of their Manga for Libraries publication, and there's a LOT to go through!

Previously reviewed titles (aleady in my collection)

Page 2-4: Pokémon
Page 3-7: Zelda, Legendary Editions manga
Page 10: My Hero Academia, vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5, ​
Page 11: Naruto
Page 12: Fullmetal Alchemist
Page 13:
One-Punch Man, vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4 
Page 22: Blue Exorcist vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 4, vol 5, vol 6, vol 7, vol 8, vol 9
Page 24: Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, vol 1

Titles in my collection that I haven't written reviews on yet

Page 7: Zelda, Twilight Princess
  • This title is great for all ages, expands on the plot of the Zelda video games, where Link has to fight the bad guys to save Zelda
Page 8: My love story
  • A take on the classic story of teen boy seeking love, but all the girls fall for his best friend
Page 9: Dragon ball, Dragon ball Z, Dragon ball Super
  • definitely a good investment since Super is currently being published, about warriors and their quest to collect the seven Dragon Balls and become super powerful​
Page 12: Bleach
  • Large investment, long series, but very popular, follows a young man with the powers of the Grim Reaper
Page 13: One Piece
  • One piece is a large investment but also popular (best selling manga of all time currently), follows the trials a young man wanting to be the Pirate King
Page 14: Black Clover
  • Very popular, a little dark
Page 16: Ouran High Host Club
  • This is a nice "harem" without the sexually explicit content
Page 18: Kamisama Kiss
  • Feel-good story about a girl's kind deeds being rewarded with surprise divinity
Page 19: Skip Beat!
  • Cute story centered around the J-Pop industry (Japanese pop music)

From this point on, buyer discretion is advised.  Most of the titles are in the "older teen" category because of violence.  In my experience, I've noticed that a majority of the objections to manga is because of sexual content, not for violence, so I tend to buy the violent or graphic because they are still less violent and graphic than PG-13 movies.

Page 20: Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo Ghoul:re
  • Now we are in to the graphic violence ones.  These series are popular, but they are quite bloody. Tokyo Ghoul:re has one chapter that is entirely a sex scene.
Page 22: Assassination Classroom
  • Assassination Classroom has its violent moments
Page 23: Deathnote
  • Popular, violent
Page 25: Jojo's bizarre adventure
  • Pretty violent and really strange, but this series is REALLY popular right now.  I can't keep the books on the shelf.
Page 27: Ranma 1/2, Monster
  • Ranma contains nudity but it's mostly used for comedic effect.  Monster is really dark and graphic, but it has a great story.  Great for older HS audience
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