Comic books in 'Manga'

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Masami Kurumada. B'T 'em at the their own game! New foes are on the horizon-Sapphire makes a glittering trophy of everyone, while Raphaello undergoes a mysterious transformation. Will Raphaello finally become unstoppable? Who will survive this round to make it to the next point?! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Masami Kurumada. Time is running short for Teppei and Foh. Hokuto has ten minutes to outsmart the genius Dr. Poe in a battle of wits and save his friends from the Cosmic Cube before they are banished to an alternate dimension. Matters grow worse when Max is assaulted by a computer virus that threatens to delete all his programming! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Masami Kurumada. Foh helps Gai remember his mother just before Gai dies... Wishing everyone would realize that love is the first and ultimate truth, Misha tries to get Nasha to be reborn into a new healthy body, but she refuses and we learn that Misha lost his kind heart. But as heavy as that is, it may be the least of their worries, as Karen is going to have to save her sister and Foh's orphans from rogue Ryucon soldiers!! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Masami Kurumada. Foh helps Gai remember his mother just before Gai dies... Wishing everyone would realize that love is the first and ultimate truth, Misha tries to get Nasha to be reborn into a new healthy body, but she refuses and we learn that Misha lost his kind heart. But as heavy as that is, it may be the least of their worries, as Karen is going to have to save her sister and Foh's orphans from rogue Ryucon soldiers!! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Masami Kurumada. Teppei and Kotaro are reunited and fight together against the seemingly invincible Raphaello. We learn why Misha and Nasha are aiding the Machine Emperor just before they give their lives to aid the brothers. The Machine Emperor is eventually defeated, but no one has the energy left to safely return to Earth, but B'tx sacrifices himself to make sure the brothers get back safely!! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

1st printing. Collects Bubblegum Crisis: Grand Mal (1994) #1-4.

Story and art by Adam Warren.

The Great Kanto earthquake left scars on the city that can't be hidden underneath the new veneer of urban repair. Even as the glorious Genom tower rises higher, in its shadow creeps a new wave of crime.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd or later printings. "Kapilavastu!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. The progenitor of manga as we know it, and the inspiration for countless artists, Osamu Tezuka continues to elicit the deepest awe with his sweeping grasp of the human condition. This life of Buddha is one that all persuasions can enjoy. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "The Forest of Uruvela!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's artistic mastery. His consummate skills blossom fully in this epic presentation of Siddhartha's life and times. This masterpiece is one that all ages and persuasions can enjoy. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 376 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

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Add to cart Fine $8.99

Volume 5 - 2nd or later printings. "Deer Park!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life as it's never been told before. "Osamu Tezuka invented a whole new grammar of comics storytelling and his place in the history of Japanese comis is about as central as Siddhartha's place in the history of Buddhism." - Art Spiegelman, author of Maus. Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989), author of Astro Boy, reigns as the undisputed king of Japanese manga comics. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 350 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

Volume 7 - 2nd and later printings. "Prince Ajatasattu!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. In Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu, the headstrong young prince must reconcile with a prediction that he will murder his own father. He plans instead the assassination of the Buddha, blaming him for making his father believe this "bogus" prediction. Meanwhile, the Buddha's closest disciple, Devadatta, sees a great political opportunity to step the Buddha up in politics while King and Prince are at odds. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 424 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Jetavana!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. The Buddha travels back to his home in Kapilavastu to summon more followers. He delivers his final sermons in Jetavana, the forest where the Buddha is said to have spent the last several years of his life teacihng. The final sermon is the parable of the self-immolating rabbith, the very first story told in Tezuka's Buddha series! Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 368 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

Volume 8 - Second or later printing. "Jetavana!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. The Buddha travels back to his home in Kapilavastu to summon more followers. He delivers his final sermons in Jetavana, the forest where the Buddha is said to have spent the last several years of his life teacihng. The final sermon is the parable of the self-immolating rabbith, the very first story told in Tezuka's Buddha series! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 368 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Kapilavastu!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. The progenitor of manga as we know it, and the inspiration for countless artists, Osamu Tezuka continues to elicit the deepest awe with his sweeping grasp of the human condition. This life of Buddha is one that all persuasions can enjoy. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Kapilavastu!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. The progenitor of manga as we know it, and the inspiration for countless artists, Osamu Tezuka continues to elicit the deepest awe with his sweeping grasp of the human condition. This life of Buddha is one that all persuasions can enjoy. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

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Add to cart Very Good $9.99

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Four Encounters!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. The progenitor of manga as we know it, and the inspiration for countless artists, Osamu Tezuka continues to elicit the deepest awe with his sweeping grasp of the human condition. This life of Buddha is one that all ages and persuasions can enjoy. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Very Good $9.99

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "The Four Encounters!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's storytelling genius and artistic mastery. The progenitor of manga as we know it, and the inspiration for countless artists, Osamu Tezuka continues to elicit the deepest awe with his sweeping grasp of the human condition. This life of Buddha is one that all ages and persuasions can enjoy. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 416 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Devadatta!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha (an eight-volume work to be published in gorgeous hardcovers) is the ultimate example of Tezuka's artistic mastery. His consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity, blossom fully in this epic presentation of Siddhartha's life and times. This masterpiece is one that all ages and persuasions can enjoy. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Forest of Uruvela!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Japanese comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life like it's never been told before. Entertaining, visually spectacular, and warm, Buddha is the ultimate example of Tezuka's artistic mastery. His consummate skills blossom fully in this epic presentation of Siddhartha's life and times. This masterpiece is one that all ages and persuasions can enjoy. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 378 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Deer Park!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life as it's never been told before. "Osamu Tezuka invented a whole new grammar of comics storytelling and his place in the history of Japanese comis is about as central as Siddhartha's place in the history of Buddhism." - Art Spiegelman, author of Maus. Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989), author of Astro Boy, reigns as the undisputed king of Japanese manga comics. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 352 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Ananda!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Comics godfather Osamu Tezuka tells the story of Buddha's life as it's never been told before. "Buddha is a vast and fulfilling masterpiece of epic proportions executed with religious devotion. It stands as the opus of Japan's greatest cartoonist, and a high watermark for the medium," says Craig Thompson, author of Blankets. Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), author of Astro Boy, reigns as the undisputed king of Japanese manga comics! Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 360 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Prince Ajatasattu!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. In Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu, the headstrong young prince must reconcile with a prediction that he will murder his own father. He plans instead the assassination of the Buddha, blaming him for making his father believe this "bogus" prediction. Meanwhile, the Buddha's closest disciple, Devadatta, sees a great political opportunity to step the Buddha up in politics while King and Prince are at odds. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 414 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Jetavana!" Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. The Buddha travels back to his home in Kapilavastu to summon more followers. He delivers his final sermons in Jetavana, the forest where the Buddha is said to have spent the last several years of his life teacihng. The final sermon is the parable of the self-immolating rabbith, the very first story told in Tezuka's Buddha series! Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 414 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.99

Add to cart Near Mint $9.99

Volume 1 - 1st Printing

Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art by Shiwasu Hoshikawa, and Sango Harukawa. A PATH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN! In the world of Bungo Stray Dogs, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa is infamous for being one of the Port Mafias most dangerous members. But what if his past had turned out differently...? When Dazai decides to pass on taking in an orphaned Akutagawa, the boy winds up being recruited by none other than the Armed Detective Agency! With his sister still in the Mafias clutches, Akutagawa will stop at nothing to take her back. However, standing in his way is the Port Mafias top enforcer-the White Reaper, Atsushi Nakajima. As darkness and light face off in a twisted mirror of what could have been, a new tale begins to take shape! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 2 - 1st Printing

Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art by Shiwasu Hoshikawa, and Sango Harukawa. Akutagawa joined the Armed Detective Agency to search for his long-lost sister, and Ranpo Edogawa is just the man he needs. Unfortunately, the capricious investigator isnt interested. He lays down a condition for his assistance-each member of the agency will give Akutagawa a test, and hell have to clear them all if he wants Ranpos help. Willing to do anything in his quest for vengeance, Akutagawa begins with Kenji Miyazawas challenge to…plant a rice paddy? The alternate world of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast continues! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 3 - 1st Printing

Volume 3 - 1st Printing. Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art by Shiwasu Hoshikawa, and Sango Harukawa. A LONG - AWAITED REUNION! After years of searching, Akutagawa has finally found his sister, Gin, and the mysterious man in black—Osamu Dazai. Breaking from his agency colleagues, he charges right through the front door, with no regard for the powerful skill users who bar his way. It seems both his sister and his revenge are close at hand, but will things turn out as he expects? Events unfold in unforeseen ways in this alternate world of Bungo Stray Dogs!! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 4 - 1st Printing

Volume 4 - 1st Printing. Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art by Shiwasu Hoshikawa, and Sango Harukawa. Akutagawa and Atsushi clash in an explosive final confrontation—one side desperate to save his last remaining family member, the other seeking to keep his promise with the late orphanage director. And at the battles end, the pair will discover the truth behind their world as the thrilling alternate tale of Bungo Stray Dogs comes to a grand conclusion!! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. Cover price $13.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Osamu Dazais Exam!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a strait-laced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs that even the police won't handle. Everything in his life is progressing as planned until one day he's ordered to watch over the new guy, Osamu Dazai, a suspicious fellow of unknown origin who is obsessed with the thought of suicide. While investigating an unusual case involving a so-called haunted building, they find several of the missing people from another investigation. However, before they can find out how these cases connect, they are attacked by the mafia's Ryunosuke Akutagawa, sworn enemy of the agency!

This is the beginning of a hopelessly inseparable relationship between two detectives. A battle of Abilities erupts in the shadows of Yokohama!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Osamu Dazais Exam!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a strait-laced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs that even the police won't handle. Everything in his life is progressing as planned until one day he's ordered to watch over the new guy, Osamu Dazai, a suspicious fellow of unknown origin who is obsessed with the thought of suicide. While investigating an unusual case involving a so-called haunted building, they find several of the missing people from another investigation. However, before they can find out how these cases connect, they are attacked by the mafia's Ryunosuke Akutagawa, sworn enemy of the agency!

This is the beginning of a hopelessly inseparable relationship between two detectives. A battle of Abilities erupts in the shadows of Yokohama!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Osamu Dazais Dark Era!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Before joining the Armed Detective Agency, Osamu Dazai was the youngest executive with the Port Mafia, the most notorious underground crime syndicate in all of Yokohama. When one of their colleagues suddenly goes missing, Dazai and fellow Port Mafia member Sakunosuke Oda are tasked with conducting an investigation...and at last, the reason why Dazai parted ways with the Port Mafia is revealed!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Osamu Dazais Dark Era!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Before joining the Armed Detective Agency, Osamu Dazai was the youngest executive with the Port Mafia, the most notorious underground crime syndicate in all of Yokohama. When one of their colleagues suddenly goes missing, Dazai and fellow Port Mafia member Sakunosuke Oda are tasked with conducting an investigation...and at last, the reason why Dazai parted ways with the Port Mafia is revealed!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Untold Origins Agency!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Ten years before the events of the manga series, a fateful encounter brings a professional bodyguard named Yukichi Fukuzawa and an arrogant boy genius named Ranpo Edogawa together. The result: the establishment of the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won't handle!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. "Untold Origins Agency!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Ten years before the events of the manga series, a fateful encounter brings a professional bodyguard named Yukichi Fukuzawa and an arrogant boy genius named Ranpo Edogawa together. The result: the establishment of the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won't handle!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "55 Minutes!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

The Armed Detective Agency's latest case brings them to a strange island off the coast of Yokohama called 'Standard Island,' but what awaits them turns out to be far more complicated than expected: a bomb, time travel, a mysterious skill user named H.G. Wells... Will this incident spell the end of Yokohama itself?!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Dead Apple!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Six years have passed since the bloody Dragon's Head Conflict took place. An unexplained spate of suicides by skill users worldwide has sent the Armed Detective Agency on a search for Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, a mysterious skill user who may be connected somehow. Kyouka Izumi and Atsushi Nakajima are hot on Shibusawa's heels when Atsushi learns a startling truth from his sworn enemy Ryuunosuke Akutagawa. Find out what lies beyond the eerie mist in this novelization of the hit anime film Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $15.00.

Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. "Dead Apple!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Six years have passed since the bloody Dragon's Head Conflict took place. An unexplained spate of suicides by skill users worldwide has sent the Armed Detective Agency on a search for Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, a mysterious skill user who may be connected somehow. Kyouka Izumi and Atsushi Nakajima are hot on Shibusawa's heels when Atsushi learns a startling truth from his sworn enemy Ryuunosuke Akutagawa. Find out what lies beyond the eerie mist in this novelization of the hit anime film Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE!

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $15.00.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Beast!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

What if the Port Mafia's attack dog, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, had joined the Armed Detective Agency? Likewise, what if Atsushi Nakajima belonged to the Port Mafia? In the parallel universe of Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast, Akutagawa's desperate mission to rescue his younger sister from the Port Mafia's clutches brings him face-to-face with the organization's fearsome White Reaper... aka Atsushi Nakajima.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his accomplice Osamu Dazai has a dreadful run in with Chuuya Nakahara, a boy known as the Sheep King who is capable of manipulating gravity. But when strange rumors about the mysterious being Arahabaki start spreading throughout Yokohoma, the duo must put aside their differences and get to the bottom of things.

Before they achieved infamy as the fearsome pairing Twin Dark, Dazai and Chuuya were just boys. Was their first encounter a harbinger of hope, or an ill omen of things to come...?

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $14.00.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Storm Bringer!"

Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn.

It's been roughly one year since Chuya Nakahara joined the Port Mafia, and he's got his sights set on an executive position. But as he makes plans to move up, a man by the name of Paul Verlaine-claiming to be his younger brother-appears and vows to assassinate everyone he cares about! Now, Chuya must team up with Adam, a European A.I. investigator, to stop this lunatic before the storm swallows Yokohama once again...

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 320 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up

Cover price $15.00.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. Written by Kafka Asagiri. Art and cover by Sango Harukawa. Translated by Matt Rutsohn. Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, he orders a young Osamu Dazai to investigate an ominous rumor of something called "Arahabaki." Whoever or whatever it is seems to have some connection to Mori's deceased predecessor-and the new boss would very much like for the dead to stay buried. Along the way, Dazai runs into a gravity manipulator named Chuuya Nakahara, leader of the Sheep gang of youths. Together, the two will one day achieve infamy as the fearsome duo known as Twin Dark, but for now, they'll have to learn to put aside their differences if they want to get to the bottom of this mystery...? Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Ages 13 And Up Cover price $15.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Minoru Murao. A PREQUEL TO THE HIT BURST ANGEL ANIME! SEE HOW THE ELITE SQUAD CAME TOGETHER! Burst Angel explores an alternate future Tokyo where firearms have become legal in Japan! In this prequel to the hit anime, discover how the Burst Angels first met and became legendary crimefighters! Perfect for fans of Shonen manga! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. High school student Kazuki Muto had no clue what he was in for when he rescued damsel in distress Tokiko from a monster known as a "homunculus." Disguised as humans - who actually eat humans - homunculi are malevolent creatures that affix themselves to people's brains, and once fully grown, the only thing that can annihilate them is a weapon called buso renkin! Follow the adventures of Kazuki after he discovers that it was actually Tokiko who saved his life by implanting a kakugane - an alchemical device that transforms into a buso renkin - to replace his heart! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. High school student Kazuki Muto had no clue what he was in for when he rescued damsel in distress Tokiko from a monster known as a "homunculus." Disguised as humans - who actually eat humans - homunculi are malevolent creatures that affix themselves to people's brains, and once fully grown, the only thing that can annihilate them is a weapon called buso renkin! Follow the adventures of Kazuki after he discovers that it was actually Tokiko who saved his life by implanting a kakugane - an alchemical device that transforms into a buso renkin - to replace his heart! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. With less than a week to go before the homunculus lodged in Tokiko's waist reaches her brain, Kazuki and Tokiko search for the creator of the dreaded homunculi. But little do they know that the evil genius behind the human flesh-eating monsters is an eccentric, terminally ill student at Kazuki's school!Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

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Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. With less than a week to go before the homunculus lodged in Tokiko's waist reaches her brain, Kazuki and Tokiko search for the creator of the dreaded homunculi. But little do they know that the evil genius behind the human flesh-eating monsters is an eccentric, terminally ill student at Kazuki's school!Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

Add to cart Fine $4.70

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Never underestimate the power of underwear! With no battle gear or armor to speak of besides his butterfly mask and skivvies, Papillon Mask survives a bitter duel against our boy Kazuki. Meanwhile, Papillon Mask's great-great-grandfather Dr. Butterfly promises him the true powers of a humanoid homunculus, which includes the ability to use a Buso Renkin. Will Kazuki and Tokiko be able to fend off their very powerful nemesis? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Kazuki inadvertently reveals his identity as an Alchemist Warrior to the Hayasaka twins, members of the L.X.E., when he activates his Buso Renkin in front of them. After Tokiko and Kazuki take on the twins in a late-night battle, they learn the location of the L.X.E. headquarters, and head there along with Captain Bravo. Intending to put an end to Dr. Butterfly's organization, they discover another evil plan has been set in motion! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $6.30

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Upon arriving at the hidden headquarters of the League of Extraordinary Elects (the L.X.E.), the Alchemist Warriors learn of the League's plot to attack the high school. Kazuki and Tokiko immediately head over there, only to discover that the school has been surrounded by Doctor Butterfly's newly created humanoid homunculus soldiers. To the Alchemist Warriors' surprise and dismay, they find that not only are they facing Doctor Butterfly's minions, but the students of the school as well! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.