Jocelyne Allen
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Two rather long-awaited encounters unfold in this installment of Fumi Yoshinaga's heartwarming slice-of-gay-life series. After fifteen years of living together, Shiro meets Kenji's family for the first time over dinner at a high-end unagi restaurant. Meanwhile, Kenji finally gets to know Kayoko, one of Shiro's few friends, after a chance encounter at the supermarket. A rare argument breaks out, and circumstances both at work and at home continue...
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Madam surprises Shiro with a gift that he quickly puts to good use. Shino asks Shiro for advice on how to keep her new husband fit and healthy. Kayoko invites Shiro to a cherry blossom picnic, at which Shiro is rescued from romantic disaster. Kenji gets a spiffy new suit for his birthday, and the couple considers the implications of a new same-sex partnership certificate law in Shibuya..." --
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 20
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, thrash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals! Intrepid lawyer/gourmand, shiro, deals with the closing of his beloved local supermarket, his ageing...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In a world where the seeds of plants are imbued with power, the wheels of fate begin to turn for Luca, an illegal seed cultivator, when the government-sanctioned Graineliers come to take away his father, who in turn hands Luca a rare and powerful seed.
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Shiro and Kenji are now well past their youthful years, and with a stable relationship and a stable career for them both, what could possibly go wrong? But Kenji finds himself in a bind one evening after a few drinks with one of his hair salon regulars. Meanwhile, a mysterious and beautiful woman greets Shiro with a friendly smile on the street during their grocery shopping, and Shiro insists that he doesn't know her."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"As his clients get on in years, Kenji starts offering house call haircuts, which leads to the most emotional moment of Kenji's career as a stylist. Shino asks for someone to split the burden of clerical work at the office and the firm ends up with a very perceptive new employee. And Kohinata calls Shiro in a panic asking for help with Gilbert, and ultimately makes Shiro a very intriguing offer..."--
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo experience new challenges both at work and at home. While Kenji struggles to adjust to his new position at the salon, Shiro has unexpected conversations with his parents about the future. Concerns about weight gain also lead to an overhauling of their long-established Christmas menu. In this volume, we see Shiro and Kenji themselves start to get on in years as they come to enjoy the simple joys of healthy...
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Shino and Shuhei deal with busybodies worried about their health. Tabuchi figures out how make his latest girlfriend try new things in the kitchen. Shiro and Kenji meet up with Kohinata and Wataru to ring in the new year... but as the quartet of friends get older they learn to be more practical in their celebrations. And Kenji's boss makes a surprising decision for the future of the salon."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Gilbert invites himself over for a hot-pot made with common-folk ingredients, and Shiro wonders if things will be weird with Kohinata. Kenji tries to put off entering his 50's for as long as possible, until Shiro reframes the idea of birthday celebrations, just as an old college classmate of Shiro's passes away. Changes are afoot at both Kenji's salon and Shiro's law firm... but the one constant is that there is always good food and great company...
Author
Series
March comes in like a lion volume 1
Publisher
Denpa, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player who lives alone in Tokyo's uptown. Unfortunately, the young man lost his family at a young age, sending his life into a deep world of solitude. This is a heartfelt tale of how he recovers his life upon coming into contact with the Kawamoto sisters--Akari, Hinata, and Momo." -- Page [4] cover.
11) Black paradox
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Four people intent on killing themselves meet through the suicide website Black Paradox: Maruso, a nurse who despairs about the future; Taburo, a man who is tortured by his doppelganger; Pii-tan, an engineer with his own robot clone; and Baracchi, a woman who agonizes about the birthmark on her face. They wander together in search of the perfect death, fatefully opening a door that leads them to a rather bizarre destiny..."--
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Shino gets engaged to someone unexpected, Shiro's cooking buddy Kayoko contends with her growing family, and Shiro confronts new challenges as his parents get on in years--and the common thread in each family unit is cooking that comes from the heart. Shiro gets a surprising offer at work, and Kenji comes home with a surprise of his own"--Penguin Random House website.
Author
Series
What did you eat yesterday? volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, hash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals!"--
14) Sensor
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he's been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village. Surprisingly, the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, and all of it shines a bright gold. At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them--the opening act for the terror about to occur!'"--Amazon.
15) Graineliers: 2
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Luca and Abel have been rounded up to work on the construction of a government research facility, but it's actually a trap to identify carriers! The National Grainelier Special Education and Research Institute chair, Nicolas, has laced the water with an herbicide that's harmless to humans but disastrous to seed carriers. With suspicion hanging heavy over the young men, will Luca's secret be discovered?
16) Remina
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the body 'Remina' after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the object picks up speed as it moves along in its curious course, eliminating planets and stars one after another, until finally Earth itself faces exctinction. Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe?"--Provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen chilling nightmares presented by the master of horror. Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you'll get smashed...What horrific events happened to create the earthbound--people tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives? A strange haunted house comes to town, but no one expects it to lead to a real hell...Welcome to Junji Ito's world, a world with no escape from endless nightmares"--Provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Summer of you volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A wistful summer blossoms between two high-school boys finding themselves and each other through a shared love of movies in this moving, dramatic, two-volume BL romance series, perfect for fans of Seven Days, Given, or I Hear the Sunspot. Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru....
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre tableau. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead? In another tale, a girl falls silent, her tongue transformed into a slug. Can a friend save her? Then, when a young man moves to a new town, he finds the house next door has only a single window. What does his grotesque neighbor want, calling out to him every evening from...
Author
Series
Summer of you volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"SUMMER DAYS, SUMMER NIGHTS. After graduating from high school, Chiharu returns to Tokyo to start university, and spend another summer with his now-boyfriend Wataru. The two boys might be busy with their part-time jobs and schoolwork, but they're living in the same city again at last, which sets off new sparks and adventures. In addition to their usual weekend movie plans, they shake things up with a night out at a fireworks festival before continuing...