ADACHI Mitsuru
Short Program
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- Feb 05, 2023
This collection, titled simply Short Program, collected stories by Adachi published between 1985 and now.... 1. Kinkyou "Recent Times" [1987] 2. Kousaten mae (Before the junction) "The Intersection" [1986] 3. Shooto Puroguramu "Short Program" [1987] 4. Teiku ofu (Take off) [1988] 5. Chenji (Change) [1985] 6. Purasu 1 (Plus one) [1986] 7. Murasaki (1985) 8. Nani ga nandaka (What is what?) Part 1 [1985] 9. Nani ga… more>>
Hirahira-kun Seishun Jingi
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- Feb 05, 2023
From the creator of Touch and Nine, enter the world of Hirahira-kun Seishun Jingi! One of Adachi-sensei's lesser known works, it follows 7th grader, Hirahira-kun as he deals with the 8th grade bully, Daimyoujin and tries to gain the affection of his fellow classmate, Yocchin!
Oira Houkago Wakadaishou
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- Feb 05, 2023
Enter our hero Wakadaishou! He doesn't have much interest in school; he saves his energy for all the excitement he can stir up after school. This is an early Adachi Mitsuru 'youth manga', filled with engaging characters, comic scenes, and a young hero with a zest for life. Also included are the following stories: • Isourou wa tsurai yo (Being a Freeloader Is Tough!, sequel to Isourou yori hitokoto included in… more>>
Idol A
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- Feb 05, 2023
Satomi Azusa is a popular teenage gravure idol. She's also a highly talented baseball player, but, as a girl, she can't play on her school's team. Her father happens to be the coach of the team, and he concocts a scheme to allow her to play. His scheme involves Hirayama Keita, Azusa's childhood friend, a teenager of no particular talent. Keita's redeeming feature is that he looks a lot like Azusa. In fact, after… more>>
Nine
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- Feb 05, 2023
Niimi Katsuya and his best friend Karasawa Susumu, star sportsmen in track & field and judo respectively, spot a beautiful girl, Nakao Yuri, at their new high school. When they find out that she is the daughter of the baseball team's coach, they immediately volunteer to join the failing team in order to try and get closer to her. But as they learn more about baseball, they start to understand what it means to be one… more>>
Miyuki
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- Feb 05, 2023
Wakamatsu Masato lives with his step-sister, Miyuki, whom he does not have blood relationship with. Their father is always working oversea (in fact, he has not appeared in the manga at all...) and left the two of them living by themselves in Toukyou. Miyuki is cute, nice, sensitive and very popular among guys around Masato. Masato has a girlfriend at school whose name is Kajima Miyuki, who is pretty and gentle, the… more>>
Jinbe
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- Feb 05, 2023
Jinbe is a very subtle and soft tale by Adachi, and certainly it'a story that deals a theme a bit more conflicting than most of his other works. At first sight, Jinbe is the story of a young 17 years old girl, Miku Takanashi, who lives alone with her stepfather Jinpei Takanashi (nicknamed Jinbe or shark). Jinbe has been living with Miku since his marriage 4 years ago, and considers Miku a God's sent gift from his… more>>
Katsu!
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- Feb 05, 2023
Satoyama Katsuki is a carefree 15 year-old high school kid, and a pretty lazy one at that. However, he secretly has a crush on a girl who happens to share his name: Mizutani Katsuki. Upon finding out that Mizutani's father used to be a pro-boxer, and she herself infatuated with the sport, he reluctantly joins a boxing gym in order to impress Mizutani. Satoyama is quick to find out he may have the blood of a genius… more>>
Rough
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- Feb 05, 2023
Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offsprings of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake--but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were… more>>
Mix
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- Feb 05, 2023
The story of Mix takes place in the same Meisei Gakuen high school as Touch, only it is set 26 years later. Like Touch, Mix revolves around brothers and baseball.
Touch
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- Feb 05, 2023
Touch is a shounen story about two twin brothers, a pretty girl next door, and that good old pastime of baseball. Won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.
Adachi Mitsuru Shoki Kessakushuu
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- Feb 05, 2023
New releases of old Kodama Shuppan books from Adachi Mitsuru. Volume #1: - (including Inochi no Mound and Mou Hitotsu no Koushien) Volume #2: - (including Isourou wa Tsurai yo and Kimagure Punch) Volume #3: - (including Teens and Aoba ni Kaze) -
Itsumo Misora
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- Feb 05, 2023
While on a field trip in the 3rd grade a group of six students rescue an artifact from a burning temple. The God of the shrine grants them special powers that will come to life when they turn 13 years old. Reunited by chance in Junior High the six students are each bestowed with a single unusual power and struggle to find the proper use of the power both alone and with each other. But time is running out because… more>>
Bouken Shounen
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- Feb 05, 2023
The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi… more>>
Hiatari Ryoukou!
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- Feb 05, 2023
Kasumi Kishimoto is 15. Having arranged to stay with her aunt, she is surprised to learn that the other four people in the house are all male.