 | Sexy Voice and Robo (Sexy Voice and Robo)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $3.85 Sexy Voice and Robo is Iou Kuroda's tribute to manga: a grand collection of crime capers, thrillers, love stories and every other imaginable genre. You'll never want to leave Kuroda's Tokyo.
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 | Blue by Kiriko Nananan
A haunting and bittersweet tale of first love, Blue is one of the most poigent and beautiful manga ever to hit US shores. Don't be scared by the price: this is an unforgettable work of art.
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 | Love Roma 1 (Love Roma) by Minoru Toyoda
Buy new: $9.31 / Used from: $0.01 Perhapse the perfect romantic comedy in that it is equally hilarious and endearing. The wacky sense of humor combined with a skillful portrail of first love makes this title irresistible.
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 | YOTSUBA&! Volume 1 (Yotsubato (Graphic Novels)) by Azuma Kiyohiko
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.70 Unlike most other "cute" manga stories, Yotsuba&! manages to balance charm with a wicked sense of humor that appeals to anyone.
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 | Eden: It's An Endless World! Volume 1 (Eden: It's An Endless World) by Hiroki Endo
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.48 The post-apocalyptic genere is nothing new in manga, but Eden brings a seriousness and intellegence to the genre that Americans haven't seen since Akira.
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 | Blue Spring, Volume 1 (Blue Spring)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.00 Taiyo Matsumoto's dark and nihilistic tales explore the lives of aimless teens with brutal honesty and black humor. Even at the beginning of his career Matsumoto had the makings of a master.
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 | Nana, Volume 1 by Ai Yazawa
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.49 It is easy to see why this is a cultural phenomenon in Japan: incredibly addictive drama combined with characters that you actually want as friends make for a winning package.
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 | Nodame Cantabile 1 (Nodame Cantabile) by Tomoko Ninomiya
Buy new: $9.31 / Used from: $3.60 The shojo manga for people who don't read shojo, Nodame's uniquely silly humor make it easy to read, but the character development is well done and suprisingly mature.
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 | The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.94 Brutally honest and gripping, Tatsumi's haunting portrials of the Japanese everyman of the 1960's is true literature. Drawn and Quartery must also be commended for a beautiful presentation.
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 | Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 1 by Kio Shimoku
Buy new: $8.76 / Used from: $2.50 An oddly humorous portrail of fanatical geeks who actually act like human beings; now that's a first.
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