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xxxHolic: Sixth Collection

Never lie down after eating, or you’ll turn into a cow…Superstitions, like legends and myth, usually have some grounding in the truth. Watanuki Kimihiro finds out the hard way that you’d best watch what you do and say, for the price of retribution to superstitions could cost you greatly. But, then, his life has been in dire need of preserving since coming to work for the dimensional witch, Yuko. I...[Read More]

xxxHolic: Fifth Collection

Once you meet someone, you change forever…Kimihiro Watanuki’s life certainly hasn’t been the same ever since coming to work at Yuko’s wish granting shop. He’s had close brushes with harmful entities, been made to become friends with a boy who annoys him for little reason, had sprites fall for him, and the poor boy just can’t get any time alone with his precious Himawari. Watanuki’s life of seeing ...[Read More]

xxxHolic: Fourth Collection

A life that will never be the same…Kimihiro Watanuki was a typical high school student who was always harried by his ability to attract and see spirits. His life became even more difficult when he stumbled into Yuko’s wish shop one fateful afternoon. He found himself convinced to be her employee—which loosely meant that Watanuki was now Yuko’s source of amusement and personal errand boy. Since the...[Read More]

xxxHolic: Third Collection

Events are always occurring that can’t be explained…That’s been the story of Kimihiro Watanuki’s daily life ever since he came to work at the wish granting shop of the dimensional witch Yuko. It’s bad enough that the poor kid’s life was never normal to start with, but events and customers’ problems keep getting weirder and weirder. In this DVD volume, Watanuki learns why one must never make pink p...[Read More]

xxxHolic: Second Collection

Always different, and always changing.Kimihiro Watanuki’s days as the witch, Yuko’s, errand boy and personal minion continue on, each one with a new surprise to his sensibilities. Not only does he have to fulfill her impossible orders, but she also makes sure he stays in the irritating presence of his classmate Doumeki. This causes endless aggravation and hilarity as poor Watanuki tries desperatel...[Read More]

xxxHolic: First Collection

The ties that bind never disappear…Poor Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student with the common problems of schoolboy crushes and rivals for affection. But beyond that, Watanuki has the not-so-common problem of being plagued by spirits. Able to see and feel their presence, Watanuki’s days are hounded by spirits clinging to him. It was this problem that lead him to be pulled through the doors of...[Read More]

Black Cat volume 16

Heavy-duty fists, firearms, and Taoists to pick off at leisure and plenty of them!Black Cat, the nickname of Train Heartnet, is about Train and his ragtag band of bounty-hunting “Sweepers” as they work to undermine the plans of Creed and his Apostles of the Stars. Both Train and Creed have been at odds for years, since their leaving the Chronos Numbers (an organized group of assassins), and now Cr...[Read More]

Slayers Try–Complete Third Season

Slayers Try is the third installment in the Slayers television series and the continuation of the story of Lina Inverse and her ragtag band of companions. Several months have passed since the events of Slayers Next, and Lina and Goury Gabriev (idiot swordsman extraordinaire) are off enjoying some R&R when a prophecy is brought to the tiny sorceress’s attention. The gates to a dark world are op...[Read More]

Kekkaishi volume 14

There’s more than one way to beat a demon.Kekkaishi shows you one way of banishing demons and spirits by following the training of junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura. He is the middle son in a family of kekkaishi—barrier masters. His family, and his neighbors the Yukimuras, are charged with the task of protecting the Karasumori Forest site around their community. Sites are spiritually charged ...[Read More]

The Record of a Fallen Vampire volume 2

Vampires, swans, and politics, oh, my! The Record of A Fallen Vampire is the tale of Akabara “Red Rose” Strauss, stoic vampire king of the fallen Kingdom of Night, in his search for his beloved queen Adelheid to free her from the seals placed on her a thousand years ago. Some say he simply threw his kingdom away to find her, but his real reason for abandoning the vampire and dhampire (half-vampire...[Read More]

Negima! The Complete Series

Magus, Femina, Insania.Negima delivers to you magic and a whole school full of crazy girls. The story revolves around a 10 year old wizard (in training), Negi Springfield, and his student teaching at Mahora Academy. This is Negi’s final step in completing his training to become a prodigious Magister Magorum. No harm in that, right? Wrong. Negi immediately gets off on the wrong food with Asuna, a t...[Read More]

Black Lagoon 001

A John Woo movie in comic form.That is the first thought that comes to mind when reading Black Lagoon. The book is cover-to-cover action as you’re introduced to the courier crew of the Black Lagoon. You’re instantly introduced to Dutch (the leader) and Revy (“Two-Hand”) as they are in the middle of a job of robbing poor salaryman Rokuro Okajima (“Rock”) of a disc he’s transporting for his company....[Read More]