William Flanagan's Manga List
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Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with cultural differences, blossoming feelings for her new husband, and expectations from both her adoptive and birth families, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.
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Now! Let the "Mad Tea Party" begin! The Kuonji clan, owner of one of the world's top conglomerates, has a tradition: Once a month, family members attend a "Mad Tea Party." But at the latest gathering, the nine Kuonji siblings in attendance are shocked to hear a pronouncement issue from the lips of their mother, Olga- "I'd like you children to now fight one another to the death!"As chaos erupts, Stella, the fourth daughter, loses all reason, and suddenly a whole new Stella, complete with blonde hair and blue dress, comes out to play-!!
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Hanato Kobato is on a mission: she has a wish she wants granted. To do
this, she has to mend the wounded hearts of the people she meets on her
journey and fill up a magical bottle with the suffering she has
relieved. The only catch is, she can't fall in love with any of the
people she helps. It seems like that's the least of her problems,
though; Kobato has no clue how to mend hearts . . . especially since
each person's heart is different. So what's Kobato to do? Well, she has
Ioryogi-san, a cute blue dog with a seriously bad attitude, to help
(read: nag and critique) her . . . Yikes! Looks like the road to
getting her one wish is going to be a long and hard one. Will Kobato
get her wish in the end? And just what is it that Kobato wants?
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The life of a magical girl isn't all fighting witches and collecting grief seeds. When they aren't kicking butt, Homura Akemi and her friends face the same trials as normal high school girls! In this four-panel comedy, glimpse a sillier side of the girls from the bestselling Puella Magi Madoka Magica series!
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Kidnapped and stuffed into a trunk by an unknown assailant, teenager
Kazumi bursts forth from the confines of the case to discover that she
has been stripped not only of her clothes, but also of the memories of
her life before the kidnapping. When she is recovered by a pair of
schoolgirls, she doesn't recognize them as her best friends and
roommates, Umika and Kaoru. As Kazumi tries to settle back into her
normal life, she quickly realizes that her former "normal" was anything
but!
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Madoka fans, rejoice! The original Puella Magi story that grabbed hearts is re-releasing in a new Omnibus edition. Return to the tale of Madoka Kaname and her mysterious new classmate... What would you give to have magical power beyond your very dreams?
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Another week with Madoka?!
Had Madoka Kaname known of the tragic transformation that would mark the end of her magical-girl journey, how would her story have unfolded? In this telling of her story, Madoka remembers the outcomes of her previous timelines--but so does Kyubey. Even with the knowledge of her previous lives, can Madoka outmaneuver Kyubey and avoid her fate?
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Mami's warm personality has made it difficult for her to adjust to her solitary life as a magical girl, where survival often takes precedence over kindness. When she meets Kyouko Sakura, a fellow lone wolf, she is excited at the prospect of working together with another magical girl and forging a friendship built on ultimate trust. But many are the sacrifices all magical girls must make, and the consequences of Kyouko's choice are only just becoming clear to her. When the pain becomes unbearable, will Kyouko remain standing beside Mami as a force for the greater good...?
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With Madoka Kaname's sacrifice, the hopeless cycle that once bound every magical girl to a terrible fate was broken at last. Or was it...? All does not seem right with the world, and as Homura pulls at the loose threads of the girls' new reality, is it possible that an even darker destiny looms ahead?
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Oriko, a magical girl with the gift of foresight, knows the fate that
awaits all who accept Kyubey's offer of supernatural powers. But when
she is struck with a terrible vision of the future-of the devastation
caused by a single, powerful witch-she decides to prevent the girl from
becoming a magical girl in the first place. To draw Kyubey away from the
girl's potential, Oriko directs him instead to Yuma, an orphan who is
all too eager to gain powers that will enable her to protect
herself-powers that will ultimately lead to her own destruction...
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Oriko's ability to see into the future led her to commit bloody acts in her efforts to forestall an even greater tragedy later on. But what if Oriko had met Yuma Chitose before she predicted the end of the world? Would she still have chosen to manipulate the young girl if Yuma had been no stranger but a dear friend? Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Extra Story explores the might-have-been, and further explores Kirika's devotion to her beloved Oriko.
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After becoming a magical girl, Oriko Mikuni befriends other magical girls at her school-and not always on initially positive terms! Complications arise when Oriko's friends, unaware they both know Oriko, fight over a grief seed, leading to someone's death...
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Joan of Arc is revered as a hero of the Hundred Years' War and a saint of the Catholic church. But her leadership and strength of character in her time did not escape the notice of Kyubey, who, even in the fifteenth century, sought magical girl candidates for their valuable energies. With her friends and fellow magical girls fighting at her side, Joan fights the English occupiers of France--but will she soon find herself fighting something much more sinister?!
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In this stunning volume, Kaoru Mori-author of award-winning series A Bride's Story and Emma-shares works from her personal collection of sketches and concept drawings. From familiar characters and settings to illustrations drawn from Mori's own interests, Scribbles is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes and into the sketch books of one of Japan's most beloved creators.