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Scott Pilgrim 1

by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Note: This title is YA!

Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old, who lives in Toronto with his roommate Wallace Wells. He is a bass player in a band consisting of his friends, Stephen Stills and Kim Pine. All of them are holding a little grudge against Scott since he started dating 17 year-old, Knives Chau. They met on the bus when Knives dropped all her stuff and Scott helped her pick it up, then invited her to band practice.

When Knives arrives and listens to the music she falls in love with it. She changes her whole outfit and personality, and starts acting like Kim Pine. Even though Scott’s girlfriend changes her whole personality, he couldn’t care less, he is too busy thinking about his dream girl..literally. Ever since he moved to Toronto he dreams about a girl rollerblading. One day, Scott encounters her in real life and learns her name is Ramona Flowers.

After Scott attempts to get in touch with Ramona, he receives a threatening email from someone he doesn’t know, Matthew Patel. Scott mostly ignores it, too busy preparing for his upcoming concert. At the concert, Matthew Patel appears and reveals himself as Ramona’s first evil ex. Him and Scott end up fighting in a video game style battle from which Scott emerges victorious. Ramona then tells Scott that in order for them to date, he will have to defeat ALL SEVEN of her evil exes!!

The Scott Pilgrim series contains six books that include comedy, fantasy, action and romance. In each book Scott fights a different ex, and readers will want to keep going to find out more about Ramona’s romantic history, which is full of twists and turns.

The book’s style is very bold, it pops. There are two versions of the book: one with color and one in black in white. Either way, both of the books pop because they both have very thick dark lines that make the book seem like it’s in your face. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find an eBook version of this series, but there is a movie on Netflix and there is a video game based on this series. You can watch people play the game on Youtube.

This series is recommended for manga readers, video game players, or romantics.

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Graphic Novels Manga

Fairy Tail

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Written by famous manga artist Hiro Mashima (Author of the Rave master, also in our library) in the year 2006. Fairy tail is聽action filled comedy follows the story of the celestial mage Lucy Heartfilia, She dreams of becoming a great wizard and someday joining the Fairy Tail guilld. When she finally does she teams up with fire dragon slayer Natsu Dragneel and his flying blue cat,Happy. They are in search of the great fire dragon Igneel, who raised him. As time goes by Lucy and the other Guild members become closer, unravel secrets, and go on countless adventures that include battling the forces of dark guilds and corrupted wizards. It’s a rough road for them but the new generation is stronger than ever, Especially together.聽

Check out Fairy Tail in our Library and try to read before you watch!

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Graphic Novels Manga YA Reads

Attack On Titan

Attack On Titan, Also known as “Shingeki no kyoin” Takes place in the year 850. Humanity has been forced behind three Walls approximately 50 meters high each Going by the names of three saints. The interior-wall sina, The center-wall Rose, and the extiorior-wall maria. Their purpose of existence is to protect Humans from the man eating monsters聽 known as titans. The reason聽 for titans targeting humans is completely unknown being that they don’t attack animals or need to eat to survive, They don’t even have a digestive system. Leaving the main theory that it’s out of sheer pleasure. There’s been a century of peace within the walls that many doubt wImage result for attack on titan manga coverill ever come to an end, But Suddenly the walls are breached by a new class of titan that appears out of thin air. It’s bigger then anyone has ever seen being approximately 60 meters high, The colossal Titan. A moment latter another appears, The armored titan.聽 Which breaks it’s way straight through the wall.

The story follows Eren Jeager and his childhood friends Mikasa Who’s incredibly strong聽 and Armin who may be weaker then the average person but has brains like no other, His dream being to see the ocean that many don’t even believe in. The day wall Maria had fallen They stood side by side seeing things no person let alone child should. With 20% of the remaining human population lost in only one day Eren Vows to destroy all titans and avenge his mother who was eaten before his very eyes if its the very last thing he does. Jumping 5 years into the future him and both of his friends become part of the cadet corps to take action and fight back. What Eren doesn’t realize is how difficult facing the titans and staying alive actually is. Will he really avenge his mother? Will Humans ever be able to reclaim Wall maria? And how do they plan to survive in such conditions?

Check out attack on titan, In the library To find out. And please read it before you watch it!

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Manga

Spirited Away

Chihiro Ogino is moving to her聽new house with her family, but while traveling there they come across a empty, and mysterious town. Chihiro and her family enter the mysterious town, and see a market filled with food but no one’s there. Since they are hungry they start eating the food but they can’t stop, almost like the food is magical. Chihiro tries to stop her parents from eating, but no matter what she tries, they can’t stop! 聽Their gluttonous behavior turns them into pigs! 聽Spirited Away food.jpegShe leaves them and travels deeper into the 聽mysterious town and finds herself in a聽bath house where she meets a guy named Haku. 聽Haku tells her that she needs to convince Kamaji (the man in charge of the boiler room) to get her a job or Yubaba, the bath house witch, will also turn her into a animal! 聽Will Chihiro be able to convince Kamaji to get her a job? Or will Chihiro be turned into an animal by Yubaba?

This art style is very unique, you can’t find this art style anywhere. 聽It’s hand-drawn instead of done by computer. The art style goes very well with the weirdness of the story.

Also, check out the anime film, Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki!

This manga is for kids: 10+

 

 

 

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Battle of the Books Manga

Angelic Layer

When Misaki moves to Tokyo, Japan, she sees two dolls fighting each other in a huge screen in front of the train station. One doll is a light model and small, the opposite doll is heavy and tall. While watching, Misaki feels bad for the light doll because it is small and it is going to be defeated by the heavy doll. Much to her聽surprise, the light doll actually wins the fight! 聽Misaki wants to be the woman who controls the doll聽because she wants to prove that there’s nothing wrong with being small.

The game is called Angelic Layer and it’s a pretty popular game. After watching the fight she wants to play but doesn’t know where to get a doll/angel. She meets a man called Ichaan who helps her get her own Angel (the general name of the doll). After Misaki gets her doll she does the steps to awaken her and gives the angel the name, Hikaru. 聽And here begins her Angelic Layer adventure.

The art style is cute and unique, at times they will have chibi moments just to add into the cute moment. There are fighting scenes that will have you in the edge of your chair with its more mature, but still cute, art style.

This manga is for kids:10+

If you like this book you will also enjoy:

Yotsuba &: A book that has cute art style and is lighthearted, kind of like Angelic Layer but more lighthearted, and cute.

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Battle of the Books Manga

Cirque Du Freak

Darren is a normal boy except that he loves spiders. 聽There’s only one person who understands how he feels and that person is his best friend Steve. One day when Darren is going home from Steve’s house, a random stranger passes him a flyer about a circus called “Cirque Du Freak.” Darren is really interested in going to the circus because he heard that there was going to be an amazing spider called “Madam Octa,” a very poisonous and intelligent spider. 聽Darren always heard Steve saying that he likes to become a monster, but Darren never really known why, Steve takes advantage of the the fact that the circus has a vampire, because in the world that Darren and Steve lives in there are vampires, wolf men and other crazy things. 聽Steve leaves Darren to be alone with a vampire. 聽What is going to happen when Steve is by himself with a vampire?

This Art style is very unique you won’t be able to find this art style any manga or at least most manga.

This book could hook you in only a matter of seconds, because theres so many twists and turns in this manga that you just can’t stop reading, you just want to read more and more.

Ages:10+ can read this manga.

If you enjoy reading this you could also try:

Bleach

 

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Manga

Bleach: The Manga

Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15-year-old boy, can see spirits, other than that he was a normal boy. 聽One day, Ichigo meets a girl called Rukia who is a shinigami,or a Soul reaper. Rukia came from Soul Society, an afterlife place for the good souls who died in the real world. Rukia fights Hollows, or Monster souls that can harm both humans and souls. When Ichigo and his family was attacked by a Hollow, Rukia came to help them only to be severely wounded and barely able to fight. 聽Having that in mind, Rukia tells Ichigo that there’s a way to save his family from the Hollow and that is for Ichigo to become a shinigami which is for him to be killed by the sword of Rukia so that she could transfer some of her power to Ichigo. 聽She ends up giving most of her power to Ichigo,and since then Ichigo has become a shinigami.

This manga gets you really hyped about what might happen next especially since it has action, and because of the little plot twists that happen during the manga.The manga has a light tone to it because Bleach is a shonen book which means that it is more focused on elementary school kids through high school kids, but the book occasionally has some dark moments.

Ichigo is the type of person that would go out of his way to help a person in need which is a good thing but sometimes gets him injured. And Rukia is also a person that would help people but only at times when she is able.

The artwork is very unique and you won’t be able to see this art style anywhere. Also the artwork is not cute chibi (which it does occasionally have) but in a boyish style (like shown in the picture below.)bleach chibi . Bleach Manga cover

 

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Battle of the Books Manga

CardCaptor Sakura: Version Espa帽ol

Sakura es una ni帽a normal con un hermano mayor llamado, Toya, un padre, Fujitaka, y una mejor amiga, Tomoyo. 聽Yukito es el amigo de Toya y el ni帽o que Sakura le gusta.

Un d铆a, Sakura est谩 sola en la casa, y escucha un sonido en la oficina de su padre. 聽Primero ella piensa que solo es el viento, pero el sonido no para, entonces Sakura coge una escoba como arma y entra la oficina, solo para encontrar que nadie esta ah铆. 聽Sakura encuentra un libro llamado “La Corona” y cuando lo abri贸, Kerberos, o EL Guardian Del Sellokerberos, surge de la portada del libro en la forma de un peluche. 聽EL necesita alguien para encontrar todas las cartas llamado Catas de Clow para prevenir que las 聽cartas vayan a cometir cosas malas. 聽Sakura necesita a encontrar todo las cartas. 聽Un ni帽o de Hong Kong, Li Xiao Lang, tiene el mismo trabajo que ella y usa un br煤jula para identificar聽d贸nde las cartas de clown est谩n. 聽Es un poder muy 煤til para Sakura pero Li Xiao Lang no quiere trabajar junto con ella para alguna raz贸n.

Este libro es muy divertido, y te hace sentir feliz cuando lo esta leyendo, pero triste cuando lo terminas porque vas a querer mas y mas. Los personajes te pueden hacer sentir feliz o bravo, como Sakura, Sakura es alguien amable y no se pone brava solo cuando su hermano hace o dice algo para enojarla.Hay mucha acci贸n en la serie pero la acci贸n no es algo de un pel铆cula para gente mayores, pero para todos que aman un libro de magia.

Ni帽os de anos 8+ lo pueden leer.

Si te encanta este libro te va a gustar…

Angelic Layer:Los protagonistas son ni帽as que se convierten en ni帽as FUERTES por cada pelea.

 

 

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Manga

Naruto: Versi贸n en Espa帽ol

naruto-volume-1Cuando Naruto era beb茅, su pap谩 le dio la maldici贸n de un zorro de nueve colas, que es un monstruo que mat贸 a mucha gente en el pueblo de hoja escondida. 聽Su padre聽sell贸 la mitad聽del zorro en la barriga de Naruto, y coloc贸 la otra mitad del poder en 茅l, pero en en acto muri贸, as铆 que Naruto es hu茅rfano. Naruto quiere ser hokage, un lider de un pueblo, porque quiere ser alguien importante y alguien respetado. 聽Entonces, Naruto va en un viaje para ser un hokage, y a ser el mejor ninja del pueblo.

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Manga

Yotsuba&!

imagesGreen-hair Yotsuba is a new girl in the neighborhood, but sometimes she likes to act like she is in a new planet. With her father and new friends, Yotsuba turns every day into a laugh-filled adventure as she discovers the little pleasures of summer, like fishing, and cardboard robots!

Ages:8+

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