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1) Blue lock: 3
Series
Blue Lock volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As Blue Lock's first selection rages on, Isagi's Team Z has tasted sweet victory after overcoming the formidable Team Y. But it's not long before Team Z encounters an unimaginable internal rift... On top of that, Team Z's Hyoma Chigiri is on the verge of giving up completely. In the face of Team W's powerful aces, the Wanima twins, will Team Z be able to come together in time to escape defeat?"--
Series
Blue Lock volume 11
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"With seconds left on the clock, Isagi manages to weave a masterful play--until Rin Itoshi and what seems like a stroke of bad luck deal the definitive blow. But what role does luck really play in a soccer match? Ego is eager to impart his wisdom on the advancing players, with the unknowns of the Third Selection looming just ahead."--
3) Blue Lock: 2
Series
Blue Lock volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Yoichi Isagi, one of three hundred high school soccer players, is in Team Z--the lowest ranked group in the controversial training facility, Blue Lock, where the aim is to create Japan's best striker. To survive their first round-robin tournament, Isagi's Team Z will need to find a way to use their unique "weapons," while struggling through a clash of egos. But Isago grapples to understand what his strength is as a striker." -- Page [4] of cover....
Series
Fence (Graphic novel) volume 4
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Just as Nicholas, Seiji and the fencing team at the prodigious Kings Row private school seem to be coming together, a deadly rival from their past stands in their way once more. MacRobertson is the school that knocked Kings Row out of the State Championships last year - but unless Nicholas and Seiji can learn to work together as a team, their school is doomed once again! And maybe those two can learn to be something more than teammates..."--Back...
6) Blue lock: 4
Series
Blue Lock volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's the final round of the first selection and Team Z needs to win against Team V--the undefeated team of Wing 5--to survive! A triple threat awaits Isagi, including prodigy Seishiro Nagi, who only started playing soccer six months ago. Moreover, Team Z is still one man down after Kuon's brutal betrayal in the previous game. The odds are stacked against them as they enter the pitch, and Isagi and his teammates are becoming painfully aware of how...
7) Blue lock: 5
Series
Blue Lock volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker in this manga. In the face of Team V, Team Z has managed to catch up 3-3 with fifteen minutes remaining. Amid this tense environment, all the players seek their "awakening" that will take their skills to the next level... Will they...
8) Blue lock: 6
Series
Blue Lock volume 6
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Would you obey your ego? After Isagi and the rest of Team Z clear the first selection round, they split up to face the second selection individually. Waiting beyond the first door is Blue Lock Man, a cutting-edge goalkeeping AI system. A new group of incredible strikers and shocking rules await Isagi in the second selection round...!!"-- provided by publisher.
9) Blue lock: 7
Series
Blue Lock volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the second selection's rival battles--where the winners can choose one player from the losing team--Isagi and Nagi have just lost Bachira to Rin Itoshi and the other top strikers. Now they must prove the strength of their individual abilities in a fight against Shouei Barou, the top scoring player in Wing 5. If they lose, they'll be at risk of disqualification...As Isagi takes the fight to King Barou, he's aiming to end up on the side of the prodigies"--...
10) Blue Lock: 9
Series
Blue Lock volume 9
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to Barou's awakening, Isagi's team manages to defeat the trio of Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. And the one that Isagi chooses to steal is... The new four-man team sets out for a rematch against the Top Three and Bachira. Will the "monster" that fuels Isagi's ego be enough to take down the prodigy striker Rin Itoshi?!"--
Series
Grand slam romance volume 1
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts Surely
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this queer graphic novel that's equal parts romance, softball, and magical girl drama, Mickey Monsoon is the hotshot pitcher for the Belle City Broads, and their team is poised to sweep the league this season. But Mickey is thrown off their game when Astra Maxima shows up to catch for the Gaiety Gals, the Broads' fiercest rival. Years ago Mickey and Astra were best friends... and maybe more. That was, until Astra unceremoniously dumped Mickey...
Series
Again!! volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The president of Kanan High School's drama club is also its only member: Hanataka. Three years from now, Hanataka is going to be a celebrity famous for her sex appeal, but in high school she's timid, unsociable, shabby-looking, and widely disliked. Kinichiro can't help but be fascinated with her, and convinces Usami to have the ouendan cheer for the drama club's performance at the school festival. It's a new chapter for the ouendan, but is Kinichiro's...
13) Love and war
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Finding yourself torn between two potential boyfriends is tough. Domo is learning that it’s even tougher when you’re trying to win the captaincy of your school’s tug-of-war team! His competition is Jocasta, a serious athlete who will stop at nothing to prove she’s the best. Can Domo lead his team to victory while he struggles with his feelings for ambitious Gabriel and flamboyant Emil? Love and War is a queer sports rom com about how our...
Series
Again!! volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What makes a team work? Having finally found some confidence, Kinichiro is stepping up to the plate as the primary candidate for captain of the ouendan. But can a born rebel like him really become a leader? Usami wants to find out, and she's not afraid to toughen up her already harsh training regimen to do so. And when the ouendan's former captain, Natsuhiko Kondo, shows up, Usami's sure he can provide the example Kinichiro needs. But these days,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight champion--and most infamous athlete in the world because of his race--was paired against Jim Jeffries, a former heavyweight champion then heralded as the "great white hope." It was the height of the Jim Crow era, and spectators were eager for Jeffries to restore the racial...
Series
Fence (Graphic novel) volume 2
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Tryouts are well underway at King s Row for a spot on the prodigious fencing team, and scrappy fencer Nicholas isn t sure he s going to make the grade in the face of surly upperclassmen, nearly impossibly odds, and his seemingly unstoppable roommate, the surly, sullen Seiji Katayama. It ll take more than sheer determination to overcome a challenge this big!"-- cover page 4.
Nicholas Cox is determined to prove himself in the world of competitive...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An illustrated history of basketball, from its humble beginnings to its all-time great players. Whether it's millionaire pros facing off in an indoor arena full of screaming fans or a lone kid shooting hoops on an outdoor court, basketball is one of the most popular and widely played sports in the world. The Comic Book Story of Basketball gives you courtside seats to the history of hoops. It chronicles the sport from its beginnings in a YMCA in Massachusetts...
Series
Again!! volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over... AGAIN!!"-- provided by publisher.
19) Kill a man
Author
Publisher
AfterShock Comics, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The truth is worth fighting for James Bellyi is a celebrated Mixed Martial Arts star at the top of this game...until he's outed as gay by a rival fighter. Abandoned by his training camp, his endorsements, his fans and his sport, to regain his title shot, James is forced to turn to the last person he ever thought he would -- Xaviar Mayne, a legendary fighter in his own right...and the man James watched kill his father in the ring."--Back cover.
20) Blitz: Vol. 1
Publisher
Ablaze
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tom, a young high school student, has a crush on his classmate Harmony. When he learns about her passion for chess, Tom quickly decides to sign up for the school's chess club. But he doesn't even know the rules! To impress Harmony, he is left with no choice: he must learn quickly and train seriously. Soon Tom discovers the existence of Garry Kasparov, the greatest player in the history of chess. He stumbles upon a virtual reality machine that promises...
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