First Love Monster, Vol. 1

First Love Monster, Vol. 1
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330617

When you find out who I really am...if you can still say you like me, then I'll be your boyfriend. When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in Tokyo, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and boldly confesses her feelings. The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth grader?!

First Love Monster, Vol. 3

First Love Monster, Vol. 3
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 197533065X

I'm not the type who can be friends with an ex-girlfriend.--Takahashi After fifth grader Kanade fails to Hula-Hoop two hundred times in a row, he suddenly declares that he wants to break up with Kaho! Though his behavior only rubs more salt in Kaho's wounded heart, it appears he has been acting somewhat strangely ever since...?! Is an impossible true love about to be born?! Don't miss the nonstop, high energy, heart-throbbing romantic comedy!

First Love Monster, Vol. 6

First Love Monster, Vol. 6
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330714

Kaho tells Kanade about her kiss with Atsushi. Any normal boyfriend would get mad, but Kanade only smiles back! Amid these complicated feelings, she ends up alone with Atsushi. Is this the start of a love triangle?

First Love Monster, Vol. 2

First Love Monster, Vol. 2
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330633

Kaho isn't a thing. You can't treat girls like objects. Although high schooler Kaho and fifth grader Kanade have started dating, Kaho is constantly at the mercy of Kanade's childish whims. And when a mysterious hottie with a Kansai accent--whom Kanade happens to call "Aniki"--arrives, will unimaginable trials await the couple's blossoming love?! A fast-paced super-love comedy filled with madcap heart-throbbing mayhem!

First Love Monster, Vol. 5

First Love Monster, Vol. 5
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330692

Snooping into Kanade's diary has yielded more questions than answers for Kaho. She is no closer to learning the nature of her fifth-grade boyfriend's feelings for her, but she has discovered a rather passionate entry about another girl! Just who is "Sadako"?!! The uncertainty only adds to her anxiety, which has been steadily building since Taga's stolen kiss. As obstacles (and a crazy supporting cast) compound, will Kaho and Kanade be able to sustain their first love?

Monster, Vol. 1

Monster, Vol. 1
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421569062

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension. Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”

First Love Monster, Vol. 4

First Love Monster, Vol. 4
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330676

Though Kaho and Kanade break up due to Kanade's own immaturity, the fifth grader soon realizes just how precious Kaho is to him. Which leads to the completely mature actions of chasing her home, serenading her with piano-accompanied love songs, and even making an emergency marriage proposal?! Surely the age gap between the two means marriage is impossible--but Kaho and Kanade tentatively exchange vows! Meanwhile, it seems like a new threat is waiting to test the young couple's relationship--and that busty high school girl and devilish college student are at the center of it!

My Favorite Thing is Monsters

My Favorite Thing is Monsters
Author: Emil Ferris
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2017-02-15
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606999591

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.

First Love Monster, Vol. 7

First Love Monster, Vol. 7
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330730

Kanade works hard to make the perfect birthday present for Kaho, but when he tries to deliver it, he catches her kissing Taga in the rain! Heartbroken, Kanade runs away, leaving everyone back at Kasumi Residency desperate to bring him home...but Kaho doesn't know how to face him anymore! Will their fragile romance weather this storm?