Since she was a child, Aoba has had only one dream: to fight evil and protect the weak. To achieve this dream, Aoba became a polizi, a teenaged undercover cop stationed at all-girls Hanagaki High. While Aoba will go to any length to solve a crime, her no-nonsense, by-the-book partner Midori constantly tries to reign her in. Just as this odd couple is starting to get along, Midori's former partner, Akari, shows up. Akari seems to have her own agenda at the school, and even worse, is determined to steal Midori away! Will this mysterious newcomer break up their partnership before Aoba gets the chance to tell Midori how she really feels?

All her life, Sasami Aoba has dreamed of being a champion of justice, but if she can't be a magical girl, she'll be the next best thing: a cop! Aoba is a polizi, an undercover officer assigned to Hanagaki Girls' High School. But when she arrives on the scene, she discovers that Hanagaki is a perfectly peaceful school with no crimes to solve, and that her new partner, Sakuraba Midori, is a stern, by-the-book polizi who has no patience for Aoba's novice antics. Will Aoba and Midori becomes friends, rivals...or something more? An all-new yuri series from the creator of Girlfriends and Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossom Pink!

In a world of globalised media, Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity. From Pikachu, to instantly identifi able manga memes, to the darkness of adult anime, and the hyper- consumerism of product tie- ins, Japan has bequeathed to a globalised world a rich variety of ways to imagine, communicate, and interrogate tradition and change, the self, and the technological future. Within these foci, questions of law have often not been far from the surface: the crime and justice of Astro Boy; the property and contract of Pokémon; the ecological justice of Nausicaä; Shinto’s focus on order and balance; and the anxieties of origins in J- horror. This volume brings together a range of global scholars to refl ect on and critically engage with the place of law and justice in Japan’s popular cultural legacy. It explores not only the global impact of this legacy, but what the images, games, narratives, and artefacts that comprise it reveal about law, humanity, justice, and authority in the twenty-first century.

STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE! Since she was a child, Aoba has had only one dream: to fight evil and protect the weak. To achieve this dream, Aoba became a polizi, a teenaged undercover cop stationed at all-girls Hanagaki High. While Aoba will go to any length to solve a crime, her no-nonsense, by-the-book partner Midori constantly tries to reign her in. Just as this odd couple is starting to get along, Midori's former partner, Akari, shows up. Akari seems to have her own agenda at the school, and even worse, is determined to steal Midori away! Will this mysterious newcomer break up their partnership before Aoba gets the chance to tell Midori how she really feels?

Fred Gallagher's popular, long-running Megatokyo series celebrates over fifteen years of successful web and print publication with a second massive Megatokyo Omnibus edition and a return to Dark Horse Comics! Featuring the next three volumes of Fred Gallagher's otaku-gamer fantasy epic, Megatokyo Omnibus Volume 2 will also add new content- available only in this omnibus edition! Join obsessed Otaku Piro and his hardcore 133t h4x0rm4573r gamer friend, Largo, on their chaotic adventures in Tokyo from their unique - and dramatically different - points of view. Collects Megatokyo Volumes 4-6! "Megatokyo is a delightful and imaginative work of American manga."-Publisher's Weekly "The real charm of Megatokyo lies in the artwork . . . a style that feels light and airy, and allows for great detail."-Animerica "The pleasure of a story like Megatokyo comes not in its novelistic coherence, but in its loose ranginess . . . as it literally outgrows its borders into a lushly penciled full page, the story maturing into the exuberant, addictive soap operatics of the manga that inspired it."-The New York Times "Unlike many American 'manga' creators, Gallagher understands that creating 'manga' involves more than just aping an art style. Megatokyo is filled with quirky, interesting characters and the kind of loopy humor that makes Love Hina and Slayers so popular."-ICV2.com "Gallagher is the fastest-rising star on the American manga scene."-Library Journal

• Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST AND THE REST! Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or a longtime reader on the lookout for the next hot series, here’s a comprehensive guide to the wide, wonderful world of Japanese comics! • Incisive, full-length reviews of stories and artwork • Titles rated from zero to four stars–skip the clunkers, but don’t miss the hidden gems • Guidelines for age-appropriateness–from strictly mature to kid-friendly • Profiles of the biggest names in manga, including CLAMP, Osamu Tezuka, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others • The facts on the many kinds of manga–know your shôjo from your shônen • An overview of the manga industry and its history • A detailed bibliography and a glossary of manga terms LOOK NO FURTHER, YOU’VE FOUND YOUR IDEAL MANGA COMPANION!