Nisioisin

• Feb-2008
• / Science Fiction
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There’s a killer loose in Los Angeles and super-sleuth L is on the case. Along with Naomi, a former FBI agent, he helps the LA police solve the grisly crimes. In typical Death Note fashion, things get complicated. And there’s a big surprising plo...

• Jul-2008
• / Fantasy
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It’s the vacation of a lifetime, a trip to a remote island filled with geniuses�"and murder.

On Wet Crow’s Feather Island, a tiny speck in the Sea of Japan, lives Akagami Iria, the exiled daughter of a powerful family. Born into great we...

• Nov-2008
• / General Fiction
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• Jul-2010
• / General Fiction
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College is a whole new adventure, rife with challenges, opportunities, and cold-blooded killers. Fresh from unmasking an assassin on a posh island paradise, Ii-chan is finally an ultra-cool college student -- jaded, sarcastic, and not exactly con...

• Dec-2016
• / Mystery
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There’s a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn’t show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She’s pretty, and the boys take to whispering that she’s a cloistered princess. As...

• Jan-2017
• / Mystery
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A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island. Its mistress, virtually marooned there, surrounds herself with geniuses, especially of the young and female kind -- one of whom ends up headless one fine mor...

• Mar-2017
• / Mystery
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Bakemono, literally “altered thing,” which translates as “monster.” Monogatari, literally “thing narrated,” which translates as “tale.” Combined into a neologism by he of the reversible nom de plume, they yield BAKEMONOGATARI, the m...

• May-2017
• / Mystery
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A class president among class presidents, a bespectacled model student who soars to the top of honors lists without fail, Tsubasa Hanekawa also happens to be a decent human being. True, she does have a habit of making single-minded assumptions, but t...

• Jul-2017
• / Mystery
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Unlike ne’er-do-well former vampire Araragi, his two younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi, who attend a private junior high, are little balls of energy and charisma that their peers look up to. That the “ka” in Karen and “hi” in Tsukihi are bo...

• Sep-2017
• / Mystery
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Originally planned to be the series’ conclusion, “final” chapter “Tsukihi Phoenix” invites us back to the seemingly eventless country burg where supernatural afflictions abound and characters change their trademark hairstyles at the drop of...

• Nov-2017
• / Fantasy
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Legendary novelist NISIOISIN partners up with Mitsuru Hattori in this three volume graphic novel adaptation of one of his mystery novels...

“Looking back on it now, I realize that incident is what turned me into the novelist I am today.”

• Nov-2017
• / Fantasy
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Twelve warriors enter a death match, but only one can survive to win the ultimate prize. Rampage. Weep. Kill. Every 12 years, the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac take the form of warriors and engage in the ultimate battle royal. They face one anoth...

• Dec-2017
• / Action Adventure
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Following up on the high note of family ties on which the previous installment concluded, but preceding it chronologically, we find Araragi and his little sister Tsukihi, the heroine of the last volume, in full sibling rivalry mode as they bicker...

• Jan-2018
• / Fantasy
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“Leaving this house without finding out what’s going on here is no longer an option for me...!”

The improbable imprisonment that transformed “I” into a novelist continues into a third, fourth and fifth day. “U” obsesses over form...

• Mar-2018
• / Action Adventure
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Launching into new territory that the author hadn’t mapped out when he embarked on the series, NEKOMONOGATARI (White) tells the tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice -- if that can hold true for a damaged so...

• Apr-2018
• / Fantasy
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A young author is being held hostage in the home of a grammar school girl. Held there by knife-point, and partially by his own curiosity, the author hopes to uncover the mysteries behind the child’s torment. He know she lives alone in this huge hom...

• Apr-2018
• / Mystery
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When NISIOISIN, Japan's bestselling novelist, writes a murder mystery, it won't be like anything you've ever read before. Now in a new English translation!

Whether you're already a fan of Japanese phenom NISIOISIN, or a mystery reader looking ...

• Jun-2018
• / Science Fiction
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How far does one go to help a lost child? In the case of returning narrator Araragi, the answer is too far, across the veil of time. Dutifully (if unknowingly) following up on Hachikuji’s cheeky foreshadowing, he concerns himself with his young lad...

• Jul-2018
• / Mystery
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Our sorry hero, his reformed girlfriend, and the amnesiac class president have all graduated from their high school out in the boondocks, and self-described Sapphist and ex-basketball ace Kanbaru, retired by reason of an “injury,” is starting her...

• Sep-2018
• / Mystery
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A certain middle school girl has a fondness for hats, which serve as a line of defense against eye contact along with the overlong bangs she’s worn ever since she was little. Speaking in fits and starts when she doesn’t fall completely silent, he...

• Oct-2018
• / Fantasy
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It, like the dark that makes up most of the cosmos, is not an aberration. Nonbeing can swallow you whole, yet if anything, it’s the anti-aberration. Darkness, in fact, is the Law, an executioner from whom a mark can try to run and hide, but only fo...

• Nov-2018
• / Fantasy
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From the pen of the author of the legendary MONOGATARI novels comes another unique offering, available in English for the first time! The basis of an animated series, KATANAGATARI brings to life a swordless “swordsman” and a self-described “sc...

• Dec-2018
• / Fantasy
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Circling back to a middle school girl’s apotheosis, if we can call it that, in Otorimonogatari, and the mortal threat it poses to the hero and his girl, this “Season Two” finale is narrated, for the first time in the series, by a grown-up -- bu...

• Mar-2019
• / Fantasy
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Launching the third or “Final Season” of the international cult-hit series, Possession Tale returns the narrator’s headset back to high school senior and amateur savior Koyomi Araragi, who used to eschew friendship once upon a time because it�...

• Jun-2019
• / Fantasy
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Presented in two parts with covers that will form a diptych, Calendar Tale, narrated by our titular hero, sends us to various earlier points in the story where certain events had yet to occur -- when, for instance, the shady “expert” Oshino was s...

• Jun-2019
• / Fantasy
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Swordless “swordsman” Shichika and self-described “schemer” Togame are on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades. Introducing narrative curveballs that break up the structure and modulate the tempo, this hardcover edition, featu...

• Sep-2019
• / Mystery
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An earnestly honest guy who doesn’t even grant pipe dreams to himself, physiologically incapable of letting a single contradiction go, in other words me, got dragged this June to a renowned academy for rich girls, no questions allowed, by the world...

• Sep-2019
• / Fantasy
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In this latter half of Calendar Tale, a set of journeys into the past that have been revisiting the “case files” feel of the series’ origins starts to catch up to the present moment until we are violently spliced back into the overarching plot,...

• Oct-2019
• / Fantasy
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A team-up made in manga heaven! The wildly popular Monogatari novel series by renowned bestselling author NISIOISIN has now been reimagined into a knockout manga adapation by none other than legendary artist Oh!Great (Tenjo Tenghe, Air Gear)! One day...

• Jan-2020
• / Fantasy
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From the best selling novel series comes the latest book of the final season of the Monogatari Series.

Before we witness the series’ climactic showdown in the third volume of the End Tale -- each part of which forms its own cohesive whole -...

• Jan-2020
• / Fantasy
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“I’m just going to show her around.” The one Koyomi Araragi caught was Hitagi Senjogahara -- the “girl whose weight was stolen.” The girl must save herself. She’s got to try not to lose herself in her true feelings …...

• Mar-2020
• / Fantasy
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From the best selling novel series by renouned author NISIOISIN, comes the manga adaptation of the Monogatari Series! Artwork by Oh!great. Mayoi Hachikuji: A grade schooler who meets Koyomi Araragi and a “Lost Snail” who can never arrive at her d...

• Apr-2020
• / Fantasy
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From the best selling novel series comes the latest book of the final season of the Monogatari Series.

When an old flame who gave up on life and chose to go up in flames -- because he wanted to leave you but couldn’t -- comes crawling back ...

• Aug-2020
• / Graphic Novel
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• Sep-2020
• / Fantasy
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"“I love you.” “I smelt for you, Senjogahara.” Koyomi accepts Hitagi’s feelings and solves Mayoi Hachikuji’s dilemma. Everything starts to look up…until a mysterious raincoat busts him up out of nowhere…!"...

• Oct-2020
• / Fantasy
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From the renowed author NISIOISIN, the creator of BAKEMONOGATARI, Zaregoto Series and KATANAGATARI.
Comes a new, innovative mystery series, Pretty Boy Detectives Club!

Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy mid...

• Nov-2020
• / General Fiction
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From the best selling novel series comes the latest book of the final season of the Monogatari Series.

During his third year in high school, Koyomi Araragi is introduced to a transfer student named Ougi Oshino Ougi tells Koyomi that there is s...

• Nov-2020
• / Fantasy
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Suruga Kanbaru, the biggest celebrity in school, lives in a completely different world from Koyomi Araragi, but their worlds collide when Koyomi finds that this campus star has been stalking him for some unknown reason. Koyomi soon connects the dots,...

• Dec-2020
• / Fantasy
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“I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you…” The “truth” behind Suruga Kanbaru’s curse has been laid bare, and Koyomi Araragi finds himself confronted by his own naiveté. Now, he faces a critical difference between himself and Surug...

• Dec-2020
• / Graphic Novel
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• Jan-2021
• / Mystery
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"From the renowed author NISIOISIN, the creator of BAKEMONOGATARI, Zaregoto Series and KATANAGATARI.
Comes a new, innovative mystery series, Pretty Boy Detectives Club!

Mayumi Doujima, a second-year student at Yubiwa Private Academy, is a g...

• Mar-2021
• / Fantasy
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Mutilated snakes and a tree riddled with vile insults.  This is the gruesome scene that Koyomi Araragi and Suruga Kanbaru witnessed while visiting a shrine deep in the mountains. Behind this horror is Nadeko Sengoku, a girl who has found herself...

• Mar-2021
• / Graphic Novel
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• May-2021
• / Mystery
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From the renowed author NISIOISIN, the creator of BAKEMONOGATARI, Zaregoto Series and KATANAGATARI.Comes a new, innovative mystery series, Pretty Boy Detective Club!Mayumi Dojima is finally a full-fledged member of the Pretty Boy Detective Club, know...

• May-2021
• / Fantasy
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Koyomi Araragi is hit with a sudden realization -- there were two snakes wrapped around Nadeko Sengoku’s body. The ceremony is incomplete, and Nadeko’s life hangs in the balance, but can Koyomi take on an all-powerful serpentine god? And as the s...

• Jun-2021
• / Fantasy
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The tale of wounds continues as Koyomi awakens to find himself with vampiric abilities and in the company of a hot-blooded yet cold-blooded little girl. If he ever hopes to reclaim his humanity, he'll have to take on three fearsome hunters from a for...

• Jun-2021
• / Graphic Novel
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• Jul-2021
• / Graphic Novel
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• Aug-2021
• / Fantasy
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Aesthete, Epicure, Adonis, Orator, Artiste -- Who’s your pretty boy? A mysterious group known as the Pretty Boy Detective Club is rumored to solve (and perhaps cause) most of the trouble at Yubiwa Academy -- in a strictly unofficial, undercover, u...

• Sep-2021
• / Fantasy
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To become human again, Koyomi must face three vampire hunters and return Kiss-Shot’s stolen limbs. His first opponent is Dramaturgy, the massive vampiric vampire hunter. But when Koyomi arrives for his match, instead of going up against an oaf on t...

• Nov-2021
• / Fantasy
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Mayumi Dojima has just become the newest member of the Pretty Boy Detective Club when her first challenge as Mayumi the Seer literally falls into her lap: a suspicious businessman drops a wad of counterfeit bills on the sidewalk, and suddenly the gam...

• Dec-2021
• / Fantasy
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Having defeated Dramaturgy, Koyomi must now face the half-vampire vampire-hunter, Episode. This newest opponent is no match for Koyomi's full vampiric abilities, but what Episode lacks in power he makes up for in strategy. Brute strength may not cut ...

• Jan-2022
• / Fantasy
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• Mar-2022
• / Fantasy
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Koyomi confronts his final foe, Guillotine Cutter. It’s former-human-turned-vampire vs. the human vampire-hunter cult leader. But Koyomi hears that Hanekawa is being held hostage, and to save her, he’ll have to push his new powers to the limit. I...

• May-2022
• / Fantasy
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With Kiss-Shot restored to her former vampiric glory, all that remains is for Koyomi to become human again.But a disturbing sight brings Koyomi face-to-face with what it really means to be a vampire, and he’ll need to figure out how to return to hu...

• Jun-2022
• / Fantasy
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The curtain closes on Koyomi Vamp as the battle between thrall and master begins. Koyomi must put an end to Kiss-Shot, but all is not as it seems to be. Before he can land his finishing blow, a startling revelation comes to light, and Kiss-Shot comes...

• Aug-2022
• / Fantasy
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After learning the truth behind Kiss-Shot’s actions, Koyomi is left with a hard decision to make. Now, he has to weigh the fate of humanity against the sacrifice of his former master, but how can he do the right thing when there are seemingly no go...

• Nov-2022
• / Fantasy
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The “Afflicting Cat” pounces back and leaves a trail of pain and injury in its wake. Koyomi must now save Hanekawa from the claws of this prurient aberration, but putting down this kitty may prove challenging when death is only a scratch away. Al...

• Nov-2022
• / Fantasy
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If you’re a fan of the author’s (NISIOISIN) work then you’ll certainly want this whole series in your collection! - Anime UK NewsFrom the pen of the author of the legendary MONOGATARI novels comes another unique offering. KATANAGATA...

• Dec-2022
• / Fantasy
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“Light novels have not been my thing, [...] but reading Katanagatari was as close to a conversion experience as I’m likely to come. It also stands as, to date, a go-to example for how to translate a work of popular culture where a good ha...

• Mar-2023
• / Fantasy
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After looking back on the events of Golden Week, Koyomi scrambles to save Hanekawa from the "Afflicting Cat" once again. This time, Black Hanekawa’s power threatens to grow to regal heights, but does Koyomi even stand a chance against the cat that ...

• Apr-2023
• / Manga
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Overall, Katanagatari continues to offer an enjoyable read, the likes of which only NISIOISIN consistently brings to the table. […] As we enter into the second half of the series, things are about to heat up and you certainly won’t want ...

• May-2023
• / Fantasy
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Newcomers and existing fans alike will enjoy diving into the world of Monogatari and meeting the delightful cast of characters. If you're yet to experience this series in any form then this is the perfect time to climb aboard! - Anime UK NewsWith lit...

• Jul-2023
• / Manga
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If you’re a fan of the author’s (NISIOISIN) work then you’ll certainly want this whole series in your collection! - Anime UK NewsSwordless “swordsman” Shichika and self-described “schemer” Togame are on a que...

• Aug-2023
• / Fantasy
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Newcomers and existing fans alike will enjoy diving into the world of Monogatari and meeting the delightful cast of characters. If you're yet to experience this series in any form then this is the perfect time to climb aboard! - Anime UK NewsKoyomi f...

• Nov-2023
• / Fantasy
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With Shinobu’s return, new battles begin on two fronts. As the Afflicting Cat crosses claws with the Tyrannical Tiger, Koyomi and Seishiro throw down to see who will remain Kiss-Shot’s thrall. Now, with their lives on the line and the fat...

• Feb-2024
• / Fantasy
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Newcomers and existing fans alike will enjoy diving into the world of Monogatari and meeting the delightful cast of characters. If you're yet to experience this series in any form then this is the perfect time to climb aboard! - Anime UK NewsShinobu&...

• Aug-2024
• / Fantasy
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Newcomers and existing fans alike will enjoy diving into the world of Monogatari and meeting the delightful cast of characters. If you're yet to experience this series in any form then this is the perfect time to climb aboard!- Anime UK NewsThe momen...