Maki Murakami's Books

Bad Luck finally makes its debut! Shuichi is tempted to declare his love for Yuki onstage, but Shuichi's rival, Aizawa Taki, threatens to expose everything. Just how far will Shuichi go to save Yuki from Aizawa's dastardly plan? And how will Yuki react when he finds out?

A battle for the top of the Billboard charts pits Shuichi against his favorite idol, Sakuma Ryuichi--now his biggest rival! As the spotlight intensifies and tensions rise, Yuki suddenly leaves for New York. Left behind, will Shuichi move on to someone else?

Rockstar wannabe Shindo Shuichi is determined to top the charts with his best friend and their rising band. But Shuichi's ego takes a hit when a handsome romance novelist, Yuki Eiri, bashes his lyrics. As Shuichi attempts to make Yuki eat his words, he unexpectedly develops a crush on the harsh critic--and the cold and prickly Yuki even seems to like him back! As they continue to gravitate toward each other, Shuichi discovers that success in the music biz may cost him his very soul.

Yamada Shintaro is a teenager who protects monsters from overhunting by humans, and develops a crush on a girl from his school named Nao.

In this groundbreaking study of a subject intricately tied up with the controversies of Japanese wartime politics and propaganda, Maki Kaneko reexamines the iconic male figures created by artists of yōga (Western-style painting) between 1930 and 1950. Particular attention is given to prominent yōga painters such as Fujita Tsuguharu, Yasui Sōtarō, Matsumoto Shunsuke, and Yamashita Kiyoshi—all of whom achieved fame for their images of men either during or after the Asia-Pacific War. By closely investigating the representation of male figures together with the contemporary politics of gender, race, and the body, this profusely illustrated volume offers new insight into artists’ activities in late Imperial Japan. Rather than adhering to the previously held model of unilateral control governing the Japanese Empire’s visual regime, the author proposes a more complex analysis of the role of Japanese male artists and how art functioned during an era of international turmoil.

The Redress Movement refers to efforts to obtain the restitution of civil rights, an apology, and/or monetary compensation from the U.S. government during the six decades that followed the World War II mass removal and confinement of Japanese Americans. Early campaigns emphasized the violation of constitutional rights, lost property, and the repeal of anti-Japanese legislation. 1960s activists linked the wartime detention camps to contemporary racist and colonial policies. In the late 1970s three organizations pursued redress in court and in Congress, culminating in the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing a national apology and individual payments of $20,000 to surviving detainees.

Japan's Commission on the Constitution: The Final Report

The Premise of Fidelity puts forward a new history of Japanese visuality through an examination of the discourses and practices surrounding the nineteenth century transposition of "the real" in the decades before photography was introduced. This intellectual history is informed by a careful examination of a network of local scholars—from physicians to farmers to bureaucrats—known as Shōhyaku-sha. In their archival materials, these scholars used the term shashin (which would, years later, come to signify "photography" in Japanese) in a wide variety of medical, botanical, and pictorial practices. These scholars pursued questions of the relationship between what they observed and what they believed they knew, in the process investigating scientific ideas and practices by obsessively naming and classifying, and then rendering through highly accurate illustration, the objects of their study. This book is an exploration of the process by which the Shōhyaku-sha shaped the concept of shashin. As such, it disrupts the dominant narratives of photography, art, and science in Japan, providing a prehistory of Japanese photography that requires the accepted history of the discipline to be rewritten.

When things seem to be taking off for Shuichi Shindou and his rock band, Hiro, his guitarist, suddenly quits the band, the new manager wants to take Shuichi off keyboards, and their producer is becoming increasingly critical.

Yamada Shintaro is a teenager who protects monsters from overhunting by humans, and develops a crush on a girl from his school named Nao.

Shuichi and his band, Bad Luck, are a rising star in Japans pop scene, and their chief rival, ASK, seems doomed to the has been status of an 80s hairband. But just when it looks like the top spot on the Billboard charts is Bad Lucks for the taking, a completely unexpected competitor emergesNittle Grasper is reuniting! Now Shuichi finds his idol (not to mention his bands Keyboardist) his biggest rival.

LOVE IN THE CONCRETE JUNGLES OF NEW YORK! Shuichi has been whisked away to none other than the United States! His relationship with Yuki now in shambles, Shuichi decides to make his American debut and forget all about Japan--Yuki included. But when Shuichi finally returns home, Yuki is there to greet him at the airport!

HAS SHUICHI'S LUCK RUN OUT? Bad Luck shoots to the top of the charts, Shuichi and Yuki's relationship heats up, and Yuki's popularity booms! Shuichi is on cloud nine, but not all is well in rock and roll paradise. When stress starts affecting Yuki's health, Seguchi Toma tries to remove the cause of the problem--Shuichi himself!

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND MUSIC! Bad Luck finally makes its debut! Shuichi is tempted to declare his love for Yuki onstage, but Shuichi's rival, Aizawa Taki, threatens to expose everything. Just how far will Shuichi go to save Yuki from Aizawa's dastardly plan? And how will Yuki react when he finds out?

The iconic Boys' Love/BL manga is back! The inspiration for the popular anime of the same name, Seven Seas presents this romantic comedy of a rockstar and his novelist boyfriend in large-trim omnibus editions featuring an all-new translation! Rockstar wannabe Shindo Shuichi is determined to top the charts with his best friend and their rising band. But Shuichi's ego takes a hit when a handsome romance novelist, Yuki Eiri, bashes his lyrics. As Shuichi attempts to make Yuki eat his words, he unexpectedly develops a crush on the harsh critic--and the cold and prickly Yuki even seems to like him back! As they continue to gravitate toward each other, Shuichi discovers that success in the music biz may cost him his very soul.

Shuichi Shindou is determined to be a rock star. Eiri Yuki is his most brutally honest critic. When their paths collide, the two find their futures inexorably intertwined.

The adventure inside a video game continues! Nata is in the clutches of Area Master Rush and the Final Boss! Kaito executes some swift strategies to rescue his "Navigator," and they are finally reunited with their three friends, Kawashima, Rio, and Ren. But how are they going to raise the cash to pay off the new Area Boss for some cosplay shop purchases? Who does this new boss look like, and what will happen when the strange "Lost Soul" appears?

Frustrated by Ryuichi's superior talent, Shuichi decides to get into his own groove in order to go head-to-head agains his idol. And when Eiri makes an unexplained exodus to New York, Hiro convinces Tatsuha to dress up like Eiri and make some magic happen! But when Shuichi gets carried away and locks lips with the costumed Tatsuha, will the face-sucking scandal be too hot for everyone to handle? Or will Shuichi tell everyone to kiss off?!"--Cover.

When Eiri harshly criticizes aspiring rock star Shuichi's amateurish lyrics, a force not unlike gravity brings them together and they find their futures inexorably linked.

Bad Luck is out to crash Nittle Grasper's concert with a brand-new song. Can Shuichi steal the thunder from Ryuichi, or has Bad Luck's streak finally run out? Full color. Rated for older teens.

Shuichi is thrilled to sign with XMR Records to sell his records in the United States, but he is so disappointed when his relationship with Eiri and Reiji develops a snag that he considers putting his life in Japan behind him.

Determined to become a rock star, Shuichi Shindou is discouraged by some harsh criticism he receives, and must find the strength to overcome his fears and keep trying.

When Eiri harshly criticizes aspiring rock star Shuichi's amateurish lyrics, a force not unlike gravity brings them together and they find their futures inexorably linked.

Yamada Shintaro is a teenager who protects monsters from overhunting by humans, and develops a crush on a girl from his school named Nao.

When it rains, it pours and Shuichi works overtime to release ten singles in three weeks. Everyone's watching Bad Luck. Can this band get down to business, or will time run out on the countdown.

Shindou Shuichi's career is at risk when a rival band leader finds out about his interest in a young male writer and is threatening to expose him.

When Eiri harshly criticizes aspiring rock star Shuichi's amateurish lyrics, a force not unlike gravity brings them together and they find their futures inexorably linked.

After Eiri breaks up with Shuichi he is devastated, but has no time to recover when he is kidnapped and put on a plane to the United States.

Video-game-crazy Kaito Suzuki enters a new reality when he receives a copy of Gamerz Heaven and is sucked into a world of monsters and mayhem where he must find a way to win before he runs out of lives.

Book's by Maki Murakami

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