Ranma 1
Ranma, a teenage martial artist who turns into a girl every time he is splashed with cold water, pairs with his fiancee Akane in an ice skating contest to determine ownership of Akane's pet pig P-chan, while Shampoo, an Amazon warrior with a grudge against Ranma, vows to kill him; later Ranma finds himself in trouble with Shampoo, an Amazon warrior who wants to marry him while he is a male, but kill him while he is a female.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: martial artists, teenagers [X], sex role, magic, japanese, martial arts, fantasy graphic novels, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, gender role, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], japan
Inu-yasha
"Kagome is an ordinary modern schoolgirl living an ordinary life.
741.5
year: 2014
copies: 208
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: heroes, time travel, heroes and heroines, comic books, strips, etc, good and evil, japan, teenagers [X], girls, fantasy graphic novels, graphic novels, shonen manga, manga, graphic novels [X], cartoons and comics, fantasy fiction, teenage girls, swordsmen, legends, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, fantasy, demonology
Fushigi Y?gi
Miaka Y?ki, a normal junior high student from Tokyo, begins reading a book set in ancient China and suddenly finds herself not in the library, but in the book itself, transformed into the priestess of the god Suzaku and sent on a quest to find her seven Celestial-Warrior protectors, with whom she does not always get along.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenage girls, teenagers [X], time travel, girls, china, high school students, comic books, strips, etc, fantasy fiction, fantasy graphic novels, cartoons and comics, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, historical fiction, graphic novels [X]
M?r
Ginza Toramizu, short, nearsighted, and lacking both athletic and academic talent, dreams repeatedly of a fantasy land where he is a hero, possessing all the abilities he lacks in reality, and it seems as though his dreams are coming true when a supernatural being appears at his school and whisks him away to a strange universe.
741.5
year: 2007
copies: 10
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: heroes, dreams, teenagers [X], heroes and heroines, comic books, strips, etc, teenage boys, boys, quests (expeditions), magic, adventure fiction, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X], adventure fiction, adventure stories, fantasy fiction, fantasy, cartoons and comics, adventure and adventurers
Kekkaishi
Teen neighbors Yoshimori Sumimura and Yokine Yukimura, both schooled in the art of kekkaishi, or demon-fighting, develop feelings for each other while spending time together battling evil, but their relationship is threatened by the ancient rivalry between their families.
741.5
year: 2008
copies: 18
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: teenagers [X], demonology, good and evil, man-woman relationships, cartoons and comics, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, combat, dueling, graphic novels [X]
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Shinji, a fourteen-year-old boy summoned to Tokyo-3 by his father to be a pilot and then rejected, struggles to win the affection of his live-in commanding officer, find harmony with a hostile classmate, and learn more about another Eva pilot, the beautiful but quiet Rei Ayanami.
741.5
year: 2012
copies: 11
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: teenage boys, fathers and sons, air pilots, boys, teenagers [X], weapons, comic books, strips, etc, science fiction, father-son relationship, science fiction graphic novels, mecha, manga, graphic novels, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels [X]
B.b. Explosion
Airi, an Okinawan teen who dreams of becoming a star, enlists the help of her guardian angel in getting her into the big city's actor's school--a prerequisite for appearing on the American Idol-like television show, Boom Boom.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: cartoons and comics, teenagers [X], singers, fame, comic books, strips, etc, rock musicians, jealousy, manga, graphic novels, graphic novels [X]