Kaori Ozaki

Natsuru Nanao, a 6th grader who lives alone with his mother, strikes up an unlikely friendship with the reserved and driven Rio Suzumura. Natsuru plays hookey from soccer camp that summer, and instead of telling the truth to his mother, he spends all his time with Rio and her kid brother at their rickety house, where a dark secret threatens to upend their fragile happiness.

The Gods Lie

From the creator of the acclaimed The Gods Lie comes Kaori Ozaki's latest series! Winter of junior year. Not quite able to become adults, we couldn't stay as we were as children, either. Our tale explores a group of teenagers and their impatience and rebirth. "They say if you write down your wish, bury it under Sheep Tower and then dig it up after 7 years and 7 months, your wish will come true..." Tsugu Miikura, a high schooler who loves to play guitar, due to family circumstances, moved away from the rural town where she had spent her childhood. After several years, she's back in her old hometown. She reunites with her childhood friends--Sora, Yuushin, and Asari--the friends she'd buried a time capsule with back in elementary school. Tsugu is overjoyed to be with her friends once more, but the bonds that she thought would never change have in fact started to grow major cracks...

Golden Sheep, 1

Rain Jewlitt, known as the Methuselah -- a spaced-out, immortal, 624 year old man dressed in priest's clothes -- has a price on his head by those wanting the secret to his mortality.

Immortal Rain

Tsugu and Sora ran away from home, Yuushin took on the challenging professional boxer test, and Asari broke off ties with the girls in her class … Nothing is turning out the way they’d hoped. Even in the face of such painful headwinds, they continue their restless adolescent journey …

The Golden Sheep, Volume 3

After rumors start to spread at school that Tsugu and Sora have run off together to Tokyo, Asari tries to get closer to Yuushin. Yuushin, having lost his living punching bag, is left with aimless aggression, until he asks his coach to let him take the pro boxing test. In Tokyo, the old friends collide and painful truths are laid bare…

The Golden Sheep, Volume 2

El Príncipe del Mar

Der junge Fußballfan Natsuru scheint sich an der Schule seines neues Heimatorts gut einzuleben - bis er in seiner Klasse eine Dummheit begeht, nach der er von seinen Mitschülern gemieden wird. Als wäre dies nicht genug, macht ihm auch noch der neue Trainer seines Fußballclubs das Leben zur Hölle. Doch dann tritt das Mädchen Rio in sein Leben, die wegen ihrer Körpergröße gehänselt wird. Rio weckt seine Neugier, denn wie Natsuru hat auch sie nur ein Elternteil. Heimlich verbringen sie einige Tage zusammen. Doch Rio hütet ein düsteres Geheimnis... Eine berührende Coming-of-Age-Story mit der Erfahrung einer ersten, scheuen Liebe und dem Schwanken zwischen eigenem Willen, großer Neugier und machtloser Hilflosigkeit gegenüber der Erwachsenenwelt - absolut lebensnah!

Our Summer Holiday

Kaori Ozaki is back with another heartfelt exploration of love, family, belonging, and whether happiness can be found on the other side of a dark past.

After returning to her remote island hometown for her estranged alcoholic father’s final days, 34 year old Nichiko meets an eccentric young man whose almost obsessive need to rescue people and animals seems to be compensating for an unspeakable past.

Dogs and Punching Bags

Drei Geschichten zum Erwachsenwerden: Eine in Okinawa angesiedelte Coming-of-Age-Story um einen Jungen mit einem Faible für Meerjungfrauen. Eine weitere dreht sich um einen obdachlosen Vater mit seinem Sohn, der Schnee und Kälte Zuflucht in einer Bücherei sucht, den Abschluss bildet eine Freundschaftgeschichte um zwei Mädchen. Wie auch schon in OUR SUMMER HOLIDAY gelingt es Kaori Ozaki, junge Charaktere beim Erwachsenwerden sehr einfühlsam aufs Papier zu bannen.

Mermaid Prince

The Golden Sheep, Vol. 2

Tsugu et Sora ont fugué, Yûshin veut devenir boxeur professionnel et Asari se met à dos les filles de sa classe...Tous les quatre sont confrontés à de graves problèmes. Une nouvelle page, pas toujours joyeuse, de ce récit sur la jeunesse. De cet âge qui rime avec frustration et angoisse. Ça pique et, des fois, ça fait même mal pour de bon dans ce dernier tome. Découvrez également Lettre d'amour , une histoire courte sur les épreuves, les incompréhensions et les non-dits qui tissent et distendent les liens entre un fils et sa mère.

Golden Sheep T03

Rain is an immortal man with a price on his head, and Machika is a fourteen-year-old bounty hunter who sets out to kill him; however, Machika ends up being repeatedly saved by Rain from other bounty hunters attacking them both.

Immortal Rain Volume 2

The Golden Sheep, Vol. 3

Sam Stormcrow Hayes

Machika has taken a long, lonely road in her search for Rain, though friends have popped up in unlikely places. She's headed for Raimei, where she hopes to find Rain, but she may find more than she expects.

Volume 5

Rain must confront the angels before he can be reunited with Machika; however, Methuselah issues him a challenge to face off against all of the bounty hunters, assassins, and others who are intent on discovering the secret of his immortality.

Volume 6

From the creator of "Hitsuji-No-Hana" and "Honeymoon" comes a story of Machika, a girl on her way to the city Raimei, where she hopes to find Rain.

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