Alex, Sandy and panty-stealing pet hamster Echiboo have survived an entire semester of unspeakable tortures at the hands of five crazed yaoi fangirls. Now the whole gang is off to the anime convention Hatsu-Con where sparks fly as the Aoi House gang comes face-to-face with their bitter rivals: "They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!" Nonstop craziness and fan service abound in Aoi House's most outrageous adventure yet--"The Great Con Caper!" Includes the 1st year of Aoi House gag strips from Newtype USA.

Sahoko had lots of friends in high school, so there’s no shortage of people to catch up with at her reunion. But the one face she wants to see is missing: that of Aoi Koshiba, her classmate and first love. A star of the basketball team, Aoi caught Sahoko’s eye as an easy way to score social points. But when Aoi quits the team, an unexpected kiss pulls Sahoko closer to her than she intended to be. With a difficult home situation, Aoi is in need of more than just a cynical social climber. She needs a true friend, and something more…

All good things must come to...Happy Endings! Seven Seas is pleased to present the final book in the hilarious Aoi House saga--Aoi House In Love! Vol. 02. When the rest of her club-mates end up missing in Silent Hill, it's up to Elle Mathers and the members of rival anime club Uri House to come to the rescue...and that's only the beginning! Secrets will be revealed, first kisses will be had, and sharks will be jumped in this final side-splitting, fan service romp! Includes the 2nd year of Aoi House gag strips from Newtype USA.

Ever since Mahiru’s new boyfriend, Aoi, lost his mother, he’s been looking after his brothers and sisters. Once she learns what life is really like for him, Mahiru tells herself she’s going to do everything she can to be the proper girlfriend he needs. But work keeps Aoi busy…and once Mahiru’s twin sister, Mayo, gets a job at the same café where Aoi works, they’re fast friends! Mahiru’s not happy about how well Mayo and Aoi are getting along…and just like that, Mayo and Aoi’s old friend, Ginga, find themselves in the middle of this gloomy-girl-meets-stubborn-boy story! The plot thickens in Volume 4 as a few big misunderstandings threaten to throw this fairytale romance off its tracks…

Himari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate which exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms. Thanks to Himari’s journey in the spiritual realm, Aoi is able to remember his past. While preparing a party to celebrate, Yukari tells Himari that Aoi shares a special connection with her parents... -- VIZ Media

Against her family's wishes, Aoi Sakuraba decides to marry Kaoru Hanabishi, her love of eighteen years, and they face many obstacles with their families.

Alex and Sandy are two normal guys just trying to get through college--until their troublemaking hamster, Echiboo, gets them thrown out of their dorm. With nowhere else to turn, the boys move into an anime clubhouse where five crazed yaoi fangirls call the shots! Elle's obsessively high-strung, Nina's too laid back for her own good, Jessica's a total tease, Maria's a shy and reserved bookworm, and Morgan's just plain bonkers! Toss 'em all together and you've got a harem comedy that's truly like none other!

Ayako is disabled, but she has a dream. She's a young Japanese highschooler, visually impaired since birth, and sees life like a path leading her to her achievement: to become a singer! But how can this work when you're easily blinded by spotlights? Nothing is really impossible when you're that passionate! Follow Ayako's life through the years in this Japanese light novel-inspired, slice-of-life story full of fun and moving moments. The author, nearly blind himself, shares his experience in Japan as a disabled person through the eyes of Ayako.

Half a year after moving to Kyoto, high school girl Aoi Mashiro brings her late grandfather’s old scrolls to Kura, an antique store nestled in Kyoto’s Teramachi-Sanjo shopping arcade, for an appraisal. One thing leads to another, and she winds up working there part-time. The manager’s son, Kiyotaka Yagashira—nicknamed the “Holmes of Kyoto”—is uncannily perceptive, and together, they solve strange cases relating to the antiques brought to them by clients.

This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building. It is an attempt to catalogue and better understand the contours of this phenomenon, which took place as television developed and expanded in different parts of the world between the 1950s and the 1990s. From popular science and adult education shows to news magazines and television plays, few themes so thoroughly penetrated the small screen for so many years as modernization, with television producers and state authorities using television programs to bolster modernization efforts. Contributors analyze the hallmarks of these media efforts: nation-building, consumerism and consumer culture, the education and integration of citizens, and the glorification of the nation’s technological achievements.