When a free Otaku who lacked money met a mysterious beauty, his dull life was bound to cause waves. She was sweet and mysterious, she was an intelligent planner in the daytime, and a sexy seductress in the dark at night; he was a web writer with black-rimmed glasses in the daytime, and was still a master gamer with black-rimmed glasses in the evening; when the Otaku met a beautiful lady, when the ordinary planner met a veteran planner, an inverted love would be played out in the city of desire.

Bai Xiaomi was a natural born housewife. Every day, she would play all kinds of love stories into her computer, until one day, her mother forced her to go on a blind date. Her career had completely changed. Qin Huai was an investor and a manipulator. He had a cold nature and great ambition, it was just a business conspiracy for him to get close to Bai Xiao Mi and make her fall in love with him. When he finally got his wish and became Bai Xiao Mi's legal husband, he realized that he had some kind of strange feelings for Xiao Bai. He started to reject the life of a husband and wife, and found an excuse to distance himself from Bai Xiao Mi. Until they obtained the business secret of Bai Family, when Qin Huai and Bai Xiaomei were preparing for a divorce, and the house girl finally got drunk on her legal husband the night before their divorce, and started a relationship between them. On the second day, they divorced. After that, Qin Huai would never be able to forget his ex-wife. He asked his friends to take care of Bai Xiao Mi. Under the care of the bookseller, Bai Xiaomi finally became famous one day and became a popular writer. However, her ex-husband couldn't help but appear before her again and again. Finally, when she was about to be engaged to another man, he asked to remarry. Bai Xiaomi was unwilling to remarry, and her ex-husband was pressing her even further. She was finally at the end of her tether, agreeing to remarry her ex-husband. However, this was only the beginning of her revenge ...

Hu Qingchuan, a young man who came to the beautiful riverside from the ancient capital Xi'an to fight for his job, and the beautiful and lonely beautiful landlady created sparks that crossed the ages, but due to the age difference, this sister-in-law relationship was not tolerated in the secular world. After failing, they chose a different life. But fate could not separate them. When they met again, things were different. Fate had brought them to the brink of despair, and had also left their love forever in this sky by the riverside. The song finally ended. Everything will be over, and what will never go away is the pure love between the little man and her sister Man-jie!

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.

From Nausicaä to Sailor Moon, understanding girl heroines of manga and anime within otaku culture.

This book primarily examines human-animal and human-plant interactions in Asian forests (Southeast Asia and Japan) and inland waters (China). For comparison, cases from the Americas (whales in the Arctic, sea turtles in the Caribbean, and plants in the Amazon) and Central Asia are also included. The relationship between plants, animals, and humans in Asia is quite unique from a global perspective. For example, "satoyama" in Japan means ecotone area, or the boundary between a village and a forest. There, as the number of inhabitants declines, bears, wild boars, and other animals increasingly ravage crops, sometimes attacking humans as well. By showing the regional nature of human-animal and human-plant interactions in Asia, this book provides for the first time a framework for understanding the world's animal and plant-human relationships. It is assumed that the relationships between humans and animals and plants during this period were diverse, including hunting, taming, semi-domestication, and full domestication. At the same time, for regions outside of Asia, the extent to which these diverse relationships were adapted and how diversity was formed is explained from the perspective of historical ecology. Customers can expect to derive perspectives on the coexistence of human-animal and plant-animal relationships from this book in the near future. The conservation of rare species, diverse habitats, and biodiversity is a central theme in considering the relationship between modern civilization and the global environment. In post-industrial Japan, one focus has been the protection of iconic animals such as storks, crested ibis, dugongs, and sea turtles, while damage to crops and humans by deer, wild boars, monkeys, bears, and other common animals has become an important social issue. How can the world's 7.7 billion-plus people live in harmony with other species? We would like to get some hints on how to solve the problems we are facing.

This is a true story of love for the internet generation - the international bestseller that sold over a million copies. This wonderfully unique book from Japan derives from a series of postings over a three-month period to a particularly computer-geeky thread of 2 Channel, the world's largest anonymous Message Board. The events all took place in Tokyo. One day a shy otaku computer geek mentioned on the message forum how he had met a girl on a subway train. As things developed he continued to post updates to the message board. He gained the nickname 'Train Man'. With each update from bashful Train Man, his fellow correspondents throw in own colourful speculations, boyish encouragements, tongue-in-cheek warnings, and fabulously inventive ascii text drawings. Train Man tries to take on board their comments as events unfold. Eventually he finds love with the girl, Hermes, and reveals to her the entire history of the thread. The true identity of Train Man remains a closely guarded secret.

From writer Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic and Shadow Service) and artist Nelson Dániel (Detective Pikachu, TMNT, Clue), Pacific Rim: Blackout allows readers to revisit the world of Netflix’s Original Anime Series Pacific Rim: The Black in an all-new prequel adventure featuring fan favorite character Herc Hansen. Herc Hanson, the PPDC Ranger returns as a world-weary jaeger pilot dragged into battle as an influx of kaiju threatens to destroy the Australian continent and all its inhabitants. Along with his niece Olivia, his copilot Cooper, and Marshal Rask, Herc faces brand-new kaiju of epic proportions while battling his own inner demons.

Tokyo is ground zero for Japan's famous "geek" or otaku culture--a phenomenon that has now swept across the globe. This is the most comprehensive Japan travel guide ever produced which features Tokyo's geeky underworld. It provides a comprehensive run-down of each major Tokyo district where geeks congregate, shop, play and hang out--from hi-tech Akihabara and trendy Harajuku to newer and lesser-known haunts like chic Shimo-Kita and working-class Ikebukuro. Dozens of iconic shops, restaurants, cafes and clubs in each area are described in loving detail with precise directions to get to each location. Maps, URLs, opening hours and over 400 fascinating color photographs bring you around Tokyo on an unforgettable trip to the centers of Japanese manga, anime and geek culture. Interviews with local otaku experts and people on the street let you see the world from their perspective and provide insights into Tokyo and Japanese culture, which will only continue to spread around the globe. Japanese pop culture, in its myriad forms, is more widespread today than ever before--with J-Pop artists playing through speakers everywhere, Japanese manga filling every bookstore; anime cartoons on TV; and toys and video games, like Pokemon Go, played by tens of millions of people. Swarms of visitors come to Tokyo each year on a personal quest to soak in all the otaku-related sights and enjoy Japanese manga, anime, gaming and idol culture at its very source. This is the go-to resource for those planning a trip, or simply dreaming of visiting one day!