Natsume: 99 books

An apartment in Italy. In four of the rooms live four single men with singular personalities. Into this peculiar ménage steps an exchange student, the new tenant of the fifth room. Brought together by chance, friends by choice, they pursue their dreams together as the days drift gently by.

In this volume, Claudio reminisces about when he was a young, insecure waiter just getting his feet wet. Vanna gets to the bottom of why Teo’s stubborn lack of ambition prevents him from living up to his full potential in the kitchen. A woman running a streak of bad luck finds cheer when Gabriella...

Danza is a collection of stories about being a foreigner, sometimes even in your own home. Quiet, comtemplative and subtle, Danza collects some of Ono's best short work.

Crimson Magic Clan members Megumin and Yunyun are at the top of their class, but they still have a lot to learn. Yunyun's begun learning advanced magic, but Megumin has gone down a different path-the path of explosion magic! Despite being warned of its limited usefulness, Megumin believes explosion...

One of Japan's most popular novels, this timeless tale of a changing society combines old idealism with modern independence. Written in 1906 and loosely based on the author's life, it recounts the experiences of a teacher who moves from Tokyo to an isolated town. Botchan — rash and impulsive in...

Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies No. 72 Shirai Dôya is a man of letters, a man of principles. His principles sometimes stand in the way of his teaching career, but his writing allows him to openly address "today's youth" with stern conviction—although he is still unable...

The war against the Demon King has put the kingdom in a financial bind. In order to get some monetary assistance from the neighboring kingdom, Princess Iris has been engaged to their prince! But Kazuma's not about to take that lying down. Volunteering to be Iris's escort as she travels to meet her...

Il Novecento è appena iniziato in Giappone, e l'era Meiji sembra aver restituito onore e grandezza al paese facendone una nazione moderna. Per il gatto protagonista di queste pagine, però, un'oscura follia aleggia nell'aria, nel Giappone all'alba del XX secolo. Il nostro eroe vive, infatti, a casa...

Noncommutative differential geometry is a novel approach to geometry, aimed in part at applications in physics. It was founded in the early eighties by the 1982 Fields Medalist Alain Connes on the basis of his fundamental works in operator algebras. It is now a very active branch of mathematics with...

After declaring that she wants to bear Kazuma's child, Yunyun reads a startling letter addressed to her designated baby daddy and runs off to Crimson Magic Village! Kazuma and the gang give chase, but the way to the village is packed with monsters-many of whom are looking for mates! By the time they...

Kaburagi and Onoe still bicker constantly, but at the end of the day they’re firmly in love. But suddenly Kaburagi’s sister Noriko shows up! Apparently, the two of them don’t get along very well…or at all, really. But Noriko does manage to hit it off with Onoe, and the two start hatching plots to knock Kaburagi’s ego down a peg or three…

Just as Masa is settling into his new life as part of the Five Leaves, the gang’s spy, Matsukichi, vanishes. After discovering that the reticent Matsu’s disappearance is linked to an unresolved difficulty in his past, Masa decides to try to help him. To do so, he enlists the aid of the samurai...

Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke was persuaded to join the kidnapping ring “Five Leaves” after drawing the interest of its charismatic leader, Yaichi. At Yaichi’s prompting he becomes employed as a guard for Katsuraya, a house of ill repute. However, after succumbing to illness he withdraws...