My September acquisitions reflect my final farewell to Borders, the primary source for my new manga purchases for a very long time. I’m very sad to see the store go, especially as Borders was the only remaining general bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor. We have some very nice specialty bookstores, and some general bookstores within driving distance, but it’s just not the same. The only good thing for me to come from Borders closing was the huge going-out-of-business sales. I picked up a ton of manga (and other books) at a significant discount, which also allowed me to try some titles that I would have most likely passed over otherwise. September 2011’s Bookshelf Overload will probably be the longest list of acquisitions you’ll see for a while as my manga buying habits will have to change. Borders, I will miss you tremendously.
Manga!
20th Century Boys, Volumes 9-10, 13-16 by Naoki Urasawa
Code:Breaker, Volumes 1-2 by Akimine Kamijō
Finder, Volume 4: Prisoner in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane
Flowers and Bees, Volume 1 by Moyoco Anno
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Volumes 2-3 by Mahiro Maeda
Grand Guignol Orchestra, Volume 1 by Kaori Yuki
Hero Tales, Volumes 1-4 by Hiromu Arakawa
Hikaru no Go, Volumes 1-5 written by Yumi Hotta, illustrated by Takeshi Obata
House of Five Leaves, Volume 4 by Natsume Ono
I’ll Give It My All…Tomorrow, Volume 2 by Shunju Aono
Kurozakuro, Volumes 1-2 by Yoshinori Natsume
Library Wars: Love & War, Volume 6 by Kiiro Yumi
Lovers in the Night by Fumi Yoshinaga
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
Maoh: Juvenile Remix, Volume 2 by Megumi Osuga
Neko Ramen, Volumes 2-3 by Kenji Sonishi
Otomen, Volumes 6, 9 by Aya Kanno
A Place in the Sun by Lala Takemiya
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Volume 1 by Naoko Takeuchi
Read or Die, Volumes 3-4 by Hideyuki Kurata
Secretary’s Love by Tohko Akiba
Sensitive Pornograph by Ashika Sakura
Sugar Sugar Rune, Volume 1 by Moyoco Anno
Toriko, Volume 2 by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Truly Kindly by Fumi Yoshinaga
Comics!
Brody’s Ghost, Volume 1 by Mark Crilley
Megatokyo, Volume 6 by Frank Gallagher
Light Novels!
Calling You by Otsuichi
Genshiken: Return of the Otaku by Kazutoshi Iida
Novels!
The Cage of Zeus by Sayuri Ueda
The Ouroboros Wave by Jyouji Hayashi
Zoo by Otsuichi
Poetry!
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Onono Komachi and Izumi Shikibu
Anime!
Cromartie High School directed by Hiroaki Sakurai
Music!
Sports by Tokyo Jihen
Variety by Tokyo Jihen
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