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Map of Okishima Island, seen inside the cover of the 2003 English translation. Battle Royale takes place in a fictional fascist Japan in the year 1997. The state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (大東亜共和国, Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate World War II where Japan emerged victorious, and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.
Shōgun is a 1975 historical novel by author James Clavell that chronicles the end of Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603-1868). ). Loosely based on actual events and figures, Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restorat
After school, Yui and Kotoha talk about Sat-chan getting in trouble for putting superglue on a unicycle seat. Before Sat-chan arrives, Yui undermines Kotoha for being bad at a new video game that she bought three days ago. As part of Sat-chan's punishment, the Colors plan to gather litter. Using Saito's advice to play it smart, the Colors pick ...
Duma(h) or Douma (Aramaic) is the angel of silence and of the stillness of death. [3]Dumah is also the tutelary angel of Egypt, prince of Hell, and angel of vindication. The Zohar speaks of him as having "tens of thousands of angels of destruction" under him, and as being "Chief of demons in Gehinnom [i.e., Hell] with 12,000 myriads of attendants, all charged with the punishment of the souls ...
The group goes to investigate, during which more strange events begin to happen. Toru eventually returns home, causing Manami to start moving and talking. As Kotoha tries to convince Toru of Manami's death, Manami notices the group and absorbs energy from Toru, Kotoha, and Kiyoshiro while groups of Vilemon and Tsumemon watch.
Ao and Kotoha are nearly overwhelmed by the yōkai shadows appearing around them, but Yae saves them. Akina and Kyōsuke encounter Shinozuka and begin to fight him, and they are picked up by Ao and Kotoha, who reveal that the source of the yōkai energy is the tower in the center of the town. Kotoha conjures a railroad gun to attack the tower ...
Bad Behaviour (2015 book) Bad Boy (1953 book) The Bad Child's Book of Beasts; Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels; Bait (short story collection) Bakunin (biography) The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird; The Balkans Since 1453; Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood; The Barbizon (book) Bare-faced Messiah; Barlowe's Guide ...
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away; Binti (novella) Binti: Home; Binti: The Night Masquerade; Biography of X; The Bird King; The Blackford Oakes Reader; Blacklist (novel) The Blind Contessa's New Machine; Back Spin (novel) Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards; The Book of Goose; The Book of Koli; The Book of True Desires; Borne (novel)