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Issue: Natsume's Book of Friends #1
Publication Date: January 2010
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Issues: #1 of 24 Issues
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Publisher: FlagViz
Brand: Shojo Beat
Indicia Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC
On Sale Date: 01/13/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 212
ISBN: 9781421532431
UPC/EAN: 978142153243150999
Price: $12.99 CAD
$9.99 USD
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Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Pancha Diaz
Disclose Notes: All chapter page counts include a title page for the chapter. The chapters are named in the afterword.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers; Black and White Interiors
Dimensions: 5" x 7.5"
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Yuki Midorikawa
Inker(s): Yuki Midorikawa
Colorist(s): Yuki Midorikawa ?
Letterer(s): Sabrina Heep ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Natsume's Book of Friends
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From Issue: Flag夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] #1 published January 2005
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 1: Nyanko Sensei's Grand Entrance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)
Penciller(s): Yuki Midorikawa
Inker(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Sabrina Heep (touchup)
Letterer(s): Sabrina Heep
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Natsume's Book of Friends
Synopsis: Takashi Natsume inherits his grandmother's ability to see Yokai, invisible spirits. He also inherits a book she made where she had captured their names. The Yokai come after him, wanting their names back. He befriends Nyanko Sensei, a Yokai who looks like a ceramic cat who agrees to help him return the names to the Yokai in return for getting the Book of Friends when Takashi dies.
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From Issue: Flag夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] #1 published January 2005
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Pages: 50
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Chapter 2: The Dew God

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)
Penciller(s): Yuki Midorikawa
Inker(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Sabrina Heep (touchup)
Letterer(s): Sabrina Heep
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Natsume's Book of Friends
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From Issue: Flag夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] #1 published January 2005
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Pages: 50
Disclose Notes: Includes several "side-notes" where the author discusses the work.
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Chapter 3: Natsume vs. Human

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)
Penciller(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Tamao Ohki
Inker(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Tamao Ohki; Sabrina Heep (touchup)
Letterer(s): Sabrina Heep
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Natsume's Book of Friends
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From Issue: Flag夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] #1 published January 2005
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Pages: 50
Disclose Notes: In this chapter Tamao Ohki, one of Yuki Midorikawa's assistants, is given a side-panel to illustrate. Yuki Midorikawa praises her use of screen-tone.
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Chapter 4: The Swallow Underwater

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation and adaptation)
Penciller(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Chika
Inker(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Chika; Sabrina Heep (touchup)
Letterer(s): Sabrina Heep
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Natsume's Book of Friends
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From Issue: Flag夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] #1 published January 2005
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Pages: 40
Disclose Notes: Chika is one of Yuki Midorikawa's assistants. In this chapter, Chika is given one of the side-panels to illustrate and Yuki praises their use of black paint.
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Afterword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Lillian Olsen (translation)
Penciller(s): Yuki Midorikawa
Inker(s): Yuki Midorikawa; Sabrina Heep (touchup)
Letterer(s): Sabrina Heep
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From Issue: Flag夏目友人帳 [Natsume Yūjin-chō] [Natsume's Book of Friends] #1 published January 2005partially reprinted, partially new?
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Includes a thank you to the readers, brief descriptions (and names) of each of the chapters. Also a short biography of Yuki Midorikawa, a page of notes for English readers and a small bibliography of Yuki Midorikawa's other works.

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