Best Selling Books by Atsushi

Tsugumi knows firsthand how difficult it can be to find your perfect partner at Death Weapon Meister Academy. So when fellow dorm-dweller Jacqueline admits her desire to be partnered with Kim-the notorious "Witch of the Girls'' Dorm"-Tsugumi is eager to help her friend. But Kim''s prickly personality makes it seemingly impossible for anyone to get close to her, let alone a prospective partner. Why is Kim so intent on keeping everyone away?

Tsugumi Harudori is in love with life at DWMA, but she still hasn''t made a decision on whether to take Meme or Anya as her meister. Anya has delivered an ultimatum: Tsugumi must make her choice by Halloween--and the clock is ticking! Can Tsugumi make up her mind in time, and without hurting one of her friends? It''s a savage but super-fun life!

Humanoid Robots: Modeling and Control provides systematic presentation of the models used in the analysis, design and control of humanoid robots. The book starts with a historical overview of the field, a summary of the current state of the art achievements and an outline of the related fields of research. It moves on to explain the theoretical foundations in terms of kinematic, kineto-static and dynamic relations. Further on, a detailed overview of biped balance control approaches is presented. Models and control algorithms for cooperative object manipulation with a multi-finger hand, a dual-arm and a multi-robot system are also discussed. One of the chapters is devoted to selected topics from the area of motion generation and control and their applications. The final chapter focuses on simulation environments, specifically on the step-by-step design of a simulator using the Matlab® environment and tools. This book will benefit readers with an advanced level of understanding of robotics, mechanics and control such as graduate students, academic and industrial researchers and professional engineers. Researchers in the related fields of multi-legged robots, biomechanics, physical therapy and physics-based computer animation of articulated figures can also benefit from the models and computational algorithms presented in the book. Provides a firm theoretical basis for modelling and control algorithm design Gives a systematic presentation of models and control algorithms Contains numerous implementation examples demonstrated with 43 video clips

Sumire Takahana was a seemingly normal school girl cursed with the ability to see malevolent ghosts know as "Viruses". But her life comes to a dramatic crossroads after a run-in with a Gothic Lolita-clad monster killer named Lucia Nahashia. Not content to stay on the sidelines while these Viruses prey on the weak, Sumire decides to join forces with the mysterious eyepatch-wearing Lucia to hunt down the Viruses before they can hurt anyone else.

Ding-dong! DEAD-dong! Join the fun, everyday adventures of Tsugumi, Anya, and Meme in the NOT class at Death Weapon Meister Academy. Though class is in session, it won''t stop the students of DWMA from joining in on the preparation and excitement for the annual Death Festival held on Halloween. But it seems the girls'' carefree school days are in for a rude awakening with a shocking betrayal! In the midst of celebration, the witch Shaula Gorgon sets her nefarious schemes into motion...and the NOT-class students being to attack?! Armed with an antidote to the witch''s poison, the girls face off against Shaula and a dear friend. But can they regain their precious friendship memories, or will the witch prevail?! Read the next installment of Soul Eater NOT! simultaneously with its Japanese release to find out!

Experience the quirky, action-packed adventures of Maka and Soul Eater like never before, with this all-new, deluxe collector''s edition to celebrate Atsushi Ohkubo''s global hit!! The saga of the Meisters and their Weapons takes on a whole new look in the gorgeous Soul Eater: Perfect Edition! Dive into Maka and Soul''s adventures in a unique larger format on high-end paper stock that maximizes the dynamic art of the series! Each volume of this deluxe omnibus edition of the megahit manga includes the content of approximately 1½ original volumes, the original color pages, an updated translation and lettering, and to top it all off, brand-new cover art drawn by creator Atsushi Ohkubo himself!

Nekonaki''s ultimate duo-Taiga and Raiga-is back and ready to rumble! As Ryuusei and the town''s brawniest thugs rush to capture the infiltrators, sly cats and traitors emerge from the rubble... ...and to top it off, they''ve got a ferocious weapon on their side-cat chow!

Le combat de Hyaku pour retrouver ses 48 membres et organes dérobés par les "creech" touche à sa fin. En ce jour anniversaire de la fin de la guerre, la colère des créatures opprimées explose en un acte terroriste qui secoue la ville. Au coeur de la panique, comme guidée par le destin, Hyaku rencontre son père. De sa bouche, elle apprend tout de son effrayant passé... De son côté, Doro est en grand danger : le terrible secret de ses origines est sur le point de le rattraper !

Three shady thugs show up in Nekonaki, and they''re taking over the town one rough-and-tumble tom at a time! To top it all off, as Ryuusei and the crew sharpen their claws for the next brawl, they get an unexpected visit from Taiga''s exiled brother-the formidable fighter Raiga!

Rational synthesis of extended arrays of organic matter in bulk, solution, crystals, and thin films has always been a paramount goal of chemistry. The classical synthetic tools to obtain long-range regularity are, however, limited to noncovalent interactions, which usually yield structurally more random products. Hence, a combination of porosity and regularity in organic covalently bonded materials requires not only the design of molecular building blocks that allow for growth into a nonperturbed, regular geometry but also a condensation mechanism that progresses under reversible, thermodynamic, self-optimizing conditions. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a variety of 2D crystalline porous materials composed of light elements, resemble an sp2-carbon-based graphene sheet but have a different molecular skeleton formed by orderly linkage of building blocks to constitute a flat organic sheet. COFs have attracted considerable attention in the past decade because of their versatile applications in gas storage and separation, catalysis, sensing, drug delivery, and optoelectronic materials development. Compared to other porous materials, COFs allow for atomically precise control of their architectures by changing the structure of their building blocks, whereby the shapes and sizes of their pores can be well-tuned. Covalent Organic Frameworks is a compilation of different topics in COF research, from COF design and synthesis, crystallization, and structural linkages to the theory of gas sorption and various applications of COFs, such as heterogeneous catalysts, energy storage (e.g., semiconductors and batteries), and biomedicine. This handbook will appeal to anyone interested in nanotechnology and new materials of gas adsorption and storage, heterogeneous catalysts, electronic devices, and biomedical devices.

Shotaro continues his search for Emine in the I.C. Prefecture. But a careless comment sends him on the run from an angry kappa. Meanwhile, Mana is eager to enter the Robot Fight Tournament - sponsored by the "Happy Factory" - and get another commendation, but Yohei senses there''s something far more sinister than the tournament going on at the Fear Factory . . . That doesn''t stop him from building a powerful battle robot that''s guaranteed to take home the prize. Just when Mana is confident of her victory, the Fear Robot itself steps into the arena - with NoFix the King of Spin at the helm!

Ding-dong! DEAD-dong! Join the fun, everyday adventures of Tsugumi, Anya, and Meme in the NOT class at Death Weapon Meister Academy. Though class is in session, it won''t stop the students of DWMA from joining in on the preparation and excitement for the annual Death Festival held on Halloween. But it seems the girls'' carefree school days are in for a rude awakening with a shocking betrayal! In the midst of celebration, the witch Shaula Gorgon sets her nefarious schemes into motion...and the NOT-class students being to attack?! Alone they can accomplish nothing, but together the girls can face anything. And in the midst of battle, Tsugumi finally makes her choice?! Read the action-packed conclusion of Soul Eater NOT! simultaneously with its Japanese release!

14 international creators—all renowned and all unique—present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms.

He’s in love with Ayumi, but if he confesses his feelings, the world as we know it, is over. Jindo does nothing but wants him to love her as she sets up her wildly sexy traps for him. Poor Koki Nakagawa is already exhausted over having to pivot between these two, when a mysterious, well-to-do young woman named Tenshi Konoe shows up out of nowhere and starts gunning for him! “Does that mean I have a chance...?” Will it be the world, her, or this new third choice, Heaven!? The supremely extravagant, ultimate choice romcom is headed for an even richer development!!

They''ve been observing from the shadows, but no more! Sonoka''s minions finally reveal their presence, and they''ve set their sights on ripping out the hearts of every person with the power of Vision. And that means only one thing--it''s up to Lucia, Sumire, and Nahashi to track down each and every client Venus Vangard has ever defended before it''s too late!

The Mordell conjecture (Faltings''s theorem) is one of the most important achievements in Diophantine geometry, stating that an algebraic curve of genus at least two has only finitely many rational points. This book provides a self-contained and detailed proof of the Mordell conjecture following the papers of Bombieri and Vojta. Also acting as a concise introduction to Diophantine geometry, the text starts from basics of algebraic number theory, touches on several important theorems and techniques (including the theory of heights, the Mordell–Weil theorem, Siegel''s lemma and Roth''s lemma) from Diophantine geometry, and culminates in the proof of the Mordell conjecture. Based on the authors'' own teaching experience, it will be of great value to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in algebraic geometry and number theory, as well as researchers interested in Diophantine geometry as a whole.

KAPITAN BURNS PONOSI MĘCZEŃSKĄ ŚMIERĆ! CZY ÓSEMCE UDA SIĘ WYDOSTAĆ Z WIĘZIENIA?! Aby uratować Oubiego, jego zastęp wdziera się do wielkiego więzienia Fuchuu! To tam Burns traci życie, a Ósemka znajduje się w śmiertelnym zagrożeniu spowodowanym przez jednego z “Rzeźników”, Dragona~! W ostatniej chwili pojawia się jednak tajemniczy wybawca, który przedstawia się jako “Moonlight Mask”! W tym samym czasie sojusznicy, którzy ufają Ósemkce pomimo jej statusu zdrajców Cesarstwa, ruszają do akcji. Jaką szokującą prawdę o ludzkim zapłonie pozna Hibana, gdy odwiedzi ruiny zakony, w którym niegdyś się wychowywała?! POWSTRZYMAJCIE ROSNĄCE W SIŁĘ ZŁO I WIELKI KATAKLIZM!

To zjawisko ?ludzkiego zapłonu?, w wyniku którego niewinni ludzie nagle stają w ogniu i zmieniają się w płomiennych ? przerażające potwory siejące zniszczenie bez opamiętania. Zadaniem specjalnych sił przeciwpożarowych jest ich zwalczanie, a także rozwiązanie zagadki ludzkiego zapłonu i uratowanie populacji przed spaleniem żywcem! Właśnie dlatego Shinra Kusakabe, młodzieniec przezywany ?Demonem?, chcąc zostać bohaterem, wstępuje do Specjalnych Sił Przeciwpożarowych, gdzie każdego dnia wspólnie z towarzyszami rzuca się w wir walki z ogniem! Oto początek płomiennego battle fantasy! -- w tym tomie -- Ósemka wykonała swój pierwszy ruch, infiltrując należącą do Haijimy i przeprowadzającą brutalne eksperymenty na dzieciach pracownię badań nad pirokinetykami, w której Shinra przebywał przed laty. Młody funkcjonariusz udaje się do placówki wraz z Lichtem, który sam przyznał się do bycia szpiegiem. Na miejscu Shinra trafia na Kurono, “Boga śmierci” czerpiącego przyjemność ze znęcania się nad słabymi istotami. Podczas testu bojowego z użyciem umiejętności pirokinetycznych Shinra z trudem stawia opór jego technice kontrolującej czarny dym. W czasie trwania pojedynku przetrzymywany w placówce Nataku Son doznaje przebudzenia Adolla Burst! Rozpoczyna się wielka starcie Ósemki z Haijimą! Niespodziewane pojawienie się intruzów tylko zaostrza konflikt!

Boi się go cały świat? To zjawisko ?ludzkiego zapłonu?, w wyniku którego niewinni ludzie nagle stają w ogniu i zmieniają się w płomiennych ? przerażające potwory siejące zniszczenie bez opamiętania. Zadaniem specjalnych sił przeciwpożarowych jest ich zwalczanie, a także rozwiązanie zagadki ludzkiego zapłonu i uratowanie populacji przed spaleniem żywcem! Właśnie dlatego Shinra Kusakabe, młodzieniec przezywany ?Demonem?, chcąc zostać bohaterem, wstępuje do Specjalnych Sił Przeciwpożarowych, gdzie każdego dnia wspólnie z towarzyszami rzuca się w wir walki z ogniem! Oto początek płomiennego battle fantasy! -- w tym tomie -- SHINRA WPADŁ W FURIĘ! PORA NA PŁOMIENNY POJEDYNEK BOHATERA I RYCERZA! Tajemnicza kobieta, która pojawiła się wraz z Adolla Link, wywołuje u Shinry atak brutalnego szału. Arthur staje z nim w szranki, żeby go okiełznać! Coraz więcej wiadomo o prawdziwym celu Ewangelisty i jego podwładnych. Okazuje się, że wróg dąży do zebrania użytkowników Adolla Burst, którzy mają posłużyć wywołaniu wielkiego kataklizmy jako tak zwane “Filary”. Pojawienie się nowego posiadacza Adolla Burst oznacza się kolejne starcie funkcjonariuszy SSP z ludźmi Ewangelisty!

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Japan produces approximately half of the world''s eels and the Japanese are the acknowledged experts on eel culture. This new edition of a widely popular book, authored by an expert, sets out in detail the practices in eel culture as developed in Japan and covers all the new techniques and developments which have revolutionised methods in recent years. The text explains how the principles so successfully developed in Japan can be applied elsewhere and this book will, therefore, be invaluable to aquaculturists worldwide.

These notes are devoted to a systematic study of developing the Tomita-Takesaki theory for von Neumann algebras in unbounded operator algebras called O*-algebras and to its applications to quantum physics. The notions of standard generalized vectors and standard weights for an O*-algebra are introduced and they lead to a Tomita-Takesaki theory of modular automorphisms. The Tomita-Takesaki theory in O*-algebras is applied to quantum moment problem, quantum statistical mechanics and the Wightman quantum field theory. This will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the field of (unbounded) operator algebras and mathematical physics.

Maki provides an empirical analysis of law and economics by reevaluating Myrdal''s value premises and Weber''s separation of analysis and policy. In modern civil society, individuals and businesses conduct economic activities through markets. The mainstream economic theory is the general equilibrium theory, which assumes a perfectly competitive market. The upshot is that transactions through competitive markets maximize the economic welfare of society, with policies such as deregulation and privatization being implemented with the backing of the law. However, in the real economy, legal transactions do not always take place, and this book analyzes price-fixing and bid-rigging cases. These cases show that there is a gap between competition philosophy and legislation. Using the real economy as data, this book conducts an empirical analysis of law and economics and illustrates issues related to the ideals of economics and the proper application of law. Accumulating empirical results will provide the means to form a healthy civil society. A useful reference for graduate students and researchers in economics and legal research, and an interesting read for those who consider economics to be an empirical science.

This monograph is intended to present the fundamentals of the theory of abstract parabolic evolution equations and to show how to apply to various nonlinear dif- sion equations and systems arising in science. The theory gives us a uni?ed and s- tematic treatment for concrete nonlinear diffusion models. Three main approaches are known to the abstract parabolic evolution equations, namely, the semigroup methods, the variational methods, and the methods of using operational equations. In order to keep the volume of the monograph in reasonable length, we will focus on the semigroup methods. For other two approaches, see the related references in Bibliography. The semigroup methods, which go back to the invention of the analytic se- groups in the middle of the last century, are characterized by precise formulas representing the solutions of the Cauchy problem for evolution equations. The ?tA analytic semigroup e generated by a linear operator ?A provides directly a fundamental solution to the Cauchy problem for an autonomous linear e- dU lution equation, +AU =F(t), 0

In pursuit of obtaining a time machine to save the world, the boys discover an island on α-Jumbro that’s brimming with the precious mineral known as Dagmatite. They rush to investigate this auspicious find, but the galaxy’s worst bassball team, the Rubonoans, are already there conducting their off-season practice! And the only way they will leave is if the Agravity Boys beat them in a game of bassball! Shouldn’t be too hard, right? It’s just the entire fate of humanity hinging one measly bassball game. -- VIZ Media