Hiroyuki Takei

In medieval Japan, it's a hard life for a stray cat. Every day is filled with struggles and prejudice, from oppression by fellow cats working for cruel masters to extortion by catnip druglords. But being a stray also means incredible pride and independence. The wandering samurai Norachiyo has no master, though he still wears the telltale bell of a cat who has a "person." This rogue warrior travels across Japan, protecting the weak and cutting down...

MEWSHIDO In medieval Japan, it's a hard life for a stray cat. Every day is filled with struggles and prejudice, from oppression by fellow cats working for cruel masters to extortion by catnip druglords. But being a stray also means incredible pride and independence. The wandering samurai Norachiyo has no master, though he still wears the telltale bell of a cat who has a "person." This rogue warrior travels across Japan, protecting the weak and cutting...

Stray cat samurai Norachiyo wants nothing more than to leave his cruel past behind and live his nine lives in peace, but there are some cats he just can't get off his tail. After joining forces with an unlikely duo-the son of a catnip drug lord and his fellow feline warrior-in-training-Norachiyo comes face-to-face with an old foe: Shiriya Abyhei, the malicious member of the secret police who's been in pursuit of Norachiyo from the very start. Can...

"Fourteen years after the Shaman Fight, the legacy of Yoh Asakura lives on in Funbari Hill. His son, Hana, inherits the family's powers--but that's a big burden on an aspiring shaman! Hana also faces another challenge--two mysterious descendants from a distant branch of the Asakura family tree. The journey continues for Hana and the next generation of shamans..."--Provided by publisher. 

"Heir to the throne. Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead. High schooler Manta Oyamada doesn't know much about them, but that changes fast when his class welcomes a new transfer student from remote Izumo: Yoh Asakura, a shaman in training! Although he may just be starting out, Yoh's dream is a big one: to become the Shaman King, the one and only shaman who may commune with the Great Spirit...

Yoh Asakura is a junior-high shaman; he can talk to ghosts and spirits of nature, and contact the other world. Manta is a junior-high wiz kid who met Yoh one night when he was taking a shortcut through the cemetary. Together, they battle ghosts and other shamans, usually with Yoh channeling the skills of Amidamaru or other warrior ghosts.

An avalanche roars through Tokyo as Yoh, the prodigal shaman of Japan, fights Horohoro, ice-wielding shaman of the Ainu. Next, Yoh is pitted against Faust VIII, descendant of the European sorcerer who made the original deal with the devil.