Japanese Comedy

Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.

In this gloriously over-the-top tale, Aoyama, a widower who has lived alone with his son ever since his wife died seven years before, finally decides it is time to remarry. Since Aoyama is a bit rusty when it comes to dating, a filmmaker friend proposes that, in order to attract the perfect wife, they do a casting call for a movie they don't intend to produce. As the resumes pile up, only one of the applicants catches Aoyama's attention - Yamasaki Asami - a striking young former ballerina with a mysterious past. But she is a far cry from the innocent young woman he imagines her to be.

A witch violinist, Romance bubbling in the cauldron, the return of a ghost and fairy… Throw in an overprotective daddy and freaky mobsters getting in the way. FREE on Kindle Unlimited! I’m Sophie Rowling. Violinist, witch, and wholehearted believer in Magic and Happily Ever After. A terminal case of musician’s block and lost magic used to be my biggest problems. Dante Walker. Tall, cocky, and mysterious Mr. Wrong… who turns out to be the magical cure for my musician’s block. After rescuing me from murderous kidnappers, he ends up spending the night with me, in the same bed, and…...

Bridget Jones meets James Bond! What happens when you stumble in the arms of a gorgeous man with DANGER! written all over? Especially, when you're stuck in your worst magical eclipse? FREE on Kindle Unlimited! I’m Sophie Rowling. I used to be a world-renowned violinist, until my world was turned upside down. Following a freak accident in Paris, I can’t remember how to play the violin anymore. To make matters worse, I’m supposed to perform for my childhood teacher’s retirement party, which is just weeks away. Usually I would turn to my BFFs, Jackie the ghost and Allegra the violin ...

After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper. Soon interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests and what follows is a madcap comedy of errors, involving a jealous husband, a drug-addled heiress, poisoned carrots - even a vampire. For someone who just wants to die, Hanio can't seem to catch a break, as he finds himself enmeshed in a continent-wide conspiracy that puts him in the crosshairs of both his own government and a powerful organized-crime syndicate.

This freewheeling black comedy features a bizarre cast of characters, including a Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one’s earlobe with a feather. By the end of this hilarious tale, they each have risen to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters—both personal and ecological— that destroy the rain forest and all birds of Brazil.

Tiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along on a boisterous trip across Asia, Tiller is catapulted from ordinary young man to talented protégé, and pulled into a series of ever more extreme and eye-opening experiences that transform his view of the world, of Pong, and of himself.

Dee, Misa, and Matt were the "three musketeers" of the psych ward. A year after discharge, Dee is eager to convince everyone that she’s finally turning things around. But Matt and Misa are tying the knot in Turks and Caicos, surrounded by guests who have no idea where they met, and the secrecy isn’t sitting well with Dee, who has been hopelessly in love with Matt since before she got kicked out of the hospital. So, when Dee arrives at the swanky resort with her high-voltage sister, Tilley, it’s now or never to confess how she feels.

This audiobook is for those who want an easy-to-follow guide that will make learning the Japanese language both fun and simple. This audiobook is specifically created for travelers, students, and businesspeople who visit Japan.

Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside—the food her Japanese father liked to eat. And then there is bubble tea and the vegetables grown by the other young artists at the London studio space she is secretly squatting in. But Lydia can't eat any of this. The only thing she can digest is blood, and it turns out that sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London—where she is living away from her vampire mother for the first time—is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.

"激動の時代、往年のヒロインたちは己の“生”をどう全うしたのか――事実6割！ 思い込み3割！ 嘘1割！講談界のニューヒロインによる荒唐無稽なエンターテイメント物語！？

一席5~10分でお子様向けに楽しく収録しています♪文化庁芸術祭賞大賞受賞の本格派が繰り広げる落語の世界。

古典落語の舞台を現代の子ども達の生活環境に置き換え、登場人物も現代っ子におきかえて仕立てた、『現代版古典落語絵本』。

言葉遊びや日本語のユーモア、話の運び方、そして声に出して心地いいテンポ。これらが全部含まれている落語を子ども向けにアレンジした絵本の第２弾。

古典落語の舞台を現代の子ども達の生活環境に置き換え、登場人物も現代っ子におきかえて仕立てた、『現代版古典落語絵本』。

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大人向けの落語を子供向けにダイジェストすることなく、かつ飽きさせない話術でたっぷり聴かせる名演の数々を、こども達の笑い声と共に、臨場感たっぷり聴かせるシリーズです。噺家が違えば同じ演目も違うストーリーに聴こえるが如く楽しめるのが落語の真骨頂!...

滑稽な医者の落語は、数多くあります。実際であれば、笑っていられないような内容ですが、落語の世界では許されてしまうのが不思議であり、 落語の値打ちと言えましょう。

皿屋敷伝説は全国各地にありますが、主人公の名前は、お菊に決まっているようです。劇中劇・現実・パロディという構成になっている滑稽怪談は、名作落語と言っても間違い無いでしょう。

Zwischen der Studentin Minako und ihrem Freund läuft es nicht gut. Als ihr attraktiver Tutor Kaoru davon Wind bekommt, macht er ihr ein unmoralisches Angebot: Er weiht sie in alle Geheimnisse der Lust ein, denn er arbeitet inkognito als Liebes-Coach. Einzige Bedingung: Minako darf sich nicht in ihn verlieben.

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