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Rachel Balzora Thorn

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Rachel Thorn was born May 12, 1965, in Pennsylvania. She first discovered manga (Japanese comics) as an exchange student at Konan University in 1985. In 1988, she began to study shōjo manga (girls' and women's comics) in earnest at the University of Illinois, where she earned a Master of Arts in East Asian & Pacific Studies. While shifting the focus of her study to what manga mean to the girls and women who read them, she also began professionally translating such manga as Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, Ranma 1/2, and Banana Fish. In 1991, she entered Columbia University's doctoral program in cultural anthropology. With a fellowship from the Japan Foundation, she conducted field work in the Hanshin area from 1994 to 1995. She earned a Mast ...more

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	Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1 by Yukito Kishiro, Fred Burke (Translator), Sterling Bell (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 11,958 ratings — published 1990 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nijigahara Holograph 3.69 avg rating — 5,913 ratings — published 2003 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banana Fish, Vol. 2 by Akimi Yoshida, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.49 avg rating — 3,796 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Son, Vol. 1 by Takako Shimura, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 3,410 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 (Saturn Apartments, #1) by Hisae Iwaoka, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Tomo Kimura (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 1,884 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saturn Apartments, Vol. 2 (Saturn Apartments #2) by Hisae Iwaoka, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Eric Erbes (Letterer and Touch-Up Artist) 3.86 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Otherworld Barbara, Volume 1 by Moto Hagio, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 4.05 avg rating — 413 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Son, Vol. 8 by Takako Shimura, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seduce Me After the Show by Est Em, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Blinds the Foolish by Est Em, Rachel Balzora Thorn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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