age-range T+ Rated for 16+ artist-author Harold Sakuishi genre Comedy/Drama manufacturer Tokyopop

Beck Mongolian Chop Squad volume 1 Fourteen-year-old Yukio Tanaka is one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. His shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Rocker Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryuske has just returned to Japan from America, and when he inspires Yukio to get into music, the two begin a journey through the world of rock'n'roll dreams! $9.99