Minana Kurusu is a girl who aspires to be a guide in a library. She came to the Kokoro Library during spring break for hands-on training. She loves to read books. The color of her librarian uniform is green. She appears exclusively in the "Communication Library" PC software. Media Manga Kokoro Library began serialization in the April 2000 issue of Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh. It ran until the July 2002 issue, ending on 51 chapters in all. It was collected and published in a set of three A5 loose-leaf volumes between April 2001 and August 2002, under the Dengeki Comics Ex imprint. "A Fan Book" was released in June 2002 containing artwork and interviews. Kokoro Library was reprinted in April 2013 in two smaller paperback volumes under the Gum Comics Plus imprint. These volumes featured new cover art by Nobuyuki Takagi which pays homage to the original April 2000 Dengeki Daioh cover. A German translation was released by Egmont Ehapa in 2004. To date, the manga has not received an official English release. Chapter list Anime The October 2001 issue of Dengeki Daioh announced the adaption of Kokoro Library into an anime. The first episode aired on TV Tokyo on Friday, October 12, 2001, at 01:15am JST (the night of Thursday, October 11 at 25:15am). Its time slot was used in the previous cours by Noir, and was followed in that slot by Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution. The final free-to-air television episode of Kokoro Library was episode 12, which aired on December 28, 2001 (the night of December 27). It was followed by a bonus thirteenth episode, which aired only on premium channel AT-X on February 17, 2002. A repeat of all 13 episodes aired on AT-X in 2002, again on that channel from November 2003 and again from on March 1, 2005. The series was released in Japan on VHS and DVD in 2002. The first DVD was released January 23, 2002, containing a single episode for ¥2,500. Subsequent volumes were released monthly, containing two episodes per disc for ¥5,800, with the second disc including a box to hold all seven volumes. The first VHS was released on February 21, 2002, containing four episodes for ¥9,800, with each subsequent tape containing three episodes for ¥8,500, for a total of four tapes. Both releases included the thirteenth bonus episode. The final DVD was released on July 24, 2002. The