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Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 9
Series: Show-ha Shoten!
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A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)! Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams...
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A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)!
Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might take the comedy world by storm!
Broken Glass Slipperβs first-place reign has finally come to an end! But will Sprechchor be able to defend their hard-won spot all the way to the end? Rising and Shiba Inu World Tour are ready to take the stage, and with the audienceβs laughter growing louder and louder, one of these two comedy duos may just bring down the roof!
Series: Show-ha Shoten!
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Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 10
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Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 9
A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)! Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might...Paperback$2099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 11
A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)! Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might...Paperback$2099Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781974758210
Publisher: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 January 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Contributors:
- By Takeshi Obata
- Illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 191.0mm
Weight: 177g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
Akinari Asakura is a novelist whose previous works include the mysteries Ore de wa nai Enjou (Iβm Not the One Being Flamed), Kyoushitsu ga, Hitori ni naru made (Until Iβm Alone in the Classroom), Noir Revenant, and the critically acclaimed Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei (Six Lying College Students). This is his first full-length work as a manga writer.
Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei βNew Hopeβ Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakumanγand All You Need Is Kill.
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