{"product_id":"keep-your-hands-off-eizouken-volume-8-9781506749754","title":"Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Volume 8","description":"\u003cb\u003eContinues the story beyond the end of the \u003ci\u003eEizouken\u003c\/i\u003e anime! \n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKanamori may love making money--but no matter the price, she's not going to sell out Eizouken's creative vision! \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was the trailer they made for \u003ci\u003eClutch That Machete With Strength! \u003c\/i\u003ethat convinced Sowande, the strong-willed secretary of the Student Council, to approve Eizouken as a campus club at Shibahama High. But Sowande has warned Eizouken all along that if they try to win an audience for their anime outside the school, they risk a collision between their creative freedom as amateur students, and the grown-up world of media and politicians. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow that clash has finally come, as the committee of TV anime pros judging their full-length version of \u003ci\u003eClutch That Machete With Strength! \u003c\/i\u003ewant its length to be just a bit shorter...meaning, they want the blood cut out of the battle scenes. If their experienced elders in the industry are trapped in a cozy image of what young people's anime should be, what can Eizouken do to free their minds? There's more than the three million yen in prize money at stake for Eizouken--if nevertheless they persist, they may find their club disbanded!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sumito Oowara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dark Horse Manga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.21h x 5.11w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506749754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSumito Oowara\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1993 in Kanagawa prefecture in Japan. His father's agricultural school background and involvement in Scouting gave him an interest in nature as a child. Oowara's parents and older sister both drew, and encouraged his own drawing from an early age. As a young student he was bullied because of his learning difficulties in math and kanji, to the extent he avoided attending classes--until he decided to use his drawing skill as a \"means of self-defense,\" to assert a place for himself among his peers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA member of his film club in high school, Oowara originally drew \u003ci\u003eEizouken \u003c\/i\u003eas an amateur manga (\u003ci\u003edoujinshi\u003c\/i\u003e). Scouted by Japanese manga publisher Shogakukan at the self-publishing convention Comitia (also where \u003ci\u003eTrigun\u003c\/i\u003e's Yasuhiro Nightow began his career), Oowara developed \u003ci\u003eEizouken \u003c\/i\u003einto a full-length manga series, making his professional debut in \u003ci\u003eMonthly Big Comic Spirits \u003c\/i\u003emagazine in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sumito Oowara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44019065094207,"sku":"9781506749754","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/0710\/5855\/files\/9781506749754.jpg?v=1790813007","url":"https:\/\/casitamanga.com\/products\/keep-your-hands-off-eizouken-volume-8-9781506749754","provider":"Casita Manga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}