{"product_id":"show-ha-shoten-vol-1-9781974736829","title":"Show-Ha Shoten!, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (\u003ci\u003eDeath Note\u003c\/i\u003e)!\u003c\/b\u003e \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShy 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! \r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHigashikata ropes Shijima into performing in a comedy duo with him at a school show. Inspired by their guaranteed success, Higashikata asks Shijima to join him in an audacious dream--to rise to the top of Japan's comedy scene by winning major events in both stand-up and sketch comedy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akinari Asakura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viz Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Show-Ha Shoten! #1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781974736829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkinari Asakura is a novelist whose previous works include the mysteries \u003ci\u003eOre de wa nai Enjou\u003c\/i\u003e (I'm Not the One Being Flamed), \u003ci\u003eKyoushitsu ga, Hitori ni naru made\u003c\/i\u003e (Until I'm Alone in the Classroom), \u003ci\u003e Noir Revenant\u003c\/i\u003e, and the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eRokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei\u003c\/i\u003e (Six Lying College Students). This is his first full-length work as a manga writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTakeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title\u003ci\u003e Hikaru no Go\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei \"New Hope\" Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit \u003ci\u003eDeath Note\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the hugely successful manga \u003ci\u003eBakuman。\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAll You Need Is Kill.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akinari Asakura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917374033983,"sku":"9781974736829","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/0710\/5855\/files\/9781974736829.jpg?v=1770654636","url":"https:\/\/casitamanga.com\/products\/show-ha-shoten-vol-1-9781974736829","provider":"Casita Manga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}