Show-Ha Shoten!, Vol. 7

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!

The Wara-1 Koshien finals have finally begun! Despite having the first (and worst) spot in the line-up, Glass Slipper kicks off the competition with an unprecedented performance, setting a score that's nearly impossible to beat! And as if the contestants didn't already have odds stacked against them, One-Way Ticket's rivals Brutus have hatched a plan to sabotage the whole event... Are Azemichi and Taiyo's chances of winning about to go up in smoke?!

Author: Akinari Asakura
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 03/18/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781974752751
ISBN10: 1974752755
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | East Asian Style | Manga | General
- Comics & Graphic Novels | School Life
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous

About the Author
Akinari Asakura is a novelist whose previous works include the mysteries Ore de wa nai Enjou (I'm Not the One Being Flamed), Kyoushitsu ga, Hitori ni naru made (Until I'm 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 "New Hope" Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakuman。and All You Need Is Kill.