Yes, even the Kadokawa sales reps, and references to Kadokawa, are made in this manga. You get to learn the types of responsibilities each bookseller has on a certain day, how they prepare when an anticipated title comes out or how they handle a title that’s surging in popularity, and how they manage to deal with different types of people - from your standard unruly customers, to foreigners, to dealing with a BL girls group, to the Kadokawa sales reps. But this is actual bookstore knowledge straight from the source: the author! Honda did work at a bookstore, and thus, we get many interesting and harrowing stories in the first two volumes. Little did I know that it’d be one of my favorite anime of the Fall 2018 season! So when Yen Press announced they licensed it, this was certainly a title to look forward to when it came out.Īnd after spending time with the first two volumes…I can confirm that licensing this was a great idea, as this manga’s super fun.Īs explained at the top, the story is about a bookseller. You got a look into the daily lives of one particular bookseller in Japan, in skeleton form, alongside other kooky looking characters, in a short and sweet format. Justin: A couple years ago, Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san was an anime that aired and seemed interesting.
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