{"product_id":"show-ha-shoten-vol-05","title":"Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 05","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\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n 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!\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n By winning the preliminary round, Azemichi and Taiyo have officially qualified for the Wara-1 Koshien comedy competition! Rumor has it that everyone who’s ever gotten advice from the eccentric Professor Hiyama has gone on to win Wara-1 Koshien—but the only way to get that advice is to win the Hiyama Cup! Can Azemichi and Taiyo beat both Broken Glass Slipper and Shiba Inu World Tour to win a meeting with the comedy legend?\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.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Takeshi 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\r\n                                        ","brand":"VIZ Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42892295340223,"sku":"9781974745913","price":17.81,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/show-ha-shoten-vol-5.jpg?v=1709352031","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/show-ha-shoten-vol-05","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}