Show-ha Shoten! #1
| Writer | Akinari Asakura |
| Artist | Takeshi Obata |
| Cover Price | $9.99 |
Ever since he failed to make his crush laugh, shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. Meanwhile, his classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might be able to create a wave of laughter that reaches to the heavens and propels them to the top of the comedy world!
For teen audiences.
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The Graphic Library - Sara Campbell
Jan 12, 2023The storyline of this volume is engaging and what makes me what to keep reading this series. However, the comedy doesn’t work at all, and readers will probably be wondering what they missed out on. Instead of writing new situations or jokes, the translators and localizers decided to stick to the Japanese source material. The problem is, Japanese humor relies heavily on puns that cannot be translated. So then if fidelity is the choice, this really suffered from lack of translation notes often found in works that rely heavily on a knowledge of Japanese language and culture. Despite the humor problems, the two main boys are interesting and have drawn me in, so I might continue reading just to see how things turn out for them. If readers get emotionally invested in Shijima and Higashikata, they might also be inclined pick up the next volume, but this is probably not a series that's going to be widely read. Read Full Review
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