{"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 \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! \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\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":"Viz Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617491554578,"sku":"9781974736829","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7269e0d8-4385-43e7-864e-82a5f742b99e.jpg?v=1732519994","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/show-ha-shoten-vol-1-9781974736829","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}