{"product_id":"show-ha-shoten-vol-2-paperback","title":"Show-Ha Shoten!, Vol. 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkinari Asakura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTakeshi Obata\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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 and Shijima vow to abandon their comedy dreams if they fail to win the High School Comedy Battle, but the competition is not what they prepared for. With just 30 minutes to spare, will they be able to write an entirely new sketch worthy of first place? Or is this the end for the talented duo?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.48 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758677426464,"sku":"9781974736959","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f4a648b99870b11d69d73922834efab.webp?v=1780132330","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/show-ha-shoten-vol-2-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}