Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 7

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A pair of dreamersstrive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)!

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!

The Wara-1 Koshien finals have finally begun! Despite having the first (and worst) spot in the line-up, Glass Slipper kicks off the competition with an unprecedented performance, setting a score thats nearly impossible to beat! And as if the contestants didnt alreadyhave odds stacked against them, One-Way Tickets rivals Brutus have hatched aplan to sabotage the whole event... Are Azemichi and Taiyos chances of winning about to go up in smoke!

Author Bio

Akinari Asakura is a novelist whose previous works include the mysteries Ore de wa nai Enjou (Im Not the One Being Flamed), Kyoushitsu ga, Hitori ni naru made (Until Im Alone in the Classroom), Noir Revenant, and the critically acclaimed Rokunin no Usotsuki na Daigakusei (Six Lying College Students). This is his first full-length work as a manga writer.

Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, 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 Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakumanand All You Need Is Kill.