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Author_Akinari Asakura
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azemichi shijima
bakuman
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comedy
comedy duo
competition manga
death note
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manzai
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sho-ha sho-ten
shoha shoten
shonen
shonen jump
shouwa shouten
show-ha shoten
Showa shoten
showha shoten
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sketch comedy
stand-up
stand-up comedy
standup
standup comedy
taiyo higashikata
wave of laughter
Product details
- ISBN 9781974716784
- Weight: 137g
- Dimensions: 127 x 191mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A pair of dreamers strive 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!
One-Way Ticket to the Top just finished putting on the greatest performance of their lives! But was their act funny enough to take home the Wara-1 Koshien gold? Azemichi and Taiyo’s entire comedy journey has led them to this very moment! A whole new generation of comedians is born in this gripping conclusion of Show-ha Shoten!
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!
One-Way Ticket to the Top just finished putting on the greatest performance of their lives! But was their act funny enough to take home the Wara-1 Koshien gold? Azemichi and Taiyo’s entire comedy journey has led them to this very moment! A whole new generation of comedians is born in this gripping conclusion of Show-ha Shoten!
Akinari Asakura is a novelist whose previous works include the mysteries Ore de wa nai Enjou (I’m Not the One Being Flamed), Kyoushitsu ga, Hitori ni naru made (Until I’m 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 Bakuman。and All You Need Is Kill.
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 Bakuman。and All You Need Is Kill.
