Show-Ha Shoten!, Vol. 10

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!

Comedy duo Rising shot straight to the top of the competition after leaving the Wara-1 Koshien audience in stitches! Now, with only two acts left, it's finally time for One-Way Ticket to take the stage. All eyes are on them, and they'll have to give this performance everything they've got if they're going to have any hope of making their comedy dreams come true!

Author: Akinari Asakura
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 04/21/2026
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781974762477
ISBN10: 1974762475
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | East Asian Style | Manga | General
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous
- Comics & Graphic Novels | School Life

About the Author
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.