I bought two volumes of the manga and had to drop this title. The drawing isnt bad. The main character lacks personality. It is a typical person who would always say "I dont know" or "Ah ok" to anything. But anyway, it is more about the experience of working at a bookstore right?
The books are pretty informative about it. There are detailed things I did not know before about working at a bookstore. But either the Yen Press translation is bad or just weird paneling, it is DIFFICULT to follow the story on many pages. Some sentences dont make sense, or it is hard to
...
Alternative TitlesJapanese: ガイコツ書店員本田さん More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 34
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 27, 2015 to Mar 22, 2019
Serialization:
Gene pixiv Authors:
Honda (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #87252 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #4296
Members: 5,119
Favorites: 38 Resources | Reviews
Filtered Results: 2 / 3
Sort
Your Feelings Categories Aug 11, 2020
"Stories are free as birds until someone picks them up"
An educative and somewhat eccentric manga! Very strong first volume: an incredibly funny and honest depiction of life as a bookstore employee. A lot of interesting insight - take for example the little anecdote about the 'western comics' section manager's back pain caused by restocking books made from thicker materials than japanese manga! I also loved chapter 19 of volume 3 (a little bookmark for me haha), where Honda-san compares the publishing schedules and work reputations of the major manga publishing houses. It's an example of edifying insider information presented in an entertaining and funny ... |