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1. Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san

2. To all of you bookstore lovers out there in the 47 prefectures of Japan...

3. Have you ever seen anyone like this at a shop?

4. Men and women in suits, looking intently through the store

5. P Company

6. with a paper bag or stack of papers in their hands.

7. There he is!

8. Honda-san!

9. I thought I asked you to put the posters up!

10. I told you there's no room!

11. They're highly likely to be salespeople from a publishing company.

12. A Battle Without Honor or Humanity

13. Salespeople are the people from publishing companies

14. that travel to bookstores to sell their books.

15. Honda-san.

16. We apologize for the confusion regarding the posters.

17. We confronted you without considering the trouble we were causing you.

18. It's not so much "trouble" as it is "physically impossible."

19. We've come to the conclusion that we should consider our pitch first

20. and worry about the size of the poster later.

21. So we made a ton in A5 size!

22. The pop-ups are laminated, too.

23. Please make good use of them!

24. Accept Receive

25. Okay.

26. Be a bookstore that can say "NO!"

27. Don't let them walk over you!

28. Okay...

29. You gotta say no if we don't need it.

30. Don't you feel like you should put it up when salespeople tell you they made it by hand?

31. Weak!

32. That's what I would be counting on if I were in sales.

33. Sales

34. The giant paper bags that salespeople walk around with often contain signage.

35. signage

36. For example, pop-ups for catching the eye at the shop,

37. Pop-ups

38. flyers, sales displays, sample page pamphlets,

39. Flyers

40. Sales displays

41. Sample page pamphlets

42. and paper boards autographed by the authors, among other things.

43. Autographed paper boards

44. As I'm not very assertive,

45. Unassertive Bookstore

46. It's hard for me to refuse when they give me things they say are handmade.

47. Here's another thing that happens all the time.

48. One day...

49. We're going to be releasing a special edition.

50. Special Edition

51. Again?

52. So I'm wondering if you could stock a little more than usual for the first batch.

53. Okay, then...

54. Two copies.

55. Tw—

56. Twenty copies!

57. Thank you!

58. We don't need that many.

59. Who knows if we'll even sell two.

60. Please!

61. Come on, please!

62. Please, help me!

63. Oh, I'm sorry, we're completely out, too.

64. It's been selling like crazy since the ads went up!

65. Thank you.

66. Hello.

67. Section Chief Pestmask

68. This is Pestmask of ** Bookstore speaking.

69. Oh, hello.

70. I'm from the Sales—

71. The bonus material for yesterday's comics arrived today, again.

72. Obviously, we can't prepare unless the bonus material arrives before the comics.

73. How many times have we discussed this?

74. Aren't you getting sick of this conversation?

75. U-Um... Um...

76. I will be awaiting a proposal for a meaningful resolution.

77. Y-Yes, ma'am! I'm sorry!

78. There's all kinds of sales types out there.

79. She sugarcoated it!

80. To be honest, I want salespeople to bring books with them.

81. Sometimes salespeople come without bringing the books we want.

82. True.

83. It was the Christmas season, a few years ago...

84. Around when that popular light novel first came out...

85. Good job!

86. Formerly in charge of light novels

87. Lantern-san, we don't have any more I**egular in stock, do we?

88. A customer wants to reserve a copy.

89. Tell them there's no plans to restock, so we can't.

90. Lantern-san, someone from Kadokawa Sales is here.

91. Well, hello.

92. Kadokawa-dono

93. Is I**egular selling well?

94. More, please!

95. I'm sorry, we're out!

96. Then why are you here?!

97. H-Hold on!

98. I don't have books, but we have these!

99. Candy

100. Merry Christmas, Lantern-san.

101. Guys, Kadokawa's here.

102. Whoa.

103. All right!

104. It looks like they're talking to Koomote-chan about novels right now.

105. Got it.

106. I'll go when the time's right.

107. Oh! There's something I'd like to talk to them about when Honda-san's done.

108. I know, right?

109. We sell so many different books, we're a huge inconvenience to the bookstores.

110. Princess Kadokawa

111. Um...

112. So you're in charge of, uh...

113. Art books.

114. That's right!

115. Are there any books you need?

116. The Psycho-P*** anime concept art book.

117. Oh, is it selling?

118. Yay!

119. It is.

120. Actually, it got bought out by a binge shopper.

121. Give me all the P***o-Pass you've got.

122. Psycho-P*** has gone extinct from the shelves.

123. That's hilarious!

124. Oh, no, not hilarious.

125. I'm grateful, yes.

126. A concept art book. Got it.

127. Anything else?

128. We're stocked up for the rest, so we're good.

129. She's up next.

130. Kadokawa-san.

131. Oh, hey, Section Chief Armor.

132. We're all out of the BL book that came out yesterday. Help!

133. That's hysterical! Do you think it's all the same person?

134. Honda-san.

135. Hello.

136. Thank you for your help at the fair the other day.

137. It's him!

138. Oh, hello.

139. You're empty-handed.

140. Oh, I was just passing by.

141. This man speaks fluent Japanese,

142. and is an industry insider who deserves to be known far and wide.

143. Frédéric Toutlemonde-san

144. Frédéric Toutlemonde-san.

145. He's an amazing person set on further spreading

146. the hugely popular bande dessinée comics.

147. There are two famous brands of bande dessinée,

148. Huma**ids

149. Asu**shinsha

150. The two large bande dessinée brands

151. and they each have different sellers.

152. Frédéric-san is the chief of both of them.

153. He's serious business.

154. An elite of the industry, filled with the passion of selling books.

155. Say, Honda-san, about this manga...

156. Shonen manga from France

157. Is it all right if I quietly leave it next to One P**ch Man?

158. That's not for me to decide!

159. There are no borders to salespeople's passion.

160. Today, once again, they give me plenty of energy.

161. Lost in Manga

162. I want some good manga to read.

163. I don't know, there's so many.

164. I know what you mean.

165. They came into the bookstore looking for manga to read,

166. but there are so many options, they're at even more of a loss.

167. I've come up with a word for these people:

168. "Lost in Manga."

169. Attention!

170. A moving shoujo manga.

171. Three volumes at most.

172. Interesting even for a man in his forties.

173. How about the classic one-off, The ***rt of Thomas?

174. I don't read too many shoujo manga, but how about Shiota-***sei and Ama*-chan?

175. Don't speak if you don't read shoujo.

176. Wait, hear me out.

177. What was it...

178. What was it...

179. That one that sold really well...

180. Oh, Shiki no ***jitsu.

181. Thanks.

182. What was that about?

183. Must have been a question from a customer.

184. It's not uncommon to see customers who ask, "Do you have any recommendations?"

185. See Episode 1

186. I, too, have one unforgettable experience.

187. Look.

188. Y-Yes?

189. This is my eleven-year-old granddaughter. She's eleven and French.

190. Audio

191. Japanese

192. I'd like to buy her manga.

193. I see.

194. What kind of manga does she like?

195. Dunno.

196. Dude!

197. Does your granddaughter understand Japanese?

198. Of course.

199. She's interested in Japanese culture, and she can speak better than I can.

200. But she's not perfect.

201. It'd be even better if she can read Japanese manga in French.

202. I see.

203. Sorry, please just a moment.

204. Save me!

205. Eleven-year-old French girl.

206. Japanese-y manga.

207. Preferably translated to French!

208. Natsume **jincho.

209. U**na! No**me! Aka**ku!

210. Hmm, Chihaya**ru?

211. I see!

212. Why U**na and Aka**ku?

213. Those are so old.

214. She's eleven.

215. Old or new, it doesn't matter.

216. Be sure you check to make sure it's been translated before you tell him.

217. Thank you very much!

218. A bilingual version of Chihaya**ru?

219. Western Books

220. We have it!

221. Western Books

222. Bonsoir!

223. Here you are!

224. All French... It's perfect!

225. I'm so glad.

226. My pleas—

227. creak creak

228. Merci.

229. I've never had such a powerful "merci."

230. Tracking down a customer's requests leads to a purchase of your choice.

231. It's quite a fun task,

232. but I wonder if this is how people on quiz shows feel.

233. Oh, Lantern-san.

234. How'd it go with the search for a shoujo manga that could entertain a man in his forties?

235. That guy ended up buying Berse*k.

236. Male in his 40s

237. Shoujo

238. Short

239. Y-You're kidding, right?

240. That's the exact opposite manga.

241. Changed his mind

242. What was the point of asking for a manga that's three volumes tops?

243. Selling manga that the customer wants,

244. without being overwhelmed by the many strange turns...

245. That is the task of a comic bookstore.