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Honda: Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san, Vol. 1 (2019, Yen Press LLC) 4 stars

Ever wonder what it’s like to sell comics at a Japanese bookstore? Honda provides a …

For its audience, it's really lovely

3 stars

As someone that adores bookstores and booksellers, this book speaks to me. Honda's cartooning is great. That she's able to make a skeleton so cute and expressive shows such a deft hand.

I experienced a bit of a cultural disconnect with a lot of the humour though and that's firmly a me thing. The perpetual mortification of Honda did not mirror my experiences in customer service to say the least.

It's gonna be a gift for the booksellers in my life.