Run by a young man passionate about literature, the small secondhand bookstore Jugatsudo welcomes a diverse array of visitors every day: lifelong book lovers, a high school student hoping to mark her transition into adulthood through reading, a widow who has come to part with her late husband’s collection, a man who seems to want to get rid of some books... Each need is an opportunity for the bookseller to connect, if only for a few minutes, with a customer’s memories.
 
(Source: Kadokawa, translated)
 
Notes: 
- Nominated for the 2025 Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category. 
- Ranked 4th in the 4th Crea Late Night Manga Awards in 2025. 
- Ranked 1st in Da Vinci's 2025 Book of the Year ranking. 
- Ranked 1st in the Men's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2026 guidebook. 
- Ranked 9th in Freestyle Magazine's "The Best Manga 2026" ranking in 2025. 
- Ranked 2nd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2026. 
- Ranked 1st in the Nationwide Publishers Recommended Comics of 2026. 
- Winner of the 19th Manga Taishou in 2026. 
- Winner of the Bookseller Prize at the 2026 EbookJapan Manga Awards. 
- Winner of the 30th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2026.

One of two volumes celebrating Harta's manga fair 2025 which include five original short manga starring characters from five different Harta manga.

Requiem for a book-lover.
 
(Source: Harta, translated)

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