Denkigai no Honya-san


Denkigai no Honya-san, also known by the abbreviation Denki-gai, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Asato Mizu. It depicts slice of life stories about a group of characters who work in a fictional dōjin shop called Umanohone, a reference to the real-life dōjin shop Toranoana. It began serialization in the July 2011 issue of Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine. A drama CD was released in August 2013. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation aired from October to December 2014.

Characters

Umanohone Bookstore

;Hiotan
;Sensei
;Fu Girl
;Kameko
;Umio
;Kantoku
;Sommelier
;Manager

Others

;Tsumorin
;Ero Hon G Men
;Taishi Yatsu
;Sora

Media

Manga

Denkigai no Hon'ya-san is written and illustrated by Asato Mizu. It began serialization in the July 2011 issue of Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine. The first tankōbon volume was published on November 22, 2011; twelve volumes have been released as of January 23, 2016. The manga is also published by Ever Glory Publishing in Taiwan. The manga will end in November 2017.

Drama CD

A drama CD titled Denkigai no Hon'ya-san Drama CD: Umanohone no Hitobito, produced by Hobirecords, was released on August 5, 2013 and was limited to being sold in Comic Toranoana stores. The script was written by Asato Mizu and Chabō Higurashi.

Anime

The anime television series adaptation is produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Masafumi Sato. It aired from October 2 to December 18, 2014. The anime has been licensed by Pony Canyon's North American label Ponycan USA, and the series streamed on Crunchyroll the same day it premiered in Japan. The opening theme is "Kajirikake no Ringo" by Ayana Taketatsu, and the ending theme is "Two-Dimension's Love" by Denk!Girls.

Episode list

Reception

As of June 2017, the manga had over 1 million copies in print.