[ASA Shipping] "The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab" (Release Date: August 7, 2026)【ASA配送】平成猿蟹合戦図(発売日:2026年8月7日)
Heisei Monkey and Crab Battle
New Edition
By Shuichi Yoshida
ISBN: 9784022652515
List Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Release Date: August 7, 2026
A6 format, paperback—536 pages—
A Kabukichō bartender becomes a politician?
From the author of *National Treasure* comes a thrilling revenge story depicting the underworld and the political maneuvering of an election campaign! A heartwarming, tear-jerking happy ending that will have you rooting for the protagonist
Junpei Hamamoto, a bartender working in Kabukicho, witnesses a hit-and-run accident. However, it was a different man who was arrested.
While plotting to blackmail the real culprit, he meets Yuko Sono, the manager of a cellist. Thanks to her skills, Junpei runs for national office from his hometown in Tohoku, challenging a veteran lawmaker in a head-to-head race.
A hostess with a child who followed her husband to Shinjuku; a somewhat scatterbrained but endearing bartender; a down-on-his-luck host who moved to Tokyo from Nagasaki; a world-class cellist and her shrewd manager; the manager of a Korean club; the daughter of a former teacher attending art school; and an elderly woman living alone in Akita Prefecture…
A modern fairy tale woven by eight kind-hearted characters—the story begins here!
An incredibly exhilarating full-length novel that punishes the bad guys.
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