[DeepL Translation - needs review] Drama broadcast started on NHK! (Starring Kento Hayashi, Kazuki Namioka, and Mugi Kadowaki)
The 153rd Akutagawa Award-winning novel "Spark," which was the talk of the town in 2003, is now available in paperback.
A commemorative essay "Letter to Ryunosuke Akutagawa," written in commemoration of the award, is also included.
Tokunaga, an unsuccessful comedian, meets Kamiya, an older comedian with a genius streak, and looks up to him as a mentor.
He asks her to...
A Very Serious Novel About Comedy
火花 is a beautiful, pensive novel about what it takes to make others laugh, self-expression, the ups and downs of friendship, dealing with one’s own insecurities, and trying to make it in show business. The story follows two friends, Tokunaga and Kamiya, who are trying to make it in Tokyo as 漫才師 throughout their youth and beyond. Belonging to separate 漫才 duos, Tokunaga asks Kamiya to become his master after seeing him perform at a festival one night, and their relationship as 後輩 and 先輩 begins.
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