時間割男子 1 わたしのテストは命がけ!

It’s cute

I picked up this book because of the absurd premise—after being heartlessly thrown in the trash, four textbooks come to life to help 5th grader Hanamaru Madoka study. I was expecting it to be funny, a little bit ridiculous, and self aware (similar to a gag manga). However, I was surprised to find it is written very sincerely and played oddly straight. If you’re looking for a light/comfy children’s book, I think you’ll enjoy this. However, if the appeal of the book is the absurdity of the premi

Light and silly children’s novel

I listened to the audiobook version of this. The audiobook is slightly lower quality than some others; you can tell when the narrator has started a new session, that kind of thing. Sometimes this confused me because I thought it was a new character speaking. It’s also a single narrator, not fully voiced.

Story wise, I found the concept of the textbook boys to be really funny so I enjoyed myself the whole time I listened to this book. This first book is pretty much what it says on the tin; the