Release of Volume 1 of 'Utsubushi Sensei's Unwritable Life' by Honda, author of 'Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san'! A publishing comedy aiming to escape a novelist's slump

Shinchosha Co., Ltd. will publish the first volume of the slump-escaping comedy manga "Utsubushi Sensei's Unwritable Life" about a novelist who can't write, on Thursday, April 9, 2026.

This work is currently being serialized to great acclaim on the web manga site "Bunch Kai", and is a comedy themed around "setbacks" and "rebirth" set in the publishing industry, by the author who became a hot topic for depicting the bookstore industry in "Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san".

The protagonist is Tadao Utsubushi, a slumping novelist who became apathetic and unable to write after the success of his debut work. The days begin where he faces writing again and aims to pen a new work, while being swayed by the unconventional rehabilitation plan proposed by his newly assigned rookie literary editor, Chitose Hanada.

A story of Sensei Utsubushi's escape from a slump that resonates with everyone who has experienced a setback. It is a publishing comedy depicting rebirth.