Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (2018)

Animation · Comedy

Honda-san is at war - with business, with out-of-print books, and with people who love manga! Who knew there were so many laughs to be found at the manga counter of a bookstore?! These are the day-to-day happenings that take place at a certain bookstore where the love of manga is abundant.

IMDb rating: 6.7 (337 votes)
Episode average: 6.7 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2018)

6.73 avg 12 episodes 7.1 → 7.0 15 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Handsome Guy Is First in Line/Yaoi Girls from Overseas!!!	7.1	22
2	Let Me Introduce My Crazy Colleagues in This Bookstore!	6.1	17
3	Battle Without Honor and Humanity/Lost in Manga	6.7	13
4	The Reception Training of Hell/Mission: An Outside Work-ish Job	6.8	12
5	An Inquiry/It's a Book Signing!! Everyone Gather Up/A Fascinating Erotic Story	7.0	10
6	The Man with a Secret Power/Our Fair-Day War	6.0	11
7	Tell Me! Wholesaler-san/A Networking Drinking Party for Booksellers	6.5	10
8	Bookstores Are So Wonderful!/The Shelves with and Without Restrictions	6.9	11
9	A Book About Life, Death, and Rebirth	6.6	10
10	An Outstanding Bookseller/Swapping Section Heads	6.9	9
11	The Alternate Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san/You Can Quit Your Job Whenever You Want	7.1	10
12	Merry Christmas, Mr. Bookstore/It's Time to Close	7.0	10