12 episodesFirst aired 8 October 2018
E1Oct 201812m
Meet the enthusiastic customers of the bookstore who bring excitement and stimulation to Honda-san’s job.
E2Oct 201812m
The long holiday is coming up, and the bookstore is swamped by a ton of shipments. How do the staff make it through?!
E3Oct 201812m
Honda-san gives us insight into the interactions between a bookstore and a publisher.
E4Oct 201812m
It’s Honda-san’s turn to attend a customer service coaching session.
E5Nov 201812m
Honda is faced with restocking popular titles, dealing with energetic foreigners, overseeing the visit of a famous author, and mulling over questions of censorship.
E6Nov 201812m
Honda-san introduces Assistant Manager Majutsushi, who has the uncanny ability of knowing exactly which books to order.
E7Nov 201812m
Honda-san teaches us about the wonderful people known as wholesalers.
E8Nov 201812m
The bookstore is visited by all kinds of customers, some of whom like books, and some of whom love bookstores.
E9Dec 201812m
Books go out of print, but under certain special circumstances, they can be brought back from the dead.
E10Dec 201812m
What makes a good bookseller? The answer may not be as straightforward as it seems.
E11Dec 201812m
If you’ve ever worked in retail, you’ve dealt with nasty customers. But what if the good customers are worse than the bad ones?
E12Dec 201812m
Christmas is a time of madness at the bookstore. Closing time is also a time of madness at the bookstore.