has been serialized monthly in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine since October 2021, with the chapters collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of December 2024.

Shy high school student Azemichi Shijimi and former child actor Taiyo Higashikata both love comedy.

After learning that Azemichi is a skilled and famous anonymous joke writer, Taiyo tricks him into being his partner in a sketch comedy routine for their school's cultural festival.

Azemichi and Taiyo then enter the Kanto-2 block preliminary round of Wara-1 Koshien, or "Wara-Ko" for short, a national manzai competition for high school students.

[5] Both Shueisha and Viz Media are releasing the series in English the same day it is published in Japan, the former on its Manga Plus website and application.

"[25] Real Sound's Fujimoto also felt the "high school buddy" relationship was reminiscent of Bakuman, and praised Obata's art.

an A grade for its "surprisingly thoughtful" reflections on what makes a good comedian, "incredibly tight" narrative, and for how much characterization the side and background characters are given.

Despite enjoying nearly everything about the first volume, Martinson gave it a "mixed review" for her sole complaint of not finding the jokes and comedy sketches funny.