Based on the real life experiences of the original manga creators time as a bookstore employee the anime follows the life of the staff while explaining how a bookstore works. The first thing you notice is that the main character is a skeleton. Just bones and clothes. The second thing you notice is that the skeleton is freaking out because a handsome foreign man is asking for help finding yaoi manga and the skeletons English is very bad. If we ignore the skeleton and the fact that their coworkers wear things like plague masks and knights helmetswell come back to that partthe series is actually a fun interesting and alltoorelatable look at working in a bookstore. Lots of parts will be far too familiar to anyone with retail experience regardless of country or store type: back room conversations trying to explain supply issues to customers phone calls internally freaking out when you feel in over your head that fantastic feeling when you can get a customer just what they want and it ends well. Some parts seemed to be specific to Japanese bookstores: specifics of shrinkwrapping books for example or their relationships with publisher representatives. But its all easily understandable not in the least because Hondasan takes the time to explain how everything works to the viewer. Now back to that obvious tidbit: s k e l e t o n . I thought at first I might be getting into a fantasy sliceoflife: running a bookstore in the demon realm or something. The answer is more mundane but by the time you realize it youre already hooked: the skeleton is how the original manga creator anonymized herself. Similarly all the other coworkers bosses and industry contacts also get masks to avoid connecting the characters with their reallife counterparts. Anyone who has worked with the public could argue that retail is by default in the demon realm but you know what I mean. Still the visual of a fullon skeleton wearing the store uniform and helping enthusiastic boys love devotees will never not be funny. Verdict English dub? No Visuals: A limited animation style is used to great effect. Its stylized and doesnt feel lazy and made me feel like the manga which I read after watching the entire show had jumped to the screen. Plus I loved the bright colors and character designs. Worth watching? Yes. Its a short 12 episodes that go even quicker because every episode is broken up into two minisodes. It might be Honda helping various manga fans from other countriesapparently the bookstore is near a popular tourist areaor bemoaning backordered titles commiserating with coworkers in the break room or explaining how inventory is done. It didnt get old and I was genuinely surprised and disappointed when I found myself sent back to the title screen after finishing the 12th episode.