Someone Hertz

Mimei walks into a classroom unable to land a single joke, while Kurage sits in the next desk effortlessly delivering punchlines that make everyone laugh. Their paths cross only through a shared secret obsession with a late-night radio comedy show called Monday Midnight Talking. What starts as solitary listening turns into a playful rivalry as both students strive to have their own material read on air, using the broadcast as a medium to bridge their social gaps.

Ei Yamano launched the series in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in September 2025, and the first collected volume hit shelves on January 5, 2026. As of May 2026, three volumes and 31 chapters have been released, with English chapters published digitally through VIZ Media's Shonen Jump platform. The manga earned a Jump MV on May 1, 2026, featuring a song from familiar names in the industry, signaling the series' growing momentum.

What sets this title apart is how it treats radio as a character in its own right. The show's fictional hosts, the callers, the dropped calls, the inside jokes that only regular listeners catch, all of it becomes the texture of Mimei and Kurage's world. It is a story about finding your voice by learning to listen, and about the strange, wonderful ways a shared fandom can connect two people who otherwise would not say a word to each other. [편집]