A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)! Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might take the comedy world by storm! For a comedy event, the competition for the Wara-Ko preliminary round is no laughing matter! Higashikata and Shijima will have to beat Sprechchor for a second time, along with former winners Kirameki Confections. With more surprises waiting for them onstage, advancing to the Wara-Ko finals might not be so easy…