| Someone Hertz | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Kurage Mizuo | |
| さむわんへるつ (Samuwan Herutsu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ei Yamano |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Original run | September 16, 2025 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
Someone Hertz (Japanese: さむわんへるつ, Hepburn: Samuwan Herutsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ei Yamano. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since September 2025. As of January 2026, one volume has been released. The manga follows the extracurricular activities of two contemporary high school students who are dedicated fans of a late night comedy radio show.
Plot
Mimei and Kurage listen regularly to the weekly late-night radio show Monday Midnight Talking (Mon-Mid), which features the hosts, a manzai duo, reading jokes submitted by listeners on air. Mimei, who succeeds at nearly everything he tries, has never had a joke read on air, and idolizes an amateur comic who uses the pen name "Eel Potato" and has a submission read nearly every week. After his friend Kurage confesses to being "Eel Potato", she adds that she will not date anyone who is less funny than her. Is his renewed motivation (and her encouragement) to have his submissions read on-air born out of his frustration, her sense of competition, or from genuine romantic interest?
Characters
- Mimei Fukumori (梟森未明) / "Owl in the Woods"
- A serious, studious second-year student who is at the top of the class academically and athletically, but has a significant deficit of his secret passion, comedy. Since discovering Mon-Mid while studying for high school entrance exams, he has submitted jokes diligently for three years under the pen name "Owl in the Woods", but none of them have been read on the air.
- Kurage Mizuo (水尾海月) / "Eel Potato"
- Kurage is quick with a pun when speaking with other students and despite assumptions, does not have a boyfriend, vowing that she will not go out with anyone who is less funny than her pen name, "Eel Potato", who has won a minor following through her submissions to Mon-Mid.
- Natsu Akabane (赤羽ナツ) / "Bat Bahtz-Waru"
- An entrepreneur who runs a cafe; Natsu expresses some jealousy over Mimei's relationship with Mizuo. She met Mizuo at the previous Listener Koshien, a competition between the top ten submitters, determined by the number of entries read on-air; she uses the pen name "Bat Bahtz-Waru".
- Shuri Ebina (海老奈 シュリ) / "Shrimp Sushi"
- An 18-year-old fan of Mon-Mid who fell just behind Eel Potato in the prior listener Koshien. She is socially awkward, having no one in real life with which to share her love of comedy.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Ei Yamano, the series began serialization in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 16, 2025.[1] As of January 2026, the series' individual chapters have been collected into one tankōbon volume.[2]
Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.[3]
A collaboration with the late-night radio show All Night Nippon was held to commemorate the release of the first volume.[4]
Volumes
| No. | Release date | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 5, 2026[2] | 978-4-08-884815-0 | ||
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| Mimei is shocked to learn his friend and fellow Mon-Mid fan Mizuo is the famed on-air contributor "Eel Potato". She advises him to send in multiple submissions, and his joke is read on-air for the first time. They aim to enter the Listener Koshien, despite her huge lead. To research the week's prompt, Mizuo invites Mimei to karaoke; once again, her submission makes it to air. Because Mimei realizes he needs experience to write better jokes, Mizuo takes Mimei to a cafe run by her friend, Natsu Akabane ("Bat Bahtz-Waru"), who promptly puts both to work. Mimei and Mizuo shop for radios with their cafe wages and pick a matching set. Later, one of his jokes is read on air, while hers is not. For the Ball Game Festival at school, Mimei competes in soccer and Mizuo is drafted onto the basketball team. When he sees her practicing alone, he teaches her while they listen to an old Mon-Mid episode which had three entries from Eel Potato. To their surprise, the next prompt involves basketball. Mizuo's friends ask if she is dating Mimei; he overhears and wonders how he feels. After running into each other at the convenience store, Mizuo asks if he has started to hate Mon-Mid, but his glum attitude is from missing out on collaborative merchandise. They visit Nacchi together, who gives them some of the sold-out merchandise, and later that night, congratulate each other, as they each had one joke read on-air. | ||||
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.
- "Friend?" (ともだち？, Tomodachi?)
- "Bad Kid" (悪い子, Warui Ko)
- "I Don't Remember" (覚えてないよ, Oboetenai yo)
- "Let's Swap" (交換しよ, Kōkan Shiyo)
- "Sense of Connection" (繋がってる感, Tsunagatteru-kan)
- "Can't Delete It" (消せないよ, Kesenai yo)
- "Expected Person" (待ち人, Machibito)
- "Semifinals" (準決勝, Junkesshō)
- "Baka Majime" (ばかまじめ, Baka Majime)
Reception
Kittun Nozomi of Real Sound felt that the comedy was more relaxed than Akane-banashi and Beshari-Gurashi, two other comedy manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. They also liked the focus on the late-night radio subculture and the story's setting.[5] Radio personality Hikaru Ijūin discussed the manga during an episode of his show.[6]
The pre-orders for the first volume sold out on Amazon Japan.[3]
References
- ^ a b リスナー仲間でライバル、深夜ラジオでつながる男女の青春ラブコメがジャンプで [A youthful romantic comedy about a boy and girl who are fellow listeners and rivals, connected through late-night radio, is being published in Jump]. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 16, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ^ a b さむわんへるつ 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
- ^ a b Srivastava, Tulisha (December 29, 2025). "Shonen Jump's Latest Breakout Series Is Already Selling Out Its Debut Volume". ComicBook.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ^ 青春ラジオラブコメ「さむわんへるつ」オールナイトニッポンとコラボ、1巻は本日発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 5, 2026. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ^ Nozomi, Kittun (September 28, 2025). 少年ジャンプがラブコメ激戦区に！？ 深夜ラジオのハガキ職人×ジト目ヒロインの異色作が起こす天変地異. Real Sound. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ^ 伊集院光、ラジオ番組の『はがき職人』に持論 リスペクトを持って「理解しないほうがいい…」. Sirabee (in Japanese). November 14, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
External links
- Official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump (in Japanese)
- Someone Hertz at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
