is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ei Yamano. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since September 2025. As of October 2026, five volumes have 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. It won the 2026 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.

Plot Mimei and Kurage listen regularly to the weekly late-night radio show Monday Midnight Talking (Mon-Mid), which features the hosts The Long Hopes, a duo consisting of Osera and Koyama, 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 Main characters /

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 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.

Other listeners / A 22-year-old 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". / An 18-year-old fan of Mon-Mid who fell just behind Eel Potato in the prior listener . She is socially awkward, having no one in real life with which to share her love of comedy. / A 27-year-old advertising agency employee / , later "Don't Leave the Team, Middle Reliever" A 19-year-old part-timer and serious baseball fan; he later changes his on-air name, prompting the Long Hopes to ask what is happening to his team. (?) / His identity and age are unknown, as he showed up to a public meeting wearing a paper bag over his head / A 23-year-old researcher. is a soft drink which was packaged in a tubular polyethylene container, popularly frozen and sold as a freezie until it was discontinued in 2009 due to manufacturing issues. / A 42-year-old employee of the town hall / A professional comedian who belongs to the same agency as the Long Hopes / A cheerful girl who is a fan of the Long Hopes and regularly submits entries. / The childhood friend of Mokomo who has been submitting entries to Mon-Mid solely for his resume, as he wants to work in media. He is rather direct.

Mon-Mid

The Long Hopes are a comedy duo who host Monday Midnight Talking; they are and . Osera is taller and wears glasses and a beard. They are alumni of same high school as Mimei and Kurage.

Inami is the scriptwriter and producer of Mon-Mid.

The mascot of Mon-Mid is a radio-loving .

Publication Written and illustrated by Ei Yamano, the series began serialization in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 16, 2025. As of October 2, 2026, the series' individual chapters have been collected into five volumes.

Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.

A collaboration with the late-night radio show All Night Nippon was held to commemorate the release of the first volume.

Volumes

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format These chapters have yet to be published in a volume.

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. Radio personality Hikaru Ijūin discussed the manga during an episode of his show.

The pre-orders for the first volume sold out on Amazon Japan. By May 2026, the series had 300,000 copies in circulation. By August 2026, the series had 500,000 copies in circulation between its print and digital editions.

The series won the 12th Next Manga Award in 2026 in the print category.

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