Someone Hertz


Someone Hertz 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 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, which features the hosts, a 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 to have his submissions read on-air born out of his frustration, her sense of competition, or from genuine romantic interest?

Characters

;Mimei Fukumori / "Owl in the Woods"
;Kurage Mizuo / "Eel Potato"
;Natsu Akabane / "Bat Bahtz-Waru"
;Shuri Ebina / "Shrimp Sushi"

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 January 5, 2026, the series' individual chapters have been collected into one volume.
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 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.