<Unprecedented Bestseller 'Please Don't Eat Fried Chicken Bento Here' Makes Waves> Obara Ban's First Novel Collection 'How to Keep the Wind' Receives Huge Response, Achieving Consecutive Reprints!
Ban Obara's debut novel collection 'How to Keep the Wind', published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha, achieved an immediate reprint just 5 days after its release on March 4, 2026, due to exceptional sales.
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Kawade Shobo Shinsha (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo / Representative Director: Yu Onodera) published the first novel collection 'How to Keep the Wind' by Ban Obara on March 4, 2026. Obara is an author who continues to fascinate creators of all genres and experienced readers, expanding her field of activity. Immediately after publication, sales at bookstores nationwide greatly exceeded expectations, leading to an immediate reprint decision just 5 days after release, and a remarkable achievement of a 3rd printing decision the following week.
## Ban Obara's First Novel 'How to Keep the Wind' Decided for Consecutive Reprints!
Everyone is at a loss somewhere.
But life moves forward.
Yuki starts working, I watch a man bathing in water, three people meet on a rainy night, and Momoko lives with despair.
I remember the lack of wind to blow when I want to be blown.
Momoko silently closes the window.
The melancholy and glimmer of life reflected in all 4 short stories. The author's first collection of novels.
In 2022, Ban Obara published the essay collection 'Please Don't Eat Fried Chicken Bento Here', which became a hit with over 10,000 copies sold, an exception for self-publishing (privately printed edition) (17 stories were added to this work and commercially published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha in 2024), and her second essay collection 'Is This What Life Is?' (published by Daiwa Shobo) in 2023.
Along with these two bestselling essay collections, which have received high praise from celebrities in various fields including Naoki Matayoshi, Hiroshi Homura, Nobuyuki Sakuma, and Sho Hasumi (Daw90000), as well as passionate recommendations from bookstore staff nationwide, 'How to Keep the Wind' is currently highly acclaimed and displayed as a top recommendation at bookstores.
## Ban Obara's First Novel 'How to Keep the Wind' Decided for Consecutive Reprints!
Everyone is at a loss somewhere.
But life moves forward.
Yuki starts working, I watch a man bathing in water, three people meet on a rainy night, and Momoko lives with despair.
I remember the lack of wind to blow when I want to be blown.
Momoko silently closes the window.
The melancholy and glimmer of life reflected in all 4 short stories. The author's first collection of novels.
In 2022, Ban Obara published the essay collection 'Please Don't Eat Fried Chicken Bento Here', which became a hit with over 10,000 copies sold, an exception for self-publishing (privately printed edition) (17 stories were added to this work and commercially published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha in 2024), and her second essay collection 'Is This What Life Is?' (published by Daiwa Shobo) in 2023.
Along with these two bestselling essay collections, which have received high praise from celebrities in various fields including Naoki Matayoshi, Hiroshi Homura, Nobuyuki Sakuma, and Sho Hasumi (Daw90000), as well as passionate recommendations from bookstore staff nationwide, 'How to Keep the Wind' is currently highly acclaimed and displayed as a top recommendation at bookstores.