[Recommended by Niiyama from comedy duo Sayaka!] Broadcaster and author Rintaro Hamaguchi's latest book '1-Minute Novel' released on April 3

Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd. will release "1-Minute Novel" on Friday, April 3, written by Rintaro Hamaguchi, the author of the bestselling "Confession in the 22nd Year: I am a Murderer," who is also active as a broadcast writer and manga author. In 2024, Hamaguchi devised the "1-minute novel" style—written within 600 characters and readable in about a minute per story—as a way for people who dislike reading or are too busy to easily enjoy novels. As his life's work, he has continued to write and publish these daily on his blog (https://note.com/rintarou_hama). From over 600 "1-minute novels" created as of March 2026, 30 stories have been carefully selected. They have been compiled and published as a book along with another overarching story that awaits with unexpected developments. A novel collection with a new sensation, containing 30 "1-minute novels" that can be read in a minute per story! One day, televisions and smartphones were suddenly hijacked by an entity calling itself the "Manager of the Night." "The arrogance of you earthlings is intolerable. As an example, we will erase the moon in 30 days." The way to avoid this is to decipher the hints hidden in the "1-minute novels" sent to the devices every day and guess their "true name"... In a world powered by magic, a boy cursed as incompetent acquires a certain spell (Magic). I started providing life advice with the support of a high-performance AI. What is the true identity of the client who visited? (Trouble Consultation). Forced to get off the late-night bus I boarded... (Good Sleep). A new kind of easily readable and interesting novel collection, featuring 30 stories that can be read in 1 minute, structured with a frame story full of unexpected twists. When you finish reading it to the end, there is a little fun where you can become knowledgeable about ■■■. This is a playful book that can be enjoyed by everyone, from middle-grade elementary school children to adult readers who do not usually read novels. We received a recommendation comment from Niiyama of the comedy duo "Sayaka"! For this publication, Niiyama of the comedy duo "Sayaka" contributed a comment perfectly capturing the appeal of this book. The rhythmic feel unique to its brevity is fun, and it had a pleasantness more like a "bar" (measure) of music than a novel. I want to make this the first novel my son reads!