Ken Horimoto x Taro Fukuoka: The slice-of-life youth comic 'Super Intellectual! Dirty Joke Club' that makes you smarter as you read is on sale today!

The standalone volume of the highly acclaimed slice-of-life youth comic "Super Intellectual! Dirty Joke Club", serialized in the web magazine "yom yom", was released today, April 22, 2026.

This work is based on the 'Encyclopedia of Dirty Jokes that Make You Smarter Just by Reading', which was published last May by Ken Horimoto, popular from the 'Yuru Linguistics Radio', and is currently in its 10th printing. Through the hands of Taro Fukuoka, a popular manga artist known for 'Onnanoko no Ken wo Te ni Ireta', a manga depicting the daily lives of high school girls stepping into the world of intellectual dirty jokes was born.

The standalone volume includes 5 chapters serialized in 'yom yom', 1 chapter published in 'Shosetsu Shincho', plus 2 newly drawn chapters.

Ken Horimoto, who also supervises this work, commented, "Just being an 'intellectual dirty joke book' is incomprehensible enough, but making it into a girls' club activity manga is like the square of incomprehensible, making it the best work! Please enjoy the super intellectual conversations woven by the girls of the 'Dirty Joke Club'!"

Furthermore, the following 6 bookstores are offering original purchase bonuses (limited quantity) as follows.

■ Purchase Bonuses

Melonbooks: 4-page leaflet
Shosen/Horindo Shoten: Monochrome paper
Toranoana: Illustration card
COMIC ZIN: Illustration card
Sanyodo Shoten: Illustration card
Value Books: Booklet

Besides using newly drawn illustrations for each, the Value Books bonus booklet allows you to read a special edition based on the very first rough draft (name) created by Ken Horimoto. In addition, the Melonbooks leaflet includes a special edition where Taro Fukuoka actually drew a fictional manga created by a character appearing in the main story.

Melonbooks is also running a "Super Intellectual! Dirty Joke Club" & "Encyclopedia of Dirty Jokes that Make You Smarter Just by Reading" joint purchase fair. Those who purchase both the comic and the original book will receive a "Super Intellectual Leaflet that Makes You Even Smarter," featuring behind-the-scenes stories of the dirty joke encyclopedia written by Ken Horimoto.

Melonbooks Joint Purchase Fair Bonus Leaflet 'Encyclopedia of Dirty Jokes that Make You Smarter Just by Reading'

■ Book Introduction

Club activities x Youth x Intellectual dirty jokes! A slice-of-life manga that makes you smarter when you read it, explosively born. Based on the hit work 'Encyclopedia of Dirty Jokes that Make You Smarter Just by Reading' by Ken Horimoto from 'Yuru Linguistics Radio', popular manga artist Taro Fukuoka adapts it into a manga with his original taste. High school girl Hiyori Kobayashi, who loves reading, ends up starting a club with her admired classmate Iroha Inoue, whom she met in the library. Hiyori has been living an ordinary high school life, but under the influence of Iroha, who has an unusual hobby...!?

■ Author Profiles

Manga: Taro Fukuoka

Born in 1986. From Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Made his commercial debut with "Super Isekai Tensei Tan Deus Ex Machina" in Jump+. Later serialized "Junjo Sentai Virginias". Other works include "Hatsukoi Tensei ni Adesugoddesu" (COMIC FUZ) and "Onnanoko no Ken wo Te ni Ireta" (Dengeki G's Comic).

In the past, he drew a love-dovey diary with a non-existent wife on Twitter, received a DM saying "If you keep drawing like this, you'll lose your mind," and was slightly hurt. His favorite final boss is Neo Exdeath.

Supervisor: Ken Horimoto (Author of the original idea 'Encyclopedia of Dirty Jokes that Make You Smarter Just by Reading')

Born in 1992. From Hokkaido. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology. Major in Information Engineering. A hybrid of writer and YouTuber, he creates and scatters intellectual playful content. Serves as a listener on the YouTube channel "Yuru Linguistics Radio". Author of "Kyoyo Waruguchi Bon" (Kobunsha) and "Gengo Otaku ga Tomodachi ni 700 Nichikan Katari Tsuzukete Hikizurikonda Gengo Numa" (Value Books).

■ Book Data

[Title] Super Intellectual! Dirty Joke Club (Cho Chiteki! Shimoneta-bu)

[Author] Manga: Taro Fukuoka / Supervisor: Ken Horimoto

[Release Date] April 22, 2026

[Format] B6 size

[Price] 935 yen (tax included)

[ISBN] 978-4-10-356831-5

[URL] https://www.shinchosha.co.jp/book/356831