Episode 8

"Bookstores are so Wonderful! \ The Shelves with and without Restrictions \ Go for it, Azarashi-san ~The Hidden Ambition~" are three segments in episode 8 of Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san. It aired November 26th, 2018.

Bookstores are so Wonderful!
Book lovers and Bookstore lovers are a dying breed. A man with a missing pinky asks Honda-san for some specific books. A missing pinky generally represents affiliation with the Yakuza. The man says he would like them to be shipped, and while filling out the mailing address, he talks about someone that wanted to come to the store by themself and that bookstores make them happy. He leaves after patting Honda-san on the shoulder and ominously saying "I'm counting on you".

Honda-san asks Lantern-san to check the destination of the package. They are set to go to a prison. The segment ends with Honda-san saying "We get all kinds of customers daily... Still, we should be very thankful that they chose to buy books from a bookstore."(4:27-5:07)

The Shelves with and without Restrictions
Honda-san has dealt with many kinds of customers, but there are some that still send his heart racing, specifically children. He goes on to explain how he is usually dead inside with customers, but children make him uncomfortable. He asks if it's creepy, after describing it as "when I'm confronted by their purity and honest eyes, I get flustered." Okitsune and Houtai agree that it is creepy. though, Houtai and Okitsune talk about how troubling children can be when they wander into the wrong parts of the store.

Honda-san later mentions how it makes him happy when customers have sparkles in their eyes while picking up a manga. A father and son from texas ask for a specific manga, which Honda-san points him to. The son and father both had tears of joy in their eyes and rushed over to the manga. Honda-san never saw a reaction like that before. "Maybe there are no borders in the purity of love, regardless of age, sex or nationality."(9:14)

Go for it, Azarashi-san ~The Hidden Ambition~
Azarashi-san proposes Skull-Face should get an adaptation and Honda-san should be played by a hot actor.