Episode 5

"An INQUIRY / It's a Book Signing!! Everyone Gather Up / A Fascinating Erotic Story" are three segments in episode 5 of Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san . It aired November 5th, 2018.

An INQUIRY
First segment opens with a customer asking Honda-san where a specific book is. After Honda-san puts him in the right direction, the customer then tells a large group of people where it is, and they all clear the shelves of that book.

Honda-san reports to Section Chief Armor about this, and she shares stories about the times that happened to her. They both agree that it's hard to know what a customer wants, only for Gas Mask to say "You call yourselves booksellers?"(1:32)

Kamibukuro asks Honda-san to handle inquiries for the day. First customer to ask him a question is a brazilian man, asking for his opinion on why Japanese manga are always black and white. Honda-san then tries to say it is cheaper to produce that way. Turns out the customer was only lost and asked how he can reach his destination. The segment ends with Honda-san going ''"I'll have to continue responding with sincerity to customers who come at me so sincerely..." (3:52)''

It's a Book Signing!!! Everyone Gather Up
A company salesman calls Honda-san and proposes they hold a book signing at the store. Section Chief Armor explains that when a manga artist tweets about their signings or releases, calls will start flooding in from customers and will cause the phones to glitch. She goes on to note books purchased outright cannot be returned, meanwhile consigned ones can be. Honda-san asks the S company staff to hold off on tweeting about the manga books because of it. Honda-san then warns manga artists everywhere "Please let us know before you tell the Internet!"(6:12)

A Fascinating Erotic Story
A foreign gay couple ask Honda-san for erotic gay manga. Honda-san realizes they only carry BL and no gay comics. He shows them all the Boy's Love comics and the couple thank him.

Honda-san narrates that there are various levels of erotic manga. Section Chief Armor talks to her book, saying it is a touchy subject. She is distraught over her own personal needs as a reader versus how she must conform as a bookseller. Okitsune-senpai informs Honda-san one of the books popular were deemed harmful. "Harmful books are recommended by the municipal governments to be kept away from young people."(7:38) He then gets a call from a customer that was troubled by discovering a racey manga in a shonen manga magazine. Honda-san successfully consoles the customer, and afterwards mentions how dealing with erotic manga is never easy.

Rabbit Head then comes in with a new shipment. Kamibukuro goes to check it out and one of the books spill open to reveal extremely erotic artwork. Honda-san questions what is an appropriate erotic manga and what is an inappropriate one. "It's something the bookstore staff think about every day."(10:25)