This is the first volume in the Mr. Nietzsche manga series which depicts a story about a young millennial named Matsu Koma, who works the late-night shift at a convenience store and his experiences with Tomoharu Nii (Mr. Nietzsche), a new part-time worker who Matsu Koma has been tasked to train. When Tomoharu is confronted with an angry customer who tells him that “The customer is God.” Tomoraharu replies, “God is dead.” 

The story gives a humorous insight into life as a Japanese millennial and also into the daily routine of a part-time worker in a convenience store in Japan. The writing in the comic strip is in English and the original Japanese narrative is written in the margins. This bilingual edition is primarily for Japanese native readers, but can also be enjoyed by native English speakers who appreciate manga and Japanese humor.  

Structure

• The book is structured in manga narrative form.
• At the end of the main story, there is An Extra Story section called “Before I met him”, also in manga narrative form.
• Special columns: This is a section at the end of the manga that is mainly for native Japanese language readers. It contains further explanations to probable questions a Japanese reader may have regarding English translations, phrases, pronunciations, expressions, and idioms. This section also elaborates and compares Japanese and foreign culture and contains a sample situation dialogue written in English and Japanese of a typical interaction between a customer and employee at the cash register in a convenience store.

Recommended for you if:

• You like manga.
• Your native language is Japanese. You want to improve your English reading ability and you have middle-advanced level English reading skills. 
• Your native language is English. You want to improve your Japanese reading ability, and you have N2～N1 level Japanese reading skills. 

About this volume:

• Original Title: バイリンガル版　 ニーチェ先生　1　コンビニに、さとり世代の新人が舞い降りた
• Pages: 140
• Publishing Date: June 22, 2018
• ISBN: 978-4-04-602-2357-5
• Languages: English and Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana, Furigana, and Kanji)