"Those are kind of broad topics," said Eiji, "But we do have a new volume coming out this month in the Conquerors By Dynasty series.

"And in new releases, there's 'The Way of Soba: How a Year Spent Sampling the Big City's Noodle Stands Changed My Life'. It's supposedly written from the point of view of a dog who abandoned a promising career in show business to pursue his dream of serving the world's best soba noodles."