“Hey, the raisin bread is talking! What the hell are you?”
The fake bread thief has appeared!

The Bread Thief works as a baker in the world's most delicious forest bakery.
One day, a fake bread thief appeared wearing a bun upside down.
The bread thief diligently baked the dough in the oven, and voila! He transformed himself into a raisin bread to catch the culprit who stole the raisin bread.
As the bread thief, wearing a raisin bread roll, performs a seduction maneuver in front of a tree hole, waiting for the fake bread thief to appear, readers hold back their laughter and their hearts race.
The moment the bread thief turns around and tries to catch the culprit… .
“Snap!” The culprit took a big bite of the raisin bread, or rather, the bread thief.
“Eww~ What are you doing!” The moment the bread thief screamed in surprise, the culprit said in an even more surprised voice, “The raisin bread is talking!”
Finally, the bread thief and the roll, who had transformed into raisin bread, took off their masks and confirmed each other's identities.
“I am a mouse!” “I am a squirrel!”

The bread thief and the fake bread thief finally reveal their identities by throwing bread, and the mouse and squirrel have a blast in a showdown! What will the outcome be?

“It’s much more fun to make bread than to steal it!”
The fake bread thief's misguided love for bread, and the baker bread thief's generous forgiveness!

The reason the squirrel stole the bread was because the family liked raisin bread.
The bread thief saw his old self in the squirrel who said he stole bread because he liked bread.
I loved bread so much that I stole it, unable to resist the temptation right in front of me, even though I knew it was wrong.
Instead of punishing or scolding the squirrel, the bread thief told his story of how he realized that 'making bread is much more enjoyable than stealing bread.'
And then he reached out and asked if I wanted to make bread with him.
Just like the baker reached out to the bread thief.


Touched by the bread thief's forgiveness and offer, the fake bread thief climbed the tree every day and diligently gathered grapes and berries with the passion to make delicious bread.
And the fake bread thief squirrel and the bread thief made lots of nutty bread, sour bread, and raisin bread.
Of course, we didn't forget to invite the whole squirrel family, who love raisin bread the most, and enjoy a delicious meal.

The image of the bread thief and the fake bread thief, who were swayed by momentary temptations in front of what they wanted to eat and do, resembles our own.
Sometimes, it's hard to stop doing something even though you know it's wrong.
The bread thief, who was angry that the bread he had worked so hard to make had been stolen, was heartbroken when he saw the fake bread thief sincerely apologize and reflect on his actions.
Thinking about my past mistakes, I began to give forgiveness and opportunities to others.
The bread thief, who forgave others for their mistakes and gave them new opportunities, has grown into a wonderful baker with both skills and a warm heart.

What happened after that? Every year, the Squirrel Family gathered forest berries and brought them to the bakery. With their love for bread, the Bread Thief and the Fake Bread Thief created a loaf of bread filled with berries and raisins, which became the bakery's most popular bread.

“It can’t get any more fun than this!”
Meet the overwhelmingly hilarious and fatally lovable bread thief again, presented by Keiko Shibata!

The first installment of the "Bread Thief" series, "Bread Thief," was published in Japan in 2020 and immediately won the gold prize in the MOE (Moe) Picture Book Award and the grand prize in the first Tsutaya Bookstore Award.
The sequel, "Bread Thief vs. Fake Bread Thief," which featured a fake bread thief, also won the grand prize at the 2nd Tsutaya Bookstore Grand Prize thanks to the enthusiastic support of readers, giving the author the honor of winning the grand prize for the second time in a row with "Bread Thief."
The deadly cute and overwhelmingly shameless bread thief character wearing a bread-shaped mask has been made into not only books but also various goods and emoticons, and has created a bread thief craze in Japan, becoming a national character loved by everyone from children to adults.

Author Keiko Shibata, who loves cheese bread and chocolate-covered twist bread the most, has poured her love for delicious bread into “Bread Thief vs. Fake Bread Thief,” following the previous work “Bread Thief.”
Seeing the countless delicious breads on display, even more diverse than in the previous installment, and the bread thief and the fake bread thief and their loving passion for bread, makes you want to take a bite of some freshly baked, warm bread right away.
Check out the deadly fun 『Bread Thief vs. Fake Bread Thief』 with its chic humor and unexpected twists!