Takeshi Konomi: Prince of Tennis #11
This was a curiosity buy which only served to further pique my curiosity, but it's certainly more involving and entertaining than I expected from a manga about a bunch of youth playing tennis... rather squeaky-clean youth, too, although apparently some (gasp!) underage cigarette smoking was airbrushed out to protect America's young from the evils of... um... well, pseudo-reality, because it looks like only the nasty kid smoked anyway! Oh well.
The art is bold and dramatic, the characters well-designed and obviously strong enough to carry the series between tension-fraught tournaments... although this book's all tension-fraught tournament, so there wasn't a lot of character stuff going on.
Overall, I liked it, but I'd probably only pick up more if it landed in the bargain bin again – although I'm curious, is it the dramatic tennis or the character drama which made this so popular in Japan?
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I've been curious about this since seeing it on the shelves. I haven't reach many sports manga, but I think I like them more than I like the sports they're about!
I loved the basketball comic "Slam Dunk" and there's a really enjoyable girls' volleyball serial in Shojo Beat. Which reminds me it's been a while since I've picked up an issue of that...
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