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Katsu! #15

Katsu! 15

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184 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2005

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Mitsuru Adachi

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Mitsuru Adachi (あだち充 in Japanese) is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. Kieta was published in Deluxe Shōnen Sunday (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan).

Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as Touch, H2, Slow Step, and Miyuki. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.

His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao, Shōjo Comic, Big Comic, and Petit Comic, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine which began publication in June 2009. Only two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media), have been released in North America, though Viz is scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010.

He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.

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6,001 reviews50 followers
September 8, 2020
Pretty good boxing manga, surprisingly it didn’t seem to be to much boxing just a pretty good slice of life story and liked the main characters 👍😁🥊🥊
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9 reviews
October 10, 2007
kisah anak petinju yang awalnya ngga mau bertinju, tapi jadi petinju...he..he.. ceritanya baru muncul di shonen star.. lagi nunggu komiknya terbit niyy..
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18 reviews
April 22, 2008
keren banget,,,biasanya Adachi mitsuru bikin komik tentang baseball, yang ini tentang tinju,,,gak kalah seru ma H2,,ni juga wajib baca!!!!
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11 reviews1 follower
January 14, 2015
Semua karya Adachi Mitsuru selalu menyenangkan untuk dibaca; sederhana dan menghibur
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