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Teppu Vol. 1
It's not easy being good at everything. First-year high school student Natsuo Ishido has always been a gifted athlete, and her ability to easily master every sport has not only bought her a life of boredom, but the resentment of everyone else who has had to work hard for their achievements. Not that Natsuo cares what anyone else thinks. All she longs for is a break from the monotony...for a real challenge worthy of pouring all her efforts into. A rival-an equal-worth beating down, crushing, and demoralizing… That all seems like a pipe dream until a pair of annoyingly peppy transfer students arrive from Brazil and start up a brand-new club that teases the challenge she craves-Mixed Martial Arts.
- GenresManga
211 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 11, 2023
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April 29, 2024
Boredom Fighter
Okay first thing I though of this series when I was looking through my seemingly ever growing collection of first volumes is this is kind of like "What if Saitama didn't have his powers and was in high school...and a female with hair. Honestly it is silly having nothing in common with One-Punch Man save for the main character of the series is so good at what they do (athletic things) that it causes great boredom at times. No supervillains, no quirky quips, and nothing extraordinary out of an average slice of life scenario for these youths (save for how each excels in some martial arts or another.)
All in all it was not a bad first volume introducing mixed martial arts to the reader if they are inexperienced even showing some of the techniques as high schooler Natsuo Ishidō seeks actual physical challenges after conquering everything she has tried in the past. With the Brazilian transfer students bringing mixed martial arts to the school the book resists an all too serious tone and it is apparent the the mangka has a certain passion for the MMA world. So yeah, if you are looking for a slice of life about martial arts and don't mind that youngish females will be the primary fighters in the story then why not pick this up and give it a try.
Okay first thing I though of this series when I was looking through my seemingly ever growing collection of first volumes is this is kind of like "What if Saitama didn't have his powers and was in high school...and a female with hair. Honestly it is silly having nothing in common with One-Punch Man save for the main character of the series is so good at what they do (athletic things) that it causes great boredom at times. No supervillains, no quirky quips, and nothing extraordinary out of an average slice of life scenario for these youths (save for how each excels in some martial arts or another.)
All in all it was not a bad first volume introducing mixed martial arts to the reader if they are inexperienced even showing some of the techniques as high schooler Natsuo Ishidō seeks actual physical challenges after conquering everything she has tried in the past. With the Brazilian transfer students bringing mixed martial arts to the school the book resists an all too serious tone and it is apparent the the mangka has a certain passion for the MMA world. So yeah, if you are looking for a slice of life about martial arts and don't mind that youngish females will be the primary fighters in the story then why not pick this up and give it a try.
April 10, 2024
Girl rivals fighting, 3.75/5
A talented girl, bored with the lack of challenge in sports tastes frustration at being bested in MMA by a new student and finally wants to put in effort, albeit pettily.
It's a little hard to say what I liked about this. It feels like a gender-bent hotblooded Shonen karate manga. It's rare to see girls that like fighting and aren't sexualized or psycho-lesbians. The protagonist's weltschmerz malaise and condescension/sadism at being talented was the right amount of twisted to be entertaining but not off-putting.
A talented girl, bored with the lack of challenge in sports tastes frustration at being bested in MMA by a new student and finally wants to put in effort, albeit pettily.
It's a little hard to say what I liked about this. It feels like a gender-bent hotblooded Shonen karate manga. It's rare to see girls that like fighting and aren't sexualized or psycho-lesbians. The protagonist's weltschmerz malaise and condescension/sadism at being talented was the right amount of twisted to be entertaining but not off-putting.
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