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ピンポン [Ping Pong] #5
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インターハイ予選県大会、準決勝の第一試合、月本vs猫田戦。スマイルは圧倒的な力の差を見せつけ、準々決勝で当たった海王の真田、そして猫田の2人をもってしても彼から1セットを奪うことさえできないのだった。そして、準決勝第2試合、風間と対戦することになっている星野だが、前の試合で悪化した膝の状態がよくない。コーチの道夫は棄権を進めるが、もうずっと長いこと、スマイルに待たれていると感じ続けていた星野は、試合を強行する。
202 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 30, 1997
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Taiyo Matsumoto
166 books623 followersSee also: 松本大洋 and 松本 大洋
Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer.
In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto started the series 'Ping Pong' in 1996. 'Number Five' followed in 2001, published by Shogakukan.
Source: Lambiek website bio .
Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer.
In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto started the series 'Ping Pong' in 1996. 'Number Five' followed in 2001, published by Shogakukan.
Source: Lambiek website bio .
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January 5, 2017
Ping Pong es una manga/anime que me ha llegado a la patata. La obra gira alrededor del deporte, pero lo que realmente se trata es como lo afrontan los diferentes personajes. Para algunos es pura pasión, otros simplemente juegan por jugar, los hay que quieren recuperar el orgullo perdido... Taiyo Matsumoto sabe como contar historias muy bien, y esto es visible en el tratamiento de la velocidad de la trama. Los partidos no tienen nada que envidiarle a las escenas de acción de Mad Max o algún comic superheróico, de hecho algunas veces puede que las superen, el ritmo es vertiginoso, en cambio entre torneos todo se vuelve mucho mas relajado y reflexivo, mostrando que esta es una obra que se adentra en temas mas pronfundos de lo que pueda parecer por el propio título.
En fin, altamente recomendable, sobretodo si has tenido aunque sea un mínimo contacto con el deporte.
En fin, altamente recomendable, sobretodo si has tenido aunque sea un mínimo contacto con el deporte.
July 2, 2023
the christmas scene from the anime altered my brain chemistry
November 11, 2015
This is one of the best graphic novels I've ever read. Matsumoto tells stories in his graphic novels at a pace and depth that most in this space can't quite get right. Hoshino and Tsukimoto are some of my favorite fictional characters and Matsumoto's entire cast is multi-dimensional. I love this book and hope a printed English-language edition becomes available someday.
October 1, 2022
Taiyo Matsumoto est l'un de mes mangakas préférés ; son style n'est peut-être pas toujours au top mais ses histoires ont une profondeur toujours très marquée, une lenteur dans le propos et quelque chose de toujours hors du temps.
September 26, 2022
'Ping Pong Vol. 5' en el que en los malos momentos siempre aparece un héroe, siempre.
February 6, 2017
Manga de 5 tomos que me he podido leer gracias al bello de mi novio♥
Ping Pong es un spokon-seinen que no deja indiferente a nadie, y aunque es cierto que vi el anime primero (el verano pasado o el anterior), el manga me ha gustado muchísimo más. El movimiento que le da el anime, ya me lo aporta Matsumoto en cada una de las viñetas! Los personajes taaaaan bien construidos y con personalidades y luchas más realistas que la propia realidad.
Aunque el dibujo puede echar a más de uno para atrás, os pido por favor que le deis una oportunidad porque realmente se lo merece♥
He hecho una review del manga en mi canal de youtube donde me explayo muchísimo más, así que la dejo por aquí por si a alguien le interesa saber más :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQnOc...
Ping Pong es un spokon-seinen que no deja indiferente a nadie, y aunque es cierto que vi el anime primero (el verano pasado o el anterior), el manga me ha gustado muchísimo más. El movimiento que le da el anime, ya me lo aporta Matsumoto en cada una de las viñetas! Los personajes taaaaan bien construidos y con personalidades y luchas más realistas que la propia realidad.
Aunque el dibujo puede echar a más de uno para atrás, os pido por favor que le deis una oportunidad porque realmente se lo merece♥
He hecho una review del manga en mi canal de youtube donde me explayo muchísimo más, así que la dejo por aquí por si a alguien le interesa saber más :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQnOc...
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December 15, 2024Hhh soo gooood - v v nice to revisit something I was very into as a 14 year old in its original form and have it very much hold up -
The anime to a larger degree but even this manga to an extent have this reputation amongst manga and anime community that it's "not like other sports anime" or even "it's not about the ping pong" -- much like the way people talk about something like evangelion? When like this very much IS about ping pong
The only thing it's NOT about is I guess "who wins" -- but after watching all the haikyuu stuff that's out I'm like...maybe that's a biiit more about winning but even then not really
Stilll - it's really nice to sorta have that final chapter with all the different paths everyone takes - only peco is the "hero" -- the "typical" shounen sports protag who is like playing internationally - Smile is a schoolteacher, kazama is a strong played but can't make it past the national stage, sakuma has quit -- idk it's pre neat I think my favourite genre of things is adults looking back on their teenage days and stuff and that last chapter is v satisfying in that sense
Anyway all like sports protags are like nd to a degree but with Smile and Peco it's very like overt and dealt with even tho they don't explicitly call it autism -- Smile being called golgo or a cyborg, the way he relates to people and talks to them - the way people are like :/ sorry you didn't find it fun and hes like no it's interesting - I've not done smth like this - all with the straight face - and peco this other extreme adhd energy - constantly eating candy - hyperverbal just yaps about whatever nonsense - and yea they form a v v fun and wholesome and cute pair 🥲 -- I think this is the sorta best rendition of the black and white pairing archetype from tekkon kinkreet - feels like the peko type character is smth taiyou is v into
Anyway so many of my notes that I made was like !! These characters had a cool moment together - etc etc that's the fun of watching these guys play in tournaments and grow and change -- I think the main thing that probably separates ping pong from other sports stuff is its speed and pacing? But it really works as this short 5 volume but still like 2 year spanning story -
I especially enjoyed the coach stuff this time round - their relationships among each other and with the studentsss it was fun seeing how they kinda change and grow as people tooo
Kong wen used to be my fav character when I watched the anime probably because he's just cool? Even tho his entire arc is an anticlimax as someone who doesn't particularly grow much as a player (tho he's always v good) -- and who kinda loses quick - but it's nice that his arc is more about moving from being this like Chinese pro who's too proud and despises being in Japan into becoming like a mentor figure to all the Japanese players on his team and moving from trashtalking everyone in Chinese to like speaking broken Japanese to his teammates and helping them improve its nicee
And yeah just the trope of like autistic nonverbal nonemotional characters GROWING UP and becoming more "normal" idk is smth I like and appreciate? Cuz they're still nd but like can still...be happy and vibe w others lol
The anime to a larger degree but even this manga to an extent have this reputation amongst manga and anime community that it's "not like other sports anime" or even "it's not about the ping pong" -- much like the way people talk about something like evangelion? When like this very much IS about ping pong
The only thing it's NOT about is I guess "who wins" -- but after watching all the haikyuu stuff that's out I'm like...maybe that's a biiit more about winning but even then not really
Stilll - it's really nice to sorta have that final chapter with all the different paths everyone takes - only peco is the "hero" -- the "typical" shounen sports protag who is like playing internationally - Smile is a schoolteacher, kazama is a strong played but can't make it past the national stage, sakuma has quit -- idk it's pre neat I think my favourite genre of things is adults looking back on their teenage days and stuff and that last chapter is v satisfying in that sense
Anyway all like sports protags are like nd to a degree but with Smile and Peco it's very like overt and dealt with even tho they don't explicitly call it autism -- Smile being called golgo or a cyborg, the way he relates to people and talks to them - the way people are like :/ sorry you didn't find it fun and hes like no it's interesting - I've not done smth like this - all with the straight face - and peco this other extreme adhd energy - constantly eating candy - hyperverbal just yaps about whatever nonsense - and yea they form a v v fun and wholesome and cute pair 🥲 -- I think this is the sorta best rendition of the black and white pairing archetype from tekkon kinkreet - feels like the peko type character is smth taiyou is v into
Anyway so many of my notes that I made was like !! These characters had a cool moment together - etc etc that's the fun of watching these guys play in tournaments and grow and change -- I think the main thing that probably separates ping pong from other sports stuff is its speed and pacing? But it really works as this short 5 volume but still like 2 year spanning story -
I especially enjoyed the coach stuff this time round - their relationships among each other and with the studentsss it was fun seeing how they kinda change and grow as people tooo
Kong wen used to be my fav character when I watched the anime probably because he's just cool? Even tho his entire arc is an anticlimax as someone who doesn't particularly grow much as a player (tho he's always v good) -- and who kinda loses quick - but it's nice that his arc is more about moving from being this like Chinese pro who's too proud and despises being in Japan into becoming like a mentor figure to all the Japanese players on his team and moving from trashtalking everyone in Chinese to like speaking broken Japanese to his teammates and helping them improve its nicee
And yeah just the trope of like autistic nonverbal nonemotional characters GROWING UP and becoming more "normal" idk is smth I like and appreciate? Cuz they're still nd but like can still...be happy and vibe w others lol
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January 21, 2024
un'opera bellissima, tanto semplice quanto profonda che rimbalza come una pallina da ping pong da un'emozione all'altra, da una vita a un'altra. Lo stile è autoriale, divertente e riconoscibilissimo, non sono un appassionato di spokon ma questo è proprio di un altro livello. Consigliatissimo a tutti.
March 27, 2021
前三集都滿無感的，但比賽畫面畫得讓人熱血沸騰，就算對桌球沒興趣都仔細地看過每一格。最後一集真好看，不知道松本大洋的作品是否都有種理直氣壯的中二味道，但反正背景是高中校園好像也滿合理。
April 26, 2022
Clamoroso!
November 23, 2025
20251123 2nd read
跟動畫的記憶混在一起了，原來動畫加了不少戲
日本人總要強調根性，對此我是很厭倦了
但不減乒乓的好看，比起灌藍高手，我更愛這部~
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20251115 套書購自巨城誠品
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20171203 借自新竹市圖
松本大洋的畫風有點難習慣
不過看久了誇張的透視倒也挺適合運動類型的題材
看了一半搭配湯淺政明的動畫一起看
動畫高度還原漫畫的畫風加上高彩度的色塊
再加上孔文革的中文配音~有種青出於藍的感覺啊
(倒是很好奇日本人對中文配音的感覺是什麼)
不同於動畫給五個主要角色更多的描繪
漫畫比較集中在smile和peco兩個主角身上
smile對peco的"孺慕之情"對BL愛好者來說
應該可以衍生出無數二創吧
但這種畫風大概吸不到腐女族群XD
不過相較於主角
配角比較能打動我的心
無論是孔文革離鄉背景還是風間龍一不能輸的背後
都不下兩個主角的糾葛啊~
最有共鳴的是佐久間學盡力而不能致
後天的萬分努力終究比不上天材
十分的日本風格
可是也很符合大部分平凡讀者的境遇
何況惡魔間最早結婚啊啊~
桌球不得意可是人生比其他人順遂啊~
翻譯也很用心
很多乒乓術語都有詳細的註解
讓不懂這運動的讀者也能體會場景的用意
跟動畫的記憶混在一起了，原來動畫加了不少戲
日本人總要強調根性，對此我是很厭倦了
但不減乒乓的好看，比起灌藍高手，我更愛這部~
--
20251115 套書購自巨城誠品
--
20171203 借自新竹市圖
松本大洋的畫風有點難習慣
不過看久了誇張的透視倒也挺適合運動類型的題材
看了一半搭配湯淺政明的動畫一起看
動畫高度還原漫畫的畫風加上高彩度的色塊
再加上孔文革的中文配音~有種青出於藍的感覺啊
(倒是很好奇日本人對中文配音的感覺是什麼)
不同於動畫給五個主要角色更多的描繪
漫畫比較集中在smile和peco兩個主角身上
smile對peco的"孺慕之情"對BL愛好者來說
應該可以衍生出無數二創吧
但這種畫風大概吸不到腐女族群XD
不過相較於主角
配角比較能打動我的心
無論是孔文革離鄉背景還是風間龍一不能輸的背後
都不下兩個主角的糾葛啊~
最有共鳴的是佐久間學盡力而不能致
後天的萬分努力終究比不上天材
十分的日本風格
可是也很符合大部分平凡讀者的境遇
何況惡魔間最早結婚啊啊~
桌球不得意可是人生比其他人順遂啊~
翻譯也很用心
很多乒乓術語都有詳細的註解
讓不懂這運動的讀者也能體會場景的用意
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August 2, 2022[2022.07.20_94]
September 24, 2020
Questo NON È UN MANGA SOL PING PONG!
È una storia di competizione, di amicizia e di vite che praticano uno sport. Di persone, e di tutto ciò che ne consegue.
Ci sono le invidie, la scoperta di che cosa voglia dire l'impegno e di cosa voglia dire il talento.
Mi ha colpito la caratterizzazione dei personaggi, così vera e credibile. Il modo in cui è rappresentato poi il movimento nelle giocate è qualcosa di unico, si sente quasi il Tac della pallina sul tavolo. Bellissimo
È una storia di competizione, di amicizia e di vite che praticano uno sport. Di persone, e di tutto ciò che ne consegue.
Ci sono le invidie, la scoperta di che cosa voglia dire l'impegno e di cosa voglia dire il talento.
Mi ha colpito la caratterizzazione dei personaggi, così vera e credibile. Il modo in cui è rappresentato poi il movimento nelle giocate è qualcosa di unico, si sente quasi il Tac della pallina sul tavolo. Bellissimo
July 12, 2016
Me encariñe de los protagonistas mas de lo que podía imaginar. Todos los personajes me enamoraron y lo mejor de todo es que no existe el típico "villano" que desarrolla un odio sin sentido al protagonista solo por que juega igual o mejor que el. Aquí todos los personajes son solo personas con problemas, personas que con el transcurso del tiempo se van dando cuenta de sus errores y aprenden de ellos. Descubren que la mayoría de veces aparentamos ser quienes no somos, para impresionar a los demás haciendo cosas que no queremos y aceptan que como humanos tenemos límites y debilidades.
"I don't want to sacrifice things or drag people down to win"
La amistad que desarrolla la historia me dejó completamente conmovida, pocas amistades ya sean en libros, series o películas han logrado conmoverme como lo hizo la amistad entre Peco y Smile. Era una amistad real, desinteresada.
Aunque la historia gira entorno al Ping Pong, no es nada aburrida. Es absolutamente interesante ver la gran competitividad que hay entre todos los personajes y descubrir sus miedos, sueños e historias.
Leí el manga al mismo tiempo que el anime y sin duda prefiero el final del anime, pero en general me atrevo a decir que el anime es muy fiel al manga y ambos me han gustado demasiado.
Sinceramente esta es una de las mejores historias que he tenido el placer de leer.
February 16, 2022
Una cosa increíble la cinética.
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