و بالاخره به تعادل رسیدن عزیزان. واقعا رابطه چیناتسو و تاتارا رو دوست دارم. جفتشون مشکل زیادی دارن و باید کنار بیان با هم و صد البته با مشکلاتشون. اینجا باز دوباره تاتارا رو خیلی درک میکنم، برای تمام حرفهایی که فقط توی ذهنشن و نمیتونه بزنه، برای ترسش از ابراز خودش. و عمیقا امیدوارم بتونه بر ترسهاش غلبه کنه هر چند که خودم هنوز موفق نشدم. وارد کردن عمیقتر هیودو رو میپسندم، زیباییش ستودنیه و شخصیتش جذاب.
Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 8 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next four chapters (33–36) of the on-going manga series.
The first half of the tankōbon concludes the Dance Camp at Karuizawa with the obligatory osen scene. Things are not going well for Tatara Fujita and Chinatsu Hiyama as they continued to argue more than they dance. Eventually, they manage to patch things together on the last day of the camp, where Hiyama proposed that if they don’t win the next competition, she is willing to set Fujita free, because their partnership is more antagonistic than productive.
The second half of the tankōbon begins the Tokyo Metropolitan Dance Sport Tournament, where if Tatara Fujita and Chinatsu Hiyama win they would become A Rank. Also participating in the tournament are Masami Kugimiya and Tami Idogawa, whom was also at the Summer Dance Camp and Akira Koumoto and her partner Mine Gorou. The Tokyo Metropolitan Dance Sport Tournament is a four-round tournament for pairs that are D Rank of higher.
Fujita and Hiyama easily passed the first round with full checks after dancing the Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot, and a fourth unnamed dance. However, it was during the intermission that things heat up between Fujita and Hiyama, whom she called a coward for not telling his family about this part of his life, when her family embarrassingly shows up. Angered, they battled it through the Waltz and Tango, which by the end of the dance – Fujita and Hiyama come to unity.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Tomo Takeuchi. It is quite interesting to read the growth of Tatara Fujita and Chinatsu Hiyama as partners. Their evolution from timid lead and reluctant follower manages to find some balance at the end of the tankōbon.
All in all, Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 8 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.
I really hate Chinatsu, but I still enjoyed this volume. You get to see a lot of pressure on Tatara and more growth in his dancing. If Chinatsu wasn't in the story at all I would have loved it even more, but she at least challenges Tatara, I just wish everyone wouldn't blame him for their dancing! Also, I love myself a good training camp arc!
Noticed I got three Welcome to the Ballroom volumes unread, so here we go. It's been so long I read the previous ones that I feared I'd be totally lost with this but was able to jump right in rather easily.
Takeuchi is still superb in putting movement into a still image.
I admire Tatara for his perseverance. Even though he sucks at dancing compared to his decorated peers, he keeps chipping away at it and that takes a lot of courage ❤️💪
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I love the dynamics between the characters! It makes the story so compelling and dynamic. I love how imperfect everyone is, it always feels like the have a lot of room to grow both as a person and a dancer! One of the best sports manga's out there.