ドッグスレッド 1 [Dogsred 1]

ドッグスレッド [Dogsred] #1

by Satoru Noda, 野田サトル

舞台は気高き北の大地・北海道。時代は2010年、平成。
フィギュアスケート、全日本ジュニア選手権大会決勝で歴代最高点を叩き出した白川朗は、なぜか突然、大暴れ。優勝できたはずの大会で失格、フィギュア界を永久追放されてしまう。『狂犬王子』という異名をつけられたロウが辿り着いたのは、氷都・苫小牧、アイスホッケーの街だった!!?　大自然の作り出した天然の池リンク！　VS屈強な源間兄弟!!　前人未到のインターハイ20連覇がかかる狼之神高校!!!　そして、強い速い美しい氷上格闘球技・アイスホッケーとの出逢い!!!!　改善、成長、進化！　全ての挫折を祝福へ変える、超回復の物語ッ!!!!

Genres: Manga, Sports, Comics, Hockey, Young Adult, Fiction, Graphic Novels

212 pages, Paperback

Published January 18, 2024

About the author

Satoru Noda (野田サトル, Noda Satoru) is a japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Celestina1210 · Rating 3 out of 5]

L’histoire peut plaire à un jeune public j’ai eu dû mal avec le personnage principal. Rou est un patineur artistique fabuleux sauf que que lors d’une compétition il perd les pédales et détruit tout sur son passage, c’est un manga sur le milieu du sport comme ils en existent depuis la nuit des temps bon j’ai quand ri avec Rou qui ne connaît rien aux règles de Hockey.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

I never watch sporting events, but I'm a sucker for sports fiction.

A disgraced figure skater with emotional baggage and anger issues gets drafted into playing as a last-second substitute in a junior high school hockey game in the new town where he's living with his grandfather.

Following his successful run on Golden Kamuy, Satoru Noda asked his publishers for a do-over on his first failed series, Supinamarada! While the plot remains the same, the art and script get a revamp, and in Japan, the new version already has more volumes than the original.

As with Golden Kamuy, Dogsred is set in Hokkaido and features some Ainu cast members. I look forward to seeing what qualities those roots bring to the story in the long run.


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Chapter 1. Rabid Prince -- Chapter 2. Routine -- Chapter 3. The Last Miyamori Junior High Ice Hockey Team -- Chapter 4. An Intriguing Player -- Chapter 5. A Small Spark -- Chapter 6. The Trick to Receiving -- Chapter 7. One Goal -- Rulebook

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid, if a bit predictable, start. The story centers on Rou Shirakawa, a figure skater who spirals into a breakdown after his mother's death. He has a public meltdown at an event, leading to his ban from figure skating. Later, while skating alone in a field, he encounters a group of kids and is unexpectedly drawn into a game of hockey.

The opening felt a little odd, but thankfully the characters are fun, and I particularly like the Genma brothers. I have a feeling their development will really help this series grow. The art during action sequences looks great, though some of the faces can appear a bit...unusual. Overall, I'm definitely going to check out another volume! I'd give this one a 3 out of 5.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read more graphic novel reviews at The Graphic Library.

If you're looking for more sports manga, this one could be your next read or purchase! A disgraced figure skater gets roped into playing ice hockey and has to learn the hard way that the two are not the same at all. There are some hilarious moments involved in this steep learning curve, and Noda is known for his meticulous illustrations.

Reviewed for Booklist Magazine.

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

[Anna Quilter · Rating 4 out of 5]

a young aspiring figure skating wunderkind has a temper tantrum...is banished and ends up on a backwater Ice Hockey team.
living in Canada ..this hits a nerve.
there is an underlying dark side...which was briefly touched on...and it will be interesting to see how that develops.

[Cade · Rating 4 out of 5]

umm guys is this icebreaker? 🤔😹

[emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

MANGA SIDCROS <3

[Carli FriesJr. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 fun read

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super funny, also interesting and now I have a book for my hockey obsessed coworker lol.

[Matt Glaviano · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

My continuing quest to read any hockey graphic novel that crosses my path led me to this ridiculous book.

Please understand that I do not mean "ridiculous" in a derogatory way. I had so much fun reading this book. The skater-turned-hockey-star main character is so, SO hilariously over the top. I laughed out loud far too many times while reading this title.

Added to that, there's some really good hockey art. The positions of the bodies in motion are well captured. The on ice sequences had a decent flow to them. And added to THAT, there's some decent expositional information about hockey for the uninitiated.

I had no intention of enjoying this title, let alone looking forward to reading more of the series. But this was a lot of stupid fun and I think I'll keep going.

Have I found the hockey manga equivalent of how I feel about Dinosaur Sanctuary??

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is so ridiculous—I love it already.

If you loved “Yuri on Ice” but wished it had more nonsense and was about ice hockey instead, this is for you.

In this first volume, we’re introduced to Rou—a once famous but now disgraced 15-year-old national figure skater. After the unexpected death of his mother who was also his biggest supporter, he is clearly floundering. The fans are out of control. Rou caused a scene at his last championship and got himself disqualified. Having to move in with his grandfather in a remote village isn’t helping things either.

Rou is a mess.

But, the local hockey team needs a fill-in for their soon-to-be disbanded team. He is easily swayed. But, unfortunately for everyone, while Rou can definitely skate, he doesn’t know how to play hockey.

This story strikes such a balance between being silly and heartfelt. (Honestly, I think that’s Satoru Noda’s distinctive style.)

I had such a blast reading this story—and I’m so looking forward to reading more. The rivalries and dynamics introduced are already hella entertaining. I’m so ready to see what happens next~

[Tippy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s an interesting-ish premise. Basically a figure skater, Rou, gets kicked out of the sport after a family tragedy makes him go berserk is the kiss and cry. He moves to Hokkaido and while skating on a pond gets into a fight with a hockey player, Keiichi. In order to pay for a lost net Rou agrees to be a sub for a local middle school hockey team. However, he has no idea how to play or what the rules are. Also, the team they are playing against is Keiichi’s. Honestly, there’s not a lot of depth to the story so far. We don’t know what caused Rou to lose it in the kiss and cry. The dialog is a little weird, at least for Rou. This mostly felt like a volume that’s main point it to teach the reader how hockey works. I did appreciate the Sidney Crosby name drop though. There was also a moment during Rou and Keiichi’s fight the felt BL-ish and even though I know that is no where near where the story is going it still made me happy. I’ll probably stick around to see where the next volume goes.

[Sol · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT. A. BEGINNING.

I think Satoru Noda is one of the greatest living mangaka right now, and not enough people are talking about that. Golden Kamuy is truly one of the best manga ever created and I mean that without an ounce of exaggeration. So in many ways, finally picking up Dogsred felt a lot like coming home for me. The breathtaking art that is comedic, emotional, dynamic, full of flavor and expression -- the clearly meticulous research that goes into each background, each plot point... Noda-sensei is clearly someone who cares deeply about accuracy, both technical and historical, but still creates manga that is easy-to-read and human. He is a true master of his craft, all in terms of writing, art, and research.

And what a first volume this is. We're setting the stage in a similar way to Medalist, another figure skating manga that I love, but it retains some of the crass slapstick comedy, as well as the deep human emotion, of Golden Kamuy. The character designs are nothing short of fun... and I'm finally learning a thing or two about ice hockey, a sport I've been curious about for a while (as a complete sports novice).

All I can say is, I'm SO sat for "Rabid Prince" Rou's journey. As a protagonist, I ADORE him. I find it impossible not to adore every single character introduced in this volume. I'm so intrigued. On to volume two!!!

[Ayan1909 · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5

I took a long time deciding myself if I wanted to buy this one because I’m a huge fan of hockey but the art style isn’t really my fav but when I found it at a thrift store for very cheap I just picked it up.

A young national figure skating hopeful, Rou Shirakawa just won a decisive tournament with the program his mother and coach prepared, before dying some time earlier in an car accident but seized by an inexplicable fit of violence in front of cameras all over Japan, he’s banned for life from the tournament.

The story is a bit cliché - a figure skater starts to do hockey all of a sudden after his career is finished - but from the resume it had a lot of potential. Sadly, I end up not really enjoying it that much, for me, the pacing broke everything, some moments felt very rushed and cut short while others are way too long and "boring". The characters felt a bit flat with no real personality or introduction.

The match was fun to read, some moments were well drawn and the best point is for the people that don’t know the hockey rules, it’s slowly explained while Rou Shirakawa discover them himself but it was the only part I really liked.

I will probably not continue this series (except if I found them in second hand)

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Few things:

1. The title isn't explained (in this volume?), so it comes across as a racist translation of "dogsled"; it's about figure skating and ice hockey, though.
2. Sort of a Yuri!!! on Ice crossed with The Mighty Ducks?
3. Rou never explains why after he completes a perfect performance, the one his late mother choreographed for him, and gets a record-breaking score... he then throws a chair on the ice and has a violent display of aggression? This bothered me through the whole book, to where he defers when asked directly—TWICE—and they just kind of leave it at that. Okay, just ruin your life and all, no big deal.
4. A high-schooler is really allowed to sub in at a junior-high game?
4a. (I guess it's the last game they'll ever do, since the school is shuttering, so whatever?)
5. Art's good.

I don't know. It sort of stands on its own, in that if there is never a book 2, I think that would be "fine," but it's not really my jam, especially considering how much Rou grates on my nerves. I mean, he hates his grandfather's cat! BOO

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a relatively new sports manga about hockey/ice hockey and an enjoyable read. Our main character, Roli Shirakawa is a champion figure skater with sights set on the Olympics, but when his mother is killed in a car crash, Roli is left to compete without his coach, mentor, biggest supporter and parent. His rage and grief boil over and he trashes the venue, receiving a life time ban from the sport. Baffling that his recent bereavement is not taken into consideration or discussed in the book much at all - is denial of grieving a cultural thing? No idea, but it is a glaring omission.
Anyway, Roli and his sister have to move to live with their grandpa and join a new Junior High school. Through some nicely paced plotting, Roli ends up subbing for the school ice hockey team, a sport that he has never played, for the season closing match. Chaos ensues on the ice as he has no idea how to use a stick, of what the rules of the game are.
The book is completely male-dominated. His sister plays a very minor role, but for any manga hockey fans this has to be a hit.

[Goatllama · Rating 5 out of 5]

After the rollicking quest of ゴールデンカムイ 1 Golden Kamui 1 , Noda charges right in to another cold-weather tale, but one that's rather more modern. While some recent chapters are dragging a bit, the first bits of this were excellent and pulled me in and dragged me along, and I'm confident this will be another masterwork, given time.

Honestly, all you really need to know is this: Noda is a master of the absurd scene. But the absurd that is the perfect seasoning for fiction, the absurd that makes you glad books exist. There are too many stories that are either not creative enough or confident enough to have something really odd happen -- this is not one of them. These moments of madness are where characters shine.

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a sports manga, but I had a little more fun reading it than a lot of other sports manga. That may partly be because I love both sports that feature here, figure skating and ice hockey. It may also be because the main character is deeply unserious in a very funny way, and he doesn't lack depth. It also helps that he isn't a total savant at hockey. His figure skating skills help, but he also has no idea what he's doing and that ignorance can be a real hindrance. The eventual flow of the story is pretty obvious, because it's still a sports manga, but I do appreciate that he doesn't come in and immediately get an incredible victory.

[Helén · Rating 4 out of 5]

När man letar efter en manga med hockey som tema och hittar en smått absurd en med de unika ögonbryn man kommit att känna igen från Golden Kamuy, Vol. 1 känner man att man hittat rätt.
Stilen är snygg och dramatisk och förklaringarna på begreppen inom sporten precis vad jag behöver. Det är en bra början och jag hoppas den växer på en.

[AP · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5
I've heard the author's other story should be good, so I decided to give this one a try.
As for the story, it's pretty middle of the road/average sports manga story so far, hence why I would have loved to have given it my usual 3 volumes. Unfortunately my library only has the first one and the series at this point of time seems fairly newly published in English with only 4 or 5 volumes from what I rather quickly gathered.

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

88%

Oh hell yeah! I didn’t know Noda had the chops for a sports manga, but I guess he does. Now I know.

While some of the characters seem to have really similar designs to characters from Golden Kamuy (intentional or not), this has all the makings of a good sport manga for me. It’s about a sport I don’t know much about, the characters are likeable, and Noda knows how to create great hype moments. Excited to continue this one!

[Mackenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sports manga is so crazy- mind you these are just middle schoolers with unresolved trauma and insecurities but every other page they say shit like, "If you fuck up this hockey game for me I will slice your head off with my ice skate and drag your lifeless corpse across the rink!!!"

Then again, I didn't play sports in middle school, so maybe this is an accurate experience idk.

[Hel Rasmussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never read a hockey Manga before and I love it. I like the asides and explanations as well as the fact that they mentioned Crosby and the Golden Goal. Great mangas for hockey fans and Satoru Noda fans.

[Mohammed Awais · Rating 3 out of 5]

A promising start to a fun sports manga. (On chapter 32)

[Carissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. The pacing at the start is a little off, but this has potential to be a solid sports Manga and a promising tribute to the sport of hockey.

[Bailey Renalds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Noda’s done it again!! 😎

[Greta K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gayass

[MargReadsManga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strong first volume! It was a laugh riot and I throughly enjoyed it! Can’t wait to where this story goes!

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Forgot to mark this book as read from March.

[Célestine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast paced like the sport of hockey. It kept my attention for longer and entertained me more than Supinamarada. Plus the art is great at capturing the action of the sport. 🏒