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Quirky bildungsroman meets sports manga in this coming-of-age story about friendship, figure skating, and finding your feet in the awkward years of adolescence, perfect for fans of Haikyuu!.
NO PAIN, NO GAIN…RIGHT?
Small-town figure skater Eimori Shotaro knows he can’t turn down an offer to train with a prestigious coach in Osaka. But where his rural hometown may have kept him at a distance from the cutthroat world of elite skating, there’s no dodging it in the city. He’s getting better - but so is his competition, not to mention the noisy but undeniably talented new training mate who won’t leave him alone. And as that pressure mounts, it's never been more clear that his confidence lags far behind his ability.
Fujiwara Risato has never for a minute doubted that figure skating is what she was born to do. A natural athlete, Risato has been turning heads with her athleticism and consistency almost as long as she's been skating - and that's practically forever. Sure, she’s got awful grades and virtually no friends to show for it, but skating is all Risato thinks she needs. After all, it's the only place she's ever been able to be exactly what she was expected to be. And if that changes? Well, it had better not.
Risato and Shotaro are the unlikeliest of friends. But as they ascend the ranks and the pressure on both of them mounts, they’ll have to lean on each other in the most formidable of growing up.
NO PAIN, NO GAIN…RIGHT?
Small-town figure skater Eimori Shotaro knows he can’t turn down an offer to train with a prestigious coach in Osaka. But where his rural hometown may have kept him at a distance from the cutthroat world of elite skating, there’s no dodging it in the city. He’s getting better - but so is his competition, not to mention the noisy but undeniably talented new training mate who won’t leave him alone. And as that pressure mounts, it's never been more clear that his confidence lags far behind his ability.
Fujiwara Risato has never for a minute doubted that figure skating is what she was born to do. A natural athlete, Risato has been turning heads with her athleticism and consistency almost as long as she's been skating - and that's practically forever. Sure, she’s got awful grades and virtually no friends to show for it, but skating is all Risato thinks she needs. After all, it's the only place she's ever been able to be exactly what she was expected to be. And if that changes? Well, it had better not.
Risato and Shotaro are the unlikeliest of friends. But as they ascend the ranks and the pressure on both of them mounts, they’ll have to lean on each other in the most formidable of growing up.
434 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 22, 2025
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September 26, 2025Of course I had to use my own book to get my Goodreads challenge number up, shhhh (pt 1)
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