Girl Got Game, Vol. 3

Power!! #3

by Shizuru Seino

Tsuyaka Himejima, a recent transfer to Kyo's new high school, is very disappointed to discover her former teammate's gender-bending masquerade. Tsuyaka soon comes up with a plan to get Kyo on the girls basketball team. Illustrations.

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Sports, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Comics

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 2000

About the author

Current Residence: Sapporo
Zodiac: Gemini
Blood Type: A
Likes: potatoes, tea, karaoke

Reviews

[Maed Between the Pages · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars.

There were some funny/cute moments in here for sure, but the friend group isn’t very well established. That means that the emotions we’re supposed to feel during Aizawa’s possibility of being exposed just aren’t there. How do we care about a betrayal if we don’t really know the people being betrayed? Overall it’s cute though!

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute volume. Some really silly/funny moments and I like the two main leads. Her friend comes in, and she's a firey spirit that does give some good laughs. I didn't love how she ripped her friends shirt up so she revealed her boobs to the guy...pretty disgusting. But overall it was still solid, wonder how we can stretch this 7 more volumes though.

[Emmers]

So, these are definitely a product of the time I will say. I read volumes 2-5 in brief hour I had before I had to get ready for work and I know at this point I saw the r-slur at least twice.
I will say all the loosey goosey gender shenanigans seems to be both on par and occasionally ahead of its time, I wonder if the mangaka was figuring some stuff out.

[Megan Krogh · Rating 5 out of 5]

WWHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[August Lawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is definitely a product of it's time

[Harumichi Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kyo diminta Chiharu untuk menemaninya berbelanja. Kyo kesenangan sendiri dan menganggapnya sebagai kencan. Tapi harapannya langsung luluh lantak karena ternyata Chiharu hanya memanfaatkannya sebagai pembawa barang.

Selesai berbelanja, Kyo ngamuk dan melemparkan semua barang belanjaan Chiharu. Tak disangka Chiharu menyusulnya sampai rela meninggalkan semua barang belanjaannya (kecuali bola basket). Komikal banget sih alur komik ini xD

Teman setim Kyo di SMP, Himejima Tsuyaka-senpai pindah ke Seishu untuk mengejar Kyo. Dia kaget saat tahu Kyo menyamar jadi laki-laki dan memintanya masuk tim basket perempuan. Chiharu yang salah paham akan kedekatan mereka berdua mengira Tsuyaka adalah pacar Kyo.

Tsuyaka lalu menantang Chiharu main basket. Karena Chiharu kalah, ia pun mengambil Kyo ke tim basket wanita. Chiharu pun berusaha berlatih agar bisa mengalahkan Tsuyaka. Kyo ikut membantunya dengan memberi info soal kelemahan Tsuyaka. Chiharu pun berhasil memenangkan pertandingan ulang.

Tapi Tsuyaka tak terima dan membongkar jati diri Kyo di depan Chiharu. Chiharu shock dan langsung pindah kamar. Setelah itu Kyo pun pergi setelah sebelumnya meninggalkan surat perpisahan bagi Chiharu.

[Francine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eniwa's confusion over his attraction towards Kyo is adorable. 🥰

I didn't like the scene where Kyo got outed by her senpai, who tore her shirt off to "reveal" her gender (big asterisk). That's a horrible thing to do and the manga sort of brushes past it like it's no big deal. This manga was not written for an LGBT+ audience: it laughs at homosexuality and makes light of trans/non-binary experiences. It seems like trans people don't exist in this world, even though crossdressing does.

The dokidoki romance is cute, tho.

This is such a weird manga to rate, because it's old, and the world has changed since then, but at the same time, did it? I can look past the red flags and enjoy the dokidoki because this series is old and that's an excuse; but I wouldn't recommend this to a new reader. There's so much better stuff out there, sweeties.

[Nav · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious. I’d recommend more for comedy and gender/identity shenanigans than romance.

[CrazyBug456 · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️3,8

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh wow, I wasn’t expecting THAT so soon!

[maria monserrat · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ people will say it’s not that deep but …. the trans messaging and bisexual identity crisis in this one, woo

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was really good. This volume brings a new character into the series from Kyo's past. This was a really good volume. The bonus "Girl Got Game Meeting - Round One" at the end of the volume was also pretty fun.

[Kereesa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this volume, mostly because the stakes got much, much higher for Kyo, and we finally got to the end of 'is he or isn't he?' arc thing that's been going on.

*suggestive eye brow lift*

4.5/5

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

skipped #2 (it wasn't on the shelf), but don't know as i like this new character being inserted into the storyline. too pushy...

[Emi えみ Takami 鷹見 · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of Kyo's former team mates transfers schools and exposes her secret to Chiharu. Now the two can't even look at each other, and Chiharu says he can't live with Kyo anymore. What's Kyo to do?

[Naomi · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars, rounded up.

I can't believe the first time I read this I gave it 3 stars.

[Kadie D♥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rival showed up what is going to happen XD

[Minty-chan~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

awww! i hope everything works out~ i cant wait to read the next book!

[Eka Masih SMA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mulai masuk plot menarik.. walau tetap saja #plek banget sama cerita komik Hanakimi a.ka For you in full blossom -_-

[Selsara 'Misfil' · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tsuyaka udah kayak kuntilanak .___.
Horor tapi malah bikin lucu.

Masih suka sama ceritanya sejauh ini.
Bacaan yang menyejukkan, bikin senyum senyum bacanya.

[Katie (Katie's Corner Blog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

see full review @ Katie's Corner

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good volume.