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ピンポン [Ping Pong] #1
Ping Pong, vol. 1
Os invitamos a disfrutar de este atípico shonen deportivo, en el que Taiyô Matsumoto relata la historia de Peko y su amigo de la infancia, Smile. Un relato atípico y sorprendente adaptado al cine (Fumihiko Sori, 2002), que en 2014 también contó con un anime dirigido por el prestigioso Masaaki Yuasa.
Avalado por nominaciones en el Festival Internacional de Angoulême y en los Premios Harvey, y ganador del Cartoonist Studio Prize a la mejor novela gráfica por Sunny, Taiyô Matsumoto (Tekkon Kinkreet., Takemitsu Zamurái) es considerado como uno de los grandes mangakas de la actualidad. En Pingpong, vuelve a demostrar su inconfundible sensibilidad y dominio del medio, gracias a una historia que ha trascendido las fronteras del manga.
Avalado por nominaciones en el Festival Internacional de Angoulême y en los Premios Harvey, y ganador del Cartoonist Studio Prize a la mejor novela gráfica por Sunny, Taiyô Matsumoto (Tekkon Kinkreet., Takemitsu Zamurái) es considerado como uno de los grandes mangakas de la actualidad. En Pingpong, vuelve a demostrar su inconfundible sensibilidad y dominio del medio, gracias a una historia que ha trascendido las fronteras del manga.
208 pages, Paperback
First published July 30, 1996
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About the author
Taiyo Matsumoto
163 books618 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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April 26, 2019
3.5/5
Reseña y calificación para todo el manga.
Al leer el manga lo primero que resalta es el estilo de dibujo. No me extraña que para muchos resulte feo. Aunque para mí eran atractivamente feos. XD No sé si será por la novedad o por el mucho uso del negro en algunas escenas, pero me gustó.
En cuanto a los personajes principales, los de la imagen. Debo decir que... ¡me gustaron todos!😆 Cada uno a su manera obvio. El autor logra que nos interesemos por ellos y así emocionarnos cuando estos se van a enfrentar.
También el desarrollo de la historia me gustó, pese a que esta se vuelve desesperanzadora y triste en un momento, tiene una finalidad.
Lo que sí no me gustó fueron los últimos capítulos y el final de la historia. Sentí que mucho por lo que se trabajó al final fue en vano. Pero juzguen por ustedes mismos amigos. Por mí parte les recomiendo esta historia. 😆
Reseña y calificación para todo el manga.
Al leer el manga lo primero que resalta es el estilo de dibujo. No me extraña que para muchos resulte feo. Aunque para mí eran atractivamente feos. XD No sé si será por la novedad o por el mucho uso del negro en algunas escenas, pero me gustó.
En cuanto a los personajes principales, los de la imagen. Debo decir que... ¡me gustaron todos!😆 Cada uno a su manera obvio. El autor logra que nos interesemos por ellos y así emocionarnos cuando estos se van a enfrentar.
También el desarrollo de la historia me gustó, pese a que esta se vuelve desesperanzadora y triste en un momento, tiene una finalidad.
Lo que sí no me gustó fueron los últimos capítulos y el final de la historia. Sentí que mucho por lo que se trabajó al final fue en vano. Pero juzguen por ustedes mismos amigos. Por mí parte les recomiendo esta historia. 😆
September 23, 2022
'Ping Pong Vol. 1' en el que se presentan los personajes, conocemos a Tsukimoto (Smile) y a Hoshino (Peko). Se conoce la relación de amistad entre ellos (desde la infancia). Se presenta al rival a batir Kong (el Chino). Se habla del ping pong como una disciplina filosófica. El entrenador Koizumi ve bueno ojos a Smile y quiere entrenarlo. Se presenta Kazama (Dragón) rival de nuestros protagonistas y vigente campeón de Kaio. Y del enfrentamiento del entrenador Koizumi contra Smile.
October 11, 2021
松坂大洋的角色塑造
很有葉慈《十一種孤獨》的無力感
但因為是青年漫畫，總會有救贖....
很有葉慈《十一種孤獨》的無力感
但因為是青年漫畫，總會有救贖....
August 26, 2014
Loved it, first thing which hit me was the art. It's so intense and at the same time beautiful. The art's different from normal manga, very rough but still gives us beautiful sketches.
The story is about Ping Pong, Rivalry and Growing up. The intensity in sports and the physiological difference between the two main guys and how they cope with situation is just great.
The only complains are -the manga is too short at 5 volumes.It's good wanted more of it. Also at times there was too much of ping pong. A little break in between would have been good.
The story is about Ping Pong, Rivalry and Growing up. The intensity in sports and the physiological difference between the two main guys and how they cope with situation is just great.
The only complains are -the manga is too short at 5 volumes.It's good wanted more of it. Also at times there was too much of ping pong. A little break in between would have been good.
April 1, 2019
Chef d'oeuvre !!!
October 29, 2020
Honestly what put me off first is the art like it isn't personally that great BUT I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN AND WHEN OPPONENTS WERE FACING OFF EACH OTHER, THE SCENES WERE LIT AF MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahem anyways I was very surprised that I thought this was a very moving manga since I'm not really a "Ping Pong " fan and the art was rather off (no offense to the artist). I really liked how we get to know each characters (Smile, Dragon, Peko, Granny, Wenga, and the old dude who I can't remember his name lol) like the character development in this was very good. I do wish it was expanded out more than 55 chapters so we get to know each character more on their backstories as to why they ended up doing Ping Pong in the first place. However it gave a nice touching ending so can't necessarily complain that it was too rushed tbh!
Just read this guys, wtf are you waiting for??!!!!!!!!!
Ahem anyways I was very surprised that I thought this was a very moving manga since I'm not really a "Ping Pong " fan and the art was rather off (no offense to the artist). I really liked how we get to know each characters (Smile, Dragon, Peko, Granny, Wenga, and the old dude who I can't remember his name lol) like the character development in this was very good. I do wish it was expanded out more than 55 chapters so we get to know each character more on their backstories as to why they ended up doing Ping Pong in the first place. However it gave a nice touching ending so can't necessarily complain that it was too rushed tbh!
Just read this guys, wtf are you waiting for??!!!!!!!!!
November 16, 2025
20251116 2nd read
最近看到臉書上的冷門漫畫神作列表，此其一也
心癢難耐手一滑就買了套重溫一下
翻到封底版權頁一看，2025年5月初版七刷
嗯~...冷門在那?
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20251115 套書購自巨城誠品
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20171203 借自新竹市圖
劇情寫實，畫風卻很不寫實~
最近看到臉書上的冷門漫畫神作列表，此其一也
心癢難耐手一滑就買了套重溫一下
翻到封底版權頁一看，2025年5月初版七刷
嗯~...冷門在那?
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20251115 套書購自巨城誠品
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20171203 借自新竹市圖
劇情寫實，畫風卻很不寫實~
March 17, 2023
A class apart! Love the drawing style so much.
May 28, 2016
I think Taiyo Matsumoto is my favorite manga writer/artist. So far the story is nothing really special– at its core, it's pretty predictable, but I enjoy Matsumoto's pacing and drifts into more abstract sequences. Before this, I had only read Tekkon Kinkreet, but now I see that he has a thing for duo characters that offset one another. It's clear that Smile and Peko are Black and White (the two protagonists from Tekkon Kinkreet, although less developed. It's a fun read so far. I'd give the story 3 stars, but the art pushes it to 4, as Matsumoto conveys so much with his wobbly lines and loose expressions/postures. He has beautiful depictions of the ping pong matches that I don't think many other artists could pull off. This series isn't of the caliber that some of his other works are, but it's still a great read.
January 24, 2013
Story abou ping pong, an essay about snack, talent and hero
December 11, 2015
La historia, los personajes y la esencia me han atrapado. No pienso soltarlo.
Yo solo se que después de leer esto..¡QUIERO JUGAR PING PONG!
Yo solo se que después de leer esto..¡QUIERO JUGAR PING PONG!
February 27, 2023
好看的要命⋯⋯一直好奇為什麼每間文青咖啡廳都要在書架上供一套《乒乓》，現在可以理解了，果然神作。
分鏡流暢又令人熱血沸騰，看過才知道松本大洋怎麼在「靜態」的漫畫格子裡面創造出各式各樣的「動態」感，雖然沒看過太多漫畫，但這個技法令我十分震撼。
意外的沒被畫風勸退，反而認為這是松本大洋風格化的象徵，也非常喜歡這些不美型、但是表情和性格都非常鮮活的人物（尤其運動的時候的確表情很容易很猙獰啊XD）。
《乒乓》的母題是「努力」與「天賦」，作為一個不具有過多天賦的平庸的人，其實時常難以想像主角星野那種「對自己擁有盲目自信，甚至自大」的感受。反倒是高中時感受到人外有人、天外有天時，沒花太多時間就接受了世界上有許多人比自己優秀的事實。
松本大洋的厲害之處在於寫實，貼肉般的描寫運動員的不同掙扎，星野的課題是不願努力、對桌球怠慢，月本的課題是沒有勝負心，風間的課題是一人背負眾人期望的壓力、讚美所帶來的苦痛，佐久間的課題是承認自己沒有天賦、再多努力都沒有用，孔的課題是如何在新的環境走出一條路、並與自己和解。
值得一提的是「英雄」的意象在漫畫中反覆出現，月本一直把星野當作自己的英雄，小時候被霸凌時是星野拯救他，星野也是他打桌球的契機與初心，綽號SMILE 的他其實從來不笑，只有跟星野打桌球時，才能看到他發自內心的笑容。在星野一度放棄桌球出走時，他仍然相信「英雄」會回來，在最後的全國大賽時說「我等你好久了」。因為月本的緣故，讓我對於星野這個小屁孩又中二的角色多了喜愛與理解。
天賦是非常殘酷的東西，決定了能力的地板，與天花板。當努力成為基本條件的時候，勤能補拙成為了一句沒用的話，因為努力的會輸給有天賦的，有天賦又努力的，會輸給更有天賦跟更努力的。這也是松本大洋想傳達的，更何況，這是一部被尾田榮一郎喻為「只有努力畫不出來的漫畫」啊。
分鏡流暢又令人熱血沸騰，看過才知道松本大洋怎麼在「靜態」的漫畫格子裡面創造出各式各樣的「動態」感，雖然沒看過太多漫畫，但這個技法令我十分震撼。
意外的沒被畫風勸退，反而認為這是松本大洋風格化的象徵，也非常喜歡這些不美型、但是表情和性格都非常鮮活的人物（尤其運動的時候的確表情很容易很猙獰啊XD）。
《乒乓》的母題是「努力」與「天賦」，作為一個不具有過多天賦的平庸的人，其實時常難以想像主角星野那種「對自己擁有盲目自信，甚至自大」的感受。反倒是高中時感受到人外有人、天外有天時，沒花太多時間就接受了世界上有許多人比自己優秀的事實。
松本大洋的厲害之處在於寫實，貼肉般的描寫運動員的不同掙扎，星野的課題是不願努力、對桌球怠慢，月本的課題是沒有勝負心，風間的課題是一人背負眾人期望的壓力、讚美所帶來的苦痛，佐久間的課題是承認自己沒有天賦、再多努力都沒有用，孔的課題是如何在新的環境走出一條路、並與自己和解。
值得一提的是「英雄」的意象在漫畫中反覆出現，月本一直把星野當作自己的英雄，小時候被霸凌時是星野拯救他，星野也是他打桌球的契機與初心，綽號SMILE 的他其實從來不笑，只有跟星野打桌球時，才能看到他發自內心的笑容。在星野一度放棄桌球出走時，他仍然相信「英雄」會回來，在最後的全國大賽時說「我等你好久了」。因為月本的緣故，讓我對於星野這個小屁孩又中二的角色多了喜愛與理解。
天賦是非常殘酷的東西，決定了能力的地板，與天花板。當努力成為基本條件的時候，勤能補拙成為了一句沒用的話，因為努力的會輸給有天賦的，有天賦又努力的，會輸給更有天賦跟更努力的。這也是松本大洋想傳達的，更何況，這是一部被尾田榮一郎喻為「只有努力畫不出來的漫畫」啊。
November 27, 2025
Volume five, five people who love ping pong. The cinematography in this volume is incredible. I especially loved the parts with Ah Bian and Ah Long. When the bird spread its wings and flew, I almost cried, because I've always been afraid to take flight—right now, I really want to overcome that fear and try my best to soar.
March 23, 2021
小泉老師好變態喔。
今年真的是漫畫元年，雖然不知道五本要看奪久。
今年真的是漫畫元年，雖然不知道五本要看奪久。
November 16, 2021
El cómic que más me ha flipado en mucho mucho tiempo. Estoy por las nubes, a por los otros cuatro tomos.
July 18, 2022
Peko <3
November 26, 2022
Nunca é só o esporte.
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November 19, 2025giga bomba. leggerò la parte 2 e diventerò anche un campione di ping pong
August 2, 2022
[2022.07.18_90]
April 27, 2020
Narrativa inesperada. Adorei!
March 11, 2015
Just like any other sports manga.
September 18, 2025
重讀才發現背景在江之島。
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