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《乒乓》描述兩位同樣熱愛乒乓的天才中學生——活潑熱情、零食不離嘴的Peco(星野裕),和冷淡低調、手中老把玩魔術方塊的Smile(月本誠),遇上乒乓精英學校「海王學園」主將Dragon(風間龍一)、中國留學生China(孔文革),和兒時玩伴惡魔間Akuma(佐久間學)的挑戰;勝者為王,敗者未必為寇。才能的殘酷,考驗著青春無悔的友誼。
  
本書從故事到分鏡作畫都大受好評,是松本大洋描繪對決性運動出類拔萃之作。漫畫中有許多比賽場面,壓迫感和速度感十足,讓人熱血沸騰!每場比賽的分鏡都十分出色,松本大洋在2D的畫面中呈現非常驚人的時間和空間張力,畫面有時切割、有時滿版、有時充滿狀聲詞、有時留白無聲,可說是「神之分鏡」。連松本大洋自己都覺得要超越此作很不容易。
  
雖說以「乒乓」為主題,但此作絕非「運動漫畫」可一言蔽之。呼應松本大洋歷來作品中一冷一熱的主角Smile和Peco,從小一起長大,從一面倒的單向崇拜和壓抑,演變成勢均力敵的對手。次要角色也都性格鮮明,每個人的心事和掙扎都巧妙點出,引人共鳴。青春校園中、運動賽事場上,對才華的欣賞和嫉妒,選手間的惺惺相惜,學長弟間崇拜和被崇拜的情感考驗,都讓書中的男子情誼讓人動容。最末的兩場對決尤其令人感動。

1996年在日本初版的《乒乓》,2002年改編成同名真人電影,由曾利文彥執導、鬼才宮藤官九郎編劇,窪塚洋介、ARATA、李燦森、中村獅童主演。2014年,日本天才動畫師湯淺政明改拍成電視動畫《乒乓 THE ANIMATION》,勇奪2015年東京動畫獎(TAAF)年度最佳電視動畫大賞,也是許多人「跪著看完」的經典。

《航海王》作者尾田栄一郎視松本大洋為偶像,在畫集《ONE PIECE COLOR WALK 5~SHARK~》中邀松本對談時說:「我一直認為『這世上沒有天才』。而且認為不管是哪個成功的人,都是因為比別人更加努力的關係。但是在看到《乒乓》這部作品時,很吃驚的感覺到『這世上有天才』,而且還覺得光靠努力是無法畫出那種作品呢。」盛讚的同時,也呼應了書中情節。

210 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 1996

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Taiyo Matsumoto

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See 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.

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196 reviews3 followers
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.
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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. 😆
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422 reviews50 followers
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.
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118 reviews6 followers
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....
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872 reviews40 followers
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.
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3,086 reviews120 followers
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??!!!!!!!!!
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280 reviews12 followers
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.
4 reviews2 followers
January 24, 2013
Story abou ping pong, an essay about snack, talent and hero
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251 reviews111 followers
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!
16 reviews1 follower
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。
52 reviews
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.
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15 reviews5 followers
November 16, 2021
El cómic que más me ha flipado en mucho mucho tiempo. Estoy por las nubes, a por los otros cuatro tomos.
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