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CRUSH3D!! 1 Warm-up!!
New team, new luck? Carter is finally back in the ice rink - but so are his old demons.
The colorful start of a polarizing boy's ice hockey career, for fans of the classic coming of age sports manga genre who also like a little gay romance twist. This first book collects the first three chapters of the free webcomic series filled with both lighthearted fun and serious mental health and LGBT+ issues.
The colorful start of a polarizing boy's ice hockey career, for fans of the classic coming of age sports manga genre who also like a little gay romance twist. This first book collects the first three chapters of the free webcomic series filled with both lighthearted fun and serious mental health and LGBT+ issues.
352 pages, Paperback
Published May 5, 2021
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June 24, 2022
crush is so chaotic, i love him😭😂
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July 25, 2022
~*See below for review in English*~
4.5 stars
Ich habe damals einen Teil der Originalgeschichte "Hockey Homo" gelesen, bevor Yaa sie offline genommen hat, um sie zu überarbeiten. An viel kann ich mich nicht erinnern, und mein allgemeines Gefühl gegenüber der Geschichte war eher so... na ja. Inzwischen kenne ich ein paar mehr Geschichten aus Yaas Feder (Goldfisch, Java Bonds), die mir gefallen und auch die Tatsache, dass die Geschichte überarbeitet wird, hat mich extrem neugierig gemacht. Und was soll ich sagen, CRUSHED!! ist wunderbar. Die Charaktere sind interessant und die Geschichte toll erzählt, sodass ich Band 2 kaum erwarten kann. Und das Artwork? Einfach super. Auch der Humor (in Text- und Bildform), mit dem ich oftmals Probleme in Manga/Comicform habe, spricht mich hier an. Trotz des Humors hat CRUSHED!! aber auch sehr ernsthafte Töne, die bis jetzt größtenteils nur angedeutet wurden, die aber in Zukunft, so Yaa, noch an Intensität zunehmen werden. Und ich bin so gespannt!
Ich persönlich habe keine Interesse an Hockey (und ich greife auch sonst nicht unbedingt zu Sportmanga/-comics), dennoch ist dieser Teil so gut in die Geschichte eingebunden, dass ich nicht das Bedürfnis habe Erklärungen o.ä. zu überspringen. Der Sport ist wunderbar mit den menschlichen Interaktionen bzw. dem Slice-of-Life-Aspekt der Geschichte verbunden, dass alles sehr homogen wirkt und interessant ist. Für mich als Laie wirkt es auch sehr gut recherchiert.
Man kann CRUSHED!! online lesen, oder so wie ich, auch in Papierform kaufen. Der Preis von 28€ ist in meinen Augen gerechtfertigt. Der Band ist komplett in Farbe, ist 350 Seiten stark und ist im Überformat gedruckt. Lediglich die Schrift ist manchmal etwas schwammig im Druck (das kann aber auch an meiner Ausgabe liegen). Trotz des Gewichts und der Größe kann man das Buch gut lesen.
~**~**~**~
I read part of the original story "Hockey Homo" back in the day before Yaa took it offline to revise it. I don't remember much about it, and my general feeling towards the story was more like.... meh. Since then, I have read a few more stories by Yaa (Goldfisch, Java Bonds) that I liked. That, and the fact that the story is being revised made me extremely curious. And what can I say, CRUSHED!!! is wonderful. The characters are interesting and the story is told in a great way, so I can't wait for volume 2. And the artwork? Super nice. Even the humour (in text and visual form), which I often have problems with in manga/comics, appeals to me here. Despite the humour, CRUSHED!! also has very serious tones that have mostly only been hinted at so far, but according to Yaa, will increase in intensity in the future. And I am so excited!
I personally have no interest in hockey (and I don't usually reach for sports manga/comics), yet this part is so well integrated into the story that I don't feel the need to skip explanations or the like. The sport is wonderfully intertwined with the human interactions and the slice-of-life aspect of the story that it all feels very homogeneous and interesting. For me as a layman, it also seems very well researched.
You can read CRUSHED!! online or, like me, buy a physical copy. The price of 28€ is justified in my eyes. The volume is completely printed in colour, has 350 pages, and is printed in oversize format. Only the typeface is sometimes a bit blurred in print (but that may just be my edition). Despite its size and weight, this book is not hard to read.
4.5 stars
Ich habe damals einen Teil der Originalgeschichte "Hockey Homo" gelesen, bevor Yaa sie offline genommen hat, um sie zu überarbeiten. An viel kann ich mich nicht erinnern, und mein allgemeines Gefühl gegenüber der Geschichte war eher so... na ja. Inzwischen kenne ich ein paar mehr Geschichten aus Yaas Feder (Goldfisch, Java Bonds), die mir gefallen und auch die Tatsache, dass die Geschichte überarbeitet wird, hat mich extrem neugierig gemacht. Und was soll ich sagen, CRUSHED!! ist wunderbar. Die Charaktere sind interessant und die Geschichte toll erzählt, sodass ich Band 2 kaum erwarten kann. Und das Artwork? Einfach super. Auch der Humor (in Text- und Bildform), mit dem ich oftmals Probleme in Manga/Comicform habe, spricht mich hier an. Trotz des Humors hat CRUSHED!! aber auch sehr ernsthafte Töne, die bis jetzt größtenteils nur angedeutet wurden, die aber in Zukunft, so Yaa, noch an Intensität zunehmen werden. Und ich bin so gespannt!
Ich persönlich habe keine Interesse an Hockey (und ich greife auch sonst nicht unbedingt zu Sportmanga/-comics), dennoch ist dieser Teil so gut in die Geschichte eingebunden, dass ich nicht das Bedürfnis habe Erklärungen o.ä. zu überspringen. Der Sport ist wunderbar mit den menschlichen Interaktionen bzw. dem Slice-of-Life-Aspekt der Geschichte verbunden, dass alles sehr homogen wirkt und interessant ist. Für mich als Laie wirkt es auch sehr gut recherchiert.
Man kann CRUSHED!! online lesen, oder so wie ich, auch in Papierform kaufen. Der Preis von 28€ ist in meinen Augen gerechtfertigt. Der Band ist komplett in Farbe, ist 350 Seiten stark und ist im Überformat gedruckt. Lediglich die Schrift ist manchmal etwas schwammig im Druck (das kann aber auch an meiner Ausgabe liegen). Trotz des Gewichts und der Größe kann man das Buch gut lesen.
~**~**~**~
I read part of the original story "Hockey Homo" back in the day before Yaa took it offline to revise it. I don't remember much about it, and my general feeling towards the story was more like.... meh. Since then, I have read a few more stories by Yaa (Goldfisch, Java Bonds) that I liked. That, and the fact that the story is being revised made me extremely curious. And what can I say, CRUSHED!!! is wonderful. The characters are interesting and the story is told in a great way, so I can't wait for volume 2. And the artwork? Super nice. Even the humour (in text and visual form), which I often have problems with in manga/comics, appeals to me here. Despite the humour, CRUSHED!! also has very serious tones that have mostly only been hinted at so far, but according to Yaa, will increase in intensity in the future. And I am so excited!
I personally have no interest in hockey (and I don't usually reach for sports manga/comics), yet this part is so well integrated into the story that I don't feel the need to skip explanations or the like. The sport is wonderfully intertwined with the human interactions and the slice-of-life aspect of the story that it all feels very homogeneous and interesting. For me as a layman, it also seems very well researched.
You can read CRUSHED!! online or, like me, buy a physical copy. The price of 28€ is justified in my eyes. The volume is completely printed in colour, has 350 pages, and is printed in oversize format. Only the typeface is sometimes a bit blurred in print (but that may just be my edition). Despite its size and weight, this book is not hard to read.
December 20, 2022
(As I always seem to be writing - this book deserves a more proper review but for now a couple of thoughts)
I've been following this series since before the reboot and I adore all of these characters so!! much!! I was so excited when the first volume was released as a physical book n now that it has arrived re-reading the series has made me excited about this series all over again. I really really love the direction Nana Yaa has taken this story -- you can really feel just how much work and research and care has gone into every single detail of this book. I don't follow hockey but this comic not only explains all of the details that I need to understand it... it makes me care 😌
I would absolutely recommend this to graphic novel/comic fans, esp if you're interested at all in sports anime with an emotional punch (https://tapas.io/series/CRUSH3D/info).
I've been following this series since before the reboot and I adore all of these characters so!! much!! I was so excited when the first volume was released as a physical book n now that it has arrived re-reading the series has made me excited about this series all over again. I really really love the direction Nana Yaa has taken this story -- you can really feel just how much work and research and care has gone into every single detail of this book. I don't follow hockey but this comic not only explains all of the details that I need to understand it... it makes me care 😌
I would absolutely recommend this to graphic novel/comic fans, esp if you're interested at all in sports anime with an emotional punch (https://tapas.io/series/CRUSH3D/info).
June 20, 2023
This was a fantastic book I want to get the actual copy of it!
August 6, 2025
I love gay hockey
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