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BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad #3
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Volume 3
After Koyuki and Maho finish a hot-and-steamy skinny-dipping adventure, his fondness for her freewheeling spirit grows. At school, new responsibilities in music class lead to tension with a school bully—who ends up trying to blackmail him! Koyuki's life is turning into one big ball of confusion: Ryusuke is still upset with him after breaking his guitar...will things ever be the same between them?
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 14, 2000
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About the author
Harold Sakuishi
224 books78 followersAssociated names :
哈罗德作石
HAROLD作石
Name (in native language) : ハロルド 作石
Birth Name : Sakuishi (作石) Takahiro (貴浩)
Blood type : AB
Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball (he is a huge Chunichi Dragons fan), martial arts, MMA, and music (he is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan).
Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in Stopper Busujima, fighting in Bakaichi, and music in Beck).
His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in Beck is actually from Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) with an altered version of that story appearing in Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi".
In Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.
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May 23, 2020
Sigue la serie a buen ritmo, se introducen novedades como la nueva profesora de música, yukio es víctima de bullying y chantaje por parte de un compañero de instituto que además resulta que toca la guitarra mucho mejor que él, al tiempo que sigue demostrando que tiene un talento innato para destrozar guitarras, su relación con Maho es cada vez más cercana y esta intenta que su hermano Ryusuke le perdone...
Estos tomos se leen en un suspiro y resultan adictivos.
Estos tomos se leen en un suspiro y resultan adictivos.
May 1, 2019
With Music Manga especially watching the anime first really enhances the experience of the story. This particular volume filled in some gaps that I had some more questions about in the anime but it still finished so quickly that I wanted to continue onto the next volume (thank you Prime Reading) because of these points I have to rate this manga a 4 out of 5 stars. Its still a fantastic series but I would recommend watching the anime first then read the manga for the music.
April 15, 2021
Koyuki sure finds himself in the middle of a lot of messes! Broken guitar, fixed guitar, even more broken guitar, wrong guitar, bullies, drunk Saito-san... I'm glad we're starting to get more into the formation of the band, though, I'm pretty ready to move on to that part!
March 11, 2020
The story is getting pretty good. It didn't have the strongest start, and really takes a few volumes for the protag to spread his wings. Side characters are still cool af.
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May 12, 2021rereading beck cause everything else im reading is making me want to d!€ .
July 22, 2018
Beck by Harold Sakuishi is a really surprising manga. It is about a band with a rags-to-riches story, a comedic theme and a splash of love. The band's name is Beck, derived from their guitarist's Frankenstein-ly dog's name. Later on, they also got known as Mongolian Chop Squad.
The first thing I noticed about this manga is the art. It is actually not very good. The gag faces are fine, but there are times when the mangaka fits a character's full body in a small panel, resulting in bad body proportions. Well at least the character designs are realistic, the eyes are not very big and their poverty was shown perfectly :)
Next is the plot. I SO LOVE IT. It's very real and full of unexpected happenings. Unlike the usual stories where in the series of darkness comes in light in every conflict, here in Beck, the flow of unfortunate events is very long and the people barely get lucky, which adds to the comedy. There are even times when I predict that their luckiness would come in at the last minute and then I end up being wrong. There was even a scene when Ryuusuke is missing and the band needs to perform, and there was a fan looking forward to seeing Ryuusuke because people says he is handsome (and she is the first person to send a letter to the band too). At the last minute before the performance, a man from the guitar shop where Koyuki buys volunteered to be Ryuusuke's substitute. He is VERY ugly, so the fan ended up being disappointed.
Anyways, for the plot, the only problem I saw is Sakuishi-sensei didn't illustrated the story's progress finely sometimes.
This series is not popular yet unexpectedly magnificent. I recommend this one especially to the people who are tired of the mainstream manga and want something different. Yes it is about music and that may make you say "It is better in anime" since manga is only drawing and text, but then, the mangaka successfully illustrates the feeling he wants the readers to feel while the characters perform.
The first thing I noticed about this manga is the art. It is actually not very good. The gag faces are fine, but there are times when the mangaka fits a character's full body in a small panel, resulting in bad body proportions. Well at least the character designs are realistic, the eyes are not very big and their poverty was shown perfectly :)
Next is the plot. I SO LOVE IT. It's very real and full of unexpected happenings. Unlike the usual stories where in the series of darkness comes in light in every conflict, here in Beck, the flow of unfortunate events is very long and the people barely get lucky, which adds to the comedy. There are even times when I predict that their luckiness would come in at the last minute and then I end up being wrong. There was even a scene when Ryuusuke is missing and the band needs to perform, and there was a fan looking forward to seeing Ryuusuke because people says he is handsome (and she is the first person to send a letter to the band too). At the last minute before the performance, a man from the guitar shop where Koyuki buys volunteered to be Ryuusuke's substitute. He is VERY ugly, so the fan ended up being disappointed.
Anyways, for the plot, the only problem I saw is Sakuishi-sensei didn't illustrated the story's progress finely sometimes.
This series is not popular yet unexpectedly magnificent. I recommend this one especially to the people who are tired of the mainstream manga and want something different. Yes it is about music and that may make you say "It is better in anime" since manga is only drawing and text, but then, the mangaka successfully illustrates the feeling he wants the readers to feel while the characters perform.
June 24, 2019
Great stuff!
Not sure what the other reviewer is talking about, if its an accurate description of bullying it should get a good review. Its potraying bullying in a negative light. Its all excellent so far and has me completely hooked, will definitely watch the anime when I finish the manga.
Not sure what the other reviewer is talking about, if its an accurate description of bullying it should get a good review. Its potraying bullying in a negative light. Its all excellent so far and has me completely hooked, will definitely watch the anime when I finish the manga.
January 21, 2022
A little slow
This one's a little slow, but it's all setting the stage for what's to come, so is definitely important. It's hard to see how miserable Koyuki's life is but just know things get better. You can see Koyuki's music knowledge expand as he recognizes The Offspring and Sex Pistols songs being covered. He's caught the bug!
This one's a little slow, but it's all setting the stage for what's to come, so is definitely important. It's hard to see how miserable Koyuki's life is but just know things get better. You can see Koyuki's music knowledge expand as he recognizes The Offspring and Sex Pistols songs being covered. He's caught the bug!
March 5, 2024
Same quality as last volume. I will say that moment of having your hard work lead up to nothing does hit home. I especially get it as a teenager feeling quite hopeless when things fall apart. Stuff blows.
March 11, 2024
Bullies and broken guitars plague our MC but he continues to find motivation to learn to play the guitar. Maho is such a great character and her driving our MC is great. The humor continues to hit in this series.
June 30, 2018
#coupeDes4Maisons
January 23, 2019
A must read for any music lover🎧🥁🎸 Pretty great rock and roll manga, good art and pretty good story!😁🤟💕
March 1, 2019
Roocksoundsqq
Iflashed through this graffic novel and thoroughly enmeshed with the whole storyline but unfortunately for me
Some of these things happen
Iflashed through this graffic novel and thoroughly enmeshed with the whole storyline but unfortunately for me
Some of these things happen
February 17, 2025
Puto calvo
June 23, 2025
de los mejores tomos de manga que he leído
July 22, 2025
brother if you don’t pull yourself together
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November 24, 2025He was going through it during half this volume 💔
May 13, 2008
Overall Rating: A+
Synopsis: Beck is a manga by Harold Sakuishi that follows Koyuki, a junior high nerd. At the beginning of the series, Koyuki leads a boring life, with a pervert as his only friend. That all changes when he saves a strange looking dog named Beck, and meets the dog's owner, Ryuusuke. The two become friends, and Koyuki starts down the path to being cool.
Beck centers around a band formed by Ryuusuke, and its rise to fame, but that's not what the series is about. The manga primarily follows Koyuki, and focuses on his trouble with girls, trying to learn to play the guitar, getting extorted for money by a bully, and his failing grades. Oh, yeah, and his swimming lessons from Saitou-san. The series touches on Koyuki's struggles in a way that makes the fact that he is becoming famous (at least at his school and in underground clubs) for his singing.
As the story progresses, it focuses more and more on the fledgling band, and its rise in popularity. At the end of volume 7, there is even an interesting subplot based around Ryuusuke's guitar, Lucille. It's these little things, subplots that don't focus on the band itself, but on its members that make Beck one of the better manga out there. It makes the characters intriguing, and I identify with the geek in Koyuki. Maybe one day, I can be in a Japanese punk band...
For more manga and anime reviews, please check out Hobotaku.
Synopsis: Beck is a manga by Harold Sakuishi that follows Koyuki, a junior high nerd. At the beginning of the series, Koyuki leads a boring life, with a pervert as his only friend. That all changes when he saves a strange looking dog named Beck, and meets the dog's owner, Ryuusuke. The two become friends, and Koyuki starts down the path to being cool.
Beck centers around a band formed by Ryuusuke, and its rise to fame, but that's not what the series is about. The manga primarily follows Koyuki, and focuses on his trouble with girls, trying to learn to play the guitar, getting extorted for money by a bully, and his failing grades. Oh, yeah, and his swimming lessons from Saitou-san. The series touches on Koyuki's struggles in a way that makes the fact that he is becoming famous (at least at his school and in underground clubs) for his singing.
As the story progresses, it focuses more and more on the fledgling band, and its rise in popularity. At the end of volume 7, there is even an interesting subplot based around Ryuusuke's guitar, Lucille. It's these little things, subplots that don't focus on the band itself, but on its members that make Beck one of the better manga out there. It makes the characters intriguing, and I identify with the geek in Koyuki. Maybe one day, I can be in a Japanese punk band...
For more manga and anime reviews, please check out Hobotaku.
September 15, 2012
The only thing I can say is that though this was done before, its just gets better.
May 29, 2009
Ho-hum. At least it's not a "power-up" manga.
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