Post by Kyubey on Nov 1, 2015 16:37:29 GMT -5
aka Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club! (proboards won't let me put the full name in the thread title) or Sesuji wo Pin! to Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso.
A Weekly Shonen Jump manga by Yokota Takuma, an artist known mostly for his previous decidedly not-WSJ-Friendly works such as Masturbation Master Kurosawa and Molester Man. This is the story of Masaharu Tsuchiya, an awkward high-school kid who finds himself joining a club dedicated to possibly the most hot-blooded, passionate, and yes, competitive sports of all... BALLROOM DANCE! Can he and his equally dorky dance partner stand a chance in a world of beautiful, insane dancers?
A stark contrast to the more mature outlook of the author's other manga, Straighten Up has a decidedly innocent tone to it, but one that works well for both the series itself and the magazine it's published in. Yokota is a master at writing relationships with a genuine feel to them, and this work is no exception, thriving off of the strong interactions between the leads. But, despite the unique subject matter, this manga is still a sports story, with all that entails. The author clearly has a blast toying with the conventions of the genre, and while many of the individual elements are familiar, the precise way they're used is refreshingly new. And of course, a great cast of characters and a consistently high energy works in its favor as well. All in all, this is a neat little gem of a manga, with some very true-to-life depictions of the thrills and anxieties of performance.
Since it's not officially licensed in English (as of this writing) you can read this series here: bato.to/comic/_/comics/sesuji-wo-pin-to-shikakou-kyougi-dance-bu-e-youkoso-r15425
A Weekly Shonen Jump manga by Yokota Takuma, an artist known mostly for his previous decidedly not-WSJ-Friendly works such as Masturbation Master Kurosawa and Molester Man. This is the story of Masaharu Tsuchiya, an awkward high-school kid who finds himself joining a club dedicated to possibly the most hot-blooded, passionate, and yes, competitive sports of all... BALLROOM DANCE! Can he and his equally dorky dance partner stand a chance in a world of beautiful, insane dancers?
A stark contrast to the more mature outlook of the author's other manga, Straighten Up has a decidedly innocent tone to it, but one that works well for both the series itself and the magazine it's published in. Yokota is a master at writing relationships with a genuine feel to them, and this work is no exception, thriving off of the strong interactions between the leads. But, despite the unique subject matter, this manga is still a sports story, with all that entails. The author clearly has a blast toying with the conventions of the genre, and while many of the individual elements are familiar, the precise way they're used is refreshingly new. And of course, a great cast of characters and a consistently high energy works in its favor as well. All in all, this is a neat little gem of a manga, with some very true-to-life depictions of the thrills and anxieties of performance.
Since it's not officially licensed in English (as of this writing) you can read this series here: bato.to/comic/_/comics/sesuji-wo-pin-to-shikakou-kyougi-dance-bu-e-youkoso-r15425