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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Japanese: YAWARA!


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 29
Chapters: 331
Status: Finished
Published: 1986 to 1993
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Comedy Comedy, Romance Romance, Sports Sports
Theme: Combat Sports Combat Sports
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Urasawa, Naoki (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.491 (scored by 10421,042 users)
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Ranked: #30142
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3050
Members: 6,723
Favorites: 44

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Synopsis

Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...

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Background

Yawara! was awarded the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general seinen manga in 1989.

It had two chapters published in English from May to June 1993 in the educational publication Mangajin's issues #26 and #27.

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Prequel:Jigoro!
Adaptation:Yawara!, Yawara! Sore Yuke Koshinuke Kids!!, Yawara!: Zutto Kimi no Koto ga...

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Characters

Inokuma, Yawara
Inokuma, Yawara
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Inokuma, Jigorou
Inokuma, Jigorou
Main
Matsuda, Kousaku
Matsuda, Kousaku
Main
Itou, Fujiko
Itou, Fujiko
Supporting
Honami, Sayaka
Honami, Sayaka
Supporting
Kazamatsuri, Shinnosuke
Kazamatsuri, Shinnosuke
Supporting
Yamashita, Yasuhiro
Yamashita, Yasuhiro
Supporting

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Apr 7, 2022
vall3000
Recommended
Preliminary (92/331 eps)
((At the time of writing this review, I've only read 92 chapters since those are the only chapters I could get my hands on. So this review won't be about the entirety of the manga, just the chapters I've read.))

The story of Yawara! is pretty simple. It's about a Yawara who's basically a master at judo, but just wants to be a regular, fashionable, and feminine girl. Unfortunately for her, she has the stubbornest grandpa who wants her to be the worlds best judo player. She's also constantly being fought over by a reporter who's thirsty for a viral scoop and her "rivals" playboy judo ...
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Jan 10, 2008
bigjig
Recommended
Preliminary (Unknown/331 eps)
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon. I'd just helped myself to lunch at my girlfriend's folks' house. I was just about to head home when my girlfriend's sister held out the first volume of Yawara, recommending that I give it a try.

Ok I'm the first to admit I'm not the biggest fan of romantic comedy or the sports genre for that matter (having thought that that was what Yawara is all about at the time). I'd rather put out a cigarette on my eyeball than have to sit through an episode of Sex and the City. I'd rather inject sewrage shit into my arm than ...
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