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Sep 21, 2009 1:20 PM
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Alright another bitter and sweet manga from the genius Mitsuru Adachi, honestly i punch my drawer more many then before..because of the bitter of the romance twisted plot, but the sweetness make up for it.

So Satoyama goes to pro, while Misaki goes to baseball pro.

And of course one thing that gave me WTF! is that Mizutani already in love with Satoyama since the entrance exams, that is WTF!.

Overall i enjoyed the stuff and 9/10
May 25, 2010 11:31 PM
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Loved it, the whole manga, i finished it in a day haha. Ive read othe adachi works too and loved them, esp touch. Im reading cross game which is really interesting :D!

I dont see how it was bitter though. Seemed like a happy ending all up. Bitter in their past but not for their future.
Jun 30, 2010 3:57 PM
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i thought it could've been longer. What happen to the glasses guy after he finish training Satoyama anyway? 9/10
Jul 14, 2012 4:11 AM
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SoFarGone said:
What happen to the glasses guy after he finish training Satoyama anyway?


Not only that, what happened to the girl reporter from his school that was also in love with Satoyama? I guess Adachi has never been great at making the side stories wrap up or even make the side characters consistently relevant.

Keeping that in mind it was highly enjoyable nonetheless. A really well done slow romance and I would have definitely welcomed 10 or 20 more chapters of it. 8/10
Jul 15, 2012 6:18 AM
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MagEarwhig said:
SoFarGone said:
What happen to the glasses guy after he finish training Satoyama anyway?


Not only that, what happened to the girl reporter from his school that was also in love with Satoyama? I guess Adachi has never been great at making the side stories wrap up or even make the side characters consistently relevant.


This. There are too many loose ends by the end of the day. I still enjoyed it, though.
Feb 4, 2014 12:26 AM
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It was good, but the ending feels rushed to me. It could've been expanded for at least 50 chapter more I think. Still, what happened to the other characters? Anyway, it was really an enjoyable ride.
7/10
May 2, 2014 10:15 AM
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julyan04 said:
It was good, but the ending feels rushed to me. It could've been expanded for at least 50 chapter more I think. Still, what happened to the other characters? Anyway, it was really an enjoyable ride.
8/10

Agree.
Dec 17, 2014 9:22 PM
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Yeah. Usually I'm a fan of Adachi Mitsuru's open endings, but even this was a bit too much for me. 8/10 from me too.
Jul 5, 2016 2:55 AM
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Adachi seemingly does the magic trick again. Very enjoyable, heartwarming and occasionally bittersweet to read. The main characters were wonderfully portrayed and the ending, though not as amazing as that of H2 and Rough, still manages to deliver the knockout punch.
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Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money.

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Not giving much impressions unlike his other works I've tasted, still liking this one
May 20, 2020 8:16 AM

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It's a great series, together with Touch, it's my favorite of all Adachi's works. Together with Uesugi Tatsuya, Satoyama become my favorite of the male protagonists from Adachi's works, at the same time Mizutani became my favorite female character of Adachi's works.
Some parts could have be done better, to be honest. The series could be longer and show some of pro-boxing highlights and some others things but in the end I'm happy with things in this way too.

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It’s time to ditch the text file.
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