Sugar Princess (Sugar Princess: Skating to Win)

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Japanese: シュガープリンセス

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 22

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 5, 2005 to Dec 19, 2006

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Hana to Yume

Authors: Nakajo, Hisaya (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.06¹ (scored by 1,148 users)

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Ranked: #7783²

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Popularity: #7801

Members: 2,466

Favorites: 8

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MangaHana to YumeNakajo, Hisaya (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

Maaya Kurinoki's ordinary life is turned upside down when she fails to convince her younger brother to give ice skating a try following her successful attempt at landing a double axel. Impressed by the display of skill from a complete amateur, figure skating coach Eishi Todou recruits Maaya to become the skating partner of Shun Kanou—one of his pupils and a decorated figure skater. However, Shun is cold toward Maaya as he wants nothing to do with pair skating after a falling out with his former skating partner.

Wanting him to rekindle his passion for pairs' skating, Todou strikes a deal with Shun to train Maaya to be skilled enough to pass the sixth-grade skating badge test. In exchange, he will grant Shun the freedom to make his own career decisions and participate in singles' competitions. Refusing to play his coach's game, Shun rejects the proposal, but he cannot keep his eyes off of the young girl, who seems to be a natural at skating. As the two are forced to work together, will they be able to overcome their struggles and come out on top?

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Sugar Princess was published in English as Sugar Princess: Skating to Win by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from August 5, 2008 to November 4, 2008. The manga has also been published in Chinese by Tong Li Publishing Co. Ltd. from January 13, 2006 to June 22, 2007 and in French by Editions Tonkam on May 20, 2009.

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Oct 11, 2015

Chinomi-san

Recommended

I was plenty intrigued by the plot revolving around a young girl's developing career in figure skating. The story was interesting from the beginning and because of the length of the manga, there was always something big happening in every chapter. Granted, also due to the length, the story did not delve into character history or plot as deeply as I thought it should and the ending definitely left more to be desired, but the originality was what made it sparkle to me.

The artwork was not bad. I found it to be simple when it depicted Maya in her everyday life at school, but when ...

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Apr 1, 2010

shinokage

Recommended

As this is a shoujo manga, there are certain expectations attached already to a manga. So I won't bore you with it. :)

When reading variety of manga and watching anime, you get to experience a lot of different characters. Females characters, in particular, like Maaya are very rare. Some would think to call her average or normal. Well, yes, she doesn't boast superpowers or is even cool looking but she does have some sort of ability to skate? Even then, she had to work for it. It's refreshing to see someone so focused on her goal: skating. She really puts in her all. Which was ...

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Aug 29, 2013

maybelletea

Mixed Feelings

First off, I'm surprised how few manga revolve around figure skating- or at least few are commonly known. I picked this up for the sole reason that I really wanted to read a manga about this sport; I wasn't disappointed because my expectations weren't extremely high. A two volume series is not going to leave much in the span of character development and plot development. It was okay- though nothing it was extraordinary, it's worth a read for those interesting in figure skating.

The premise of a young girl starting figure skating as a teenager is appeals to me- I like a main character discovering they ...