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Synonyms: Rock 'n' Roll Ricky

Japanese: RRR ロックンロールリッキー

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 10

Chapters: 106

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 29, 2007 to Aug 24, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sports

Theme: Combat Sports

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Watanabe, Jun (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.79¹ (scored by 2,949 users)

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Ranked: #1216²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2612

Members: 6,489

Favorites: 72

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Ranked #1216Popularity #2612Members 6,489

MangaYoung Magazine (Weekly)Watanabe, Jun (Story & Art)

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Rikitaro is a musician whose dream is to become a rock star just like Jimi Hendrix or Jim Morrison, but at the age of 27 that dream is fading away rapidly. Ooishi is a 3 time world boxing champion who recently retired and is now in the entertainment world, shooting a boxing reality show. These two unlikeliest of people cross paths one day but both of them think nothing of it until weeks later. Rikitaro is given one last shot by a record label to sign a deal but before that, they need him to get into better shape so that he is easier to sell. He stumbles upon a boxing gym which also happens to be the same gym Ooishi is filming his show. As fate’s wheels start to turn, neither man realizes that they will work together to train the best boxer ever, even better than Ooishi himself.

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Iwamaki, Rikitarou

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Ooishi, Raita

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Shinya, Mori

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Aozora

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Apr 7, 2015

Vladimir_Rootin

Recommended

A manga that captivated me enough to read 70 chapters in an afternoon.
STORY (10) CHARACTERS (9) ART (10)

//Summary
RRR is a seinen, shounen-like, drama boxing manga. Rikitarou is RRR's protagonist--a 27 year old aspiring rockstar. After a tragedy happens relating to his sister, Riki takes on the responsibility of raising his sister's son.

Before Riki choose to take in his nephew, his life was a constant endeavor to get a record deal. The synopsis on this MAL page isn't accurate, because Riki wasn't a "...failed musician". He eventually gets a record deal, but on one exception; get in shape. ...

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Jun 11, 2017

MDLegs

Recommended

First of all, since this is my review it's probably not going to be very deep or anything so don't expect a Roger Ebert level review incoming. This is just some losers thoughts about a manga that he read.
Secondly I'd like to mention that the only reason I started reading this was because there weren't any new Hajime no Ippo chapters at the moment and I thought this would be good filler for the mean time. I tried to judge it as fairly as I could while reading but HNI sets a pretty high standard for boxing manga.

STORY: 6/10
The biggest problem with the manga is ... the ending. About 50 chapters in you realize that the manga is progressing at a considerably low pace. This is good because boxing stories need time slowly showing the character develop his abilities. The very bad thing about this is that the manga is only 106 chapters long. So if it took our main character (Rikitarou Iwamaki) 60 chapters to get to his debut match, it would be downright silly to think that he could become the Japanese champ in the remaining 40. The final fight in the manga is obviously very rushed as it skips many of his not so important fights and training sequences - something that so far had been the main source of intense sensations. The ending itself is very anticlimactic and dull, especially for a boxing manga.
This is a real shame since the first half was very promising. Riki was put in a very stressful situation and seeing a person who up until now was characterized by being very easy-going and evasive of his problems slowly develop a sense of responsibility was very intriguing.
The worst part is that it probably isn't even the fault of the artist. Sadly a lot of great and underrated manga just have to rush out an ending because they don't have the funds to continue through with a project. This seems to be the case with RRR (or the mangaka just got lazy).

ART: 7
The art is okay I guess. The mix of realistic bodies and simple shounen style faces doesn't look good. But still,overall it looks pretty good.

That's all folks.

CHARACTERS: 4.5-
The characters in this manga are... not very good. Almost everybody except for the main character is a regular cookie-cutter manga stereotype that you'd expect from some awful B-rate manga. The villain, Asahina, has a big ego and treats people badly. His whole character ark is that he does a lot of bad things. Aozora (Riki's Nephew) is just annoying. He constantly does illogical, cringeworthy things. The author tries to develop him into a likeable character and fails horribly. There are some characters that do sometimes have something interesting to say or do but almost only when interacting with Riki. Riki himself is a great character and the biggest redeeming factor in this manga... up until the end of course when he suddenly starts acting the complete opposite of his character. He starts putting his own ambitions ahead of Aozora's, something that at this point we know he'd never do.
HNI(and Holyland to some extent) show that boxing manga can only be as great as its characters. It's amazing how I could still enjoy this manga as much as I did with such lazy writing. Speaking of which...

ENJOYMENT: 7.5+
Might be hard to believe considering how much I just "shat" on it but I actually did have a very good time reading this manga. Riki's character just emits such enthusiasm that it's hard not to be invested in the story. I was capable of reading through 10 chapters in a row an still have the appetite for more. That might not seem like a lot to some but I can't even read through a single chapter of some Dragon Ball volumes without catching agonizing boredom. The fight scenes might get a bit silly but it contains action that might give you an adrenaline overdose. I'm a fan of any fictional media of boxing at all, Rocky is my favorite movie after all. I love underdog stories. I was totally hooked the whole time until the end came around. I flipped through the last few chapters as quickly as I could.

OVERALL: 5/7
In conclusion, if you are a fan of HNI or other boxing manga I recommend this to you because it will be a satisfying read for the most part. If you don't much care for them and are looking for a great seinen drama don't get your hopes up.

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Oct 13, 2020

nolar2018

Mixed Feelings

While this is a manga thats undoutbably mediocre at everything it does, i cant help but feel satisfied with it. The characterization outside of the main character and 1.5 other characters is terrible, there are only 5 notable fighters in this series that centers around boxing, the fights themselves are nothing special, there are many boring plotlines, and the art is 'fine'. But there is just such a soul to this manga. Its not a boxing manga in the traditional sense but moreso a story about a man who happens to box, just as a means to an end, and theres something heartwarming in that. ...

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