Welcome to another installment of Tidbits! This time I turn my attention to sports manga, a genre for which I nurture an inexplicable adoration. First up is Crimson Hero, a shoujo tale that attempts to balance volleyball and romance, followed by six early volumes of Eyeshield 21 and four later ones from The Prince of Tennis, in which the Seishun Academy tennis team finally … [Read more...] about Tidbits: Sports Manga for the Win!
Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata
Eyeshield 21 1-3 by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata: B
Though I've long professed an ardent love for sports manga, I did secretly wonder if my enthusiasm would wane when the featured sport is one in which I have zero interest, like, say, football. Would the inherent charms of sports manga be able to compensate for my real-world disinterest? Eyeshield 21 has proven to me that the answer to this question is “yes.” Sena Kobayakawa … [Read more...] about Eyeshield 21 1-3 by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata: B