Boxing Girls! (J-Heart)
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Author: Aya Sawada
Illustrator: Aki
Publisher: TO Books
Volumes: 1Akira Honda takes a job at an all-girl's school -- and gets assigned to be the advisor of the boxing club, where the girls want to prove that they can go toe-to-toe with the best Japan has to offer -- and still look good doing it.
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Tomboyish girl on the cover gets my vote. I like the idea of this new imprint so I think this would be a nice fit for it.
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This is a novel not a manga? Sign me up!
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I don’t know about this one. I’ve watched a lot of all-girl sports anime, but never has one kept me wanting more after the anime finished. Compared to the more successful idol genre, all-girl sports anime are very hit-and-miss with me.
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@caramelwithoutthesalt said in Boxing Girls! (J-Heart):
all-girl sports anime
I have to say that I enjoyed Bamboo Blade, (the anime), I haven't read the manga (licensed by Yen Press) ...yet
That being said, I don't know how many all-girl sports anime there are, is that even a sub-genre??
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@jon-mitchell I watched Bamboo Blade on DVD and enjoyed it. I didn't know Yen Press licensed the manga.
There’s been a few female sports anime over the years, but haven’t peaked beyond their initial airing.
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@jon-mitchell
I can think of two others: Harukawa Receive (Seven Seas has the manga) and Hanebado.
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I quite enjoyed Harukana Receive. Hanebado was good but not great. Long Riders was another good female sports anime and same with Minami Kamakura girl's cycling club.
Im curious to know more about this novel(?). Is it like other female-focused sports stories without romance or is there romance tossed in?
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@jon-mitchell said in Boxing Girls! (J-Heart):
That being said, I don't know how many all-girl sports anime there are, is that even a sub-genre??
In addition to what everyone else has mentioned, Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine, Taisho Baseball Girls, Scorching Ping Pong Girls, Softenni, and Saki all come to mind...
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and Keijo!!!!!!!!
(only partially kidding) yes, more fanservice than all girl sports - but (the anime at least) actually touched on some issue-based content/themes in a relatively mature way
