Katsu!

It took some time for me to decide what to give this manga. It felt like a manga which was a mix of Hajime no Ippo and Cross Game, the story that is. I agree with the others that the artwork is not up to scratch like many other animes but for the anime itself it works. It is a sort of smooth flowing manga. There are a few funny scene but not so great that you will wet yourself. Like other great manga's, this manga's lead male is a character which the average person can relate to. The love scenes make you want to ripyour hair out and say "just go for it will you". The only main thing I can criticize is how abrupt the end was. It was like "ok the main scenes are finished so let's just end this". I would have prefered a couple more chapters using the same ending but just making it more of a smooth ending.

I've read a lot of Mitsuru Adachi's works and Katsu! is among my favorites. Like most of his newer works, Adachi sets out to establish the main relationship from the start, and builds up this relationship throughout the series - it's even touching to know that both characters had feelings for each other before they became friends. Lots of Adachi's trademark humor, self-insertions, and a good tie-in to the sport gimmick (in this case, boxing). In addition, the antagonists/rivals are actually pretty decent guys, you don't root for them, but you don't hate them either - you want them to be successful in their livesas long as they don't steal the girl away from the boy. Unfortunately, which is typical with Adachi, the ending is abrupt and leaves a lot of things hanging (particularly with side characters). But that doesn't spoil the overall work.

Very good manga! A simple story, but very well told and extremely charismatic characters leading to a very pleasant read. The characters are amazing, being quite charismatic and having a good depth throughout the manga. Following Kimoto, Satoyama's or Misaki's father and seeing their motivations and regrets is great. That said, unfortunately some characters are forgotten throughout the story, which makes them miss them... Kimoto for example The MC, Satoyama, is a very charismatic character who grows throughout history. It's nice to see that the MC is proactive whether in romance or boxing, preventing the story from being boring to follow. The FMC, Mizutane, is a very strong character.Her personality, values ​​and even her boxing make her very passionate to read. The story is very good. Having unexpected surprises within the story, with an interesting plot and constant movement. Not only is boxing very interesting, but romance is also a lot of fun. Beyond Satoyama's rivals who are very charismatic and the conclusion of everything is very satisfactory. Art is okay. It's not exceptional, but it's very functional to convey the emotion of fights. My only criticisms are, the fact that Satoyama is helped by the script in the toughest fights and the drama in his relationship with Mizutane in the final arc. Unnecessary and even a little tiring in a story so enjoyable to follow. Katsu is a manga with a good story having great characters and a lot of surprises within the story. My only criticism of manga is that it unfortunately ends.

I don't understand people's thinking process. People apparently dislike the art, but love the story. In my case, it's vice versa; the art is perfectly fine, but the story is not that strong. I just don't get people at all! To each their own I guess. Adachi Mitsuru's "Katsu!" is okay. I just had to read something that wasn't baseball. Baseball did end up in some of it, so I guess he couldn't help himself. This manga started off well. Katsuki Satoyama is a neat protagonist who I did enjoy. Surprisingly, he's pretty indifferent to the sport of boxing, which is ironic considering he hasboxing blood running through his veins. The story did keep my attention for twelve volumes, but that last quarter wasn't interesting in the least. With the first twelve, it was just a honest-to-goodness boxing story with a couple of dramatic plot twist that did shock me. It has hints of romance because why the fuck not, it's Adachi. Everything was just okay until volume thirteen when the story just loses me. I was hardly paying attention because the manga was trying to introduce these new plot points so late into the story that I just stopped caring. The humor isn't really funny. It's just a lot of fourth wall breaking that isn't funny in the first place. YOU CAN make fourth wall breaks funny with the right jokes, but none of them are really funny. It's just characters poking fun at the lifestyle of a mangaka a few times and Adachi making references to his previous work. He does make fun of himself by mocking his art, since his characters all look the same. I thought that was kind of funny. The ending was a little lame. Everything I thought was going to happen didn't, so that's something. It was very sudden and open-ended. At it's best it can be a 7 out of 10. I'm not going to give it that score because for most of the manga it's not that strong. A 6 out of 10 is more accurate. It's a helluva lot better than H2, but not as good as Touch.