Nononono

Nononono has attempted raid, people being kicked off very high places, boobs, murder, attempted murder, suicide, afros and genderbender. It's a manga about skijumping. Nononono is the second work of Lynn Okamoto, who is the best known for Elfenlied and Brynhildr in the darkness. Compared to those works Nononono is harmless, but he still managed to get his own personal note of ecchi, comedy and violence into it. It is not like those normal sports manga you see everywhere. If you expect something like Kuroko no Basket or Haikyuu, you will be disappointed. The manga covers a sport that is very minor in most countries, but itexplains the skijumping in a way people unfamiliar with it understand the basic rules. It contains many unique characters. Different from Okamoto's other works there aren't many females, but predominantly male characters. The story has many surprising twists which are caused by characters acting completley out of normal common sense. Readers should be warned that the author axed the manga himself so the ending is quite rushed. I still recommend it.

Disappointing, truthfully. I was really excited for a sports manga about a female athlete and in a winter sport of all things, however I found it going a bit all over the place in terms of the story. Really liked the idea of a girl attempting to compete in a sport where only men could (because of the time that it's set in), however I found no real character development and it became a stale read as I found myself going "what? Is that really necessary?" whenever every truly horrific event/background story occurred. Because I haven't read any of the authors other works I didn'tknow what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. By far my favourite character were the other females Kourogi Mikage and Sora as they were the most real and developed characters for me. It could be good for some people and it had a lot of potential, but it fell flat for me.

Hmm first off all i should apologise if i included too many spoilers although I'll try to reduce them as much as possible. Hmm I'm not really into gender benders but i decided to pick this up because of a sudden interest in sports manga *cough* Kuroko No Basket * cough* even though I'm actually horrible at sports. I found the plot of this manga to be actually captivating to a certain extent and i was slightly touched by some of the scenes. The characters of this manga were decent. Not really THAT unique but at least they're slightly better than average. I liked the characterdevelopment quite a bit and also how they focus mainly on the ski jumping area while including romance and comedy in adequate but not so much that the manga becomes a romance comedy. Another plus point is that although the main character from this manga is clearly better than average, she isn't too talented or unbeatable. I also liked how it showed the problems faced by athletes who end up losing major competitions such as constant bashing by others ( not that I'm a sadist). Overall, this manga isn't extremely good or special but is still worth the watch if you have the sudden urge to read an interesting sports manga