Katsu! 1

Katsu! #1

by Mitsuru Adachi

Katsuki Satoyama mulai latihan bertinju demi Katsuki Mizutani, teman sekelas yang cantik. Namun ternyata Katsuki Mizutani sangat membenci olahraga tinju karena ayahnya juga mantan petinju yang galak. Permulaan cerita ini diawali oleh banyak kesalahpahaman. Inilah kisah dua remaja bernama �Katsuki�, the boxing story!?

Genres: Manga, Slice Of Life, Romance, Sports, Comics

179 pages, Comic

First published February 18, 2002

About the author

Mitsuru Adachi (あだち充 in Japanese) is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa. Kieta was published in Deluxe Shōnen Sunday (a manga magazine published by Shogakukan).

Adachi is well known for romantic comedy and sports manga (especially baseball) such as Touch, H2, Slow Step, and Miyuki. He has been described as a writer of "delightful dialogue", a genius at portraying everyday life, "the greatest pure storyteller", and "a master manga artist". He is one of the few manga artists to write for shōnen, shōjo, and seinen manga magazines, and be popular in all three.

His works have been carried in manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ciao, Shōjo Comic, Big Comic, and Petit Comic, and most of his works are published through Shogakukan and Gakken. He was one of the flagship authors in the new Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine which began publication in June 2009. Only two short story collections, Short Program and Short Program 2 (both through Viz Media), have been released in North America, though Viz is scheduled to begin publishing Cross Game in October 2010.

He modeled the spelling of あだち (rather than 安達) for his family name after the example of his older brother, manga artist Tsutomu Adachi. In addition, it has been suggested that the accurate portrayal of sibling rivalry in Touch may come from Adachi's experiences while growing up with his older brother. Adachi did the character designs for the OVA anime series Nozomi Witches, so he is sometimes incorrectly given credit for creating the original series.

Reviews

[Chi · Rating 5 out of 5]

No matter how many times I have read this, it still holds up incredibly well - both as a sports manga, and a romance manga. Things aren't left on an ambiguous note, romantically speaking (as is the case with some of Adachi's other works), and there are trademark breaking the fourth wall moments when Adachi speaks directly to his readers, when he wryly comments on the difficult life that mangaka live, and when he peppers the series with lots of fanservice.

All in all, a satisfying read.

[Silver · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Reseña y calificación para todo el manga)

Lo que más me ha gustado del manga de Katsu! es el humor.
¿Pero no iba sobre boxeo? Jaja así es, y además tiene romance y slice of life. Pero el humor es lo que yo más he disfrutado.

Hay un par de cosas que no me gustarón, como el fanservice (sobre todo presente en los primeros tomos) o mucho más importante aún que Katsuki (la chica) dejará el boxeo para depositar sus sueños en katsu (el chico). Las razones que nos dan no me convencen. Ella podría perfectamente continuar boxeando y ser campeona mundial femenina.

He disfrutado leyendo los 16 tomos de Katsu! Me ha sorprendido unas cuantas veces por la manera en que se desarrollaron ciertos eventos. Algunos combates me emocionaron. Pero sobre todo me he reído con esta historia. Así que por mi parte seguiré leyendo más trabajos de Adachi. :)

[Leandro Dutra]

One more Adachi great storytelling, but wiþ far more fanserv ðan I expected.

[Sulhan Habibi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baca ulang setelah sekian lama.
Katsu ini memang tidak sekuat cerita yang lainnya. Namun, kisah tentang tinju ini menyegarkan sih.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good boxing manga, surprisingly it didn’t seem to be to much boxing just a pretty good slice of life story and liked the main characters 👍😁🥊🥊

[Zaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Début d'histoire sympa, sur fond de découverte de la boxe. J'ai bien aimé la narration et les personnages. Ça se lit facilement et on a envie de découvrir la suite.

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Review série complète :
Adachi traite plutôt habituellement du baseball, sport qui ne m'intéresse pas spécialement, donc une thématique autour de la boxe était bienvenue. Si le sport est un axe central, on suit surtout les différents personnages dans leur quotidien et leurs interactions amicales, amoureuses et familiales. Le duo Catsuki-Katsuki était très sympa, j'ai apprécié la façon dont leur relation se construit tout au long de la série et la manière subtile dont ils interagissent. Indépendamment l'un de l'autre, c'est aussi des personnages avec des personnalités agréables et attachantes, qui collent bien en prime à une ambiance lycéenne. Adachi aime bien incorporer du drame dans ses séries, je n'avais pas trop aimé cette partie dans Touch mais ici elle était correcte, voire bien amenée, si ce n'est un personnage secondaire féminin hyper lourd dans les derniers tomes. Côté dessins, bah c'est toujours pareil, quelque soit la série. Ça fonctionne bien sur moi de manière générale, même si les gros plans sur les fille

[Raven · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Katanya, ayah si cantik Katsuki Mizutani membuka sasana tinju di depan stasiun, makanya aku mendaftarkan diri supaya bisa mendekatinya. Ternyata, ibu Katsuki sudah bercerai dengan ayahnya dan ia membenci tinju. Lalu mau diapakan uang pendaftaran itu? Karena nggak mungkin memintanya kembali, akhirnya aku berlatih di sana dengan sembunyi-sembunyi agar Mizutani tidak mengenaliku.'

Katsuki Satoyama tidak pernah memukul dan dipukul orang. Ia hanya punya refleks menghindar yang amat cepat berkat kebiasaan di rumahnya. Ia tidak punya minat untuk bertinju kalau saja tidak ada kesalahpahaman di atas. Perkenalannya dengan Katsuki Mizutani membuka hal-hal yang tak pernah terpikirkan olehnya. Ia baru tahu kalau ayahnya dulu adalah petinju profesional dan bakatnya mungkin menurun padanya. Lalu, sekolahnya akan membuka klub tinju, dan Kepala Sekolahnya menggembar-gemborkan berita sewaktu ia, Mizutani, dan Kimoto (anggota klub tinju SMU Asakura) mengalahkan perampok supermarket untuk mempromosikan klub SMU mereka. Ia berbakat, ‘kan, jadi pasti bisa mengatasinya dengan mudah? ‘Kan?

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

mildly more entertaining than the average manga.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

how does Japan keep sucking me into series about sports I care NOT about!?!

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 5 out of 5]

#Program BUBU