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メダリスト [Medalist] #2
Medalist, Vol. 2
There's no hotter place the world than this ice rink!
Inori and Tsukasa have formed a partnership. Their The Olympic Games. But in order to garner support, Inori will have to hit it big in her first the Meikoh Cup!
Inori and Tsukasa have formed a partnership. Their The Olympic Games. But in order to garner support, Inori will have to hit it big in her first the Meikoh Cup!
196 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 22, 2021
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June 17, 2021
Inori's mother finally begins to realize what she's been doing to her daughter all these years, and my, isn't that a wonderful moment. But more than that, it's the theme of the volume: belief in someone else and understanding that maybe what makes them tick isn't what makes things work for you. That becomes a parallel between Inori and her coach, but also between Inori and the other skaters her age. Is competition worth it if it doesn't bring you any joy?
June 14, 2025
Very earnest and warm story of Inori a young Skater determined to make it to the Olympics.
June 20, 2021
5/5 I love this series so much!
Another great volume from this author! I hate spending money on digital copies but this series is so worth it! I love these characters so much, they make me so happy with their excitement. Can’t wait for volume 3 to see these characters grow even more. <3
Another great volume from this author! I hate spending money on digital copies but this series is so worth it! I love these characters so much, they make me so happy with their excitement. Can’t wait for volume 3 to see these characters grow even more. <3
May 14, 2024
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite manga's now.
Inori and Tsukasa push together to make it further. Inori quickly showing her skills and quick learning to prevail through the odds. Though Inori started late she's still able to catch up if she tries her hardest. Meow girl also gets to shine with some good backstory to understand her ways and why she acts the way she does.
I don't know SHIT about ice skating but I can't help but keep reading.
Inori and Tsukasa push together to make it further. Inori quickly showing her skills and quick learning to prevail through the odds. Though Inori started late she's still able to catch up if she tries her hardest. Meow girl also gets to shine with some good backstory to understand her ways and why she acts the way she does.
I don't know SHIT about ice skating but I can't help but keep reading.
June 21, 2021
Inori’s first big competition is upon her, pitting her against her former friend, the prickly Mittens. Tsukasa, meanwhile, is still feeling his way around coaching, but he’ll soon learn the most important lesson of all - don’t meet your heroes.
Medalist, Vol.2 has all the joy and thrill of the first volume, which is a big compliment since the first volume was pretty much perfect. Your competitive underdog with a chance, the coach trying to figure himself out, even some solid life lessons for the family. While there may be nothing new here, it’s told so well that it doesn’t matter.
Inori’s sister isn’t dead, she’s just been in Canada (no jokes, thank you), so her return/appearance was a nice reveal that we won’t be heading down the ‘dead sister’s dreams’ pathway with the story. Given the amount of doting she does, it is a little surprising we didn’t hear more about her in the first volume, honestly.
Instead we get a lot of focus on how her sister’s skating career fuelled Inori’s desire to try the sport and subsequent love for it. She’s one of the easiest characters to root for ever, a plucky underdog who is just giving her all to this one thing.
This first competition is a belter - it has pretty much everything you could want from a story like this and I love how they set up just enough to bring some uncertainty into Inori’s placing. Inori’s program is about as nail-biter as they could make it and wonderful to see all lovingly drawn.
Mittens gets some twists to her tale (tail?) as she recognizes when she’s being awful but can’t take it back. Her backwards-gazing focus on what she can’t do transfers to her program and illustrates a core difference between her and Inori, reflected in the match’s outcome. Bit obvious, but nicely done.
Hikaru feels like she will be the main rival for our young heroine, though they get along well and Inori really likes Hikaru (and vice-versa). The main difference between them is Hikaru’s dour trainers, one of whom happens to be the legend that Tsukasa used to look up to.
I mean, we’re clearly going for the heart versus calculated coaching methods and that’s totally fine with me. Tsukasa is the kind of coach Inori needs and their chemistry together is great - they both make one another better.
Toss in some fun new characters, great skating, coaching lessons, and an actual apology from Mom when she realizes how much she’s been crapping on Inori’s dreams for the past always (Inori standing up for her right to fail is one of the best moments in the book)? That’s a great volume of manga.
5 stars. If you take out every single thing I don’t like about figure skating, there’d be nothing left to this book. Since I am five-starring the second book in a row of this feel-good sports story, please recognize how incredibly good it is. This is a definitive sports manga in the making.
Medalist, Vol.2 has all the joy and thrill of the first volume, which is a big compliment since the first volume was pretty much perfect. Your competitive underdog with a chance, the coach trying to figure himself out, even some solid life lessons for the family. While there may be nothing new here, it’s told so well that it doesn’t matter.
Inori’s sister isn’t dead, she’s just been in Canada (no jokes, thank you), so her return/appearance was a nice reveal that we won’t be heading down the ‘dead sister’s dreams’ pathway with the story. Given the amount of doting she does, it is a little surprising we didn’t hear more about her in the first volume, honestly.
Instead we get a lot of focus on how her sister’s skating career fuelled Inori’s desire to try the sport and subsequent love for it. She’s one of the easiest characters to root for ever, a plucky underdog who is just giving her all to this one thing.
This first competition is a belter - it has pretty much everything you could want from a story like this and I love how they set up just enough to bring some uncertainty into Inori’s placing. Inori’s program is about as nail-biter as they could make it and wonderful to see all lovingly drawn.
Mittens gets some twists to her tale (tail?) as she recognizes when she’s being awful but can’t take it back. Her backwards-gazing focus on what she can’t do transfers to her program and illustrates a core difference between her and Inori, reflected in the match’s outcome. Bit obvious, but nicely done.
Hikaru feels like she will be the main rival for our young heroine, though they get along well and Inori really likes Hikaru (and vice-versa). The main difference between them is Hikaru’s dour trainers, one of whom happens to be the legend that Tsukasa used to look up to.
I mean, we’re clearly going for the heart versus calculated coaching methods and that’s totally fine with me. Tsukasa is the kind of coach Inori needs and their chemistry together is great - they both make one another better.
Toss in some fun new characters, great skating, coaching lessons, and an actual apology from Mom when she realizes how much she’s been crapping on Inori’s dreams for the past always (Inori standing up for her right to fail is one of the best moments in the book)? That’s a great volume of manga.
5 stars. If you take out every single thing I don’t like about figure skating, there’d be nothing left to this book. Since I am five-starring the second book in a row of this feel-good sports story, please recognize how incredibly good it is. This is a definitive sports manga in the making.
January 9, 2025
tsurumaikada sensei's recipe: make adorable art, sprinkle it with a great story, and add the fun there, that's a must, and the audience will feel like they are on the ice themselves!
November 17, 2024
these are impossibly cute. i love sports. catch me waiting impatiently for the winter olympics
March 25, 2025
The art was more polished in this volume.
July 31, 2024
Sehr cute
August 16, 2023
3,5
Il rapporto tra Inori e Tsukasa è davvero troppo tenero, dopotutto questo è un percorso di crescita che coinvolge entrambi. Vista la sua giovane età e i risultati non troppo esaltanti (sopratutto in termini di medaglie) ottenuti nel corso della sua carriera, Tsukasa deve fare i conti con la sua scarsa autostima: la verità è che ha un occhio attento per i dettagli e per i movimenti, legato agli anni in cui praticava danza sul ghiaccio, e, cosa ancora più importante, mette il bene della sua piccola allieva prima di tutto. Non manca mai di mostrarle il suo supporto, è sempre molto paziente, le spiega le cose con calma senza farla sentire una stupida e senza sminuirla.
Inori, dal canto suo, sta continuando a progredire, passo dopo passo, forte del sostegno non solo del suo coach, ma anche della famiglia (mamma compresa, che finalmente ha visto tutti gli sforzi messi in campo dalla figlia). Deve solo imparare a non mettersi troppa pressione addosso e a gestire la terribile ansia pre-gara. Come le fa notare Tsukasa, una caduta non è la fine del mondo: ci si rialza con un bel sorriso e si prosegue. La strada per arrivare in cima è ancora lunghissima, ma il primo passo è stato fatto.
La prima gara è andata molto bene, ora è tempo di una nuova competizione, con nuove pattinatrici e nuovi programmi. Vedremo un po' come andrà...
Al momento sto seguendo un numero non ben precisato di serie, quindi sarebbe saggio non aggiungerne un'altra...ma temo proprio che continuerò ancora. Penso che una delle cose più interessanti di Medalist sia la crescita non solo di Inori, ma anche quella di Tsukasa, anche perché il binomio atleta-coach è un elemento fondamentale: entrambi hanno affrontato delle esperienze difficili, ma ora hanno trovato la giusta dimensione in cui dare il meglio. E sono proprio curiosa di vedere quali saranno i prossimi passi.
Il rapporto tra Inori e Tsukasa è davvero troppo tenero, dopotutto questo è un percorso di crescita che coinvolge entrambi. Vista la sua giovane età e i risultati non troppo esaltanti (sopratutto in termini di medaglie) ottenuti nel corso della sua carriera, Tsukasa deve fare i conti con la sua scarsa autostima: la verità è che ha un occhio attento per i dettagli e per i movimenti, legato agli anni in cui praticava danza sul ghiaccio, e, cosa ancora più importante, mette il bene della sua piccola allieva prima di tutto. Non manca mai di mostrarle il suo supporto, è sempre molto paziente, le spiega le cose con calma senza farla sentire una stupida e senza sminuirla.
Inori, dal canto suo, sta continuando a progredire, passo dopo passo, forte del sostegno non solo del suo coach, ma anche della famiglia (mamma compresa, che finalmente ha visto tutti gli sforzi messi in campo dalla figlia). Deve solo imparare a non mettersi troppa pressione addosso e a gestire la terribile ansia pre-gara. Come le fa notare Tsukasa, una caduta non è la fine del mondo: ci si rialza con un bel sorriso e si prosegue. La strada per arrivare in cima è ancora lunghissima, ma il primo passo è stato fatto.
La prima gara è andata molto bene, ora è tempo di una nuova competizione, con nuove pattinatrici e nuovi programmi. Vedremo un po' come andrà...
Al momento sto seguendo un numero non ben precisato di serie, quindi sarebbe saggio non aggiungerne un'altra...ma temo proprio che continuerò ancora. Penso che una delle cose più interessanti di Medalist sia la crescita non solo di Inori, ma anche quella di Tsukasa, anche perché il binomio atleta-coach è un elemento fondamentale: entrambi hanno affrontato delle esperienze difficili, ma ora hanno trovato la giusta dimensione in cui dare il meglio. E sono proprio curiosa di vedere quali saranno i prossimi passi.
December 15, 2025
Inori is competing in the Meiko Cup. It is her first chance to be ranked and prove she is a force to be reckoned with in the future. Coach Tsukasa is worried that nerves will get to her, especially after that first practice, but he and her parents don’t realize what kind of drive this girl has to get to the Olympics someday.
In today’s culture when it is unusual to see a tween working hard for something they want, even when it is challenging or painful at times, this is a breath of fresh air. Especially because Inori seems to have a healthy balance and outlook. She is cheerful and driven. She is kind to her competitors/coach/family and driven. She views mistakes as challenges to be overcome instead of signs she’s a failure. She even helps out a competitor who is struggling with an unhealthy competitive streak. She has a great attitude, and it is a breath of fresh air to see that in modern lit.
Notes on content:
Language: 1 moderate swear.
Sexual content: None
Violence: There are some falls, but no serious injuries.
Ethnic diversity: Characters are all Japanese, but from different areas.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified.
Other: Competition pressures are taken well by some and not so well by others.
In today’s culture when it is unusual to see a tween working hard for something they want, even when it is challenging or painful at times, this is a breath of fresh air. Especially because Inori seems to have a healthy balance and outlook. She is cheerful and driven. She is kind to her competitors/coach/family and driven. She views mistakes as challenges to be overcome instead of signs she’s a failure. She even helps out a competitor who is struggling with an unhealthy competitive streak. She has a great attitude, and it is a breath of fresh air to see that in modern lit.
Notes on content:
Language: 1 moderate swear.
Sexual content: None
Violence: There are some falls, but no serious injuries.
Ethnic diversity: Characters are all Japanese, but from different areas.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified.
Other: Competition pressures are taken well by some and not so well by others.
May 13, 2024
Medalist volume 2 brings us to the Meikoh Cup and Inori's first competition. As Inori faces up to the challenge, we get to see how her family comes to realize her passion.
Inori's family feels realistic and sympathetic, both when they fail to support Inori and when they do support her. Inori's mom especially shows how a parent can think they're supporting their child, when they are instead holding them back. I loved seeing her realize where she had made mistakes and then come to believe in Inori's dreams. I also loved seeing Inori's sister and father in the small moments around the Meikoh Cup, because it fleshes out Inori's world. They're also funny.
Artistically, this manga balances dense comedic pages and dramatic skating performances. It does an excellent job at depicting the flow of ice skating and helping the reader visualize the skaters' movements. It also makes great use of facial expressions to tell a story without words. Overall, this volume was a visual treat.
I look forward to volume 3!
Inori's family feels realistic and sympathetic, both when they fail to support Inori and when they do support her. Inori's mom especially shows how a parent can think they're supporting their child, when they are instead holding them back. I loved seeing her realize where she had made mistakes and then come to believe in Inori's dreams. I also loved seeing Inori's sister and father in the small moments around the Meikoh Cup, because it fleshes out Inori's world. They're also funny.
Artistically, this manga balances dense comedic pages and dramatic skating performances. It does an excellent job at depicting the flow of ice skating and helping the reader visualize the skaters' movements. It also makes great use of facial expressions to tell a story without words. Overall, this volume was a visual treat.
I look forward to volume 3!
October 1, 2025
Me está gustando mucho esta serie. Tiene cosas muy reales y alguna flipadita, pero en general es la más realista que he visto hasta ahora. Además, el figure skating y el drama van de la mano. Blades of Glory es una sátira estupenda.
Sale mucha gente en los agradecimientos, entre la cual solo conozco a Suzuki Akiko, pero solo eso ya me ha hecho ilusión. No conozco mucho sobre las escuelas de Nagoya y tal.
En cuanto a la edición, este tomo sí que tiene algún fallo de revisión, como letras que faltan o una palabra mal puesta.
De la terminología me suena un poco raro decir loop doble en vez de doble loop, pero quizá se dice así en español. Hay muchos (otros) términos en inglés que CREO que sí tienen traducción, pero como en inglés me entero y traducidos no sabría de qué me hablan, no me importa.
Leer esto me da muchas ganas de patinar y hace veinte años que no piso el hielo (y no tengo ni puta idea de hacer patinaje artístico, no sé ni frenar).
Sale mucha gente en los agradecimientos, entre la cual solo conozco a Suzuki Akiko, pero solo eso ya me ha hecho ilusión. No conozco mucho sobre las escuelas de Nagoya y tal.
En cuanto a la edición, este tomo sí que tiene algún fallo de revisión, como letras que faltan o una palabra mal puesta.
De la terminología me suena un poco raro decir loop doble en vez de doble loop, pero quizá se dice así en español. Hay muchos (otros) términos en inglés que CREO que sí tienen traducción, pero como en inglés me entero y traducidos no sabría de qué me hablan, no me importa.
Leer esto me da muchas ganas de patinar y hace veinte años que no piso el hielo (y no tengo ni puta idea de hacer patinaje artístico, no sé ni frenar).
September 1, 2024
Coming off the heels of Volume 1, we see Inori pass the badging test, beating Ash Ketchum's time, but it's also a psychological and social victory as well. She gains the confidence in her burgeoning skills and self but also the courage to tell people what she wants. What her goals and aspirations are. And it's a touching moment because her drive inspires the other important adults in her life: Coach Tsukasa and her mother. The story also sets up the next challenges down the road for her to face, and it introduces new characters to call friends as well as rivals. And as usual, the art proves to be fantastic with its dynamic energy and comical background moments.
See you in the third volume!
See you in the third volume!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 4, 2025
Ce tome 2 m’a vraiment beaucoup plu, au point de m’émouvoir aux larmes aux termes de la coupe Meiko tant ses relations avec ses proches m’a touchent. J’étais surtout curieuse de sa relation avec sa sœur, et ce personnage fait beaucoup de bien dans la dynamique de groupe. Mais ce sont surtout les dessins, les scènes de danse sur la glace qui m’ont captivé. Quelle beauté ! Je me réjouis vraiment de découvrir le tome, avec un niveau de difficulté supplémentaire pour retrouver ces scènes très gracieuses
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February 24, 2025
I felt the full breadth of every emotion communicated in this volume, I swear. Happiness, desperation, pride, exhilaration, excitement, everything. Every single penstroke in the art is filled with so much energy and dynamism, and the artwork goes from playfully sketchy and filled with movement to incredibly detailed, breathtaking, and eye-catching. I'm just so impressed by the quality of this manga. I'm disappointed in myself that it took me so long to pick this up! The story is so filled to the brim with incredible character dynamics. I feel like I could watch Inori and Tsukasa grow together forever.
August 14, 2024
Okay so Inori finally started to get on the ice rink and it goes well. But now she will meet some rivals and I do adore some girls. They are inspiring and totally worthy as rivals. But the amount of anxiety and panic attacks these girls get, hit me to the core.
I totally hated the pressure the audiance gave, I talk from experience, so it's tough to be out there. Judged by judges...
I like the amount of rivals but I don't feel that Inori have any deeper connection with them, well except one or two, but the reason for their rivality was a bit shallow for me...
I totally hated the pressure the audiance gave, I talk from experience, so it's tough to be out there. Judged by judges...
I like the amount of rivals but I don't feel that Inori have any deeper connection with them, well except one or two, but the reason for their rivality was a bit shallow for me...
January 29, 2025
The continued experience of Medalist leads me to go, I want more.
I love all of the details about skating and competitions, but also making friends in the sport for Inori, which is so important, and the beautiful character growth that her mom goes through is perfection.
Getting more of Tsukasa's back story helps in falling more in love with his enthusiasm, as well as understanding his support for Inori even with the pressures of the belief that she's too old.
Can't recommend this series enough.
I love all of the details about skating and competitions, but also making friends in the sport for Inori, which is so important, and the beautiful character growth that her mom goes through is perfection.
Getting more of Tsukasa's back story helps in falling more in love with his enthusiasm, as well as understanding his support for Inori even with the pressures of the belief that she's too old.
Can't recommend this series enough.
July 4, 2024
4.5 stars
Die Reihe gefällt mir immer besser und besser. Nicht nur liebe ich die Eiskunstlauf-Thematik, auch die Charaktere wachsen mir mehr und mehr ans Herz. Inori ist wirklich talentiert und ich bin froh, dass auch ihre Mutter das jetzt gemerkt und akzeptiert hat. Tsukasa hat so viel Energie und ich glaube, er ist genau der richtige Trainer für Inori. Beide schließen immer mehr Freundschaften und versuchen weiter zu kommen. Kann es gar nicht erwarten, den dritten Band zu lesen!
Die Reihe gefällt mir immer besser und besser. Nicht nur liebe ich die Eiskunstlauf-Thematik, auch die Charaktere wachsen mir mehr und mehr ans Herz. Inori ist wirklich talentiert und ich bin froh, dass auch ihre Mutter das jetzt gemerkt und akzeptiert hat. Tsukasa hat so viel Energie und ich glaube, er ist genau der richtige Trainer für Inori. Beide schließen immer mehr Freundschaften und versuchen weiter zu kommen. Kann es gar nicht erwarten, den dritten Band zu lesen!
August 16, 2023
I love figure skating and I may be a little biased but gosh if I’m in love with this manga series, it’s everything you want and need from a sports manga… also I found out abt the manga in Italy because Matteo Rizzo sponsored it - like, kudos to the marketing team for that kind of choice as well. Can’t wait for the next volume
October 5, 2023
Che bel volume! Sarà perché sono un'appassionata di questo sport, ma è una gioia vedere la piccola Inori sfrecciare sul ghiaccio.
Mi è piaciuta tantissimo la reazione di Tsukasa alle parole svilenti e demotivanti del suo vecchio idolo. Non si è lasciato intimorire e ha protetto Inori solo come il miglior coach saprebbe fare.
E adesso tutti Kyōto per la prossima gara!
Mi è piaciuta tantissimo la reazione di Tsukasa alle parole svilenti e demotivanti del suo vecchio idolo. Non si è lasciato intimorire e ha protetto Inori solo come il miglior coach saprebbe fare.
E adesso tutti Kyōto per la prossima gara!
August 7, 2023
Il primo capitolo di questo secondo volume mi ha fatto versare tutte le mie lacrime. Inori continua a fare progressi nella sua corsa verso i più grandi palcoscenici del pattinaggio su ghiaccio. Un'opera divertente ed emozionante
January 15, 2024
The scenes between Tsukasa and Inori are very funny. The little girl also shows her talent by her dedication to training. Her mother realises that she has to support her daughter. All the participants have well-defined characters. Nice volume and I look forward to the next one.
August 5, 2024
Welp, this one made me practice all my skating jumps in the living room so see if I still remember how to do them.
Also, some exciting new friends are made, mysterious coaches are revealed, and new challenges arise! Solid 4 stars!
Also, some exciting new friends are made, mysterious coaches are revealed, and new challenges arise! Solid 4 stars!
December 13, 2024
I'm really surprised by how well ice skating can be portrayed in manga. It would seem rather a hard thing to do, especially with all the movement involved, but the mangaka managed to do it beautifully.
October 17, 2023
Almost unbearably cute.
February 12, 2024
como eu li do vol 2 ao 8 de uma vez vou dar uma única opinião no vol 8
May 29, 2024
RAHHH!!
June 11, 2024
4.5 stars. This is such a fun series!!!
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