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ワンダンス [Wondance] #7
Wandance, Vol. 7
AS THE DUST FROM THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM COMPETITIONS SETTLE, KABOKU, WANDA, AND IORI WILL HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW FAR THEY’VE COME IN ORDER TO TAKE THEIR DANCING TO NEW HEIGHTS…
Kabeya and Iori set out to finish what they’ve started on the dance floor, and, in the course of their showdown, end up learning more about each other—and themselves—than they ever thought possible. Even after the winner of the battle is decided, though, the night’s not over. There’s still the team contest, and it’s going to take everything—and everyone—Ichirin’s got to face down the competition. Then, after Wanda receives a startling offer that could help launch her dance career, Kaboku finds himself struggling between his awe for her and his jealousy—a feeling he’ll have to cope with lest it threaten their friendship. But how did Wanda get where she is now? And just who—or what—encouraged her to move forward?
Kabeya and Iori set out to finish what they’ve started on the dance floor, and, in the course of their showdown, end up learning more about each other—and themselves—than they ever thought possible. Even after the winner of the battle is decided, though, the night’s not over. There’s still the team contest, and it’s going to take everything—and everyone—Ichirin’s got to face down the competition. Then, after Wanda receives a startling offer that could help launch her dance career, Kaboku finds himself struggling between his awe for her and his jealousy—a feeling he’ll have to cope with lest it threaten their friendship. But how did Wanda get where she is now? And just who—or what—encouraged her to move forward?
176 pages, Paperback
First published February 22, 2022
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November 29, 2023
That big old dance battle ends after many, many chapters and it wraps up with the team battle portion. Kabo cuts loose, but that doesn’t necessarily equate to anything, plus you get the Wanda backstory you didn’t know you needed.
Nothing is like Wandance, absolutely nothing. It is the most brilliant, kinetic, frenetic and engaging manga about this style of dancing I can imagine. Yeah, no, I don’t need an entire two pages devoted to On showing us how to arm wave, but whatever.
Its scratchy and oddly proportioned art should not work, it absolutely should not, but it totally does for what it wants to get across to the reader. You can feel the energy coming off the page like nothing else I’ve read.
And the story is good too! The Iori and Kabe fight has an expected ending, but it’s still really great, and it’s just the story getting warmed up. The team battle suggested a Kabo and Wanda team-up we never get, but what we actually get is even better.
I have several laments in manga and infrequent cast pages are one. Imagine my delight when this volume not only has a cast page for the leads, but it has a series of cast pages for the rest of the club members that gets plastered all over the team battle while they dance.
It is such an amazing display of art on top of art depicting art that just soaked into my eyes like pure happiness. We may never see half these characters again in any capacity, but even if we don’t, they all get such an amazing moment in the spotlight. I just loved it.
Even if nobody asked, the story also explains just why Wanda gets Kabo so well during a flashback that shows that Kabo is trying hard to reach a place that Wanda has been at for a while. It may seem like her methods are a little too out there for what she achieved, but it at least sounds good.
While sometimes at risk of being sidelined in his own book, that kind of illustrates the position Kabo’s been left in, as he quickly learns that he can express himself better through dance, but there are some things you still need words for.
After raising the romance flag more than once, there’s every indication that this could really take a while for these two. And, hey, good enough. This has already been seven volumes and I could happily read another twenty if it stayed this good.
It doesn’t help matters that Wanda was filmed during her set and that has suddenly made her very visible to the rest of the school. There’s also the tantalizing hint of somebody out there being interested in Kabo that, yes, seems like it could be a great set-up for a rival or whatever.
If there’s a caveat in this volume, it’s certainly in Wanda’s flashback, which prominently features the works of Michael Jackson. I am able to separate the art from the artist here, but not everybody will be so forgiving, I suspect, so if you cannot or don’t want to (both valid takes), be aware of that.
This series should not work on any level, but I’m so glad it does. Coffee is trying something so unique and achieving it more often than not. It wows me every time I read it and has great visuals and strong storytelling chops.
5 stars - a total belter, no notes.
Nothing is like Wandance, absolutely nothing. It is the most brilliant, kinetic, frenetic and engaging manga about this style of dancing I can imagine. Yeah, no, I don’t need an entire two pages devoted to On showing us how to arm wave, but whatever.
Its scratchy and oddly proportioned art should not work, it absolutely should not, but it totally does for what it wants to get across to the reader. You can feel the energy coming off the page like nothing else I’ve read.
And the story is good too! The Iori and Kabe fight has an expected ending, but it’s still really great, and it’s just the story getting warmed up. The team battle suggested a Kabo and Wanda team-up we never get, but what we actually get is even better.
I have several laments in manga and infrequent cast pages are one. Imagine my delight when this volume not only has a cast page for the leads, but it has a series of cast pages for the rest of the club members that gets plastered all over the team battle while they dance.
It is such an amazing display of art on top of art depicting art that just soaked into my eyes like pure happiness. We may never see half these characters again in any capacity, but even if we don’t, they all get such an amazing moment in the spotlight. I just loved it.
Even if nobody asked, the story also explains just why Wanda gets Kabo so well during a flashback that shows that Kabo is trying hard to reach a place that Wanda has been at for a while. It may seem like her methods are a little too out there for what she achieved, but it at least sounds good.
While sometimes at risk of being sidelined in his own book, that kind of illustrates the position Kabo’s been left in, as he quickly learns that he can express himself better through dance, but there are some things you still need words for.
After raising the romance flag more than once, there’s every indication that this could really take a while for these two. And, hey, good enough. This has already been seven volumes and I could happily read another twenty if it stayed this good.
It doesn’t help matters that Wanda was filmed during her set and that has suddenly made her very visible to the rest of the school. There’s also the tantalizing hint of somebody out there being interested in Kabo that, yes, seems like it could be a great set-up for a rival or whatever.
If there’s a caveat in this volume, it’s certainly in Wanda’s flashback, which prominently features the works of Michael Jackson. I am able to separate the art from the artist here, but not everybody will be so forgiving, I suspect, so if you cannot or don’t want to (both valid takes), be aware of that.
This series should not work on any level, but I’m so glad it does. Coffee is trying something so unique and achieving it more often than not. It wows me every time I read it and has great visuals and strong storytelling chops.
5 stars - a total belter, no notes.
November 29, 2023
That big old dance battle ends after many, many chapters and it wraps up with the team battle portion. Kabo cuts loose, but that doesn’t necessarily equate to anything, plus you get the Wanda backstory you didn’t know you needed.
Nothing is like Wandance, absolutely nothing. It is the most brilliant, kinetic, frenetic and engaging manga about this style of dancing I can imagine. Yeah, no, I don’t need an entire two pages devoted to On showing us how to arm wave, but whatever.
Its scratchy and oddly proportioned art should not work, it absolutely should not, but it totally does for what it wants to get across to the reader. You can feel the energy coming off the page like nothing else I’ve read.
And the story is good too! The Iori and Kabe fight has an expected ending, but it’s still really great, and it’s just the story getting warmed up. The team battle suggested a Kabo and Wanda team-up we never get, but what we actually get is even better.
I have several laments in manga and infrequent cast pages are one. Imagine my delight when this volume not only has a cast page for the leads, but it has a series of cast pages for the rest of the club members that gets plastered all over the team battle while they dance.
It is such an amazing display of art on top of art depicting art that just soaked into my eyes like pure happiness. We may never see half these characters again in any capacity, but even if we don’t, they all get such an amazing moment in the spotlight. I just loved it.
Even if nobody asked, the story also explains just why Wanda gets Kabo so well during a flashback that shows that Kabo is trying hard to reach a place that Wanda has been at for a while. It may seem like her methods are a little too out there for what she achieved, but it at least sounds good.
While sometimes at risk of being sidelined in his own book, that kind of illustrates the position Kabo’s been left in, as he quickly learns that he can express himself better through dance, but there are some things you still need words for.
After raising the romance flag more than once, there’s every indication that this could really take a while for these two. And, hey, good enough. This has already been seven volumes and I could happily read another twenty if it stayed this good.
It doesn’t help matters that Wanda was filmed during her set and that has suddenly made her very visible to the rest of the school. There’s also the tantalizing hint of somebody out there being interested in Kabo that, yes, seems like it could be a great set-up for a rival or whatever.
If there’s a caveat in this volume, it’s certainly in Wanda’s flashback, which prominently features the works of Michael Jackson. I am able to separate the art from the artist here, but not everybody will be so forgiving, I suspect, so if you cannot or don’t want to (both valid takes), be aware of that.
This series should not work on any level, but I’m so glad it does. Coffee is trying something so unique and achieving it more often than not. It wows me every time I read it and has great visuals and strong storytelling chops.
5 stars - a total belter, no notes.
Nothing is like Wandance, absolutely nothing. It is the most brilliant, kinetic, frenetic and engaging manga about this style of dancing I can imagine. Yeah, no, I don’t need an entire two pages devoted to On showing us how to arm wave, but whatever.
Its scratchy and oddly proportioned art should not work, it absolutely should not, but it totally does for what it wants to get across to the reader. You can feel the energy coming off the page like nothing else I’ve read.
And the story is good too! The Iori and Kabe fight has an expected ending, but it’s still really great, and it’s just the story getting warmed up. The team battle suggested a Kabo and Wanda team-up we never get, but what we actually get is even better.
I have several laments in manga and infrequent cast pages are one. Imagine my delight when this volume not only has a cast page for the leads, but it has a series of cast pages for the rest of the club members that gets plastered all over the team battle while they dance.
It is such an amazing display of art on top of art depicting art that just soaked into my eyes like pure happiness. We may never see half these characters again in any capacity, but even if we don’t, they all get such an amazing moment in the spotlight. I just loved it.
Even if nobody asked, the story also explains just why Wanda gets Kabo so well during a flashback that shows that Kabo is trying hard to reach a place that Wanda has been at for a while. It may seem like her methods are a little too out there for what she achieved, but it at least sounds good.
While sometimes at risk of being sidelined in his own book, that kind of illustrates the position Kabo’s been left in, as he quickly learns that he can express himself better through dance, but there are some things you still need words for.
After raising the romance flag more than once, there’s every indication that this could really take a while for these two. And, hey, good enough. This has already been seven volumes and I could happily read another twenty if it stayed this good.
It doesn’t help matters that Wanda was filmed during her set and that has suddenly made her very visible to the rest of the school. There’s also the tantalizing hint of somebody out there being interested in Kabo that, yes, seems like it could be a great set-up for a rival or whatever.
If there’s a caveat in this volume, it’s certainly in Wanda’s flashback, which prominently features the works of Michael Jackson. I am able to separate the art from the artist here, but not everybody will be so forgiving, I suspect, so if you cannot or don’t want to (both valid takes), be aware of that.
This series should not work on any level, but I’m so glad it does. Coffee is trying something so unique and achieving it more often than not. It wows me every time I read it and has great visuals and strong storytelling chops.
5 stars - a total belter, no notes.
December 2, 2023
I didn't think a full long chapter devoted to Wanda's relationship with her... boss at the convenience store was all that necessary, aside from, perhaps, showing us the fleetingness of time. I don't know, let young people be young. They'll figure it out eventually. I did like Wanda's dance moves in that chapter though.
Other than that, super cool and stylish business as usual, with some new tracks (to me) to check out. Michael Jackson's "Unbreakable" was a standout there.
Other than that, super cool and stylish business as usual, with some new tracks (to me) to check out. Michael Jackson's "Unbreakable" was a standout there.
March 30, 2024
We learn some of why Wanda is so understanding of Kabo's stutter here, though I feel like all his friends are after he explains he stutters.
I'm interested to see what the dance show case will bring, and how Wanda and Kabo's relationship will grow.
For ne, this can still be a bit repetitive, but for someone who knows dance better, it probably wouldn't be.
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I'm interested to see what the dance show case will bring, and how Wanda and Kabo's relationship will grow.
For ne, this can still be a bit repetitive, but for someone who knows dance better, it probably wouldn't be.
Check out my YouTube channel for bookish videos and monthly wrap ups!
January 29, 2024
The dance battle comes to an end and we get a really enjoyable Wanda backstory. The art style continues to be captivating and the characters are carrying the story along really nicely.
March 29, 2025
Glad to see some more character development outside of dance battles. I want more Wanda time!
April 23, 2025
3.5 stars.
May 12, 2025
Yep I still love the art
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