Back in April, I Review Volume 1 Oh, dead‘ Top level– One of the three newly established initial products Kodansha Print club plan. The quality of this print edition makes me want when I was happy to hide the underground classic copy of Ohta in my hands. After several months of radio silence, Kodansha, USA Announce In SDCC 2025, they will release another round of printing clubs on the way in early August. That is, Volume 2 Top levelFujiko like,,,,, This is an understatementand the subject of this review, Narumi Shigematsu‘ Blade girl.
View only the title, some readers may believe Blade girl It’s another ho-hum fantasy comic-oh boy, this is far from the case. Shigematsu is only in two volumes, fixed with rocks Shoujo Sports Story takes some notes from one of the greatest hits in the genre.
The beginning page Blade girlVolume 1 introduces readers to Rin, a 16-year-old Morose who has been working hard to lose her right leg in her life. But she was frustrated by the clumsy and painful prosthetics she had been trying to wrap her head around. Her physical therapist was worried that Rin’s prosthesis fit might cause unnecessary pain, so her physical therapist took her to visit a master prosthetic who opened a store at a nearby training center.
When she walked into the door, when she met the blade runner, Rin was at a loss. However, Rin did not find solidarity with the runners, but was insulted by the fact that they were discussing their disability. It’s an understandable reaction because she’s a child and she’s still trying to live in seemingly peaceful reality with her peers.
But when the teenager meets Kazami, the teenager’s tune begins to change. It’s a loose prosthetic who aims to surpass all athletes without disabilities by developing their own state-of-the-art running blades. Despite his a bit cruel at the first meeting, Casami managed to convince Ryan that his life was far from over. With a new life rental, Rin is busy running while figuring out how to better use her prosthetics on and on the track. The young runner also met Kei during competition, testing Kasami’s blades and joining the school’s track and field team. The elegant senior wasn’t entirely witty at first, but she gradually helped Rin improve her running form and accepted her own prosthesis as part of herself.
For readers who know classic sports stories, they may find several similarities Blade girl and Yamamoto Sumika‘ Aim at the ace! I began to notice these similarities as Kazami walked to the page. Kasami’s stoic behavior, his relationship with students, and his motivations are deeply reflected in ExpertThe devil coach, Jin Munakata. Similar to Munakata’s goal to establish electric tennis in Japan, Kazami’s goal is to take Rin beyond all limits when running the blade. Extensive brushstrokes Expert Can feel it in terms of movement Blade girlbut these elements feel that Shigematsu cleverly takes notes from one of the great men rather than simply rereading them.
This is the strongest feeling Blade girlThe dedication of the athlete community has inspired some revelation. In her acknowledgement, the author praised a large number of running, disability and prosthetic experts who helped her understand the story. exist Kodansha, USA The production side, with authenticity readers Sarah San Fire Bring to ensure that this level of care is maintained in localization.
This effort is very grateful, as RIN involves quite a lot of internal and external capabilities in both volumes. A skilled editorial hand is likely to lose the nuances depicted. between Blade girl,,,,, Walk with youand Boy riotI often sit Kodansha, USA Rises when additional care is needed.
As part Kodansha The second run of the Print Club, I found these rolls Blade girl and Top levelVolume 1. By the way, this is with Top levelIt is also the second volume. There are still incredible dark tones here, but this time it’s not too obvious. Unless a problem that can be solved as the program continues, it is very likely that such wabble is just an inherent quirk of printing on demand.
Although the pages themselves are a little sparse and opaque than before, they are more satisfyingly flipping (such as newspaper inventory). After reflection, Top level Volume 1 is a bit like printer paper. The essence itself is pretty good, but these pages are stiff. Furthermore, the size of these printing clubs appears to have slightly decreased since the program’s first outing. My changes are good, but for readers who keep up with these distributions, it’s a little shocking.
The only real obvious problem I’ve had Blade girl Around my first copy of the volume, it turned yellow. Nowadays, pale yellow comics are not uncommon when searching for certain titles on the second-hand market, but I’m expecting to search for something in the new version. Based on the print information about the internal cover and my initial order information, the rolls appear to be printed at the same time. This may be a fluorine, but there is still some concern when considering consistency
View these versions of edited nuts and bolts, translator Megan Turner and edit Einarsen Wonderfully rotates Shigematsu’s movement story into a new language. In particular, when the duo put “MacGyver” as a verb at the end of Volume 1 to best describe how Rin’s team modified her socket to work with the racing blade. Meanwhile, Aiden Clarke combines dynamic sound effects and low-key but emotional lettering.
Finally, as a three-volume series, I believe that the regular print edition synthesis will serve the best Blade girl. But after looking at these two Top levelI’m starting to think that longer sports series will be perfect for printing club tasks. in spite of, Blade girl By far, the most powerful product and rock sport story of the program’s products is about to kick off. Needless to say, I look forward to seeing how the series ends in the near future!
