author: Shingo Honda
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 2018/10/13
date added: 2018/10/13
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Ping Pong Dash !! !' by Shingo Honda is a sport manga that includes school life things. Like a lot of manga, it was over the top in style and substance, and I kind of liked it.
Shingo Honda is a Yankee, which is a kind of person who emulates 1950s American gangsters with the way dress and do their hair. When a cute girl comes to school and joins the Ping Pong club, Shingo is intrigued and joins. He learns quickly that he's not a very good player, so he sets out to improve. Meanwhile his friends are left to fend off attacks form a rival gang. Shingo's secret weapon is canned coffee which forces him in to a kind of beast mode, that is actually pretty hilarious.
The characters at times seem like garishly drawn parodies. The facial features and hair are exaggerated and kind of ugly. The ping pong battles feel like overblown video game battles. I liked the art and the story, which surprised me based on the subject of a ping pong club.
I received a review copy of this manga from Akita Publishing Co. Ltd. and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.
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