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“Shinsuke fights to save his billiards club by challenging a former national champion after funding cuts.”
Break Shot
ブレイクショット
7.16
7,079 rank · 1,145 readers · 7 favorites
Shounen
Sports
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Synopsis
Shinsuke fights to save his billiards club by challenging a former national champion after funding cuts.
A boy named Oda Shinsuke is very infatuated with billiards. Problems arise when a new student body president, Hayakawa Asako, suddenly decided to cut the funding for his billiards club. Unhappy with that, Shinsuke wants to convince Asako that his billiards club is worthy of the funding. He decided to challenge a two-time former national billiards champion. Will Chinmi be able to defend his club? (Source: Mangasync)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 3
σ 2.50
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
Yes
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Score over time
↓ 2.50
Running avg · Dec 2018 → Nov 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Break Shot offers a thrilling underdog experience defined by intelligent characters and a masterful display of unique, cerebral tactical gameplay. While the pacing of later mystery elements is...”
- 3 “While the manga attempts to bring the sport of pool to the medium, it fails to provide any authentic engagement for those familiar with the game. The narrative relies on baseless, over-the-top...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 50%
Long · 50%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Break Shot begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 152 × 16 ch × vol
- Total read 20h 16m approx
- Published Jan 1987 – Jan 1990
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0818 catalog