“Daichi, a soccer player, discovers badminton's thrill after facing the Junior Champion and switches sports to challenge him again.”
Yamato no Hane
やまとの羽根
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Daichi, a soccer player, discovers badminton's thrill after facing the Junior Champion and switches sports to challenge him again.
Daichi Yonekawa thinks that badminton is a girl's sport and is forced to practice with his twin sister, Yuki. Daichi finds himself playing Taka Tsubahara, the Japanese Junior Champion, because he is too bored "practicing" with his sister. He soon discovers the thrill of playing badminton and even quits his soccer team to practice badminton full time. He now aims to play against Taka Tsubahara once again but this time on equal grounds... (Source: Bado-Scans)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 31 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 08m approx
- Published Jul 2003 – Oct 2004
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2879 catalog