“Retired boxer Kazuya coaches protege Gaku, their bond blurring coach-student lines with unexpected excitement.”
The Dog and Waning Moon
犬と欠け月
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Retired boxer Kazuya coaches protege Gaku, their bond blurring coach-student lines with unexpected excitement.
Retired boxer Kazuya Shouji has long given up dreams of winning championship titles. He's now a coach and all his hopes are pinned on his protege, the upcoming pugilist Gaku. But the relationship between the two is not simply that of coach and student... "It's just that when I see the normally expressionless kid making a face like this, I can't help but get excited." (Source: MU)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 24 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published Jul 2013 – Aug 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M41613 catalog