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“Enthusiastic judo freshman idolizes flawed senior, becomes his slave, uncovering dark secrets in their senpai-kouhai relationship.”
Dash!
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7.39
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Synopsis
Enthusiastic judo freshman idolizes flawed senior, becomes his slave, uncovering dark secrets in their senpai-kouhai relationship.
Akimoto has just started his high school career at Miya High and is burning with enthusiasm. Not because he's in the springtime of his youth, or because he has his eyes set on some beautiful upperclassmen; rather, Akimoto is overjoyed to finally be able to meet his long time Judo idol Saitou! Akimoto has watched Saitou ever since his middle school days, but the real Saitou isn't matching up to the Saitou of Akimoto's dreams. Foul mouthed, with a bad attitude and superiority complex, Saitou has decided to use Akimoto's admiration against him and turn him into his slave. But Saitou has a deep, dark secret that he is hiding from his kouhai. Will Akimoto still look up to Saitou when it is revealed? Join Akimoto, Saitou and the rest of the Miya Judo team in this charming tale of high school love between senpai and kouhai. (Source: Juné)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.94
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Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Mar 2009 → Aug 2017
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Oh my God, this book. This freaking book. I never thought a shounen-ai could get my heart pounding like a schoolgirl talking to her crush. Yes a shounen-ai, as in no explicit sex - that's a feat...”
- 9 “Isaku Natsume's Dash! contains two stories: the title story Dash! takes place around a high school judo club. Saitoh is the star member of the team, and the reason Akimoto applied to that...”
- 7 “This manga is composed by two sweet stories, one with the main title and other called Cheeky. Incidentally, they are related by a common feeling; these boys are doing their best to look strong and...”
Verbosity
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Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 56m approx
- Published Jan 2006 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1104 catalog