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“Two friends reunite in MMA, training and competing with contrasting goals in a realistic martial-arts manga.”
All Rounder Meguru
オールラウンダー廻
7.65
2,242 rank · 12,905 readers · 170 favorites
Seinen
Combat Sports
Drama
Sports
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Synopsis
Two friends reunite in MMA, training and competing with contrasting goals in a realistic martial-arts manga.
Hiroki Endo's series tells the story of two old friends, Meguru Takayanagi and Takashi Yamabuki, who after a long time meet each other again at an amateur shooto mixed martial arts contest. While Meguru only practices MMA for fun, Takashi is pursuing a serious goal. Even though each of them has their own reason to fight, both are becoming stronger with each match... Universally praised for its realism and accurate depiction of martial arts, All Rounder Meguru is one of the first manga to provide a glimpse into the energetic and exciting world of modern MMA. (Source: Kotonoha)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
8.2
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.82
Running avg · May 2010 → Feb 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “All rounder meguru is a very realistic MMA anime that lacks memorable characters (except for a few) but makes up for it with the ultra detailed and realistic fights, especially the grappling and...”
- 10 “From start to finish it's a masterpiece. If you've done any amount of Muay Thai, BJJ, Boxing, or Wrestling this is the manga for you. The art is also super realistic and fluid, really helps you...”
- 8 “The entire plot of All-Rounder Meguru revolves around the titular character and his group of friends trying to make it on the Japanese amateur circuit with some hoping to go pro. Appropriately,...”
Verbosity
Short · 27%
Medium · 64%
Long · 9%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 178 × 19 ch × vol
- Total read 23h 44m approx
- Published Nov 2008 – Apr 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9265 catalog