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“15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi relentlessly pursues volleyball dreams despite high school competition.”
Crimson Hero
紅色HERO
7.89
1,200 rank · 9,511 readers · 178 favorites
Shoujo
Love Polygon
School
Team Sports
Drama
Romance
Sports
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Synopsis
15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi relentlessly pursues volleyball dreams despite high school competition.
All that matters to 15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi is volleyball—she's an awesome player with big-time ambitions. But sometimes it seems like a girl just can't get a break in the competitive world of high school volleyball. (Source: VIZ Media) Included one-shots: Volume 15: "Second" Volume 16: Sugar
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
8.9
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.60
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.60 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.13
Running avg · May 2008 → Jun 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I like how this manga is sport related because I don't know much about volleyball. It's interesting that volleyball and romance are both in this manga. Nobara goes through so much and matures...”
- 9 “I really liked this, which surprised me a little. I'm not an athletic girl; my experience with sports has always been in a strictly managerial fashion. Yeah, this is a manga about volleyball but,...”
- 9 “OK, kinda crazy story but easy to follow. Girl is really simple minded but that is what makes you love her. The guys are normal with a little bit of an attitude. It is a great sports manga, one of...”
Verbosity
Short · 63%
Medium · 25%
Long · 13%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 87 × 20 ch × vol
- Total read 11h 36m approx
- Published Dec 2002 – Jan 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0606 catalog