“15-year-old Satoyama joins boxing gym to woo tomboyish Mizutani, who trains him despite hating boxing due to gender barriers.”
Katsu!
KATSU!
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Synopsis
15-year-old Satoyama joins boxing gym to woo tomboyish Mizutani, who trains him despite hating boxing due to gender barriers.
Satoyama Katsuki and his best friend Kawakami Kyouta, both age 15, enrolls in Mizutani Boxing Gym to get close to their tomboyish crush, Mizutani Katsuki, whose father owns it. However, Satoyama soon finds out that she is distant from her father. Worse, it turns out that she hates boxing. In a sparring match, everyone including Mizutani soon discovers Satoyama's hidden yet unpolished skill in boxing. Satoyama soon learns that Mizutani is really in love with boxing, but disdains it because its a man's sport of which she cannot join. Mizutani then takes it upon herself to be Satoyama's trainer/manager to reach the championship belt. Satoyama complies to be closer to his crush. As the story progresses, we soon find out that Satoyama has a hidden past and lineage, one that would give him the necessary skill and talent to be a legendary oriental pro-boxing champion. (Source: Wikipedia)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
What 10 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.66 · some divergence
3.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 5.0
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Mar 2009 → Feb 2026
- 9 “It took some time for me to decide what to give this manga. It felt like a manga which was a mix of Hajime no Ippo and Cross Game, the story that is. I agree with the others that the artwork is not...”
- 8 “I've read a lot of Mitsuru Adachi's works and Katsu! is among my favorites. Like most of his newer works, Adachi sets out to establish the main relationship from the start, and builds up this...”
- 10 “The manga will bring you somewhat a twist, but it is just a normal story of the youths trying to figure out their own identity, struggling to choose love or passion. The story at its core is not...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 157 × 16 ch × vol
- Total read 20h 56m approx
- Published Aug 2001 – Feb 2005
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1089 catalog