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“Banned figure-skating prodigy Rou finds redemption through ice hockey in Hokkaido, aiming for 20th national championship.”
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7.35
4,846 rank · 6,269 readers · 64 favorites
Seinen
Team Sports
Sports
Comedy
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Synopsis
Banned figure-skating prodigy Rou finds redemption through ice hockey in Hokkaido, aiming for 20th national championship.
The stage is the proud land of the north—Hokkaido. The year is 2010. Rou Shirakawa has just received the highest score in history at the All-Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships! But suddenly, he loses control and starts destroying the stage. He is quickly disqualified and banned from the skating world for life. Now nicknamed "the Rabid Prince," Rou ends up in Tamakomai, an ice hockey town in northern Japan. And on a hockey rink on a frozen lake, he meets the ruthless Genma brothers! Rou will soon learn of the famous Oino-kami high school and their quest to win an unprecedented 20th straight national hockey championship. And also the strong, yet beautiful battle sport—ice hockey! Change, grow, evolve! Turn defeat into victory in this red-hot redemption story! (Source: MANGA Plus)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
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Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 0.82
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “A pampered figure skater joins a hockey league full of delinquents: hilarity ensues. As someone who doesn't care about hockey, this manga does a good job of making the training and techniques seem...”
- 9 “This manga has the potential to do for ice hockey what Slam Dunk did for basketball and Haikyuu did for volleyball. It employs a familiar zero to hero arc but it executes it with the confidence of...”
- 10 “I was thinking about Golden Kamuy the other day. I really loved the manga. The plot, the great cast of characters, the history and the artwork! Everything was amazing and it made me wonder what...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jul 2023 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M70198 catalog