“Amateur Maaya becomes reluctant Shun's skating partner, aiming to revive his passion for pairs skating.”
Sugar Princess: Skating to Win
シュガープリンセス
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Synopsis
Amateur Maaya becomes reluctant Shun's skating partner, aiming to revive his passion for pairs skating.
Maaya Kurinoki's ordinary life is turned upside down when she fails to convince her younger brother to give ice skating a try following her successful attempt at landing a double axel. Impressed by the display of skill from a complete amateur, figure skating coach Eishi Todou recruits Maaya to become the skating partner of Shun Kanou—one of his pupils and a decorated figure skater. However, Shun is cold toward Maaya as he wants nothing to do with pair skating after a falling out with his former skating partner. Wanting him to rekindle his passion for pairs' skating, Todou strikes a deal with Shun to train Maaya to be skilled enough to pass the sixth-grade skating badge test. In exchange, he will grant Shun the freedom to make his own career decisions and participate in singles' competitions. Refusing to play his coach's game, Shun rejects the proposal, but he cannot keep his eyes off of the young girl, who seems to be a natural at skating. As the two are forced to work together, will they be able to overcome their struggles and come out on top?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.80 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.60
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Oct 2015
- 7 “I only started reading this manga because of the author...i really liked hana-kimi and i hoped that this manga would be a funny and original one..but i was wrong. I do not understand this japanese...”
- 8 “As this is a shoujo manga, there are certain expectations attached already to a manga. So I won't bore you with it. :) When reading variety of manga and watching anime, you get to experience a lot...”
- 8 “I was plenty intrigued by the plot revolving around a young girl's developing career in figure skating. The story was interesting from the beginning and because of the length of the manga, there...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 22 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 56m approx
- Published Feb 2005 – Dec 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1901 catalog