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cyanide_latte 's review for:
Crimson Hero, Vol. 1
by Mitsuba Takanashi
I'm not entirely sure why I've been interested in trying out sports manga recently, but well, here we are. As far as an opening to a series goes, I'm not sure I like this one very much. We're thrown a lot of telling, rather than showing, on the part of the main character's drive, passion, and gift for the sport of volleyball. And unfortunately, this is further bogged down by an overload of stereotypical shoujo tropes that are clustered together right away for the sake of saturating the reader in dramatic conflict. Ultimately, I feel like a lot of this comes across as very rushed and hollow, and it does the narrative to this series opener no favors.
However, I don't want to completely give up on this series, not yet. A lot of shoujo titles tend to take a while to really kick off, and are pretty guilty of the sin of overloading the reader at the opening. I think what I'm going to tentatively do for the time being is put this on hold, and if I am still interested in seeing where it goes, I'll give it until volume three to make the ultimate decision. If I'm not actually invested by the time I finish reading volume three, then I'll probably sell what volumes I own on Mercari in a manga lot.
However, I don't want to completely give up on this series, not yet. A lot of shoujo titles tend to take a while to really kick off, and are pretty guilty of the sin of overloading the reader at the opening. I think what I'm going to tentatively do for the time being is put this on hold, and if I am still interested in seeing where it goes, I'll give it until volume three to make the ultimate decision. If I'm not actually invested by the time I finish reading volume three, then I'll probably sell what volumes I own on Mercari in a manga lot.