Teppuu
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I just felt like writing down how this manga and I connected. it was like something out of a dream for me, the main character was the only character iv'e ever been able to totally empathize with. every thought she had I had every action she took I had taken reading this a year out of high school was like living threw high school again, and that alone was glorious. this manga got me back into manga and helped me find my self after having my life upended without this I probably would not be who I am today. I can truly say that Natsuo ... is me, or rather the me who I was in before life hit me it was a bitter sweet nostalgia of watch a young hyper talented athlete lose themselves to the boredom of being innately talented at everything. I can only lament that I don't get to see her come to the same conclusion I have and transcend the material and cast off ones talent and become a full self. never the less being able to get such a clear view of my own life was the flashpoint that set me forward to my current mental clarity, and for that I am truly grateful.

this is a very personal review but I just wanted to get it off my chest. it feels good to close this chapter in my life and its thanks too teppuu that I can.

Woah this one was a doozy, Teppu is probably one of the more unique manga's out there with it's premise and it's approach to storytelling. Telling the story from what would normally be the antagonist of the story rather then the protagonist and honestly, Teppu wouldn't be half as good if it was written the other way around.

I'm going to be honest, when I first completed this series I thought it was extremely lackluster and not worth the 3 hours~ I spent binging it but looking back on it and thinking about the themes and the characters more and more I came around to it. ... More specifically, Natsuo the main character. I disliked her so much and hated that she didn't change by the end of the story but looking back, she did change or rather she WILL change. She's found something that she loves and that she can pour love into and when you pour love into something, that same thing pours love into you back. I shouldn't expect a person with 16 years of anguish to change in the span of 6 months, and once I came to that conclusion is when I truly saw Teppu for what it was.

In the end, the fact that Teppu is a good manga that I came around after finishing my read through.

This series has significant problems. The pacing is horrific, and the characters are completely unlikable. The beginning is a boring mix of trivial school drama and MMA wiki dumps. Nothing of significance happens until around volume 5 and by then the series is basically over with. What's fascinating about this series is that EVERY character is unlikable and the MC is essentially the villain. Typically with sports manga you have some underdog type character which the reader can relate to, but here we have nothing. I would actually describe this series as the opposite of Hajime no Ippo which has great pacing and great characters.