Rough

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Japanese: ラフ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 12

Chapters: 119

Status: Finished

Published: 1987 to 1989

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports

Themes: School, Team Sports

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Sunday

Authors: Adachi, Mitsuru (Story & Art)

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MangaShounen SundayAdachi, Mitsuru (Story & Art)

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Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offspring of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake—but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were crucial, and that made the business of the Ninomiya confectionery suffered. Grandfather Ninomiya then fell ill worrying about his shop. Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamatos," and since that moment the two families have been sworn rivals.

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Yamato, Keisuke

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Ninomiya, Ami

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Adachi, Mitsuru

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Sakiyama, Coach

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Keisuke

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Kitano, Kyotarou

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Akiyama

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Mikami

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Koyanagi, Kaori

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Narita

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Sep 22, 2009

sukari

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So before I start this review, I think I should note that I am quite a fan of Mitsuru Adachi's manga, and Rough was one of the most recent mangas that I've finished.

In comparison with his other works, this manga was relatively short, 12 volumes at around 10 chapters each, this I feel is a plus for the manga overall, because sometimes his longer works (e.g. H2) drags a bit.

So alright, I'll just go through the categories then..

Story - it's been noted and referenced a few times within the manga, that the main characters are like Romeo and Juliet. Having said that should be enough ...

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Mar 31, 2010

Dunkjoe

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It's a shame, really. This series has an unpleasant ending. Like the scanlators manga downloads said, it's one of the best Adachi comics when they scanlated it.
Ahh... just wished that the mangaka hadn't wasted some pages including some scenes which were totally out of plot, but since it's published in 1989 or something ,it couldn't be helped.

... Cos it seemed like he needed a few more chapters for a more conclusive ending.

Story:8
Right from the beginning, or somewhere the middle of this 119 chapters series, it had potential to score a 10. Sad thing is, some things were dragged out too long, and some "filler" ...

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Jul 5, 2021

drazorback

Mixed Feelings

Despite a marital liability with an ex invested in synchronized swimming, the theme is clearly not part of my centers of interest and all the less since it is a question here, in the background of course, of swimming races and swimming races. acrobatic dive. In addition, it begins to be far for me, the (hypothetical) age of first love in high school. Why then have I immersed myself in Rough? Well, it was a question of dipping into the world of Adachi, cult author of the teenage sports sagas of the 80s. And I must admit that despite my very relative interest in the ... topics covered, I still enjoyed reading.

Already, the clear, limpid line that guides Adachi's line retains a crazy charm, at a time when visual overload has ended up making so many works hardly digestible. But also, even if they are small delicate touches, thanks to a humor not hesitating some meta winks (to other series of Adachi, to the ill-faith clarification of certain elements specific to the diegesis itself of the work) and, if we do not avoid the eternals which proquo smelled mint, and the few obligatory serial lengths, thanks to a rather light sensitivity. In the great lineage of the derivatives of Romeo & Juliette, of which Rough would be almost a low cost parody (two families of pastry chefs hate each other, and thus make them their offspring of opposite sex), it is therefore a question of brushing a tandem first in rejection, before finally pushing them more or less in the arms. Add to this equation with two easily soluble unknowns a mentor / rival, then another pair of rivals and we obtain a pool of situations that can roughly hold the dozen volumes.

Basically, the point that was bothering me (the sporting issue being strongly correlated with obtaining a female trophy) is finely defused in a final which skillfully manages to thwart the moral expectation (the sentimental choice is disconnected in extremis from the winner) as the expected narrative (the great final race, after being delayed for a year by an impromptu deus ex machina, has almost gone under ellipse). Like what, behind a clear line, can lurk a small well felt blind spot.

ORIGINAL REVIEW IN FRENCH

Malgré un passif conjugal avec un ex investie dans la natation synchronisée, la thématique ne fait clairement pas partie de mes centres d'intérêt et d'autant moins qu'il est question ici, en toile de fond certes, de courses de natations et de plongeon acrobatique. Par ailleurs, il commence à être loin pour moi, l'âge (hypothétique) des premiers amours au lycée. Pourquoi donc m'être plongé dans Rough, dès lors ? Et bien, il s'agissait de faire trempette dans l'univers d'Adachi, auteur culte des sagas sportives adolescentes des années 80. Et je dois bien avouer qu'en dépit de mon intérêt tout relatif pour les thèmes abordés, j'ai tout de même apprécié la lecture.

Déjà, la ligne claire, limpide, qui guide le trait d'Adachi garde un charme fou, à une époque où la surcharge visuelle a fini par rendre tant d’œuvres peu digestes. Mais aussi, même si il s'agit de petites touches délicates, grâce à un humour n'hésitant pas quelques clins d’œil méta (à d'autres séries d'Adachi, à l'éclaircissement de mauvaise foi de certain éléments propre à la diégèse même de l’œuvre) et, si on évite pas les éternels qui proquo senti-menthe-à-l'eau, et les quelques longueurs sérielles obligées, grâce à une sensibilité plutôt légère. Dans la grande lignée des dérivés de Romeo & Juliette, dont Rough serait presque une parodie low cost (deux familles de pâtissiers se haïssent, et ainsi en font leurs rejetons de sexe opposés), il s'agit donc de brosser un tandem d'abord dans le rejet, avant finalement de les pousser plus ou moins dans les bras. Ajoutons à cette équation à deux inconnues facilement soluble un mentor/rival, puis un autre couple de rivaux et on obtient un vivier de situations pouvant à peu près tenir la douzaine de tomes.

Sur le fond, le point qui me taraudait ( l'enjeu sportif étant fortement corrélé à l'obtention de femelle-trophée) est finement désamorcé dans un final qui parvient habilement à déjouer l'attendu moral ( le choix sentimental est déconnecté in extremis du vainqueur ) comme l'attendu narratif ( la grande course finale, après avoir été retardé d'un an par un deus ex machina impromptu, est presque passée sous ellipse ). Comme quoi, derrière une ligne claire, peut se tapir un petit angle mort bien senti.

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