Hotchpotch Punch

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As I'm writing this, june 2024, it only has 3 chapters translated and I'm already hooked and rooting for the main character. I don't particularly enjoy sports manga, which is another reason this caught me off guard. The story seems to have great potential and its a very fresh take on the genre, made me wonder about how women's sports are actually "halfassed" as the manga suggested and it's a shame, considering how hard it is to be an athlete, they certainly deserve more attention and recognition and I'm glad the author took the time to bring these questions into the light.

The characters are ... unique, interesting and their motivations are actually reasonable or at least entertaining (usually I get tired of the lame narrative of becoming the "best"). But the main character... That's where the money is at, top tier cute waifu muscle mommy borderline sadistic. At first she's the normal shy good hearted girl that everyone is bored even thinking about it, but then you realize the author actually met women in his life and he writes her as a normal human being. Wait, almost normal, because she's really sadistic and I'm not sure if it's because I relate to her and her violently fantasies, but I'm really interested by the actual representation of how some of these intrusive thoughts go through our minds and how it's going to develop as she grows, is she going to get more and more violent or is she going to slowly learn to control her impulses and be a better more mature martial artist? Whatever the case, it's quite charming and entertaining, she actually has a deep personality, layers and layers and that's what makes a good character.

The art style is really good, action scenes and the anatomy angles are really complex and professional, you can notice how precise the artist is in each panel with very good notion of space, volume and perspective. Nice to look at.

You should give it a try, I'm betting big on this one, so much potential.