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Black-Box

Alternative Titles

Japanese: BLACK-BOX


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 6
Chapters: 42
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 25, 2015 to Mar 25, 2019
Genres: Drama Drama, Sports Sports
Theme: Combat Sports Combat Sports
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Takahashi, Tsutomu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.881 (scored by 754754 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #105782
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #8242
Members: 2,371
Favorites: 8

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Moody, young troublemakers - both of which curiously have a connection to prison life - determinedly become pro boxers. Be prepared for neither manga to romanticize the sport, instead opting for grungy realism. Edit after having finished Black-Box: Black-Box is something between a love letter to and a deconstruction of Ashita no Joe, and it becomes more obvious the further you read. There are references to Joe on a full spectrum of explicitness from plot points and specific panels all the way to the title of the final chapter. In fact, the ending of Black-Box is probably less satisfying if you HAVEN'T read Ashita no Joe. As  read more 
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