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'REAL' by Takehiko Inoue Appreciation Thread

Started by Ordinary Joel, Aug 20, 2015, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Found a new way to flow

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    Takahashi Hisanobu, Nomiya Tomomi and Togawa Kiyaharu

    REAL

    Written and Illustrated by: Takehiko Inoue
    Original Run: 1999 - ongoing
    Number of Volumes currently: 14
    Where to read: http://www.mangareader.net/real


    A nice mix of sports manga with slice-of-life sprinkled in. Focuses on a topic of much stigma, disability. Quite confronting and brilliant at the same time. From the author that brought us two highly acclaimed series' in Slam Dunk and Vagabond.

    @AnimeSXN if you want a manga that is varied and emotionally investing, I suggest this one. The only annoying downside is that the series is still unfinished with only 80 chapters completed so far.
     
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    Immy yikes

    Aug 20, 2015
    Gonna check this out man, Been reading alot of manga lately
     
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    Mimi the art of doing nothing

    Aug 20, 2015
    Don't really read much manga but this does look very interesting.
     
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    FreeAgent Resurrected like Jesus

    Aug 20, 2015
    I'll give this a read sometime. Haven't read a manga in a while
     
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    threee Rip

    Aug 20, 2015
    Gonna check it out as soon as I catch up to the stuff I'm reading currently, it looks super interesting and I'll also cry like a little girl while reading it too
     
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    I guess one reason why it resonates with me so much is the fact that I also participate in wheelchair sports and the way the author portrays the life of an individual with a physical disability is almost spot on. I can easily relate to Togawa's burning desire to succeed in sports, his temperament is just like mine. I can see the frustration that Takahashi goes through and for Nomiya I can understand what it's like to be coasting through life.

    So it's probably obvious why I may overrate this series.
     
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    Ordinary Joel Found a new way to flow

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    My boy got me Volume 1 of Real a few weeks back. So good.

    It's a s--- photo but it's the only photo I've got of it. :P
     
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