Punch!, Vol. 3, 3

by Rie Takada

Sometimes love can feel like a punch in the face!!

Her mother was a wrestling champion, her father a lightweight world boxing champion, and her grandfather the first Japanese to become the world champion of Muay Thai kick boxing--but high school girl Elle doesn't want to fight! She just wants a normal life, but is it possible with such a violent family history?

It's time for Elle's boyfriend Kazuki to make his pro debut! If he wins this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421510316
• ISBN13: 9781421510316
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

So-so, could have been better

Like some of the other reviewers, I will have to agree that the ending was pretty lame. But I understand that the artist has to meet some requirements as per the publication company's wishes, and that's why I didn't give it three stars. Still, I really wish there was more build-up and more plot development. But the short stories were amusing, especially the one where the girl bumped her head and could hear peoples' thoughts... :) Anyways, it's worth picking up just to suffice yourself with the collection of the three, but it's not quite special otherwise.

Don't blame the manga

I agree with the other reviewer about the five year jump, but don't blame the author or the series for this odd 'chapter' If you have read the series Rin!, you will get an explaination similar to what is going on here. The author and artist designed the story, but the publisher forces them to make certain changes to fit their publications. In this case, they weren't allowed to include that last chapter with volume 2. Therefore, it ended in volume 3. It would have been nice if they could have included, for the bonus stories, extras about the title story but instead they included a couple of different romantic stories. 1 about a bad girl posing as a good girl just to get a certain guy. The 2nd story is about a guy and a girl pretending not to like each other too well, yet the girl is in love with the guy and wishes she knew if he likes her just as much. After hitting her head, the girl can suddenly hear what people think (including a rooster).