Real Bout High School #1

By Reiji Saiga

Book Overview

In the mad world of Daimon High School, physical education lords over academic enlightenment, extracurricular clubs elbow out curricular classes, and disagreements get settled mano y mano in the K-Fight ring.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193151495X
• ISBN13: 9781931514958
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: TokyoPop
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Arrived safe and sound just as pictured

Love the book hope to get the rest soon

Great Manga

It's hard to say what I like best about this series because I like pretty much everything about it.The art is the first thing to note. It is a well drawn series with beautiful characters. There are a lot of scenes where they simplify the characters down for comic effect - which comes off good and is well placed. The story has a lot of humor in the beginning. As the story progresses through book five the story takes a more serious tone but doesn't lose the humor that has made the series so good. The characters are forced to face who they are and who they want to be as life seems to throw all sorts of challenges their way. There is a lot of heart in the story and it's easy to get into how they feel. The situations they get into are sometimes farfetched but how they face them or run from them is very human and is what makes the story so great.The characters are just fun, lovable, and quirky. From Ryoko's single minded determination to be a great woman (through combat none the less) to Shizuma's blazing ego and desire for food as he fights his way through school. From start to almost finish (as the series hasn't ended at this time) the series is great.<

I LOVE IT!

this series of books are one of the best ones i ever read.its funny,and has a lot of action in it.for Inuyasha fans,this book is almost beter than it. If you dont buy this book, your going to regret it

a masterful blend of comedy, fighting, etc

Realbout high school is a MUST BUY! It is inspiring, with a great plot, totally UN-CLICHED characters, and I'm glad I bought the first four volumes. I'm eagerly looking for the fifth. I recommend this to anyone! at times it can be a little confusing, but this is outweighed by the ABSOLUTELY GREAT parts. A MUST BUY!!!!!

A Rollercoaster Ride of a Manga

Face it, wouldn't you like to go to a school where teachers don't care if you fight, but instead encourage it to settle disputes? How about a school where you can even fight the teachers themselves if need be? In the world of Real Bout High School, it's all in a day's homework.First there's the top student fighter in all the school, Ryoko Mitsurugi (also known as the Samurai Girl), and therefore quite the popular student. That's all good, until a tough newcomer by the name of Shizuma Kusanagi moves on campus. His skills are supreme and can easily take down just about any student that has the nerve to fight him. It's pretty obvious then, that Ryoko has a rival in the works, and it all depends on the battles ahead to see which will become victorious. This action-based manga is not without fresh comedy, of course. The main characters always have something to hilarious to say or an awkward moment to fall into. Unlike many other fighting-type manga stories, there are actually real feelings behind each face and each problem. It's not just, "Let's go beat 'em to a pulp for no reason." You can actually feel for the characters, which is essential in any good story. Sora Inoue does a wonderful job with the artwork that leaves you gaping at every panel. It's what every manga fan looks forward to. Mix this in with Reiji Saiga's impossibly wonderful story-telling abilities, and you've got something that can and will leave you wanting more until the very end.

Whoa... A fighting series I actually like!

Real Bout High School is probably the most surprising series I've come across yet. Although it's a fighting series, it isn't based on video games, so there can be a much better storyline... And it shows. Although the art and story are very obviously shonen (targeted toward males), the series still manages to not become just another string of pointless battles. The characters are easy to keep track of, and the relationships keep a realistic feel to them. This is one of the best manga series I've found, and that's coming from soneone with a fairly well-sized collection.