Beach Stars

[Newhope]

Shame it's nearly finished already.

[NoLongerSane]

Chapter 65 came out.

Spoiler for 65:

Lol at Iruka's father. Poor guy had to hear of his daughter's victory at the train station. I found it sweet that he wanted to keep her daddy's little girl but his wife had to remind him that she is growing up. Lol at the family voting (4 to 1 for support of Iruka going to natioinals). I enjoyed the Humvee/Iruka interaction about love and how he sees her as a little sister. The rest of the chapter is preperation for Hayakawa's team and that her partner is infamous for stopping spikes. Look like a special training chapter next time.

[DJ Trouble]

Originally Posted by Newhope

Shame it's nearly finished already.

It's a shame that the series was ended when it was, but it's a good thing that the scans are finally catching up to the chapters that have been available for a long time now.

[Fran~]

I always like Iruka's mom because how she is... Iruka's house is madness

Reika taaaann~~~~

[Kagayaki]

Really! I would have loved to have you as a little sister.

Hahaha

I'm curious to see what baseball has to do with anything too

[NoLongerSane]

There was two chapters released yesterday. Really enjoyed reading both.

Spoiler for 66&67:

Long story short, it would appear the baseball is for working on Ikura's hips, as she tends to get her power for her air spikes there. Lol at how that technique is labled. That is for the first chapter. The second chapter deals with the teammate Rin as she wants to quit due to her not participating. She and the coach challenge Irkura and Kotomi to a match, with the stipulation that if Ikura's team loses Rin leaves the club. The chapter ends with both Ikura and Hotomi activating their bad-ass poses ready to win the match.

[Fran~]

How uncool Iwamura...

Spoiler for yeah, you aren't reading a martial arts manga, this is a beach volley manga... a bad-ass one!:

[NoLongerSane]

The last chapter for the series just came out. The story continues in it's sequel.

Spoiler for 68:

The match for keeping their friend continues, with Rin and Ryoko catching up despite giving Iruka and Hotomi a 10 point advantage. It looks like Iruka and Hotomi have come up with a technique called Back Hanger that is a super spike done in the back field. The attack fails but is caught on purpose by Ryoko to keep the ball in play. Ryoko then gives up the match and Rin stay with the team. The story then focus on a bunch of new girls being introduced by gunning for Hayakawa. The chapter ends with Iruka and friends clowing around. I think you have to wait for the sequal to see what happens in the Madonna Cup.

[Fran~]

Spoiler:

"Hayakawa, in the name of the sand, i will punish you" = EPIC

Nice manga, really a good and honest manga.

I'm so looking forward to the sequel...

[Kagayaki]

The first chapter of the new series is out!

Spoiler for 1:

We're continuing pretty much where the last series left off, with a tiny bit of recap.

As before, the author has a great sense for "camera angle" and perspective when drawing action sequences. He really makes them come to life.

1) Iruka jumps 10 feet into the air
3) reaction faces
2) she spikes the ball so hard it makes an explosion
4) more reaction faces
5) still more reaction faces

That sequence will never get old

[Fran~]

Ahhh... good...that was good...

The warp joke was hilarious!...

Best Sports Manga at this time.

[NoLongerSane]

A very enjoyable chapter. I really enjoyed how the club's practice field was treated as a child's sandbox when they are not there. I loved Iruka's reactions when she sees the kids playing on the volleyball field and how the kids already hate her. Her reaction to how the children react when Humvee shows up was priceless.

[Shouta]

The manga's been finished for a little while here in Japan so it's kinda nice to see a thread about it pop up here. Unfortunately, I kinda felt it ended too soon, partially because of the discontinuation of Young Sunday. I think the last match with Hayakawa could've been a lot more interesting but I think mostly because she didn't receive any character development. There was also the rival that showed up that barely got any time.

Still a great manga overall and at least it got a proper end.

[NoLongerSane]

The second chapter of the new series is out.

Spoiler for Chapter 2:

Very fun chapter to read. I reall enjoyed how Humvee was having a bit of a hard time of getting Iruka to follow orders. Iruka and Kotomi pretty much demolish their opponents and are celebrating with friends until it was mentioned that Reika was also along for the celebration. Not far from her was Hayakawa, who made her presence know by giving off an aura that scared spectators away. Pretty much both Iruka and Hayakawa are having their own personal war in volleyball by pretty much spiking each other at close range. This little battle ended when Reika had to jump in the air and take the balls way from the two girls. All three of them were giving off hostile vibes that it even scared Kotomi into believing that they were not human. The chapter ends when Hayakawa pretty much told Iruka not to lose to anybody but her.

[Master Chibi]

Oh man, newest chapter was fucking great.

So many 'cool' panels to gawk at, haha.

[NoLongerSane]

Chapter 3 is out.

Spoiler for Chapter 3:

Very funny chapter. Starts of with the Iruka's group arriving at Shikokuehime and then goes off site seeing. Pretty much the group runs into people that are entering the tournament during the duration of the chapter. One of the fun parts of the chapter had the girls pillow fighting which ended up with poor Humvee being dogpiled by the girls.

[Fran~]

This manga really need to be animated... This manga can be cute, hilarious and action-packed in just a couple of pages. That little chat between Reika-tan and the other girl was the prelude to war.

[Kagayaki]

Yeah, I love genki characters, so I loved this chapter (and that's probably one of the reasons why I like this series so much). I'm convinced that all characters are more fun to watch when they're really excited about something.

If this got animated and they stayed true to the manga, the camera angles would be glorious during the action sequences. I wonder what kind of soundtrack they would have...

[Fran~]

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

I'm convinced that all characters are more fun to watch when they're really excited about something.

Iruka and Takky's fights are hilarious... the joke of the teleport was sooooo funny...

If this got animated and they stayed true to the manga, the camera angles would be glorious during the action sequences.

This manga is yelling GAINAXing... Reika-tan has the Gainax seal of approval.

I wonder what kind of soundtrack they would have...

PSG OST?... they even got a beach volley episode...

[NoLongerSane]

The!! Beach Stars chapter 4 is out.

Spoiler for Chapter 4:

Very interesting chapter. It looks like that little coalition the Iruka and friends formed a few chapters back ended when their respective teams ended up in different blocks. Iruka showed a lot of spunk this chapter, with her creating the Hunting Pocky technique. This chapter pretty much deals with Iruka and Kotomi passing their first prelims test with a bit of panel time going to Hayakawa going psycho with the volleyball. You pretty much know that those two will meet in the finals and that the game is going to turn into a monster vs monster match.