This award-winning manga about one girl's journey to the Olympic figure skating spotlight is enthralling readers around the world!
"A story about learning to believe in yourself even when everyone else tells you you're not good enough." -Anime News Network
Inori is a little girl who dreams of becoming a figure skater. Yet, the obstacles to this dream feel insurmountable: Inori's already "too old" (she's 11); she's always had trouble at school; and, worst of all, her older sister's skating dreams ended in failure, so her mother is dead set against putting her other daughter through a similar experience. Still, the rin more
The print edition of Volume 9 of Medalist again comes without any colour plates (a shame, because this seems to be the pattern with Kodanshas series where later volumes lack colour inserts, even Blue Period). However, the trade paperback continues to showcase Tsurumaikadas art to great effect. The translation is again by Kevin Gifford with lettering by Scott OBrien for the print edition (the earlier digital edition lettering is by Darren Smith); everything works well and the vital conversations and verbal confrontations are very effectively conveyed. Even though the mangaka tells us theres no room this time for bonus material, there are three pages of thanks and extra bits and a trailer page about Volume 10. This reminds us that Inori has now moved on up to the Junior stage where Youre not making the choices people are picking you. Read Full Review
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