It's time for another round of Holiday Reviews and we're start this year off much in the same way that we ended the last one: with a review of a manga that had been requested so often and for so long for licensing that it had become something of a joke...until it was finally picked up and released this year.
TEPPU!, by Moare Ota. First published in 2008 and first published in North America in 2023.
PLOT:
Natsuo Ishido is a born athlete. Tall and strong, she's always been able to achieve at every sport she tries. Then the new Brazilian exchange student Yuzuko convinces her to try the new mixed martial arts club. For the first time in a long time, Natsuo feels genuinely challenged. Maybe it's just the novelty of the sport. Maybe it's just a desire to wipe that fulfilled smile off of Yuzuko's face. Either way, Natsuo is determined to show them just what she can do with her fists.
