Barakamon, Vol. 9

Love this series. Humanity, unlikely friendships, life issues, and humor. If you're looking for an enjoyable "real world" manga you must read this series.

~4/5This series gets better and better with every volume, and at this point I’m just plain following it. It’s adorable and hilarious and I love it so much.In this volume, there’s a town sports festival, where they’re competing with rivaling towns. It’s very serious, with age groups, and they convince Handa-sensei to partake in it. He’s a good team player, too.Meanwhile, Hiroshi goes out of town for an interview, and he freaks out a little bit. Tama needs some stress relief and encouragement after her loss in the manga contest. And a new guy shows up in town with an interest in Handa-sensei, seeming oddly similar to a rival he had in high school and Kawafuji just told the kids about.This series is just a surprising delight and I’m really glad I stuck with it. Can’t wait for the next one.[More of my reviews are available on my blog, Geeky Reading, to which there's a link on my profile.]

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If you watched the anime and wanted to see how it ends, this is great. It is translated well, and I enjoyed reading it.