Gothic Sports Volume 1
Registered by quietorchid of Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on 2/11/2012
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
6 journalers for this copy...
I love this one! Picture this: girl goes to new school, they won't let her play on regular teams, they are so mean!! What to do? Organize your own soccer team with the unpopular Goth students. Too funny. Team outfits are great though. I'll have to look for more of these.
This book enjoyed a brief stop in San Jose, CA before continuing its travels in the Manga Bookbox!
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I read a copy of this book in 2009 and wrote the following:
The premise of this manga is so stupid. Girl transfers to new school and wants to join a sports team, girl isn't talented enough to get onto the basketball team, so she starts her own soccer team that wears gothic-inspired uniforms. I so wish I was making that up.
The art is actually pretty interesting, a blend of manga and European styles. (The author/artist is from Germany.) But for some reason, I'm fed up with misfits-vs.-popular-kids storylines right now. So the plot really didn't interest me. Oh well.
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I read a copy of this book in 2009 and wrote the following:
The premise of this manga is so stupid. Girl transfers to new school and wants to join a sports team, girl isn't talented enough to get onto the basketball team, so she starts her own soccer team that wears gothic-inspired uniforms. I so wish I was making that up.
The art is actually pretty interesting, a blend of manga and European styles. (The author/artist is from Germany.) But for some reason, I'm fed up with misfits-vs.-popular-kids storylines right now. So the plot really didn't interest me. Oh well.
A gothic lolita soccer team? Sounds fun!! Selected from the manga box along w vol 2.
Wow I can't believe that this manga is drawn by a German artist. It looks totally Japanese. I want to say the characters don't look German, but then the ones in a Japanese manga don't look Japanese either, lol.
Cute premise, except that, as k00kaburra said, not credible. The main character Anya dreams of joining a sports team and winning a tournament. Except that she doesn't really seem to play much at all, can't really name her favorite sport, don't know much about any sport, and hasn't been on any team. Really? And then she drafts a few friends who aren't exactly athletic, wear a cute uniform and call it a team? Please...
The story does remind me of H2 by Adachi Mitsuri, a MUCH BETTER story about starting a team from ground zero.
Cute premise, except that, as k00kaburra said, not credible. The main character Anya dreams of joining a sports team and winning a tournament. Except that she doesn't really seem to play much at all, can't really name her favorite sport, don't know much about any sport, and hasn't been on any team. Really? And then she drafts a few friends who aren't exactly athletic, wear a cute uniform and call it a team? Please...
The story does remind me of H2 by Adachi Mitsuri, a MUCH BETTER story about starting a team from ground zero.
Journal Entry 6 by 
Azuki
at Manga / Graphic Novels, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 23, 2017
Azuki at Manga / Graphic Novels, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 23, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/23/2017 UTC) at Manga / Graphic Novels, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Putting into manga bookbox.
came back in manga bookbox
read this yesterday. it was interesting to read a manga by a german, and the artwork was pretty good overall (although simplistic compared to the average japanese manga). the premise is pretty silly but i thought it could be interesting, but the main problems i had were that the main character is underdeveloped (why is she so set on playing sports?) and there are too many characters.
added to nimoridel's manga/graphic novel bookbox (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14452373)
This came back in my manga & graphic novel book box.
This was a fun volume. I am going to try and find the rest of the series now as I want to find out how this group of misfits gets along in their quest to become a credible soccer team. Not something I might have picked up at the bookstore, but I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Journal Entry 12 by 
nimrodiel
at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, April 23, 2019
nimrodiel at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/22/2019 UTC) at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
adding to my manga & graphic novel book box.
I'm claiming the three "Gothic Sports" volumes from the Manga and Graphic Novel bookbox (bookbox journal here). I've read the first two but not the third, and I wanted to keep them together.
This one's about a girl who doesn't fit it at her new school, and copes by setting up her own soccer team - on a Gothic Lolita theme! There are regular new-student problems with friends, cliques, and potential romances, but the core of the story is her hopes for getting to play. And, in the best underdog tradition, the fledgling team has to go up against the school's best in a demonstration match before they'll be given permission to be an official team. Will they make it? See Volume Two!
[There's a short TV Tropes page on the series.]
This one's about a girl who doesn't fit it at her new school, and copes by setting up her own soccer team - on a Gothic Lolita theme! There are regular new-student problems with friends, cliques, and potential romances, but the core of the story is her hopes for getting to play. And, in the best underdog tradition, the fledgling team has to go up against the school's best in a demonstration match before they'll be given permission to be an official team. Will they make it? See Volume Two!
[There's a short TV Tropes page on the series.]
Journal Entry 14 by 
GoryDetails
at LFL - Atherton Park in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, August 1, 2019
GoryDetails at LFL - Atherton Park in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, August 1, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (8/1/2019 UTC) at LFL - Atherton Park in Nashua, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library in Atherton Park on this warm day; hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2019 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
