| Cloudman said: I guess I'd be alright with just skipping the anime then? I have watched the live action, and while I wasn't fond of them condensing it a lot as well as changing the appearances of certain characters, but was still fun to watch and differing enough to warrant it. (It was funny seeing who Yamada had to kiss, while also feeling kinda sorry for him.. xD ) I'm certain most people would agree with you that it should have ended there at the reset. I think it would have been best too, but... I guess there's been some funny moments in it since it's continued? You're not missing much, as it just pulls conflict out of nowhere just to continue the story. I'm still with it because, why not...? I've gotten this far and am up to date. May as well stick with it to the end. (Unless it becomes something complicated like Negima) I feel about the same with Hirunaka as well, except I stuck with it to the end... Well, it's another manga to check that I have read at least... Again!! does sound like an interesting manga. The cheer club kinda sounds like those Ouendan groups with the guys in school uniforms, headbands and white gloves, and I dunno many manga that focus on that, if any. The story sounds kind of familiar as well. Not sure which manga thought, but it does feel like one I have read before. I'm kind of surprised it's one of your 1st manga, as I've never heard of it before and I've been reading manga for awhile too. Did you find it by chance, or was it something I somehow missed..? |
I wouldn't seek the Yamada-kun anime out unless you just want to watch some anime and, even then, there is much better anime out there. The Chihayafuru anime, for example, which is just as good as the manga. The Yamada-kun anime, on the other hand, is a situation where the manga is obviously superior. The characters have no room to breathe and it hops from one plot point to the next. If you're like me and were interested in some of the side-characters, you'll be disappointed because most of the witch events get one episode before they move on.
Do you watch anime or is it just something you'll look into if you like the manga?
Yeah, Again!! is about an Ouendan club. I didn't use that word because I didn't know how many people would know it. Those groups are usually guys-only but this one has a girl as the leader, which actually is a big problem as some people don't like that fact. There are 100 chapters out now so I imagine it must have some support in Japan. It can be pretty funny, and the premise is common in Japan as they love to romanticize high school there, but Again!! feels unique to me because it can be serious at times and the main character's reget isn't just for himself but also that the Ouendan in his time had been disbanded after the squad leader failed to recruit any new members. The squad leader is a great character but she is so stubborn and set on tradition over everything that she is one of his biggest problems in trying to save the club. He's fighting her half the time, he's fighting her enemies who want the club to die, and he's also fighting all the self-doubt he had after being a loner for so long.
I think overcoming that fear of embarrassment and building enough self-confidence to stand up infront of all those people and yell at the top of your lungs, even if some people think you look dumb, is really what the manga is about. I believe that's why the squad leader cheering by herself even when she was being mocked by the whole school is why she left such an impact on the main character, as he was someone who would sit in the back of the room by himself instead.
As for the reliving high school thing, I know I've seen several other manga with the same theme but I don't remember what they were. I'm pretty sure I've even seen a live action drama about that. Oh, whoa, looking that up, I see that Again!! was made into a live action drama in 2014, which is when the manga concluded. It ran in Weekly Shōnen Magazine so that's a good amount of exposure.
