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Beach Stars
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Description
This is the story of Nanase Iruka. She's short, tomboyish, and her one joy in life is volleyball. On Iruka's 17th birthday, her Volleyball club is disbanded. Feeling somewhat depressed she and her friends from the club take a trip to the beach and discover Beach volleyball. Iruka can't wait to play and rushes to the court only to be told to give up being a player because of her short stature by the local Volleyball Diva. In a rage, Iruka challenges her to a match to prove her abilities. It doesn't look like she has a chance, but Iruka has a secret weapon, and nobody will ever make fun of her on the beach again... well... Not about her ability to play Volleyball anyway...
Type
Manga
Related Series
Associated Names
ビーチ スターズ
沙滩之星
The Beach Stars
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
7 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (207 votes) Bayesian Average: 7.76 / 10.0
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18% (37 votes) |
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14% (28 votes) |
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24% (49 votes) |
| 7+ |
27% (56 votes) |
| 6+ |
9% (19 votes) |
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5% (11 votes) |
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2% (5 votes) |
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0% (1 votes) |
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0% (0 votes) |
Last Updated
May 30th 2010, 12:19pm PST
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Year
2007
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Young Sunday (Shogakukan)
Licensed (in English)
No
English Publisher
N/A
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 443  (+366) Monthly Pos # 655  (-335) 3 Month Pos # 252 (-56) 6 Month Pos # 275 (+491)
List Stats
On 1301 reading lists On 302 wish lists On 11 completed lists On 51 unfinished lists On 59 custom lists
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| Formulaic by Kevadu on July 29th, 2010, 1:02pm |
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I feel like this manga was created after the author read a self-help book on "how to write a sports manga" or something. It's not exactly bad, but at the same time it doesn't really have anything to recommend it. There are dozens of similar (and better) mangas out there.
Rating: 6 / 10.0 |
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| i hate prodigies by HuhWhat on July 13th, 2010, 12:33am |
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Iruka learns how to play beach volleyball like a sponge absorbs orange juice. She pretty much picks it up as she goes. How do I put it... it almost seems too easy. That's good, in a way, I guess, since it negates any need for slowdowns, but I really would have preferred something ... else.
Rating: 6 / 10.0
... Last updated on July 13th, 2010, 12:34am |
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| intresting and worth the read. by westsiders2 on September 22nd, 2009, 5:37am |
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one could say that this manga is unrealistic, then again you could say that about almost every manga. If i wanted dull realism manga on a sport then it will become more of an informative manga rather than an entertainment manga.
what makes it interesting the unlikely things that happens. it is worth the read the characters are fun and are well put together and not just thrown in at the last minute. it a likable manga and deserves more respect than it gets. i highly recommend it.
Rating: 6 / 10.0
... Last updated on September 22nd, 2009, 11:12pm |
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| Dragonball meets... by drunkguy on September 15th, 2009, 2:36pm |
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Girls in bikinis playing volleyball. You'd think there would have been more nudity but that pretty much dried up after the first half of volume 3.
Art and humor wasn't bad but really this was more about the melodrama than perversion or comedy. Matches dragged with the worst culprit being the last official match which lasted from the latter half of volume five to the beginning of volume seven. The moves they used varied from realistic to plausible to just plain silly.
As mention before, this series ended after Young Sunday bit the dust so don't expect much of an ending.
Spoiler (highlight to view) Really, the thing pretty much ended after a practice match with a minor Vegeta type rival. It was about as open ended as you can get.
Rating: 7 / 10.0
... Last updated on September 15th, 2009, 2:38pm |
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| Dumb. by se7a on May 18th, 2009, 6:32pm |
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| It's a manga that is supposed to be about beach volleyball - but it's not really beach volleyball. Another one of those sport mangas with impossible stuff going on all the time. It's just a real small girl who can jump 10x her size playing beach volleyball. Poor comedy. The art is average. |
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| No more Beach Stars? by babel on September 3rd, 2008, 5:13am |
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As at the time of posting, the magazine which serializes Beach Stars (Young Sunday) is unfortunately no more, and 'Beach Stars' hasn't found a home like some of the other titles in 'Big Comic Spirits', so unless the mangaka finds a new magazine, this series may well be cancelled, which is a real shame. There is a special issue due out later in September featuring some 'Beach Stars' content, though what that is I don't know.
Edit June 2010: Well, seems to be continuing just fine these days - not sure which magazine hosts it now but as long as it keeps coming I'm happy.
Rating: 8 / 10.0
... Last updated on June 16th, 2010, 6:36pm |
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| Info by wenlianglo on June 13th, 2008, 4:21am |
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This is a volleyball manga, so its ok for people who likes volleyball. But for me, I think it's not that interesting and the drawing isn't that nice as well.
Rating: 7 / 10.0 |
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