Teppu is a manga about fighters more than fighting. If you are interested in a manga centered around the fights themselves then Kengan Asura or Baki is more your speed. Both are great manga and you will be satisfied.
Its not that the choreography isn't good, and that the fights aren't intense and well-crafted. Because the action is very well done.
But it isn't the focus. The focus is on the characters over all else.
It is a excellent character drama. Only slightly spoiled by its ending that was cut short due to the mangaka's health. In spite of that it is still an absolutely fantastic read.
If you are a fan of strong and developed character driven plots - especially ones built around women - then this is the one for you.
Teppu reads like a reversal of a standard shonen/shojo sports manga.
Our protagonist, Ishido Natsuo, is a bitch and she knows it. She is talented beyond almost everyone else. She is harsh. She enjoys putting others down. She is self-pitying over her own greatness. But under this is a complex character.
She has significant psychological problems caused by other's reactions to the talents that she has come naturally to her. She has developed sadomasochistic near fetish over winning and losing.
Our antagonist, Mawatari Yuzuko, is more in line with the standard protagonist for these kind of stories. She is barely talented but makes up for it with incredible hard work. She is constantly peppy and enjoys fighting for fighting's sake. But the genius of Teppu comes in how this is handled.
Mawatari is a sociopath and possibly autistic and doesn't know it. She doesn't understand concepts like holding back or giving up out of fatigue. She demoralizes all of her opponents with her happy-go-lucky attitude and ends careers during the manga from it.
Yuzuko and Natsuo's relationship forms the background of the manga.
One doesn't know if they want to beat the other to death or be beaten to death by them. And neither do the characters.
Its never treated as fanservice to the readers either, its handled very much with a straight face and is all the better for it.
Teppu has the feeling of reading a perfect manga cut short into a great one. It is worth anyone's time to read.