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Katsu!  
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Description
Satoyama Katsuki is a carefree 15 year-old high school kid, and a pretty lazy one at that. However, he secretly has a crush on a girl who happens to share his name: Mizutani Katsuki. Upon finding out that Mizutani's father used to be a pro-boxer, and she herself infatuated with the sport, he reluctantly joins a boxing gym in order to impress Mizutani. Satoyama is quick to find out he may have the blood of a genius boxer running through his veins...

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
カツ!

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Latest Release(s)
v.16 (end) by Manga Daisuki (2700d ago)
v.15 c.146-147 by Manga Daisuki (2707d ago)
v.15 c.145 by Manga Daisuki (2713d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
16 Volumes 2002 (Complete)
7 Volumes 2009 (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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User Rating
Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (447 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.39 / 10.0
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September 26th 2012, 8:56am PST

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Action  Comedy  Drama  Romance  School Life  Shounen  Slice of Life  Sports 
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Author(s)
ADACHI Mitsuru

Artist(s)
ADACHI Mitsuru

Year
2002

Original Publisher
Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)
Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
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Weekly Pos #1137 increased(+78)
Monthly Pos #2244 increased(+205)
3 Month Pos #2862 decreased(-16)
6 Month Pos #3081 increased(+199)

List Stats
On 168 reading lists
On 188 wish lists
On 1413 completed lists
On 33 unfinished lists
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 Good one :)   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by jackblk
June 24th, 2012, 10:11am
This is one of the best manga Adachi sensei's ever done. A little ecchi, or should i say fan-service biggrin. Good story, nice romance, but it seems to lack romance sad. As expected, Adachi will give us an open ending. That's quite disappointed me, i want more romance and epilogue, but somehow it's Adachi's style, cant help it.
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 It's not Ippo still an Adachi masterclass   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by tinman
June 19th, 2012, 11:47am
This one reads like all Adachi mangas I have read so far easy on the eye with a wonderful flow to the story that I enjoy so much . As a plot its not very complex but that is never the point with Adachi san he is the master of light stories and this one is as gripping as Cross Game which I feel, is his best work .

... Last updated on June 19th, 2012, 11:48am
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 Another typical Adachi work   
Rating: 7.5 / 10.0
by bull3thole
May 8th, 2012, 8:50pm
The plot development is like any other of his sport manga. There isn't much things to say about this manga because the basic plot is like any of his other works. I ending didn't surprise me because most of his works ends with an open ending where you just know that the couple with get together. I just thought that there should be at least a kiss or something .

Overall its a good manga from Adachi. It's not his best work but it's still good.
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 "Cross Game" of Boxing   
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0
by Verix
March 15th, 2012, 1:03pm
As others said this is typical Adachi. Embrace and be honest to your feelings; never let go of your dreams. I liked it though, as far as Adachi's works go, surely one of my favorites. Recommended if you like his work and or like boxing manga.
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 Pretty typical Adachi work *spoiler alert*   
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by beexsama
June 27th, 2010, 5:49pm
What is typical? There is a principle love interest, and several supporting characters "love" that character and tries everything to make that person their own. The principle characters never openly reject those that form the love triangle or polygon.

As expected of Adachi the ending is left open. It's pretty much assumed that the principle couples hook up. I really wanted to see an actual kiss instead of a silhouette, but that's just me.

I enjoyed everything right up towards the end. It felt like it was being rushed, and in doing so, it made the story drag.
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 It's okay   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by magnolia93
February 19th, 2010, 5:16am
This series was really funny at most times.The art was also really good.It's just that it wasn't a manga you just can't put away.I could easily pause for some months before reading another chapter.So I guess there hardly was any suspense.The boxing theme of this manga was often a bit hard to follow,for example during fights.
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 Katsu!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Stigmata25
February 1st, 2010, 9:56am
This was a very enjoyable manga. It had comedy, romance, and drama. It also didn't burden us with too much sports data like other sports mangas that I've read. I would really hope that this gets licensed here in the states, I would love to own the hard copy volumes.

... Last updated on February 1st, 2010, 9:57am
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 Adachi does it again...   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by gomting
November 15th, 2009, 3:30pm
With Katsu!, Adachi does what he does best again...great story telling. This isn't a "boxing" manga like Hajime Ippo per se, but it's a Adachi manga. This means it's a great comedy/romance story that is seemingly cliche yet with just enough twists to keep it interesting. I admit Adachi's specialty is baseball manga, but this is still worth a read if you like his style.
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 Good but not his best.   
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0
by jackblack901
May 6th, 2009, 10:34am
This story is soft, every problems was just solved easily. It doesn't mean that it's bad but it's lack of emotional, twist moment. Besides, boxing part doesn't met my expectation, it seems like Adachi is only really good at baseball story.
Anyway, the plot is still interesting and you can enjoy the unique storyteller.
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 It's addictive but flawed   
Rating: N/A
by Hell_Clues
January 12th, 2009, 4:43pm
The problem is that aside from the little bit of romance, it has a lot of fluff. Usually people think of fluff as side stories but there's another side to it. The way the story is written, is way too slow. Almost nothing happens, yet it introduces more possibilities. It develops way too slowly.

I'll have to lower my score. It starts to get ridiculous for no reason. Especially since no one want to even bother to develop a way to win against geniuses. Which is, of course, crap. There would sooner be a physical limit. Also since the romance barely happens, and the guy puts almost no effort into it. we have to assume she'll end up just liking him because he's just good at boxing.

Let's not forget that people seem to stop their lives just cause of him. This kinda thing worked in initial D but completely blew up in prince of tennis. And I don't think it works well here. It happens more gradually here but its still not that interesting.

My final addition: The writing is funny at times. I wanted to like this. But it is in a way, a bad story. With the character's aloof personality, it makes it seem like he's barely struggled at the end. The retcon of a love story, I don't buy it, neither do I buy the eye thing either. I was actually going to check out more of Adachi's works but this might have turned me off to him completely.

... Last updated on January 13th, 2009, 1:30am
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