I'm up to volume 9 and can't say that I agree with the last reviewer. It was good enough for me to follow as each chapter was scanlated one by one, when there were so many I dumped mid-way, and that speaks for itself.

It's not your typical shounen boxing manga. That's why it's called "seinen". If you have more mature tastes then this kind of boxing manga is a pleasant read. If you want flashy, constant action, then go read some mainstream shounen or something.

I'm rating it 9/10 since it's a lot better than average. It's obviously got an ending coming up incredibly fast, however, so I might have to come back to dock a point or two based on how well the author concluded the story...

I held off on writing a review for this for a while so as to see how things would develop after the initial sequence of events. Now I can safely say that this is a simply wonderful manga. It shows a wealth of emotion and really endeavours to develop the backstories and motivations of the characters involved. I'm sure that this manga will continue to give us even more awesome shounen-moments and I just can't wait to see Rock 'n' Roll Ricky become the boxer and indeed the man he was always capable of being. One of the best boxing and, indeed, sports manga out there, most definitely.

... Last updated on April 3rd, 2013, 8:48am

You have to love a manga that doesn't take it self as seriously as the others (Bleach, Naruto I'm looking at you.) You have a solid story line that makes the character at first out to be a complete dimwit then you watch him develop. Slowly at first then at an extremely rushed pace because the author found the series was being canned. However what you also find is a hero that you root for. Not because he is the hero mind you but because he can't afford to lose (Cliche yes but it gets better.) Now aside from obvious throw away characters you find that Ricky has a genuine appeal. You have to like that the manga feels complete (Let's be honest when most manga's get the axe you feel as if something was missing example: MX0.) RRR Is good in all honesty and it's not a manga that drags on, makes the hero superman and goes about it's way. If anything this manga is underrated.

Great mixture of sports and drama with an enjoyably adult protagonist. While I wouldnt suggest peoples reasons for disliking it are invalid, they are entitled to their opinion. They are in some cases factually wrong, the majority of the story arc was seeded early - specifically the entire revenge arc, it didnt come out of left field and if you felt it did you simply werent paying attention. Other complaints - ranging from the odd (complaining about hearts been used to indicate light hearted jokes) to the misguided (as othes have noted - this really isnt shonen at all) seem overly pedantic at best.

This is a solid piece of storytelling and you could do worse than give it a go.

If you remember the anime "Black Heaven"---and if you liked it for having a grown up lead----this might be a manga for you. There are a bunch of dark-uber serious manga titles that have grown up leads, but the lighter ones usually treat characters as "old" when they turn 20.

I just stumbled across this as I was looking at the release list. With a title like RRR, I decided to see what it was. After reading the synopsis I went and found the first volume. This manga is like most sports manga out there. Its filled with a whole lot of heart. It may be slow to start but, once it gets to the boxing aspects you just can't stop reading.

I have only just started but I am absolutely loving this story. As the subject says, the main character feels like he is in the same mindset (and hairstyle) as the protagonist from Space Brothers while the story develops such that you feel the emotions that Usagi Drop (Part 1) presented. And what is most incredible is so far how well these completely different drives are balanced such that they are highly complementary (Pursuit of Passion/A Desire & the Unexpected Onset of Fatherhood).

Additional Notes:
- The protagonist is not the intelligent character from Space Brothers, but more of the version where he never went to college.
- There is a sufficient amount of adult content (aka boobs) that is present here that is not in the stories referenced.
- The story does not involve space.

I will definitely return when I finish the series to update this review, but so far at only a fraction of the way thru I am highly recommending this story to all those who are fans of both Space Brothers and Usagi Drop.

... Last updated on April 8th, 2016, 3:02pm

It feels like a slice of life and an adventure story all at once. As bull3thole said, it's good and realistic so far. This series is one of the top ten I look forward to reading every week. Thank you, Endless Abyss.

The pacing of this as a sports manga isn't too rushed or too slow so far. The main character's atypical of what I usually see in sports manga - It's not that big of a spoiler.

Well, the tags say it all.
It's a good read so far. Go for it.
Sport mangas are always good breaks from josei/shoujo.
Edit: This series makes me go [Awwww!] at times too
Edit2: The realism. The realism! It's not flighty!
I suppose in my book, realism goes down as badass.

... Last updated on November 15th, 2011, 1:25pm

I was skeptical about reading it N went in without any expectations, But I'm glad I did!
The story's good
The ending's fine too
And its about boxing
though I have read better ones like Holyland etc, this ones pretty good too...

The beginning was good and realistic so far. Can't believe it took this long for me to read this manga and that i am the only one to comment on this manga. Its a good manga so far, but the last couple of chapters are getting boring for me though. i hope gets better because so far he is only training to be a boxer. For the people who is reading this manga, the category tag is kind of a spoiler for the manga.
Btw thanks for the scanlation group Endless Abyss for picking up this manga.