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Review: Angel Cup, Volume 1

Angel Cup, Volume 1 Angel Cup, Volume 1 by Dong Wook Kim
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ayyyye this was pretty good. The only reason I bought this was because I was at an anime convention and this booth was having a "get three volumes for 20$" sale goin' on, and I needed two more volumes to go with the first volume of Kill Me, Kiss Me I wanted. I didn't see any other series I knew, so when I saw that this series was about not only soccer, but girls soccer, I scooped up the first two volumes to complete the trinity.

Obviously, I didn't have any expectations going into this, but I enjoyed it. It's about two girls who quit soccer... But then they don't quit soccer. Well, one of them un-quits soccer in this volume. It also has a side-story about a rich guy who is dying, and his will states for 50% of his assets to go towards the Womens Soccer Association. This causes upheaval amongst his successors since they think that's stupid and they want to use the money for themselves. There's also another side-plot that I didn't understand. Which would be one of the downfalls to this series so far.

It's a wee bit kinda confusing. There were a few pannels here and there where I had absolutely no idea what was supposed to be going on, which was obviously annoying. Luckily, action scenes were all drawn pretty well so I could always tell how the action was panning out.

In regards to the reason we're all here: how was the SPORTS!? Pretty alright. I mean they don't start an actual game until the end of the volume, before then it's a lot of set-up, which was fine. Another annoying thing was that there's a lot of sexism.

I wouldn't call this a criticism though, because it's obviously intentional, and it's only showing something that is realistic. But I still didn't like it. Specifically on the topic of girls with muscle. The main character constantly complains about her "beefy thighs" (which are never even drawn as such) and so do the boys around her. This was annoying because muscle on women is fantastic! I hate how the main character lets stupid people who are just intimidated by her bring her down. Not gonna lie, it was also a bit offensive to me, someone who bodybuilds. This is really not a criticism though, because the book is just being accurate to how people act in real life. I'm just sayin' how I feel about it.

I feel like I'm all-over the place with this review. I really should be working on my two essays, my project, and be studying for my math midterm right now, but I read this instead. Yaaay stress.


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