Yawara Inokuma is a talented judoka raised and trained by her grandfather Jigoro. Her grandfather says she's supposed to become the hope of Japan's judo team in Seoul in 1988, but she has different plans: to finish high school and find a boyfriend... like all her friends. But being a normal girl and an Olympic champion are two different things. Which path will she choose to follow? <b>Note:</b> Won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1990.

formatMANGA

statusFINISHED

Release dateSep 22, 1986

end dateSep 6, 1993

chapters331

volumes29

Source ORIGINAL

genresComedy Romance Sports

Score68% ❤

RomajiYawara!

nativeYawara!

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Yawara InokumaMAIN

Jigorou InokumaMAIN

Kousaku MatsudaMAIN

Sayaka HonamiSUPPORTING

Shinnosuke KazamatsuriSUPPORTING

staff

Naoki UrasawaStory & Art

Thibaud DesbiefTranslator (French)

Yasushi HoshinoAssistant

Charactères

Yawara InokumaMAIN

Jigorou InokumaMAIN

Kousaku MatsudaMAIN

Sayaka HonamiSUPPORTING

Shinnosuke KazamatsuriSUPPORTING

STAFF

Naoki UrasawaStory & Art

Thibaud DesbiefTranslator (French)

Yasushi HoshinoAssistant

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