Wandance Vol. 08

Wandance Vol. 08

A boy named Kaboku sees a girl named Wanda dance, and suddenly burns with a need to join in. With its thrilling scenes of Japanese hip-hop dance and quirky, charming characters, this is a new, inspirational manga for fans of coming-of-age stories like Blue Period and Your Lie in April. Get up and join the Wandance!

As the dust from the individual and team competitions settle, Kaboku, Wanda, and Iori will have to look back and see how far they’ve come in order to take their dancing to new heights…

While Wanda pursues a part in Assay’s dance showcase, Kabo will have to decide whether he wants to forge ahead with hip-hop, or if the siren call of breakdancing will make him part of Kabe’s circle. He’d better choose fast though, because there’s an all-B-Boy competition coming up, and Kabe wants Kabo to partner with him—but only if he can polish his breakdancing basics before the battle! Meanwhile, Kabo isn’t the only one facing his own insecurities—On-chan reveals she has her own bouts of self-doubt and shows Kabo her secret to dealing with them. Meanwhile, Wanda throws herself into the showcase, but will she be able to prove herself among Assay’s handpicked dancers, or will she discover that the big star of a backwaters high school is just another face in the crowd when it comes to the wider world of dance?

Biographical Notes:

Coffee’s debut was the bouldering manga Kotera-san Climbs. The author’s new series about hip-hop dance, Wandance, is now being published in English by Kodansha. It is Coffee’s first manga to be translated into English.

Coffee Kizoku is best known for being the author & artist of Wandance, Sittaka Brillia, and Noboru Kotera-san.

Title Notes:

An introvert joining the dance, In the vein of Blue Period and Your Lie in April, this is a story of an introverted teenager finding his passion, this time in hip-hop dance.

Hip-hop dance is a major component of Japanese youth culture, intertwined with street fashion and music, and fans of these subcultures will enjoy this realistic depiction.

More details on Coffee:

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