Wandance Vol. 10

Wandance Vol. 10

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…

It’s almost time to pick the team for the Dance Arena contest, but Kabo finds his heart is elsewhere. He ruminates on a surprising suggestion from Iori, but even as Kabo tries to figure out what he really wants from dance, the qualifying round draws closer, and he might not have time to polish his routine–even if he realizes he’d like to be a part of it.

Ichirin isn’t the only school with their eye on this contest, either–formidable dancers from around the country are getting ready for a showdown that might just propel some of them to new heights!­­­

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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