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Reviewed by David Rasmussen The movie version may star Stephen Chow, but this is cooler. Young Shaolin Kung Fu adept Sing is taking his final test to leave the temple grounds and travel the world, yet despite the perils that face his departure, he seems fixated on this whole "bringing the word of Shaolin Kung Fu to the masses thing (though the giant stone door at the end of his "test" does silence his thinking for at least three hours). He's strong, incredibly powerful in the arts of kicking butt, and has a cool, youthful energy to him; he's just a little too naïve. However it seems fate (and a lot of booze in the blood of a certain soccer star now fallen from grace) will put Sing on his path to bring the word of Shaolin Kung Fu to the masses as well as reuinte with his "brothers" and band together for a common cause. He quickly meets an ultra-hot lady serving up what I'm sure are manapuas (who also knows martial arts and no doubt becomes the major female lead of the title), impresses his soon-to-be soccer coach and mentor with some dazzling moves, gets into a rumble with some punks over soccer, and reunites with his team who start out losers but quickly become their old powerful selves over a harsh game of soccer against thugs who convert once beaten vowing to learn the arts of the Shaolin Soccer player. By the end, we're looking at the first game, and things look like they're heating up quickly. Unfortunately, the book ends, and I have to go find another one. Sigh. Well, if anyone has a copy of Volume 2 they want to mooch out, please join BookMooch.com (a reviewer's best friend, in my personal opinion). If you like a story of soccer, this is for you, sure. But if you like a story of soccer that is filled with high-powered martial arts kick-butt-ness, a great deal of good writing, splendid artwork, solid action and overall good reading? This is for you. My only problem with this title was that ComicsOne is like Dark Horse and Realbuzz in overpricing their 120-page title. Let me get this straight, $14 for a 120 page title? Yes it's in color, and it's with a really strong, high-priced paper, OK, yeah… but still, $14 for this? It's great, it's an A grade, but the price tag is the one thing that may make you hesitant to pick this one up. Still, if you can trade for this, find it cheaper somehow, or don't mind paying the extra for the color, then you'll not mind the drop you'll have to make at the cash register for this one, as it's worth it. In the end, not even a bit of overpricing will make me give this anything less than an A for its letter grade. Now if I can only find the second volume for review. Comment on this review of Shaolin Soccer v1 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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