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Ace high school table tennis players push their passion to the limit in this story of self-discovery, told by Eisner Award winner Taiyo Matsumoto.
Info autore
Taiyo Matsumoto is best known to English-reading audiences as the creator of
Tekkonkinkreet, which in 2006 was made into an animated feature film of the same name, directed by Michael Arias. In 2007, Matsumoto was awarded the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, and in 2008 he won an Eisner Award for the English publication of
Tekkonkinkreet.
Riassunto
Ace high school table tennis players push their passion to the limit in
this story of self-discovery, told by Eisner Award winner Taiyo
Matsumoto.
Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto doesn’t smile even though
he’s got a natural talent for playing ping pong. As one of the best
players in school, all hopes are on him to win the regional high school
tournament, but winning is not what Smile really wants to do. Will the fierce
competition to be number one bring out his best or drive him away from the game?
Ping Pong is Taiyo Matsumoto’s masterwork reflection on friendship and
self-discovery, presented here in two volumes, featuring color art, the bonus
story Tamura and an afterward by the original Japanese series
editor.
Translated by Michael Arias, director of
Tekkonkinkreet.
Things have changed since the last inter-high tournament.
Peco has quit the game, and "Smile" Tsukimoto's desire to play is gone. Even
"Demon" Sakuma has been kicked off the Kaio team. But Coach Koizumi isn't going
to let all that talent go to waste and launches a plan to get Tsukimoto back on
the team and into top condition. Every great athlete needs a great rival to push
them past their limits, and Peco and Smile—friends since they were
children—must now challenge each other to become the heroes they always
dreamed they could be.
