Many manga and anime fans nowadays follow stories that came out in the recent past. For example, Haikyuu, Tower of God, TenSura, Demon Slayer, Kengan Omega, among others. While these mangas are amazing in their own right, it is hard to forget timeless classics.
Murata, the illustrator for the One Punch Man digital manga, recently tweeted out a recommendation for manga readers. He suggested that people read “Ping Pong”, a manga that revolves around Table Tennis, and it perfectly depicts the theme of “What is a Hero?”
『ピンポン』。熱い卓球スポ根マンガでありながら、「ヒーローとは」というテーマを完璧に描ききっていると思います。全５巻という手に取りやすさなので未読の方はオススメですよ＞RT
— 村田雄介 (@NEBU_KURO) May 19, 2020
“Ping Pong”. Although it is a hot table tennis sports manga, I think that it perfectly depicts the theme of “what is a hero?” It is easy to take with all 5 volumes, so it is recommended for unread people> RT
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Ping Pong is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto about table tennis. It was serialized in Shogakukan’s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 1997 and collected in five tankōbon volumes.
The manga revolves around two highschool boys — Peco and Smile, who are friends despite having drastically different personalities. They are both highly skilled table tennis players in their school’s club; however, things change when Peco is defeated by a Chinese student.
This defeat crumbles his morale, and he quits practicing. Coach Jo discovers Smile’s potential and tries to train him to rise as the best.
About One-Punch Man
One-Punch Man is a Japanese superhero webcomic created by the artist One in early 2009. It has a manga adaptation illustrated by Yusuke Murata, as well as an anime adaptation.
Following its publication, the webcomic quickly went viral, surpassing 7.9 million hits in June 2012. On an unnamed Earth-like supercontinent planet, powerful monsters and villains have been wreaking havoc in the cities. To combat them, the world’s government created a Hero Association that employs superheroes to stop them.
The heroes are ranked from Class C to Class S. Saitama, an unassociated hero, hails from the metropolis of City-Z and performs heroic deeds for his own entertainment. He has trained himself to the point where he broke his “limit” and can effortlessly defeat any opponent with a single punch while slaying monsters the same way. But he is now bored with his omnipotence and frustrated by sensing he lacks a challenge.
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