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I ahve heard about this manga and that it is a girl basketball one . . . but that is all ... can anyone tell me what exactly it is about and if there is any bad content in it I should be aware of?
Thanks ^^

Hmm...let me try to remember. I read the scanlations when it was called "Power!!"

Basically, the main girl character is forced to disguise herself as a male student because her father had this unattainable dream of joining the NBA and decided to impose this dream on his daughter. -_-;;; <---- He enrolled her into the school as "male." Glad he isn't my dad.

So the story is mostly about her adventures to trying to hide her gender identity such as holding off fangirl's adorations and holding off her own feelings for one of the star basketball players in the team.

I don't recall anything too indecent in this comic (but my memory fails me so pls correct me at will). I only remember one scene where she pretended to be "perverted", by watching pornographic movies with the guys and peeping on naked girls/fondling them (??). It was a major shock for her and she even puked/fainted after that.. poor thing. She pretended to be so because she wanted to convince everyone that she's a guy. >_<;;;

In general, when it comes to stories of girls disguising as guys, I prefer the manga HanaKimi's characters a whole lot more than this series.

Hope this helps. ^_^

This is one of my favorite shoujo titles. I think I'm up to Volume 5.

[quote="Mave"]I only remember one scene where she pretended to be "perverted", by watching pornographic movies with the guys and peeping on naked girls/fondling them (??). It was a major shock for her and she even puked/fainted after that.. poor thing. She pretended to be so because she wanted to convince everyone that she's a guy. >_<]
The one scene Mave spoke of is played up for laughs, doesn't take up all that many pages, and it's just her trying to make everyone believe she's a guy. I didn't find it all that disturbing, and pretty much skimmed through it, laughing at the funny chibified faces.

Other than that, I prefer this to Hana Kimi. Hana Kimi is a more developed story, but I like the main character more in this one. Maybe it's because the girl is cross-dressing for her dad, and she's a good daughter - although, her dad is insane - and not because she changed just to get the attention of some guy. I find those story lines pathetic - that you go through all this trouble to be with a guy you don't even know (think the Felicity show), which to me just seems rather stalkerish.

Anyways, to give kudos to Mave for all the information she gave you on the show, and I know that most people prefer Hana Kimi. She is the mangaka. ~_^

I'm probably the rare few who prefer this manga. I don't think there is any shonen-ai, like you'll find in Hana Kimi. I really hate shonen-ai. It's like my pet peeve.

I enjoyed the first few books, but the latest volumes have been a little more serious. I prefer my fights in the typical shounen ninja-stuff style rather than verbal battles, but I still like the series.

OK thanks guys! Nice reviews Chloe and Mave! I think I wil lcheck it out next time! ^^ I totally agree with your opinion on the story lines chloe, btw . . .

Yeah, I think I'll check this one out too. The "I'm actually a girl but you all think I'm a guy" story line is sorta a hard sell for me, but I'll check it out anyways.

I got the first one and it was pretty good! I liked it better than I thought.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the story goes!

Yeah, I read the first two. Pretty cool. (It's still a little weird that you can tell the male protaganist likes the female protaganist [can you tell I'm bad with names] even though he doesn't know she's a she.)

I hope he find out she's a girl soon. I grow weary of the tippy-toeing through the tulips.

Yea its weird how the male main char likes Kyo, but doesnt know Kyo is a girl . . . I don't know how their gonna play with that one . . .
Whats 2 about?

Yeah, I hope they don't get shonen-ai--ish about it.

Shonen-ai is the same as Yaio. Both of those terms refer to homosexual relationships.

They'll find out the truth pretty soon in this series (in the matter of a few volumes, I think). I have no idea what will happen right after that. It would seem that the catch is over but who knows...? ^^

In HanaKimi, the disguise was played out a whole lot longer (right up to Chap 20+). But this wasn't a problem at all coz the main male guy knew the girl was a girl right from the beginning and used the circumstances to get to know 'her' better (her intentions and personality) and protected her.

I think it happens in volume 5 (him finding out-might be 4 or 6 though). I have read in volume 7 and am still reading it. It doesn't get shounen-ai but some ppl thought there was something wrong between them once he found out she was a girl b/c they were found in some weird situations.

However, the part I didn't like was when SPOILER (sort of)!!!! the girl who signed on as manager of the b-ball team b/c she likes Kyo (she doesn't know Kyo is a girl) kissed Kyo unexpectedly (otehrwise there would have been no kiss) b/c Kyo seemed to like the dude (sorry I am bad with names also...Chiharu maybe?) that is on the b-ball team with her and Kyo was "going out" sort of with the b-ball manager (people were suspecting her relationship with with the b-ball guy). Yah, that grossed me out.... Other than that I don't remember anything really bad.