Ippo #25

Volume 25 of Ippo — La Rage de Vaincre puts the intensity of George Morikawa's long-running boxing manga front and center, with a cover showing a determined young boxer — gloves raised and eyes burning with focus — looming large over a grizzled, weathered face below him, capturing the raw clash between youth and experience that defines the series. Kurokawa's 2009 French edition brings this gripping sports saga to francophone readers in fine form. If fierce rivalries and the relentless drive to win speak to you, this volume delivers exactly that feeling from its very first glance.