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The Story ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Natsuo is a gifted girl that can ace everything in life; therefore, she lives her life with the utmost boredom and carelessness. Her life starts to change when Yuzuko invites her to the new MMA club.The story of Teppuu is very good. It's a common cliche to have animes and mangas have the good old "Talent vs Hardwork", but with this series, I feel like it's really well made, especially because there are ulterior motives and distorted ways of thinking on both sides rather than just two people striving to be good or better.One thing that was able to surprise me was the quantity and quality of the MMA dynamics in this work, especially when it comes to the ground game. Things like guard pass, ankle lock, arm lock, rear choke, triangle, kimura, and many others are well presented in this work.
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The Art Style ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ The art is pretty good. The character designs are very unique, and you can totally distinguish each one. Expressions are also very well made, and even minor details like clothing are nicely done.
Since it has a lot of fighting and ground fighting, it's important to mention that the art style is very fluid, and you can really read the movements. Proportions and angles are used in an incredible way. I have nothing to complain about.
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The Characters ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ There are an average number of characters in this work: Natsuo, Yuzuko, her family, friends, and many other side characters from the fighting world. Other than Natsuo and Yuzuko, nothing is really well developed, but it doesn't feel like they lack either since the main story is really good.As I always like to talk about the main characters, Natsuo was good. Her cocky vibe as someone who's always been talented and is now throwing herself into something new is pretty good to see, but I honestly think she gets too edgy at times, yet that doesn't ruins the work.
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