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Girl Got Game, Book 1

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The story of girl got game goes like this:

Kyo Aizawa is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal teenage life, but her father, whom used to be a basketball player and wanted to make it to the NBA, is now determined to live his dreams through his daughter. She is going to attend Seisyu Academy, and can't wait to try on the "famously cute" outfit, when she finds out that her father registered her as a boy and cooked up a scheme so that she would play on the boys basketball team and become the basketball play he always wanted to be. Aizawa grew up p,laying b-ball with her father, but all she wants to do now is quit and get a boyfriend and where the GIRLS Seisyu uniform.

When she gets to Seisyu, she meets Eniwa Chiharu, a moody guy with a bad temper and a lot of passion for the game of basketball. He ends up being on the basketball team with her, and sparks fly. Then they end up being roomates. They just can't seem to get along, which isn't good when you live in the same room. But there is a secret behind why Chiharu is acting all moody and cranky, and Aizawa wants to get to the bottom of it. And that's part of what bugs Chiharu so much.

We've seen the scenario of a woman dressing up as a man or a man dressing up as a woman billions of times. What makes "Girl Got Game" different and worth reading, is that, it focuses on her relationships and girl problems instead of how funny it is to dress up like man like in most of these things. It also centers around Chiharu as well, not just her.And the comedy develops mostly from her trying to behave like like a guy and fit in.

So, yes, the description and name of girl got game make it sound like an extremely generic story. And if that is why you were hesitant to get "Girl Got Game", never fear, it is not gerneric, it has a lot of heart, and it is quite funny. I have good feelings about this new manga, its already very good, and I have the feeling that it will only get better with time. Volume 2 can't come soon enough!!!!

So *enjoy* & God Bless ~Amy

I started reading this manga and was very happy to find yet another good manga to read. I seem to be attracted to the whole girl-acting-as-a-guy type of manga. So the story started off good. It was about a girl pretending to be a boy so she can play basketball. But as the story continued...and neared the ending...I discovered that it was becoming very dumb. The plot kinda died and people were acting in stupid ways and I'm sorry but I do not advise you to read it. It's kinda odd to right a review like this. I'm trying to explain this in the best way possible so here you go.

Beginning = GOOD. ^-^

Ending = GAHH. WTF!?!!?!? D<

Power!! (Girl Got Game) is a very good shoujo series. It's about girl named Kyou Aizawa, who ends up entering a high school known for 1. their very cute uniforms, and 2. their elite basketball team. It turns out that Kyou ended up entering the school as a GUY rather than a girl (poor Kyou, she didn't get to wear the pretty uniform>_< this was all her dad's plan).
So, anyway, when Kyou started school, she met Eniwa Chiharu, who is on the team. She didn't have a very good start with getting to know him, and later, they end up being roommates in their dorms.
Kyou has to go through many difficulties to be act as a guy and not be found out. When taking a bath, she has to make sure that the coast is clear, and that no one would come in, so she takes it while everyone else is having dinner. She has to wear the boys' uniform, and so no one will become suspicious, she also straps down her chest.
This is all I'm willing to share, for those who have not read this series. Good series, and has the same cuteness as Seino-sensei's other works, such as Heaven!!, and Suki Suki Darin (those aren't released in the US yet. I read from scanalations).
If you read this series, you will find it has similarities to Hana-Kimi. Well, good reading! Ciao! (I wanted to say that, just telling you I'm not Italian or anything of that matter.)

This shoujo(girl) manga series was originally released by KC Betsufure(Kodansha) under the name POWER!!, a much more suitable name than "Girl Got Game," and is complete at 10 volumes. This review is based off of the original Japanese version.

AIZAWA Kyou is a highschool student who has just moved to a new town with her father. She is entering a new school and couldn't wait to try out the new cute girl's uniform. She opens the box containing the unfirm given to her by her father, and what does she get? The boys uniform! ^^ Her father, being a huge basketball fan, has raised her to be an amazing basketball player, and has enrolled her in this school just so she could be in the championship BOYS team. Well, she can't change anything now, so off with her long hair, and on with the uniform. She really loves to play basketball anyway. ^^

School starts and Kyou(the girls find her quite cool!) soon finds the basketball court with a game of 3 on 3 already going on. One of the players has caught her attention because of his obvious passion for the game, and in her excitement, she immediately goes to join the team. The coach decides to give the new 'boy' a chance, and Kyou is now in the game. To her delight the guy she saw is on her team! However, once the game gets going, she finds that he(ENIWA Chiharu) is just a plain rude guy, and royally pisses her off, leading her to really show her skill. IMAI, captain of the team, is amazed with 'his' skills, as is everyone else on the team, and states that Aizawa and Eniwa to be a great pair. Needless to say, the two aren't happy.
Of course, this being a shoujo manga, this isn't the only time these two will be together, for Kyou finds out, in a rather embarressing way, that Eniwa is now her roommate! ^^

This series is full of comedy, basketball action, romance, and a little drama, all mixing together to make a great shoujo comedy romance. This has been one of my favorite series for several years, and I hope you will enjoy it as well. ^^

Girl Got Game is one of my favorite manga series. I haven't read that many series, but i still like it a lot. Its about a girl who's dad loves basketball, but when he was in collage he injured himself and couldn't play nationally, so he enrolls her as a boy in a co-ed school so she can play basketball as a guy for him.
She meets a guy who she hates at first, but eventually falls in love with, and its just a really nice story of a girl who has some problems but gets over them and falls in love along the way. I like the story most because she learns to like a guy she once hated, which shows that you can fall in love with anyone, no matter who they are, and i can personally relate to that (not with a guy i hate, but a friend who was very unexpected). So yeah, i think its a great manga, probably more for girls than guys but whatever.

When I bought this manga from Amazon, I wasn't too sure about, I guess that was due to it's name :)
It turned out AMAZING I have a lot of mangas (Fruits Basket, Love Hina, Kenshin, Ai Yori Aoshi ... ) and I love them all, but Girl Got Game was great!
The story is about Kyo, a girl in highschool. Her father's lifelong dream was to become a basketball player, but he couldn't fulfill it beacuse he suffered an injury in his leg. So, he forged Kyo's papers to get her in a famous b-ball school team , and she enrolled, as a BOY! In order to play with the basketball team, she also has to stay in the boy's dorm and share their bathroom, locker room etc... So the fun begins. The manga is really hilarious, it made me laugh out loud lots of times. The story flows really well, and it'll leave you craving for volume 2. What really got me hooked where the drawings, they were really good. Kyo, though in boy's clothes, shows a distant hint of girliness from time to time, which was sooo cuuute. There's some sexual tension also in the story,which makes it even funnier.
I recommend Girl Got Game to manga lovers, it's a must read and keep!

Girl Got Game has now currently released 7 volumes and will have 10. As soon as I read it online I immediatly went to the store and bought 1, 2, and 3 on a whim! I have never done that before when buying manga.

After I read 1, I fell in love with this story right away. It is about a girl Kyo Aizawa. Her father's dream was to become a basketball star but because he couldn't make it that far he enlisted Kyo into a BOYS basketball school instead of a girl. He decided to have her live out his dream. So unwilling to refuse her poor father, Kyo cut her hair shirt, tied herself down, and went through with it. I will give and overall saying about all of the volumes because there is too much to tell. Throughout the story Kyo and everyone around her grows as a person. Kyo is thoughtful and kind, yet she forgets she's a girl sometimes. Slowly thoroughout the story Kyo takes and interest in her roomate, Chiharu Eniwa. The two get to know eachother and become friends. With Chiharu knowing her secret, how long do you think Kyo can keep her secret from everyone else?

This manga has a very good comic effect in the artistic ability put into it. Recently I picked up Peach Girl from the library and looked and saw that some of the drawings in Girl Got Game, the facial expressions and mouths were used from Peach Girl. Even though the drawing is similar, the story is not. While on the subject of comparison, Hana-Kimi. Hana-Kimi has the same exact story line except the girl Mizuki, is in track and goes to a boy's track school just because she wanted to meet her crush Sano. I don't know which came first in Japan, but due to the fact that GGG has 7 books out and Hana-Kimi only about 3, I assume GGG came first. So if you like Hana-Kimi, you will love this. Even there is a scenario when each of the girl's fall asleep in their roommates beds'.

The characters in this manga are portrayed well. You will get to know the characters easy with no confusion. There are many suprises within the story as well. Kyo's personality is so complex as well as Chiharu's. Hamaya is quite funny and Tsuyaka Senpai is creepy. Also, the author drew the character's expressions so widely different from eachother that, of course when someone is distessed, you CAN tell. I really wish this would turn into the anime for the simple fact that this is amazing. I think book 7 was the one that made me laugh the hardest so far. I don't know when I have laughed so much. Many strange things can happen when you're a girl infront of males all of the time.

What keeps me in suspense is Kyo and Chiharu. In book 7 they came very close to something and I squealed. The author uses tastful perversion (now that's a phrase you don't hear every day) also to add comic effect.

I guess you could consider this Shojo manga. So if you like cross-dressing to get the man of your dreams buy Girl Got Game with no delay!

This manga is up there in my top 5 favorites. I was a little leery of the cross dressing girl in boy's clothes. It's been done again and again, but this manga is hilarious. The main characters Aizawa (girl) and Eniwa (boy) along with side-kick, comic relief Hamaya (boy) and it's roaring good fun! I busted out laughing so many times from their antics. Volume 7 is the best.
Hamaya, my fav, is a love starved, sex crazed high schooler just looking for any girl who will have him. He doesn't find love until much later in the series in bonus stories.
This series is 10 volumes long and worth every penny. I will enjoy reading it over and over! Enjoy!

This is just one of those mangas you can't help but become addicted to. The story is SO CUTE! And it's hella funny. Kyo (the girl posing as a guy) is not your normal manga style girl, she seems to be more guy-ish (espically once you get to vol.6 and up-she seems to have a perverted mind-) It was non stop laughs when I was reading this book ( I was kicked out of my school library for laughing too loud..*cough*). The art style is also very well done, the funny expressions will catch you off gaurd :p Bottom line: TRY THIS SERIES!-you won't regret it----

I'msure if you've read the other reviews, then you know what this book is about by now.

I really loved this series. It's a bit like a modern-day Mulan, only the main character was forced to do something against her will, while Mulan was completely on her own with the important decision.

Awesome for teens. Especially if you like basketball. Highly recommended!