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Medalist 1

by Tsurumaikada

A young skater’s ambitions meet a coach at a crossroads

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A young skater’s ambitions meet a coach at a crossroads

Inori is 11 and wants to pursue figure skating, but family resistance, school difficulties, and concern that she has started too late complicate that goal. Her meeting with Tsukasa, a coach questioning his own competitive future, brings the two into a shared effort on the ice. The opening volume sets their partnership against the demands of a sport where training and self-belief are central, while also touching on the effects of a sibling’s earlier disappointment. Figure skating provides the story’s arena for questions of persistence, support, and what it takes to keep pursuing an ambition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Manga readers interested in figure skating and sports stories.
  • Readers drawn to stories about young people pursuing difficult goals.
  • Those interested in coach-and-athlete partnerships and family pressures around sport.

Themes

Figure skatingPerseverance and ambitionCoach–athlete partnershipFamily expectations

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Book overview

This award-winning manga about one girl's journey to the Olympic figure skating spotlight is enthralling readers around the world!

"A story about learning to believe in yourself even when everyone else tells you you're not good enough." -Anime News Network

Inori is a little girl who dreams of becoming a figure skater. Yet, the obstacles to this dream feel insurmountable: Inori's already "too old" (she's 11); she's always had trouble at school; and, worst of all, her older sister's skating dreams ended in failure, so her mother is dead set against putting her other daughter through a similar experience. Still, the rink is the only place Inori can be herself, and she's out on the ice when a fateful meeting takes place. Tsukasa, a frustrated coach on the edge of giving up competitive skating himself, will join Inori to form an unstoppable duo powered by hard work, transcendent joy, and an unshakeable belief that they can prove everyone wrong.

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