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reviewed Samurai Girl Real Bout High School, Vol. 01 by Sora Inoue (リアルバウトハイスクール [Real Bout High School], #1)

Sora Inoue, Reiji Saiga: Samurai Girl Real Bout High School, Vol. 01 (Paperback, 2002, Tokyopop)

At Real Bout High School, teachers don't break up fights, they grade them In a …

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This story revolves around a school that grades fights instead of breaking them up. Ryoko Mitsurugi, the forerunner of the Daimon High K-Fight Team and a self-described Samurai Girl, is introduced in the story. Shizuma Kusunagi, a brutal ruffian, enters the school to challenge the top students. Will he succeed in defeating Ryoko and becoming the number one, or will he fail?

This hasn't clicked with me yet. In terms of Samurai Girl Real Bout High School, I find it difficult to put into words how I feel about it. While the art is decent, the story fails to engage, and it isn't easy to follow what's happening.

Ryoko, our main heroine, is introduced to fighting a group of guys at the beginning of the story. Immediately following the battle, a huge misunderstanding occurred, and things took a turn for the worse. Next, we encounter a weird Hitler-like gang leader who wants Ryoko to be his maid and, later, his sex slave.

Shizuma enters, looking more like a homeless person than a high school student. As a result of fighting, he was eventually accepted by the school. Despite a lot of fighting in school, we never get to know how things work at this school. Aside from the principal being crazy and wanting to open a school where battles are more important than education, all else is fine.

The story started not being all that interesting to me, but by the end, I was attached to the characters enough to care about what happened.

Overall, Real Bout High School is a mixed bag with decent art but a confusing and poorly executed story.

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