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10 Dance, Volume 1 by Inouesatoh
1.0

First of all, if you're a big fan of professional dancing, let me go ahead and say I strongly believe you'll enjoy this more than I did. It's clear that the creator knows what they're talking about, as there's a lot of detail spent on both the technical details of dance as well as the world of professional dancing competitively, and the impact that world has on its residents. I was impressed, but it was overly detailed sometimes to the point where it fully removed me from the story, and that wasn't enjoyable for me.

As far as the story goes, however... I honestly don't even know half of what was going on because this was so difficult to follow. It jumps from scene to scene with weird transitions, the characters are constantly randomly changing the topic too abruptly to make any sense, and I swear it took the first half of the book just for me to keep track of who's who because the two leading men's names are almost the same (Suguki Shinya and Suzuki Shinya). What a strange (and inefficient) writing choice...

Even if I had been able to fully get into the story, the characters don't help. Suzuki Shinya is horribly unlikeable and an absolute brat, while Suguki Shinya is bland as hell (and has a few really problematic remarks near the end about Latinx people). This entire manga was a bit of a disaster for me, sadly. I definitely won't be continuing the series and I can't see myself reaching for anything else by this author, either.

Thank you so much to Amazon Vine for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!