It is almost impossible to describe how charming and delightful this series is. I discovered Check Please! as a webcomic over a year ago, and fell hard for its soft pie-obsessed protagonist, Eric Bittle. Bitty, as he is quickly nicknamed, is a freshman at Samwell University and the shortest member of its hockey team. As a former ice skater he is great on his skates, but he has a paralyzing fear of being body checked- a common occurrence in a hockey game. In this first year of school he meets the boys and blossoms in the light of their friendship and mentoring. It is a beautiful thing to watch.