Written by KAITO Imprint Jump Comics | ||
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Genre Sports (Lacrosse), Comedy-drama, Romance | ||
Cross manage manga chapter one review
Cross Manage (クロス・マネジ Kurosu Maneji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by KAITO. Cross Manage was originally published as a one-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump before beginning serialization in the magazine on September 17, 2012, and ending on July 22, 2013. The series is also published in North America in English through Viz Media's digital manga anthology, Weekly Shonen Jump.
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Plot
Teenager Sakurai is forced into becoming the manager of the girls' lacrosse team at his school after accidentally touching the chest of his female classmate Toyoguchi. Sakurai is reluctant at first but after witnessing Toyoguchi extreme determination and hard work, Sakurai for the first time decides to put all of his efforts into something and becomes the manager of the team. While Toyoguchi is thrilled, there are many other members of the team who are not, Sakurai has his work cutout for him as he has to prove his worth to the other girls while also solving current problems that arise for the team.
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Manga
The manga was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan and Weekly Shonen Jump in North America. The first chapter of the manga was published on September 17, 2012 and two weeks later on October 1, 2012 in English. The English publication was initially two weeks behind until January 21, 2013 when the series began being published simultaneously with the Japanese release. The first tankōbon volume was released by Shueisha in Japan on March 4, 2013, and the second volume was released in Japan on May 2, 2013.
As of July 22, 2013, 42 chapters have been released and one extra chapter is to be released this Fall.
Viz Media has released the first two tankōbon volumes through their digital manga service, Viz Manga. Volume 1 was released on May 14, 2013 and volume 2 on July 27, 2013.