Oota Moare | Teppuu

Japanese: 鉄風
Synonyms: Iron Wind, Tetsufuu, Teppu
Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 34
Status: Completed
Published: Nov 7, 2008 to Jul 7, 2015
Genres: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Sports, Seinen
Mangaka: Oota Moare (Story & Art)
Serialization: good! Afternoon

Synopsis: Ishidou Natsuo is a gifted girl who can achieve anything she wants in sports. Because of this she is permanently bored, as there aren't any real challenges to her abilities to make her feel alive. One day she receives an invitation of a merry girl to join her martial arts club. Irritated by her happy expression, Natsuo decides to accept the invitation just as a pretext to beat her up, but she receives a shocking surprise.

Groups Scanlating

Animexis

Boredom

D.A.M.O.S

Keishou Scans

Nonbiri

PROzess

Waterflame Scanlations

dogtato

Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates

Side notes: I've been kinda avoiding this manga although it's pretty high valued by readers. My reason is mainly on the lead roles that are occupied by women (nothing bad in general) but my intuition is saying that there can be something else going on than just two friendly competitors that are in sparring together and nothing else is happening... if needed to more specific clarification my mind gives me same vibes as Keijo!!!!!!!! and I'm not so keen about going to that direction at the moment. 

But let's forget that for now.XDDD The art is pretty good and follows the lines of a normal shounen sports manga.... though this is a seinen. So not bad. Also the charas are very typical for shounen manga and as I see it the girls could have been also boys and that wouldn't have made the series any worse. The comedy and dynamics of the story revolves the two girls that have totally different body built and personalities. It's fun and I'm not that much watching the charas as girls so that's pretty okay for me.^-^

Main characters

Natsuo Ishidou (石堂 夏央)

Natsuo Ishido is the series' main protagonist. She is naturally talented at everything she does. Having lived with this ability her whole life, she cannot understand why other people cannot do things which she can do. This has given her a condescending attitude against her opponents, who she goads and teases during their match and after Natsuo's inevitable victory. She is also ruthless when fighting, whether or not the fight is a serious one.

Natsuo has come to the realization that people with the ability to be the best without even trying have the hardest time, since they don't have anyone to bond with and their whole life is one big competition. She is lonely and yearns for someone who can defeat her and give her something to actually work for. However, she doesn't voice her loneliness.

Yuzuko Mawatari (馬渡 ゆず子)

Yuzuko is the captain of the budding MMA club, which at the beginning of the series had only two members (one short of being an official club) and no adviser. She is constantly advertising the club and recruiting anyone who will join, even going so far as to challenge Natsuo to a fight, where both girls fought evenly, but had to be broken up by Sanae's unexpected arrival. On their second sparring session (where Natsuo intended to lose), Yuzuko, having fought Natsuo beforehand, now knows what to do this time around, and proceeded to seal Natsuo's movements by pinning her to the ground, winning the match. This spurns Natsuo more than ever, having finally met someone with the capacity to defeat her. Unlike Natsuo, Yuzuko's skills are the result of constant training and hard work. As observed by others, and stated by Mario Cordeiro, Yuzuko has no talent, but makes up for this limitation with pure tenacity and a single-minded focus on moving forward. As a result, Yuzuko often comes off as "creepy" by others, who are disturbed by the level of enjoyment she derives from MMA. She has lived in Brazil for some time before returning to Japan.

Supporting

Sanae Sawamura

Sanae is the captain of the karate team. In the year previous to the events of the series, she went to the National Karate Competition and placed second, raising the near-defunct karate team into recognition. She has declared an unofficial war on the MMA club, and has convinced the other karate team members to do the same. She and Natsuo were childhood friends, but ever since Natsuo left the karate team on the basis that no one on the team was good enough, she has acted cold toward Natsuo. This feeling accentuated after she saw Natsuo fighting with Yuzuko and drew the conclusion that Natsuo had joined the MMA club.

Ringi Cordeiro

Ringi is the daughter of world-renowned MMA champion Mario Cordeiro. She has lived in Brazil for most of her life, but returned to Japan to visit Yuzuko, her childhood friend. She is an amazing fighter, even to the point that Yuzuko suggested that Natsuo would be a good match for her. When fighting, she maintains an air of naivete, blurting false weaknesses to get her opponent into an opportune position. She oversaw the sparring rematch between Nasuo and Yuzuko, immediately seeing Natsuo's natural talent in the sport. Ringi has then been eager to have her sparring match with Natsuo ever since.

Mario Cordeiro

Mario is the father of Ringi Cordeiro. He is a legendary MMA champion who has never lost a match in over 500 fights. He considers Yuzuko to be his surrogate daughter.

Mai Ganeko

Mai is a member of the karate team. She claims to be the only person who knows Sanae's dark past, and she hates Natsuo with a passion. It is heavily implied that she has a crush on Sanae.

Kei Ninomiya

Kei is Natsuo's friend from the volleyball team, and possibly Natsuo's only friend.

Kotani Karin

Karin is Natsuo's trainer at the MMA gym, and a fighter herself. Her record is 22-1, and she is considered one of the strongest women in Japan. She takes an interest in Natsuo after watching her fight with Sanae. She wishes to fight and defeat Ringi Cordeiro.

Kirido Haruka

A trainee also learning MMA at Tanekada's gym under the tutelage of Karin. Also a freshman like Natsuo, Kirido was originally trained for Judo before shifting to MMA, and she and Natsuo first met in chapter 6 where they were formally introduced to each other by Karin, as well as the rest of the trainees. Physically, she is almost as tall as Natsuo (who stands 182cm), and stands at a height of 177cm (5'10), making her the only person in the gym to rival Natsuo as far as height is concerned. Somewhat fond of teasing people, she annoyed Natsuo when she referred to her as "Goliath", causing the latter to decide to make Kirido her first stepping stone. Halfway through the chapter, Kirido ends up paired with Natsuo in a practice sparring match, where she shows the latter a fair bit of grappling, making Natsuo realize that more physical contact is required in MMA than it was in Karate.

Risuke Takenaka

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Source: Wikipedia