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  • Diamond Girl


    Rating:
    3.5
    Image of Diamond Girl #1
    Author / Artist: 
    Takanori Yamikazi
    Publisher: 
    CMX
    Volumes: 
    4 (ongoing)

    "Tsubura has just moved to the countryside and is ready for some peace and quiet. At her new school, all she wants is to blend in. But when an errant ball shatters through her classroom window and she springs into action, Tsubura reveals her hidden talent for baseball. The school team is determined to get her to join and help to transform them from the worst to the best. No one really understands why Tsubura hates the sport, but their efforts to recruit her might just drive her away."

    Diamond Girl, Vol. 1

    Reviewer's Rating: 
    3
    Pull Quote: 
    "If the one-note characters and “suggestive situations” prevent Diamond Girl from scoring a homerun, it’s certainly a solid base hit, offering an enjoyable mixture of game play and humor that should appeal to baseball enthusiasts, manga lovers, and female athletes of all stripes."

    Manga Review: Diamond Girl vol. 1

    Reviewer's Rating: 
    0
    Pull Quote: 
    Diamond Girl is a title that I’ve been anticipating for a few months after first seeing it on FlexComix’s site in December and reading the first chapter on there. April is as a good time as any for a baseball manga to come out and though this first volume from CMX didn’t hit it out of the park for me, there was enough spirit in it for me to want to see where it goes in volume 2.

    Diamond Girl, Vol. 1 – Manga Review

    Reviewer's Rating: 
    4
    Pull Quote: 
    I have to admit that I have a fondness for sports manga series and even more so when there’s a comedic element to the series. There’s not much baseball in the United Kingdom where I’m from so I certainly appreciate a good baseball manga series and with Diamond Girl, Volume 1, joins the ranks of other notable sports/comedy series it is certainly a welcome addition but we have yet to see how this one plays out.