Punch!
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| Punch! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | romance, comedy |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Rie Takada |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd. Viz Media |
| Serialized in | Shoujo Comic |
| Original run | – |
| No. of volumes | 3 (although half of volume 3 is one-shots) |
Punch! is a manga written by Rie Takada creator of Happy Hustle High. The series is published in the United States in English by VIZ Media.
Punch! is about a young girl by the name Elle Nagahara, whose family are all involved in physical martial arts, her mother was a wrestling champion, her father a lightweight world boxing champion, and her grandfather the first Japanese to become the world champion of Muay Thai kickboxing. But the thing is--Elle doesn't want to fight! She just wants a normal life and everything changes when she meets a strange street fighter.
[edit] Characters
- Elle Nagahara - The main character and daughter of two champion parents, but doesn't want anything to do with her family business and only wishes to live a normal teenage life. She was betroth by her grandmother to Ruo, her childhood friend. Though she doesn't want to marry him and only wishes to have a normal relationship! In volume 2, Elle and Kazuki bond more and Elle goes on an actually "normal" date but it is cancelled when she burns herself while making dinner, Elle also finds out she loves Kazuki (even though they were only pretending to be in a relationship) and tells Kazuki (in her sleep) her true feelings and he feels the same. Volume 2 ends with Elle finding Choppy (Kazuki's dog) at the front door.
- Gigi Nagahara - Grandfather of Elle and owner of a gym, he made a promise to a long life rival that he would let his kid marry his rival's, but when he gave birth to only a son, Elle his granddaughter was betroth instead. He has an eyepatch on his left eye and bald.
- Ruo M. Eschuck - Childhood friend and Elle's ex-fianée, he's a pro martial arts. Elle only sees him as a big brother, who gave her comfort when they were younger. He tends to put his groupies up against anyone Elle may like or have a crush on, which makes her very distant from other men. In volume 2, Ruo finds out that Kazuki has a younger sister and uses her for revenge by visiting her everyday and giving her flowers, he also blackmails Kazuki with surgery money for Kazue's eye operation if Kazuki will leave Elle alone. Kazue soon finds out it was all a hoax and cancelles the operation (and even her relationship with Ruo)
- Kazuki Shindo - Street fighter and befriends Elle while she goes out to buy music, when she meets him for the first time, he calls her "Choppy" which confuses her. During that time, he gets jumped by a couple of men but Elle ends up finding that he beats all of them. He then later joins her grandfather's gym and trains so that one day he can defeat Ruo. Later on in volume one, Elle founds out he had a dog name Choppy.He also gives her her first kiss. In volume 2, Kazuki asks Elle on a date but it backfires as a small accident happens and Elle burns herself.
- Hinako Komatsu - Elle's classmate and wishes to marry Ruo, so she tries to help her friend and break the marrage off between the two. In volume 2, you see Hinako and Elle show more of their relationship together and how they use a sort of "soft" violence towards each other, meaning teasing and making fun of each other and even to a point of hitting each other playfully.
- Kazue Shindo - Kazuki's blind younger sister. In volume 2, she has a mild crush on Ruo who is only using her for revenge. She soon breaks it off when she finds out Ruo was only using her and refuses the money for the operation for her eye surgery. She lives by herself because her mother and father left her and Kazuki and choppy. In volume 1 she thought Elle was choppy even though she is blind.
- Choppy - Kazuki's dog, she resembles Elle. She's a pekingese. When she went to the gym, everybody thought Elle turned into a dog.
