{"id":18818,"date":"2018-08-24T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=18818"},"modified":"2018-08-22T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T11:17:11","slug":"forbidden-dance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2018\/08\/24\/forbidden-dance-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Hinako Ashihara <\/strong>(TokyoPop)
\nISBN: 978-1-59182-345-2<\/p>\n

This is the charming, if eccentric, tale of Aya<\/em>, a young girl who has seemingly lost the ability to dance after an accident at the National Ballet Competition damages her ankle.<\/p>\n

Her ruined, psychologically-scarred, miserable life finally drastically spins around again after she witnesses the astounding Akira<\/em> Hibiya <\/em>dancing with the COOL<\/em> ballet troupe. The boy quite turns her head and makes her want to dance once more\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Revitalised, she makes joining COOL<\/em> her life’s ambition, and nothing – not even the fact that Akira thinks she is just another crazy girl-fan stalker or, more importantly, that COOL<\/em> is an all-male company – is going to stop her\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Aimed at a young teen audience, Forbidden Dance<\/strong> is replete with the school angst and constant, overwhelming pressure to succeed that dominates this branch of manga fiction, but the energy, power and enthusiasm of Hinako Ashihara’s story-telling elevates the tale above the crush of its peers.<\/p>\n

As Aya’s story progresses (through 4 translated volumes originally released in 2003) the ending is never a foregone conclusion and even the most jaded reader must wonder \u00e2\u20ac\u0153what next?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

In a crowded and conservative market, it’s good to see quality story-telling in varied settings, and many jaded comics fans or newcomers to our weird world would probably benefit from giving this book and its sequels a chance\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 if they can find them.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 2003 Hinako Ashihara. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Hinako Ashihara (TokyoPop) ISBN: 978-1-59182-345-2 This is the charming, if eccentric, tale of Aya, a young girl who has seemingly lost the ability to dance after an accident at the National Ballet Competition damages her ankle. Her ruined, psychologically-scarred, miserable life finally drastically spins around again after she witnesses the astounding Akira Hibiya dancing … <\/p>\n

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