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23rd Manga Division Jury Selections

Dance Dance Danseur

George ASAKURA [Japan]

Outline

A youth magazine ballet manga series by an author active in women’s magazines. Middle school student MURAO Jumpei decides to relearn ballet, which he gave up when he was younger, on the invitation of transfer student GODAI Miyako, whose mother runs a ballet studio. Centered on Jumpei, whose talent gradually blooms, and other boys and girls who devote themselves to ballet is energetically drawn.