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Type
Manga
Volumes
29
Chapters
331
Status
Completed
Published
1986-01-01 to 1993-01-01
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Sports
Seinen
Award Winning
Combat Sports
Serializations
Big Comic Spirits
Authors
Naoki Urasawa (Story & Art)
Yawara!
Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...
Characters
Yawara Inokuma
Main
Jigorou Inokuma
Main
Kousaku Matsuda
Main
Fujiko Itou
Supporting
Sayaka Honami
Supporting
Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
Supporting
Yasuhiro Yamashita
Supporting