Do Retry was an interesting series. It was set in a post-World War II Japan with a sick sister and rough brother who gets pulled into underground boxing tournaments to try to raise money to help his sister.
The series followed Aozora as he tried to raise the money for his sick sister by boxing. The series progressively gets better as it goes on as Aozora learns to be a better boxer. It was an interesting, and grittier sports / boxing manga.
All that said, when it was clear the series was being canceled - the way it ended was...less than stellar. Aozora's father was a Japanese soldier in World War II. And disappeared.
But, then is discovered to be living in the wilderness for reasons, hiding from all of his problems.
And then Aozora finds him using his underground criminal friends to help. And then they box. And Aozora kind of wins, kind of. Mostly makes his Dad realize he needs to go home and stop hiding from reality.
And then it just...ends there with the sister becoming quickly better. Surviving. And then a time jump to modern times where Aozora is merely a dying grandfather whose life story encourages his young adult grandson to be more motivated to folow his dreams.
It's...okay. Early chapters were a little rough, but the middle chapters really hung on & hit its stride.
TL;DR - This boxing manga series gets better & better until the Dad is revealed and...eh, it ends. And the timejump was unnecessary.
@mdmrn It's a shame, you can always tell when a series is getting axed and they have to hurry to resolve it. I don't think I made it through chapter one of this one, though.
@negativeprimes The first chapter...was a lot. But when it actually got into the main character becoming a boxer & engaging in underground boxing, it gets so much better.
@mdmrn That's good to know. I've become a lot less adverse to dropping things in the last year. Probably because there's always so much to read or watch.
Did you read the series a couple years back about the microwave that sent this mangaka a manga from the future? That's one I would have liked to see continue.
@negativeprimes Same. I really enjoyed that series. It was really hitting its stride when...it ended. I still enjoyed the ending, but I wished it kept going.
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