After I fell in love with the anime, I just had to read the manga - and it's not coming up short! I love it.

The first volume of Wind Breaker compiles the first five chapters of Satoru Nii's highschool delinquents manga.

Haruka Sakura, an outcast due to his appearance, enrolls in Furin High School to fight his way to the top, but finds that the students brawl to protect the town as Bofurin.

This first volume mostly introduces Sakura and presents some of the members of Bofurin and how they protect the town of Makochi by defending and helping its people. Sakura lives for fighting, so there are plenty of fights with just about everyone that's come across him so far. However, the more Sakura fights and "inadvertently" protects people in the name of fighting to be the strongest, the more people are accepting and appreciative of him, which Sakura has trouble understanding. The volume ends just before the first encounter with the Shishitoren group outside of Bofurin's turf.

This manga volume is out already and this title has an anime adaptation that's currently airing. Both are worth checking out and I will continue to read the chapters beyond this volume.

This is a great story about a boy who is judged by how he looks and no matter what he does people think he is stealing and avoid him. He transfers to a school for delinquents only to find out it's not what it seems. The school helps out the locals from the local gangs and trouble makers. After saving a girl people start treating him well and he is embarrassed as he has never been treated well for doing a good deed.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me this eARC to review.

I didn't like the main character of this manga with how over the top he was and I hate how he pretty much thinks he is the best of the best. The other characters, other than one lady I liked, were annoying as well to me. Everything was too over the top and predictable and I think it would have been much better if it was slower paced, better world building and less shouting. It definitely feels inspired by Tokyo Revengers and perhaps the character will calm down more in further manga but he was too intense for me.

I got into the manga due to the cover (it kinda reminded me of Blue Lock tbh) and overall, it was not a bad read. I'm looking forward to read the second volume and go into more of the world. Sakura is definitely an interesting character and I feel that a found family will form at the end of the series with his new friends I feel.

4🌟

Tout d'abord, laissez moi vous dire que j'ai adoré ce premier tome, et en particulier le personnage principal. En effet Haruka a clairement une passion qui l'anime. Au début, il est juste la pour se battre mais on sent que c'est une personne bienveillante quand même. Il m'a même fait rire plus d'une fois.

Avec ce tome 1, Wine Breaker reste un shonen classique avec des combats et un but, être le plus fort. Cela dit, ça fonctionne. J'aime le fait que les personnages ne se battent pas simplement pour des raisons superficielles.

De manière générale, j'ai trouvé ce premier tome assez intense et fort en émotion, j'ai hâte de me plonger dans la suite.

Je recommande à ceux qui cherche un shonen assez gentillet avec un perso principal attachant.

Thank you, Net Galley, and the author for allowing me to read this ARC for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this first volume of this new manga series, I loved the art style and the fighting scenes were amazing, I Cannot wait to read the next volume!

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha USA for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This manga's premise drew me in, but it didn't quite follow through. Although the action was enjoyable, the characters who drove it were not as developed as I would have hoped. I found it a little difficult to fully immerse myself in the story. There were definitely parts I enjoyed, so would like to continue WIND BREAKER, and I'll hope that characters and their motivations are explored more in the next volume.

I received an eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This manga honestly has the potential to be an anime series. The characters are interesting and have quirks that remind me of Fullmetal Alchemist. The main character, Sakura, wants to go to this town to become the strongest, however, his expectations are to be treated like a punk kid, not a town hero. It honestly is sweet how he expects people to treat him so poorly only to always be pleasantly surprised.

The artwork is well done. Every character looks unique and drawn consistently. The world built in this manga is super interesting as well. It all revolves around one town and essentially their gang is a school whose sole purpose is to have "delinquent" students protect the towns folk. It has a cute small town vibe to it where everyone exchanges items for services rendered such as saving a town's person or helping around a shop.

Honestly, a great start to a series. It's got action, comedy, and heart all rolled in to one. I would be interested in what happens next!

5/5 stars

Haruka Sakura enrolls in a high school known for fighting. The students there are known for their strength. Sakura only has one goal: to rise to the top. However, the school is nothing like he imagined. The students there work together to use their strength to defend their town. The townspeople love them and think of them as protectors. None of this interests Sakura though—he's used to being alone.

I was pleasantly surprised by this one! It was a unique take on the "strong shonen protagonist" trope. It was actually a pretty wholesome read for a book about fighting!

Sakura wants to be a lone wolf and is flustered by the positive attention he receives in town. I can't wait to see his character development! I sense found family vibes and I hope I'm right about that!

I haven't read/watched Tokyo Revengers, but this book seemed similar to that series based on what I know about it. There are already some rivalries forming and I'm looking forward to meeting some of the other characters that haven't been introduced yet!

This was an entertaining and interesting read! I will definitely be continuing this series! I'm looking forward to future volumes! I highly recommend this one!

Content: violence, some swearing

This was actually great!! on the first pages i thought well this is not gonna be great but then BOOM I love the cast the story the art the fighting scenes that is so cute moments and also moments I just want to laugh I am really really curious about the next volumes I will for sure continue to read the series because this start it was just amazing!!

This first volume wasn't as exciting as i'd hope for. It was pretty formulaic and ridiculous and the characters weren't charismatic enough to make up for it. I am interested in the overall story, ridiculous as it is it's also fun and entertaining. The artwork was nice.

Overall, I enjoyed it and will give the next volume a try as I do like the story.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for sending me an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. I loved this first volume! The art work is great and we got introduced to a bunch of characters and got some information on all the different kings. It's fact paced so it keeps you interested. I will definitely be reading more of this series.

This manga was very mediocre, what you see is what you get. Then to add on to it, the sheer amount of exposition is overwhelming and dreadfully dull.
Dreadfully dull, is what this entire manga is. At no point did I feel like I wasn't slogging through the 200 pages of this manga.

Thank you to netgalley and to the author for allowing me to read and review this eARC of this book.

I want to say from the start that I absolutely adored this manga and series, I will definitely be reading more of this series. The artwork was beautiful and I loved the progression of the main character in the manga, and I cannot wait to see how he progresses in future episodes in this series. I liked the way the main character is progressing from a traumatised background but is still hopeful to others even if the females at this point currently I have not seen as a fighter like the other males but there was foreshadowing for this which is why I am looking forward to this. I liked the sense of community in this book and also the pacing with drawing in more characters.

This was a great first volume! We got introduced to a bunch of characters and got some info on all the different kings. We got a little run in with a team right at the end so I'm curious where that's going to go. Overall, a good start and I will definitely be checking out the next one in the series!

Another manga where a fight resolves everything! That's excellent you guys!
The art it's great, tho
So I would continue reading it but, for starters this is quite nice and good and extremely violent
Tokyo Revengers can relate

So this manga series is pretty typical-- A guy who likes to fight is accepted into a school known for having gangs and fighting, only to find out that the school has taken an oath to only fight to protect the town. The main character has a history of being bullied for his hair and eye color being split (for no supernatural reason), and because of this treatment, he's cautious of opening up to people. He's basically a tsundere. "It's not like I'm your friend or anything! B-baka! >w<" The plot isn't bad per say, but it all feels so typical and formulaic that I couldn't take it very seriously. The characters are lacking a natural charm to them, and I lost interest pretty quick.
All that being said, the art is fantastic and the fight scenes are cool.

Thank you to netgalley and kodansha comics for the e arc!

I was actually so pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this manga. I loved the main character Sakura who turned out to be a big cinnamon roll. I really enjoy the art style as well! But keep in mind this is a Shonen manga so it might not be for you.

Wow! I'm so happy this got translated into English this is a fun series and I can't wait to read the rest. At first, the main character seems selfish but grows quickly as he meets more people at his new school (the one known for how fierce the students are at fighting). The whole cast of this is delightful and fun. Despite it being centered on fighting this is a really uplifting story about helping others and growing as a person (and fighter). You should give Wind Breaker a read if you like Tokyo Revengers, especially the school gang parts.

*NetGalley gave me an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.