Wandance 1

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A boy named Kaboku sees a girl named Wanda dance, and suddenly burns with a need to join in. With its thrilling scenes of Japanese hip-hop dance and quirky, charming characters, this is a new, inspirational manga for fans of coming-of-age stories like Blue Period and Your Lie in April. Get up and join the Wandance! A New York Public Library "Best Books for Teens" Selection! A SHY TEENAGER HAPPENS ON A CLASSMATE DANCING ALONE, AND HER JOY TURNS A KEY, UNLOCKING SOMETHING IN HIS HEART... Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he's always done- go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not to draw too much attention to himself. After all, it's hard enough to get by with a stutter like his-why make things worse by standing out from the crowd But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watching-or like she doesn't care who sees her. It makes Kaboku wonder- Could he reach that same freedom To find his way to Wanda, he does something he never thought he could- He joins the dance club. After all, every routine begins with a single step, right Join Kaboku and Wanda as they freestyle their way to life and love!

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Published in 2015, Coffee's debut was the bouldering manga Kotera-san Climbs. The author's new series about hip-hop dance, Wandance, is now being published in English by Kodansha. It is Coffee's first manga to be translated into English.