"Moiippon!" is a manga that depicts high school girls devoting themselves to judo, and is serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion. It is a hot topic that an anime version will be broadcast in January 2023. It may be rare for a boys' manga to have high school girls as the main characters. However, it has a strong sports element, so it is an interesting work like a boys' manga. Since it is a popular work, some people may want to read the original before the anime, but may not have the time. So, this time, I would like to introduce the rough plot of the original! There may be some spoilers, so if you don't like spoilers, please be careful!
Plot① No more judo? ?
Michi Sonoda, a junior high student at Aoba Junior High School, has been practicing judo with a strong commitment, feeling the pleasure of winning by ippon. Michi was planning to retire from judo with a clean ippon win at the end of the tournament in her third year. However, the opponent she faced at the tournament was a stronger opponent than she had ever faced, and despite her best efforts, she was knocked out by a tsume-waza and lost by ippon. For Michi, that was supposed to be her last match. After graduating, Michi went on to her dream school, Aoba Nishi High School, and planned to say goodbye to judo in high school and enjoy high school life to the fullest, with love and fun. However, due to a scheme by Anna Nagumo, a friend from elementary school who is also a member of the kendo club, she is led to the martial arts hall. There, she is reunited with Hiura Towa, who defeated her in her final match of middle school. Towa, who had decided to join the judo club, enthusiastically tries to recruit Michi, unaware of her intentions. After that, Michi ends up in a randori match, and she knocks Towa into her back with a bang. At that moment, she feels a strong desire to do judo again, and seeing Michi's lively appearance, her best friend Sanae Takigawa invites her back to judo.
Synopsis 2: Compete in the Inter-High Qualifiers!
Michi, Sanae, and Towa became club members, and the advisor, physical education teacher Natsume Shino, also joined. The club is now in good shape, and they are practicing hard for the summer Inter-High preliminaries. One day, after club activities, the three of them visit a family restaurant, where second-year student Amane Erika, the ace of the Kasumigaoka High School Judo Club, appears in front of them. Amane was Towa's senior by one year at Kawakita Junior High School, and she invited Towa to judo, helped him improve his skills, and eventually became his eternal rival, competing for a regular spot. Then, in the regular-team deciding match, Towa defeated Amane and won a regular spot, but due to a certain incident, they became estranged when Amane graduated. Amane told Towa that she would be competing in the Inter-High preliminaries in the middle ranks, and left the scene. Since reuniting with Amane, Towa has not been in good form, but Michi, who senses this, encourages her in her own way. Then, in the Inter-High team preliminaries, both schools make it through the first round, and in the second round, Aoba Nishi and Kasumigaoka go head-to-head. In the vanguard match, Kasumigaoka's Senoo Midoriko defeats Sanae with an ippon, setting off a showdown between Amane and Towa, sworn rivals.
Synopsis 3: A new member has arrived
Although Aoba Nishi fought well, they unfortunately missed out on participating in the Inter-High National Championships in both the team and individual competitions. The atmosphere is one of renewed determination to work hard for the next tournament, the Kinshu Flag. Meanwhile, Anna Nagumo, Michi's childhood friend who led the Kendo Club to the National Championships at the Inter-High, suddenly announces that she is quitting the Kendo Club. Michi is confused at first, but she doesn't think that Anna would give up on something halfway through with only half-hearted determination, so she calls Anna and accepts her withdrawal. The next day, Anna was waiting for everyone in the judo hall. Anna wanted to do her best in the same place as Michi, and decided that she could only do so during her third year of high school, so she decided to quit the kendo club and join the judo club.
Synopsis 4. Towards the Kinshu Flag
With Anna now in the team, the Aonishi Judo Club resumes practice for the Kinshu Flag, a five-person tournament. Advisor Natsume decides not to let Anna, a beginner in judo, enter the tournament, and instead to recruit third-year student Himeno Tsumugi, who had been working hard alone until the club was disbanded, to the judo club. Meanwhile, at Kasumigaoka High School, which had decided to participate in the Kinshuki Cup just like Aoba Nishi, third-year Shiraishi Ami decided to postpone her retirement until summer because Amane had decided to participate in the national tournament. In addition, two new members with judo experience were added, bringing the team to five members, and Shiraishi suggested that they practice together with Aoba Nishi.
Does Himeno Tsumugi have a younger sister?
It is not yet known whether she will appear in the anime, but did you know that Himeno Tsumugi has a younger sister? She has a younger sister named Himeno Kozue, who will be entering the school after her older sister Tsumugi graduates. She is not completely experienced in judo, and did it at the sports club. After that, she obtained her first dan before entering high school. Unlike her, she is good at everything except studying and was always at the center of the group, and she has a complex about her older sister. Perhaps because of this, she felt uncomfortable around Michi, who has the same aura as her older sister. Although she has an inferiority complex about herself, she often speaks too much to those around her without hesitation, which often leads to self-loathing. Supported by the positive words and actions of the club members who joined at the same time, she tries to accept the people around her in her own way. Her full name is omitted and she is nicknamed "Himeko" by the unknown. She entered the 48kg class in the individual competition of the prefectural preliminaries for the high school national championships. She is a character who appears as a freshman after Himeno Tsumugi graduates, so even if she does appear, it will probably be in the second half of the series. Given the volume of the original work, a second series is quite possible, so I think it is more likely that she will appear at the beginning of the new series.
Summary of the original story
The original work has been published up to volume 20, so it can be said that the story has progressed quite a bit. It is not clear how far the anime will go in the original work, but since the voice actress for Nagumo Anna has been announced, I think it will at least go up to the story of Anna joining the club. Since it is a work that is attracting attention and there is a sufficient stock of the original work, we can look forward to the second series! That's all for now. Thank you for reading.
