Paradon Vol. 1 Released With Soccer Shop KAMO Collaboration
Paradon is the rare soccer manga to center a reserve goalkeeper rather than a star striker, and the KAMO tie-in signals Shogakukan's push to reach actual soccer fans beyond the usual manga audience.
Reporting from 1 sources: Comic Natalie.
The first volume of Paradon, a high school soccer manga by Ichiyōki and Kemuri Tōgō, was released on May 18. The story follows reserve goalkeeper Harumi Yūsei and his younger brother Arashi, a forward and Japan U-15 national team member. A collaboration with Soccer Shop KAMO offers signed ball and postcard giveaways through May 31.
Ichiyōki (story) and Kemuri Tōgō (art) launched Paradon in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in February. The series has run 11 chapters as of this week's issue. The first volume collects the opening arc, which establishes the dynamic between Yūsei, a second goalkeeper who has never played a match in high school, and his younger brother Arashi, a forward who quit a pro club's youth team to join the same school. Arashi's declaration that he will take the team to the National Stadium sets off friction, but Yūsei's sudden appearance in a scrimmage-where he stops every shot Arashi takes-shifts the team's attention.
The collaboration with Soccer Shop KAMO runs through May 31. Three winners receive a size-2 ball signed by both creators, and ten winners receive signed postcards. Free sample booklets of the first chapter are also available at stores nationwide starting today.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Comic Natalie 控えゴールキーパーが主役の高校サッカーストーリー「パラドン」1巻 KAMOとのコラボも - コミックナタリー