Sugar Princess: Skating To Win, Vol. 1

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From the author of the popular shojo series Hana-Kimi. Sugar Princess is the most recent series from Hisaya Nakajo. The first chapter of Sugar Princess is to be previewed in the July 2008 issue of Shojo Beat magazine. Over 250k units of Hana-Kimi manga have sold-through in the U.S. to date. Beautiful art, and fun and charming characters will appeal to readers of all ages. Originally serialized in the bi-weekly manga anthology Hana to Yume (Flowers & Dreams) from Hakusensha. Volume 2 ranked #34 on 3/18/2007 Tohan rankings in Japan. Volume 1 features 6 one-page profiles (illustrations and author comments) on famous figure skaters. Ice Princess meets The Cutting Edge!When ice-skating novice Maya Kurinoki lands a double axel for the first time, coach Eishi Todo sees her potential and vows to make her a figure skating "princess." All Maya has to do is convince famous skater Shun Kano to become her partner. Too bad Shun doesn't want to have anything to do with her!When Maya Kurinoki takes her little brother to the local ice-skating rink for the first time, she's got her hands full just trying to get him to let go of the bar. To inspire a bit of bravery in him, she attempts a double axel--and lands it! Maya never imagined that this jump would change her life...or that a coach named Eishi Todo would vow to make her a figure skating "princess"! Now all Maya has to do is convince famous skater Shun Kano to become her partner. Too bad Shun doesn't want to have anything to do with her!

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