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| Let's Dance a Waltz | |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsumi Ando |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Nakayoshi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | February 2013 – February 2014 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Let's Dance a Waltz (ワルツのお時間, Waltz no Ojikan, lit. "The Waltz of Time") is a Japanese shōjo (targeted towards girls) manga by Natsumi Ando. Appearing as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Nakayoshi from the February 2013 issue to the February 2014 issue, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes by Kodansha and published from July 2013 to March 2014.
Plot
editLet's Dance a Waltz focuses on Himė Makimura, an overweight and timid, yet determined teenager who takes classes at Minami Dance School after discovering her talent for waltzing. There, she is taught by and soon falls in love with Tango Minami, her classmate from middle school who swore off professional ballroom dancing after abandoning his former dance partner at a competition. At the dance school, she also meets Yūsei and his dance partner Sumiré.
Development
editManga artist Natsumi Ando attended a ballroom dance class as research for Let's Dance a Waltz.[1]
Release
editWritten and illustrated by Natsumi Ando, the chapters of Let's Dance a Waltz appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Nakayoshi from the February 2013 issue to the February 2014 issue.[2][3] Kodansha compiled three bound volumes and published them from July 5, 2013, to March 13, 2013.[4][3]
Kodansha USA published an English-language translation in North America, beginning in April 2015.
Volume list
edit| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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| 1 | July 5, 2013[4] | 978-4-06-364390-9 | April 21, 2015[5] | 9781632360465 | |
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| 2 | November 13, 2013[6] | 978-4-06-364403-6 | June 23, 2015[7] | 9781632360472 | |
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| 3 | March 13, 2014[3] | 978-4-06-364417-3 | August 25, 2015[8] | 9781632360489 | |
Reception
editAnime News Network's Rebecca Silverman positively reviewed the first volume, writing: "Even if you aren't a dance buff, there's a sweetness and believability to this that makes it worth picking up." She liked that Himé was initially "not thin and gorgeous" and that she lost the excess weight through exercise and not in an attempt to become physically attractive. However, she found some pages difficult to interpret and wrote that not all the dance scenes conveyed movement.[9]
References
edit- ^ Ando, Natsumi (2015). Let's Dance a Waltz. New York: Kodansha Comics USA. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-63236-046-5.
- ^ "Arisa's Natsumi Ando Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. January 3, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ a b c "ワルツのお時間（３）＜完＞" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "ワルツのお時間（１）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ "Let's Dance a Waltz 1 by Natsumi Ando". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ "ワルツのお時間（２）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ "Let's Dance a Waltz 2 by Natsumi Ando". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ "Let's Dance a Waltz 3 by Natsumi Ando". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ Silverman, Rebecca. "Let's Dance a Waltz". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
External links
edit- Let's Dance a Waltz at Penguin Random House's official site