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Bamboo Blade (manga)

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Genres: comedy, tournament
Themes: kendo, sport
Plot Summary: Kawazoe Tamaki has sworn herself to be a protector of justice. In all her years of learning kendo, she has never once been beaten. But, in this world can a hero truly be strong without knowing defeat, or could it be that only some lessons are learned after one loses. Joining the kendo club along with new friends and teammates, Tama-chan begins her long and hilarious journey to becoming a great kendo fighter.
User Ratings: 59 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:2, raw:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 15 votes (Eng:9, sub:3, dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 17 votes (Eng:10, sub:2, dub:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 French
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 Good: 11 votes (Eng:10, dub:1)
 Decent: 11 votes (Eng:11)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 194 users, rank: #455 (of 6736)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.780 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.2496, rank: #1602 (of 7469)
Weighted mean: 7.690 (Very good−), rank: #2005 (of 7469) (seen all: 7.75 / seen some: 7.70 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.691 (Very good−), rank: #1074 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 14
Vintage: 2005-09-24
Release dates: We have 42
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 19-25 (Aug 21, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 27-June 2 (May 29, 2012)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 25-31 (Apr 6, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 25-31 (Mar 27, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: December 11-17 (Update 2) (Dec 13, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: September 18-24 (Sep 20, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: June 26-July 2 (Jun 27, 2011)
New Saki TV Anime Project Launching (Jun 23, 2011)
Fullmetal Alchemist 'Prototype' Manga to Run in June (Apr 11, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 22-28 (Dec 1, 2010)
Bamboo Blade Manga to End on September 3 (Aug 19, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 24-30 (Jun 2, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 30-December 6 (Dec 9, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 23-29 (Dec 2, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 22-28 (Jul 1, 2009)
Petit Cossette's Katsura to Launch Shinwa Punch, Bishōnen Meigen-Shū (Mar 29, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 27-February 2 (Feb 4, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 20-26 (Jan 28, 2009)
Yen Press to Be Combined with Hachette's Orbit (Oct 23, 2008)
Young Gangan Editorial Staffer Dismissed for Blog Post (Oct 20, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 30–October 6 (Oct 9, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 30–October 6 (Oct 9, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 23–29 (Oct 1, 2008)
Yen Press Announces Titles to Run in Anthology Mag (Apr 19, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 25–31 (Apr 2, 2008)
Bamboo Blade TV Anime Revealed, D.C. II to Air in Fall (Jul 19, 2007)
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Graphic novel
    Bamboo Blade (GN 1) 2009-05-31 (from $9.59)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 2) 2009-09-30 (from $9.19)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 3) 2009-12-31 (from $8.79)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 4) 2010-03-31 (from $6.69)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 5) 2010-06-15 (from $9.19)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 6) 2010-09-28 (from $9.59)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 7) 2010-12-14 (from $11.49)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 8) 2011-03-29 (from $9.59)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 9) 2011-06-21 (from $10.40)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 10) 2011-09-20 (from $9.59)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 11) 2011-12-13 (from $9.19)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 12) 2012-03-27 (from $9.19)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 13) 2012-05-22 (from $9.19)
    Bamboo Blade (GN 14) 2012-08-01 (from $9.59)

Japanese staff
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Japanese companies
Publisher: Square Enix
English staff
English companies
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Licensed by: Yen Press
English cast
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French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Éditions Ki-oon
French cast
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Italian staff
Italian cast
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Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga

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