Ping Pong, Vol. One Chris Gooch is really just another setting

is really just another setting for a beautifully-observed story of daily life

From two incredible rising talents comes the fantasy graphic novel Molly Knox Ostertag calls “instantly compelling

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Ping Pong, Vol. One Chris Gooch is really just another settingBy Taiyo Matsumoto. Published by Viz Media. Softcover, 540 pages, B&W, 2020 (originally published 1996 1997) Makoto Smile Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka Peco Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves dont fully realize, the coach recruits them for the school team. Bringing out their best will mean challenging the top