Himawari

A manga about a young man who follows in his childhood friend’s footsteps to become an idol.

This one has grown on me since it began it’s serialization in Weekly Shonen Champion. It started off slow as the main character is introduced as a Kagura dance performer and he uses that talent to pursue a career as an idol. The story is pretty typical as he’s put into a rag-tag group of misfits and his enthusiasm begins to win over the other members. I know Tetsuhiro Hirakawa is known for his delinquent fighting series Clover so I wasn’t surprised that the story sometimes dipped into it.

A solid series.

~dakazu