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series written and illustrated by

Osamu Ishiwata is a Japanese manga artist. He won the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for '' shōnen'' for '' B.B.'' The manga artist Yoshitomo Yoshimoto is his younger brother. Works * * * * * * Happy Man * B.B. * * * Love Love encompasses a r ...

. The manga ran in

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's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, ...

'' from 1985 issue 24 to 1991 issue 9. The title stands for "Burning Blood" and Ishiwata's subsequent serial ''

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'' was a continuation of this series. In 1989, ''B.B.'' won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the ''shōnen'' category.

Plot

One night after leaving a club where he was playing trumpet Ryō Takagi is jumped by a motorcycle gang. The scuffle spills out into the streets and causes a traffic accident. Ryō eventually gives up his musical career and joins the world of underground boxing as he struggles to overcome his "burning blood" and the anger that easily overtakes him.

Characters

*Ryo Takagi - Kazuhiko Inoue *Jin Moriyama - Show Hayami *Minoru "Sorry" Satou - Toshihiko Seki *Koyuki Matsuhara - Noriko Hidaka *Kouichi Wakabayashi - Hideyuki Hori *Su-chan - Yūko Mizutani *Makoto "Ottosei" Otobe - Tesshō Genda *Gentarou Takagi - Masaru Ikeda *Fox Fire Head - Akio Ōtsuka

Game

It was adapted into a pachinko game by okamura under the title ''cr B.B.'' It was released on 1 April 2000.

References

External links

''B.B.'' at Websunday.net
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