Newaza Gal: Straight From Behind
A high school girl is the best in her judo club until a girl from a rival academy arrives and takes her down. Can she summon the heart to beat her rival and become the next representative for the nationals?
A high school girl is the best in her judo club until a girl from a rival academy arrives and takes her down. Can she summon the heart to beat her rival and become the next representative for the nationals?
Megumi Kiyosato
Haruka Kanô
Naomi Kajitani
Kasumi Ayanokôji
Hideaki Tezuka
Gengorô Yano
Ai Kobayashi
Sayo Murai
Tadashi Miura
Kenji Iwashimizu
Masato Hosokawa
Judo club's member B
Tsutomu Itô
Hansuke Yamashita
Tôru Kikuno
Judo club's member A
Keiko Takahashi
Kôjirô Higaki
A high school girl is the best in her judo club until a girl from a rival academy arrives and takes her down. Can she summon the heart to beat her rival and become the next representative for the nationals?
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