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Yawara!

TV Finished
ActionComedyDramaRomanceSlice of LifeSports

High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s. Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight.

Details

Romaji

Yawara!

Native

YAWARA!

Format

TV

Status

Finished

Source

Manga

Season

Fall 1989

Episodes

124

Studio

Madhouse

Start Date

Oct 16, 1989

End Date

Sep 21, 1992

Popularity

22926

Score

74.8

Genres

Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Sports

Tags

Asia, Combat, Combat Sports, Earth, Japan, Love Polygon, Martial Arts, Present