Break Shot

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Break Shot

Genre	Sports
Manga: Break Shot
Author	Takeshi Maekawa
Publisher	Kodansha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	1987 – 1990
Volumes	16

Break Shot is a Japanese manga series that spans 16 volumes. Many of the shots portrayed in the series are based on actual billiard principles, though they are highly dramatized and sometimes ignore principles of physics.

[edit] Plot

The story initially focuses on Chinmi's desire to publicize the billiards club at his high school. Eventually the focus shifts to Chinmi's climb up the billiard tournament circuits and his desire to master new skills and invent new shots.

[edit] Characters

Chinmi: The main protagonist of the series, Chinmi is a high school student that is obsessed with billiards. At the start of the series, he was the only member of his school's billiards club. He is a very focused individual and displays amazing talent in billiards. Chinmi would constantly invent creative methods of escaping from difficult situations while playing against other billiards player

Olive: She is the student body president at the same high school as Chinmi. When they first met, she came to the billiard club to disband it for lack of members and lack of school funding. After Chinmi showed his skills to her, he convinced her that the club was worth keeping and she even became a member.