SKET Dance

スケットダンス
Sket Dance (Pilot)

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manga
2006
Prototype version of Sket Dance, published in Akamaru Jump. The Sket Dan is a group created for the purpose of helping people. However, with there rarely being any clients, the three members Bossun, Himeko and Switch spend their days lazying around. In walks a client, Mimori Konno. She wants someone to deliver an envelope with a heart mark in her stead which was dropped by her crush, Naoki Nishio. Bossun admonishes her to deliver it herself. However, when the Sket Dan discover that inside the envelope are pictures of half-naked girls, they change their minds completely and set out to investigate. (Source: Sket Dance Fandom Wiki) Originally published in Akamaru Jump supplemental volume, later republished in the SKET DANCE Koushiki Fanbook collection.

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manga
2007
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The hilarious misadventures of the "Sket Dan"; a couple of high schoolers who help out people as part of their club activity: Himeko, the hot-headed ex-delinquent with a soft spot for cute things and a taste for strange food; Switch, the brainy otaku who only talks via a computerized speech-application; and Bossun, the atypical leader of this looney bunch, with the amazing power to... concentrate very hard! Note: Won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shounen manga.