The more I read JUMP SQ, the more I love it. The magazine markets itself as magazine that serializes good quality manga and based from the manga I've read , it does deliver its promise. Tista, Luck Stealer, Shiki, Kure-nai, Tegamibachi and Ao no Exorcist---these are manga of varying plots, genre and art style. All different from each other and in my opinion, all surprisingly good.

Now, I'd like to add Ice Revolution to the list. To be honest, I didn't expect to get hooked to this series, especilly with the summary I got from MangaHelpers:

Being the daughter of a dojo manager, Oozawa Masaki has been practising nothing but karate. Her chance encounter with a certain young man sparks her interest in figure skating. Can a mannish Masaki transform into a sweet, lovely girl on the skating rink?

It's a manga about ice skating. Not really my cup of tea. I thought there's no way a manga about ice skating could be that fun. But I tried it anyway because I was curious about how the other SQ series are. I thought I'll never get past the first chapter. Boy, was I wrong! I fell in love with the story after readng the first chapter and them I went ahead and downloaded the rest.

Masaki is such a lovable character. You just can't help but root for her in her quest to be good in ice skating, and in her quest to get Kaoru as well. I literally squealed in this scene:




And I normally don't do that.(Though to be honest, I ship her more with Saya. There's not enough Yuri in this world. Haha.) Now, I can't wait for chapter 8 because chapter 7 ended in a bad way for Masaki. I hate Kaoru for making her cry. He's such a dense boy. At least, there's Saya. :(