If I had read this before I knew anything about hockey I might have really enjoyed the explanation of hockey terms that are peppered throughout the story. However, since I spend an unhealthy amount of time dealing with hockey and a hockey player, I found that they took me out of the story. Obviously that is a me problem and not a story problem. My biggest issue is that the relationship between Rou and Keiichi still feels very much like a typical BL enemies-to-lovers trope and it's not and it makes me sad. Actually, my biggest issue with this volume might be Coach Nihei. Rou and Keiichi have entered Oino-kami High and are trying out for the hockey team. Coach Nihei is an dick. He literally waterboards students. I don't care how good of a coach you are, or how many titles your school has won in a row (19 in this case but they lost the last one so ha!), being an abusive POS is not cool, even in manga. Also, I still don't love the art style. That being said, I'll probably continue to read the series.

This was a great manga and I still don’t know anything about hockey but I am enjoying the story and I am figuring out the game as I read. It continues the story with Rou choosing to chase hockey instead of going back to figure skating since he didn’t really have a passion for it and he was mostly doing it to fulfill his moms dreams and going all in at his new school to make the team. I can’t wait to read to next one and see how he does when he knows all the rules of how to actually play hockey.
Thanks to Viz media and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.