This story felt like it was a video game speedrun from the plot, the dialogue, and the character interactions. It needed to breathe a little more though I understand the choice of jumping right into the action.

We’ve a typical shonen big bad, evil rich dude and the main character has a dream to become a hokage- I mean Bash player. His mysterious father is also missing. Everything just felt too flat. These tropes have worked a million times and will continue to work if the characters are engaging enough to withstand it. But that didn’t happen here.

The artwork carried this big time! It’s heavily inspired by manga and gives an overall nice aesthetic. The story’s thin though, and I couldn’t get a grasp on the worldbuilding. Perhaps, this story doesn’t aim to be plot heavy or character-centered. If it just wanted to showcase fun, dynamic basketball shots, then it succeeded.

Still, kudos to this story for doing a whole anime tournament arc with basketball. Kids who like basketball (and anime) may enjoy this one.
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This book was truly unique. Bash is a basketball like game on a futuristic earth. This game is of major importance to the world and has many levels. What makes it different from basketball as we know it now, is the ability of the environment to change, which changes the play of the game. It can go from a standard court, to an artic court, to a desert court, in the flash of a light. Rudy is a star player, but a novice. He has dreams of making it to the elite pro league, but mom has other plans. She is not a fan of Bash, as it took her husband away and left her child fatherless. This is also the story of world domination. People from space, supreme commander type people, are looking for Atlas, Ruby’s father. Apparently, he is some kind of God, and must be destroyed. This story meshes well together and even those who don’t like sports will find something to love and keep them entertained. ( )