Can't Win with You!

Can't Win With You! (Japanese: きみには勝てない!, Hepburn: Kimi ni wa Katenai!, aka. "High School Nights") is a Japanese manga written by Satosumi Takaguchi and illustrated by Yukine Honami. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing,[1] which released the manga's three bound volumes through its imprint, Juné, between August 15, 2007[2] and March 11, 2008.[3] The manga is licensed in Germany as High School Nights by Tokyopop Germany.[4] Houbunsha releases the manga three tankōbon volumes between April 2003 and April 28, 2004.[5][6]

Can't Win with You!
Cover of Can't Win With You! volume 1 as published by Houbunsha
きみには勝てない!
(Kimi ni wa Katenai!)
GenreYaoi
Manga
Written bySatosumi Takaguchi
Illustrated byYukine Honami
Published byHoubunsha
English publisher
DemographicJosei
Original runApril 2003 – April 28, 2004
Volumes3

Media

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN North American release date North American ISBN
01 April 2003[7]978-4-8322-8246-9August 15, 2007[2]978-1-5697-0812-5
02 November 28, 2003[8]978-4-8322-8275-9November 15, 2007[9]978-1-5697-0819-4
03 April 28, 2004[10]978-4-8322-8292-6March 28, 2008[3]978-1-5697-0821-7

Reception

Mania.com's Patricia Beard comments on the minimalism of Honami's artwork, saying that the artist uses "only enough background art to place a scene and her panels flow well".[11] ActiveAnime's Holly Ellingwood commends the manga for its "surprising depth, diverse characters, involving storylines, and an irresistible art style".[12] Leroy Douresseaux comments that the manga is "more or less a comic romp with bickering boys, and the love is less lust than it is lovey-dovey" despite its yaoi genre.[13] Mania's Patricia Beard finds the relationship between Miki and Houjou to be the best developed and most emotionally satisfying, and noted that the potentially offensive "aggressive sexual dynamics" of the school are toned down in the second volume.[14]

References
  1. "New Digital Manga and 801 Media Yaoi Licenses". Anime News Network. 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  2. "Can't Win With You Vol. 1". Digital Manga Publishing. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  3. "Can't Win With You Vol. 3". Digital Manga Publishing. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  4. "High School Nights, Band 1" (in German). Tokyopop Germany. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  5. きみには勝てない! 1 (花音コミックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4832282468.
  6. きみには勝てない! 3 (花音コミックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4832282921.
  7. きみには勝てない! 1 (花音コミックス) (in Japanese). 2003. ISBN 4832282468.
  8. きみには勝てない! 2 (花音コミックス) (in Japanese). 2003. ISBN 4832282751.
  9. "Can't Win With You Vol. 2". Digital Manga Publishing. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  10. きみには勝てない! 3 (花音コミックス) (in Japanese). 2004. ISBN 4832282921.
  11. Beard, Patricia (August 7, 2007). "Can't Win With You Vol. #01". Mania.com. Demand Media. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  12. Ellingwood, Holly (August 2, 2007). "Can'T Win With You! Vol. 1 (Advance Review)". ActiveAnime. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  13. Douresseaux, Leroy (May 16, 2008). "Can't Win with You!: Volume 2". Comic Book Bin. Toon Doctor.
  14. Beard, Patricia (January 15, 2008). "Can't Win With You Vol. #02". Mania.com. Demand Media. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

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