Supinamarada!

Supinamarada! (スピナマラダ!) is a manga created by Satoru Noda (野田サトル) before Golden Kamuy

(ゴールデンカムイ). It was serialized from 2011 to 2012 and ran for 6 Volumes with 58 chapters.

Supinamarada!
The cover of the first volume of Supinamarada!
Author	Satoru Noda
Illustrator	Satoru Noda
Published on	Young Jump
Publisher	Shueisha
Publication order
Previous	The Goalie Only Looks Ahead(ゴーリーは前しか向かない)
Next	Golden Kamuy

About the Title

The title was coined by changing the order of characters in the hockey term supinarama (also known as Spin-o-Rama) to incorporate a Hokkaido dialect phrase, namara. Hence, Supinamarada!

As a form of title-drop, Rou who does not know hockey terms well, mispronounces 'Supinarama' as "Supinamara". There is also chapter 13 which is titled "Supinamarada!".

Summary

Shirakawa Rou has to move to his estranged grandfather's home in a small town with his twin sister Haruna when their mother suddenly dies in a car accident. Left orphans at the age of 15, the two have to deal not only with losing their only parent but also with adjusting to an entirely new environment. Rou was supposed to succeed his mother’s dream of winning a medal in the Olympics but with her dying just the day before the qualifying event, Rou breaks down and misses his only chance to reach his dream. Now stuck in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Rou finds a new passion for ice hockey and regains his focus in life.

Plot

Shirakawa Rou and his younger twin sister Haruna arrive at Tomakomai in Hokkaido and are received by their estranged grandfather whom they met for the first time on the day of their mother's funeral.

Rou goes to the nearby frozen lake to skate but doesn’t heed the warning of the local kids about the Genma brothers. He gets into trouble with them when they see him skating in their 'practice spot'. After challenging and attempting to win an ice hockey match against the two, he ends up sinking their goalpost which Keiichi insists he must replace.

The next day he joins Miyamori Junior High as a third-year transfer student and learns after school hours that the hockey team is trying to recruit members. This gives him the idea to go looking for old goalposts. He finds a rundown one which he tries to drag to the lake but is interrupted by the hockey team members who tell him he cannot just take their goalpost. When Dohi who was chasing the school's speed skater in a bid to recruit him crashes into Rou, Rou avoids getting hit by landing an acrobatic ice-skating jumping. He is recruited to play for them as they need just one more player to be qualified to play. While he initially refuses, Dohi offers to trade the goalpost if he joins as the last player.

The Miyamori Junior High face off against the Hokuryo Junior High with a vast difference in the number of players. From the get-go, they know they are playing a lost game. However, since Miyamori Junior High will be shut down following the end of the year, this being their very last game ever, they want to score at least one goal unlike their track record of always losing at 0. They also hold a grudge since their old coach, who was good, left Miyamori to coach Hokuryo. Rou is surprised and fired-up at the prospect of fighting against Houkuryo Junior High when he realizes the younger Genma brother, Keiichi, is the captain of the other team.

They are outmatched and since they cannot change lines as often, the team grows extremely exhausted but keeps playing with sheer determination, fueled by Rou's rallying cries of encouragement. Rou has just learned the bare bones of ice hockey from Dohi and Kosugi the previous day and keeps messing up their play. Keiichi displays his proficiency and experience. His signature move is called the Spin-o-Rama or eponymous Supinamara. Rou, on the other hand, lands a triple axel to the surprise and amazement of the audience in the middle of the play and calls it 'his spin-o-rama’. In the final Rou succeeds in securing the puck and shoots but misses. Dohi makes the shot and secures them their final 1 point instead of yet another 0 loss at their school's last game ever.

Sometime later, Haruna confronts Rou about his sudden interest in taking up Ice Hockey and makes her resentment and bitterness known. Also, one of their former acquaintances who has come to compete in the Ice Dancing match to be held in Tomakomai meets with Haruna and tells her to invite Rou to watch his performance. While he considers Rou an old friend, Rou seems reluctant to and seems to want nothing to do with his former sport. This irks Haruna even more.

The matter of the goalpost now resolved, and the match having drawn Genma Kouichi's attention to Rou, the older Genma invites him to practice with him on a day Keiichi was absent. It ends disastrously when Rou, exercising one of his skating jumps in an attempt to score a goal, miscalculates his landing and catches Koichi in the forehead with the blade of his skates. While Kouichi is only injured on his forehead, the injury proves 'fatal' to the upcoming Interhigh finals match where Kouichi's school, the defending champion Yuufutsu High is playing against Hachinohe's Kiyosato High. In the very last minute of the game the wound starts bleeding and obscures his vision. Koichi, the goalkeeper, tries his best but is unable to stop the puck and Kiyosato scores thus ending the 19 consecutive year victory streak of Yuufutsu High.

Characters

Shirakawa Rou	Shirakawa Haruna	Dohi Tsuyoshi	Genma Kouichi	Genma Keiichi
白川 朗	白川 春名	土肥 つよし	源間 浩一	源間 慶一
Nihei Toshimitsu	Azumi Masaki	Kosugi	Kai Kengo	Kouro Naoto
二瓶 利光	安海 昌紀	小杉	甲斐 賢吾	紅露 直人
Ushiyama Souta	Kumano Tomohiro	Isono Wakami	Kiiribuchi Yuuto	Wakabayashi Hiroki
牛山 草太	熊野 智弘	磯野 和歌美	桐渕 悠人	若林 弘紀
Mizushima Hiroshi	Kobayashi Masahiko	Toujyoh	Higuchi	Ogino
水嶋 ヒロシ	小林 政彦	東条	樋口	小木野
Rou's grandpa	Shirakawa Akiko		The Cat	Ishizaki Mitsuo
おじいさん	白川 アキコ		猫	石崎 光男

Volumes and Episodes

Volume & Episode No.	Title	Page No.		Release Date
		Print	Digital
Volume 1	-Rou on the cover-	-	18 Nov, 2011
1.	The Ice Hockey Capital アイスホッケー王国	002	002	Jul 14, 2011 (11年33号)
2.	The Genma Brothers ゲンマ兄弟	057	057	Jul 21, 2011 (11年34号)
3.	The Thing I Love 大切なもの	081	085	Jul 28, 2011 (11年35号)
4.	Rusted Goalpost 錆びたゴールポスト	099	103
5.	The Last Ice Hockey Club 最後のアイスホッケー部	117	125
6.	Down in the Dumps 負は犬根性	135	143
7.	On the Ice Again 再び氷の上で	153	161
8.	Face-off フェースオフ	171	180
9.	Groping in the Dark 暗中模索	189	203
Volume 2	-Keiichi on the cover-	-	19 Jan, 2012
10.	On the Stage and On the Battlefield 舞台と戦場	003	003
11.	Atonement 贖罪	021	021
12.	The Last Bet 最後の賭け	039	039
13.	Spinamarada! スピナマラダ!	057	059
14.	From the World of Ice 氷の世界から	075	077
15.	The Emperors 王者	093	095
16.	End and Beginning 幕引きと幕開き	111	113
17.	Farewell to the Stage 舞台との決別	129	131
18.	The Legend of Yuufutsu 勇払伝説	147	149
19.	Rushing Forward 突っ走る	165	167
20.	Old Lady's Water and Sannou Shrine ババア水と山王神道	183	185
Extra	Omake オマケ	201	203
Volume 3	-Kouichi on the cover-	-	19 Apr, 2012
21.	The Demon Bokko 鬼ぼっこ	003	003
22.	With the Stars 星のもと	021	021
23.	The Five-Colored Jerseys 五色のジャージー	039	039
24.	One on One 1対1	057	057
25.	A Steep Road 峭	075	075
26.	Skate to Fight 戦うためのスケート	093	093
27.	Hybrid ハイブリッド	111	111
28.	A New Morning 新しい朝	131	131
29.	The Losing Hometown 負けた代償	149	149
30.	The Festival's flower 祭りの華	167	167
Extra	Omake オマケ	186	186
Volume 4	'-Front Cover: Kengo; Back Cover: Rou-	-	19 July, 2012
31.	Completely Away (Encircled) 完全アウェイ	003	003
32.	Dirty Play ダーティプレイ	021	021
33.	Lucky 強運	039	039
34.	First Time Hockey ホッケー人生初	057	057
35.	Correct Path 正しい道	077	077
36.	After the Festival 祭りの後	096	096	Apr 12, 2012  (12年20号)
37.	Descent 堕ちる	113	113
38.	Trickster トリックスター	131	131
39.	School Emblem on the Chest 胸の校章	149	149
40.	Face-off フェースオフ	171	171
Extra	Omake オマケ	187	187
Volume 5	'-Front: Nihei and Rou; Back: Kosugi and Keiichi-	-	19 Oct, 2012
41.	Ambush 奇襲	003	003
42.	RUSH	019	019
43.	The Deficit Perceived 見抜かれた穴	035	035
44.	Oddball 変わり者	051	051
45.	Chain Reaction 連鎖反応	069	069
46.	Major Debt 大きな借り	087	087
47.	Tied Score 同点弾	105	105
48.	All-out Offensive 全員攻撃	123	123
49.	Considering Oneself 思っていた自分	141	141
50.	Unhinged Loser 狂った犬	159	159
Extra	Omake オマケ	179	179
Volume 6	-All major characters on full cover spread-	-	19 Dec, 2012
51.	Disclosure 露呈	003	003
52.	To Each One's Path それぞれの道	019	019
53.	Warrior's Pilgrimage 武者修行	039	039
54.	Hachinohe Kiyosato's Home 八戸清里の家	057	057
55.	Final Playoff 最後の決戦	077	077
56.	Impregnable 鉄壁	095	095
57.	Guardian Deity 守護神	113	113
58.	Keep on Shining 輝き続ける	133	133
59.	Everything Concluded 全ての決着	151	151
Final 最終話	Run!! 走れッ!!	171	171
スピナマラダ! 外伝 Gaiden	Kyoshinhei-chan's Love 巨神兵ちゃんの恋	-	194
Epilogue	Epilogue	190 191	223 224

Notes

Gallery

Cover of Volume 1

Illustration for Volume 1

Cover of Volume 2

Illustration for Volume 2

Cover of Volume 3

Illustration for Volume 3

Cover of Volume 4

Illustration for Volume 4

Cover of Volume 5

Illustration for Volume 5

Cover of Volume 6

Illustration for Volume 6

Supinamarada! Color Page Poster

Color Illustration Supinmarada! announcing release of Digital version

Color Illustration Supinamarada! Digital Volume Release

Satoru Noda Twitter Illustration for Supinamarada! Volume 1 release

Color Illustration for Breakaway Magazine

Official Color Illustration Supinamarada!

Trivia

• Noda's debut serialization. He had previously worked on shorts and as an assistant.
• The ice hockey magazine Breakaway featured an interview with Noda Satoru about Supinamarada! in it's 1st August, 2011 edition (Breakaway040号). The cover sported a color illustration of Shirakawa Rou. Noda Satoru shared the color version of a Supinamarada! illustration with Keiichi and Rou that was featured for Breakaway magazine in his blog.
• The 'Golden Kamuy' title lettering for chapter 50 was done with the type used for Supinamarada! which resembles a worn skating rink. This was in commemoration of the Supinamarada! volumes being digitized.
• In chapter 60 of Golden Kamuy, Asirpa and group visit a Kotan in Yufutsu, Tomakomai which is the place where Supinamarada! is set.
• There were few Supinamarada! collaborations with Ice Hockey events with color illustrations from the manga being used. One such was a collaboration with Nikko Ice Bucks.
• Each of the six volumes had a profile feature called "Ice Hockey Best Players" on Japan's pro Ice Hockey players of the time. It included comments from the players as well. All positions and affiliations were as of 2011/2012:-

1. Volume 1 - Fukufuji Yutaka(#44, GK, Nikko Ice Bucks-Nikko)
2. Volume 2 - Tanaka Go (#14, FW, Tohoku Free Blades-Hachinohe)
3. Volume 3 - Haruna Masahito(#61, GK, Oji Eagles-Tomakomai)
4. Volume 4 - Shinya Yanadori (#77, DF, Nippon Paper Cranes-Kushiro)
5. Volume 5 - Kuji Shuhei (#21, FW, Oji Eagles-Tomakomai )
6. Volume 6 - Suzuki Takahito (#18, FW, Nikko Ice Bucks-Nikko)

Links

External

1. Japanese Wikipedia page of Supinamarada! (スピナマラダ!)
2. Supinamarada! in ShonenJump+
3. Supinamarada! in WYJ's Yanjan Manga App Website

Golden Kamuy Fandom pages

Characters of Supinamarada!