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1. The Art of Motion: Tsurumaikada’s depiction of figure skating is notoriously difficult to translate. The raw panels show incredible fluidity. Seeing the raw Japanese kanji for jump names (e.g., Axel, Lutz) often looks cleaner than translated text.
2. No Delay: Japanese digital volumes (via Kodansha) release months ahead of the English physical copies.
3. Study Tool: For artists and students of Japanese, Medalist uses a mix of sports terminology and everyday drama, making it a great raw reading exercise.

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Why Read the Raw?

For non-Japanese speakers, reading the Medalist raw is a puzzle. You lose the sharp, emotional dialogue and the technical coaching jargon. However, you gain pacing. You linger on a spread for thirty seconds because you have to decode the body language, not just the text.