Ranked #1949

Fantasista (Manga)

Fantasista is a sport manga about football. This manga is different with other manga like Captain Tsubasa and Shoot. This manga is realistic enough and doesn't have some special super non-sense technique in it.

The story in this manga revolves around a teenager boy named Teppei Sakamoto. Like the title implied he is a player that you called a Fantasista player (a player that has a good creativity and usually has free role in the team).

The story in this manga is divided into two arc. The first arc is highschool arc which is the beginning of the story. In this arc Teppei is summoned by her sister to play for her team in Mizumoto high school soccer team. But because he is a country boy and always plays alone. He didn't know how to pass his teammate which brought a disaster for his team. After this match Teppei begins to develop as a player along with his effort to bring his team to play in the national tournament.

The second arc is Milan arc. In this arc Teppei couldn't hold his desire anymore to play in the same level with his rival Marco Quolle (a star player from Italy youth team that he met in Japan youth cup) so he decided to join with Milan youth team. In this arc he is being taught and trained to become a good pro player. This arc reached the climax when Teppei was called by the Japan youth to play in the youth world cup.

The quality of the artwork in this manga is good. They drawn the characters, the technique that being used, and the background quite well.

The characters in here are quite likeable. In here we have Teppei, a football player that tries his best to become a good player. He also has a "not want to lose" attitude which really helps him to develop as a player and also sometimes funny to read. We also have some characters from his high school, national team, and youth team. Although you will find some of them as an annoying character, but overall you will like all the character in this series.

Overall, Fantasista is a good manga about football that will keep your interest in reading it. The match and techniques that being displayed is realistic enough. Also, the character's transition from an amateur player to a professional player is also felt realistic and normal. The match is really enjoyable to be read and sometimes you will like the techniques that being displayed in here.

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First of all, I'm a huge football fan. I'm not talking about someone who just watches the game, I'm talking someone who analyzes the games, who reads interviews and post-game stuff as well.

What I love most about Fantasista is that it gives me a sense of amazement. Teppei is just incredibly talented, but in a realistic way. He isn't super quick, he doesn't score from 50 yards, he isn't super strong. He's just very clever, very intelligent (on the field at least) and very skilled at what he's doing. He stands out, but other players do that as well.

The manga is funny, it has a lot of humor. The art is pretty good, the characters are all drawn pretty realistically and the author is good at portraying the game of football in a convincing and realistic way. The characters are all realistic, they behave like 99% of people would, which I enjoy, but they also have their own personalities and quirks that make them even more believable.

The story is a little hollow at the moment, which is normal for most sports mangas, but it's still a very good read if you're a football and manga fanatic like me. read more