Be Blues! Ao ni Nare

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His manga ended prematurely, I thought we would see the protagonist going to a team, playing a world cup, but it ends with him in the second year. I always delude myself with sports manga, because of MAJOR who gave me a complete story of the beginning in sports, school, professional and world career, whenever I read a sports manga I imagine that I can get to that, apparently it won't having a manga like MAJOR that really focuses on the protagonist's life from the beginning to the professional career and the end of it.
Note 7, for the early ending.

Ao ni nare/ Be Blues

It is a shonen manga about a kid Ryuu Ichijou who wants to turn blue ie. wear Blue jersey of the Japanese National Football team.

I say it's shonen but it is without the usual tropes. In this story the protagonist levels up by his own effort, he plans for success, and from time to time gets unlucky too. We see him struggling and he responds in a realistic manner.
This is unlike other shonen where the MC gets sudden powerups, has amazing genes due to a legendary father, and is always lucky to meet great teachers who teach them forbidden techniques.

STORY
The story ... is simple. Boy wants to be a footballer. But in this simplicity lies beauty. There are no villains here. Only real life struggles and people who overcome. Highly inspiring.

ART
The artwork is good. Football movements are well explained in matches, making it easy to understand.

CHARACTERS
This is where the manga truly shines. You fall in love with these guys, you cheer for them and wish for their success.

ENJOYMENT
Full enjoyment!! There is never a full moment here. I read 60 chapters in one day. The only problem is that only 80 chapters have been scanlated so far. But a new one comes out every week.


Recommendation:
All sports fans, football fans especially please read this. If you want an inspirational story-read this.
This is one of the most underrated manga out there!

Thanks for reading!

I will keep it simple.

Be Blues has the worst Mc in a story I´ve ever read I´ve never seen a more boring and bland mc.
The characters are all pretty bland but he is by far the worst one.

The story is basic too, we follow the journey of the mc and his desire to join the japanese soccer team. He gets injured while prottecting his friend, struggles for 2 years but quickly gets better, there`s no internal strugle nothing, he genuinly feels like a robot.

The matches and the art are the best thing about the manga, the matches are genuinly entertaining, so if you dont really ... care about anything i complained about, and you love football i would still recommend it, just because you might enjoy the matches.

Be Blues defnitely deserves the praise it gets which is none.
It`s a solid 6.
I would probably rate it lower if i kept reading, because i doubt the characters and story gets any better