Ao Ashi

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Japanese: アオアシ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Jan 5, 2015 to ?

Genres: Award Winning, Sports

Theme: Team Sports

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Authors: Kobayashi, Yuugo (Story & Art), Ueno, Naohiko (Story)

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Score: 8.38¹ (scored by 3,786 users)

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Ranked: #206²

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Popularity: #1494

Members: 10,737

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Ranked #206Popularity #1494Members 10,737

MangaBig Comic SpiritsKobayashi, Yuugo (Story & Art), Ueno, Naohiko (Story)

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Ashito Aoi, a third year middle school student from Ehime, meets Tatsuya Fukuda, a "J Youth League" coach. Even though he's still rough around the edges, Ashito has such amazing potential that he gets invited by coach Fukuda to participate in his team's try-outs in Tokyo. The story of the boy who will revolutionize football in Japan begins to unfold.

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Aoi, Ashito

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Ichijou, Hana

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Fukuda, Tatsuya

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Akutsu, Nagisa

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Aoi, Noriko

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Asari, Marchis Jun

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Ootomo, Eisaku

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Togashi, Keiji

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Tachibana, Soichirou

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Aoi, Shun

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Jun 16, 2020

218 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

sakura_koe (All reviews)

37 people found this review helpful

*this is a spoiler free review ;)*

I’ve recently come across Ao Ashi, a soccer manga, and I’ve been blown away by how good it is.
Art:the artist has his own unique style which is a breath of fresh air. U can tell that the artist is very good at sketching cuz even in a soccer match where there are at least 20 characters, the reader can still tell who’s who.

Plot: finally no more of the high school sports club troupe. The manga focuses on the Tokyo Esperion youth football club, which is associated with its own J-League team. Once u start reading it u read more

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Jan 24, 2020

29 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

ORT3GA (All reviews)

24 people found this review helpful

The anime-manga pool has a surprising lack of soccer related series. Being a soccer fan, I am so relieved. Prior to this, I watched Captain Tsubasa and Days. CT was aimed at a much younger demographic and it could not interest me (no insult intended; i know its an og series with immense credibility). Days is plain pathetic and wrong.
Ao Ashi is a fresh breath in the sports genre. It is not bound by the highschool sports club cliche. That is far too overused. This series is all about club soccer with direct ties to the sports scene.
A young middle schooler, Ashito, whose skills in soccer outshine everyone in his small, no name town is noticed by a renowned coach, who grew up in the area. The coach, Fukuda, is impressed by his raw talents and invites him to a tryout in Tokyo. Ashito is a diehard lover of football and Fukuda gives him a glimpse of his dream; the dream to push Japanese football to the international level and with sufficient preparation, dominate the international leagues. The excited Ashito enters a whole new chapter of life, the chapter of hope, possibilities, struggle and fame.
The artwork is extremely good. We get a clean view of everything and the mangaka has a very nice way of portraying the action. We understand how the game is going on. The clear passes, the impact of charges, the tackles, the missed shots, everything stand out beautifully. The character designs are unique with different hairstyles, plenty of expressions and costumes.
The characters have been the best thing so far. Our hero is clearly inspired by Tsubasa. He used to carry his team back in his town and despite being somewhat selfish, he is painfully self aware. He has the skill of judging everyone's positions and knows his way in the field. He's a treasure trove of potential but has a lot of quirks holding him back. We get to see his incredible mental fortitude and his eagerness to keep playing. Despair, skills, injuries, nothing will stop him from pushing harder. The coach is a decorated player with incredible achievements. Due to a terrible injury, he had to retire prematurely and is now, steadily progressing towards his dream. We get the female lead, a very meticulous and resourceful girl who knows a lot about the sport and helps out greatly. For some reason, she takes a liking to Ashito. Then we get the huge amount of players, some of them shining in a surprisingly small amount of time.
Overall, the 29 chapters we fully packed with so many events. Faced paced yet never rushing, this manga has my full attention.

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Nov 11, 2021

273 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Logical_ (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

*carefull spoiler content*

Ao Ashi is football manga that everyone want, that everyone want to know what kind of football when it comes to manga. it's literally tell us how youth player can become pro-player, how they journey is.

The story start with Aoi Ashito play football in middle school tournament. after that tournament he meet fukuda, Fukuda ask him what Aoi thinking in the last goal that he created what a scenario he build and he explain that sittuation the entire field condition. fukuda really impresive with that because Aoi build up the scenario around him and read the entire field, after that Fukuda introduce him read more

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Sep 7, 2020

125 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

mangareader123 (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

Ao ashi is a football manga about a suburban kid who goes to Tokyo to become a pro. The kid’s name is Aoi Ashito.

Story (7)
As you see, the plot sounds nothing original. But the presentation is fresh.
The kid is good but not overpowered.
Instead of shonen logic of “genius son of genius father” or “power of friendship” Ashito grows by practising football/soccer.
He is consistent, stubborn, a little slow to learn but hardworking.

Most football manga like in Inazuma XI, Captain Tsubasa and Days are pretty unrealistic. They are good, but aimed at kids.
This however is VERY realistic. We learn about football— training in Rondo, Passing>dribbling, vision read more

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