Ao no Hako
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This looks really good...

So first off, I really like the concept of a mix between romance and sports series and it feels fresh (although there are probably other series with the same concept). It looks like it's going to be more focused on the romance side. I don't mind because after We Never Learn was finished, I was waiting for a romance series from Shonen Jump, but it would be nice to be focused on sports also (60% romance and 40% sports) because after reading Haikyuu!!, I was craving a new sports manga.

I already like the characters. The two side characters that were introduced ... look funny and interesting and for the main characters, the girl is really cute and has a great personnality and the guy looks and acts like a lot of male shonen protagonists in a romance series, but somehow, I really like him. Maybe it's because I am also a badminton player, so I can relate to why he likes badminton and it's funny when he's flustered.

Also there was a one-shot of this and before the guy played volleyball, so maybe the author changed to the guy playing badminton because badminton is a one player sport, so there could be a clash of ideals between playing alone and playing with a team and by the end, the main characters could understand why the other likes to play alone and with a team.

The art kind of looks like a shoujo manga and it looks really good. There were few panels where they were playing sports, but it looks like the panels and the spreads where they'll be playing sports continuously in the future will be top-notch.

The only thing I'm kind of worried is how the author is going advance the plot forward. Having read the one-shot, even though I wanted more, I thought there was no need to have more than a few other chapters, but still, I'm optimistic.

Other than that, it looks really wholesome and cute and I'm really excited for the future of this series. If it goes the way I think it will, it could easily be one of my favourites series.

P.S.: Sorry if it sounds a bit clunky, I don't really speak or write that great in english.

Btw its my first time writing a review so please have mercy.

Minor Spoiler!!

Story 9/10
Now to sum it up. We have our two main character first we have Taiki Inomata he's a third year in junior high and a badminton player he lives with her mother who was a basketball player in her young age. second we have Chinatsu Kanoa a basketball player she's in her first year of high school. But in unfortunate circumstances her parent were moving abroad but she decide to stay. And that's were the lovely disaster start.

For the first chapter the author made a great job introducing us to the manga ... every panel are fun to read and the pacing is great.

Art 9/10
Ohh man! the art looks clean, our main female character she looks beautiful and, every panel looks solid. Not only that i see even the shooting style for basketball they made it looks good/correct form.

Character 8/10
For the character i love both of them they have good chemistry together. It's pretty interesting to look forward to see them grow more with each other.

Enjoyment 9/10
I did enjoy the first chapter and i really like the concept but, i cant say for the future chapter and how the author advance with the story.

Overall 9/10
If you are having a doubt if this manga is good go for it. Or waiting for the manga to have a higher score i would say give it a try enjoy it if it didn't fit your taste you can skip it.

PS.. sorry if my English is bad but i tried my best to deliver every sentence. Hope you enjoy the series!.

This manga would be decent, if not for the fact that one-shot of it exists.

The one-shot sets up high expectations for what is to come, which had me in high hopes and overflowing excitement. Characters were brave, the story was very enjoyable and the romance, oh my god, let me tell you. The romance had actually accomplished more in those 40 pages than the whole manga in 91 chapters. One may say that the one-shot was a huge success. Only to be baited by another long-ass slugfest romance shounen, but this time with a sports setting, which constantly goes back and forth and nothing ... really happens.

Well that is not completely true, 'cause on some occasions, when something is finally happening and you think the story is progressing forward, you will get hit by the enemy called 'story trope' followed by a huge sigh of despair.

But not all is gray, because when this manga hits, it hits right, you just need to wait for it and wait some more.

So would I recommend it? Ehh, I guess maybe for the art and two or three side characters, otherwise no.

TL;DR - Read the one-shot and be happy with your life