Ao Haru Ride

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Synonyms: Blue Spring Ride, Aoharaido, Strobe Edge, Sono Omokage wo Shitteru

Japanese: アオハライド AO―HARU―RIDE

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 13

Chapters: 53

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 13, 2011 to Feb 13, 2015

Genre: Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Bessatsu Margaret

Authors: Sakisaka, Io (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.15¹ (scored by 89,960 users)

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Ranked: #477²

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MangaBessatsu MargaretSakisaka, Io (Story & Art)

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While most girls desire popularity among boys, Futaba Yoshioka wants the exact opposite. After attracting many admirers back in middle school which resulted in her being shunned by her female classmates, she decided that high school will be her chance to revamp her image. Therefore, she starts acting unfeminine and indifferent to boys, allowing her to make some "friends" along the way.

Little does Futaba know, her life will take another drastic turn when her first love, Kou Mabuchi, returns after his sudden disappearance years ago in middle school. Despite his extended absence, the fond memories they shared together still linger in her mind, and she wishes to return to those days. But she realizes that the sweet, gentle boy of the past has completely vanished, and in his place stands someone cold and pessimistic. While he admits that her feelings for him back then were mutual, he warns that they can never go back to the past, as everything, including him, has changed.

Ao Haru Ride follows Futaba as she searches for true love and friendship, all while trying her best to stay true to herself.

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Ao Haru Ride was adapted to a live-action film which released in Japan on December 13, 2014.

This series was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from October 2, 2018 to October 6, 2020. The series was published in Polish as Ścieżki Młodości: Ao Haru Ride by Waneko from February 2014 to February 2016. It has been published in Spain by Editorial Ivrea as Aoha Ride from March 2015 to February 2016, and in Argentina by the same publisher since June 2017.

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Alternative version:	Ao Haru Ride
Side story:	Ao Haru Ride: Special Booklet, Ao Haru Ride: Awaken
Other:	Ore Ride!!, Strobe Edge
Adaptation:	Ao Haru Ride, Ao Haru Ride OVA

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Mabuchi, Kou

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Yoshioka, Futaba

Main

Kikuchi, Touma

Supporting

Ichinose, Ren

Supporting

Murao, Shuuko

Supporting

Kinoshita, Ninako

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Tanaka, Youichi

Supporting

Kominato, Aya

Supporting

Makita, Yuuri

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Uchimiya, Haruhiko

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Feb 18, 2015

LechugaStacker

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I was so moved by this manga that I actually gave a fuck to write a review about it. I'm going to try to make this spoil free as possible so don't worry, after reading this review you'll still be able to completely read the manga without disappointment. Now let's begin.

Now for Shoujo romance set in high school. This whole boy falls in love with girl, but boy is too much off a pussy to confess to girl love complex cliche is repetitive to no end, but this certain manga adds a little twist so don't fret just ... yet. The main grill in this manga Futaba actually pursues the main male character Kou. So right off the bat you already know she wants the D. That right there already should be a sign that this is going to be heat. There are scenes in this manga that literately put me to tears. Now, nothing in my whole anime career has ever put me to cry like a LITTLE BITCH, but Ao Haru Ride wins this one. I broke down into tears (several times). There are also heart wrenching scenes that actually made me contemplate my own life decisions. When the manga hits you that hard, you know this shit's good. There are some cliches in this, tbh there actually cute cliches, not annoying cute but something as light as facial expressions, reactions, thoughts, and awkward situations. Those are the real hitters right there, those are the ones that get you hooked into this.

Let's be honest fam, the art of this manga is 11/10 when it comes to comparing other Shoujo manga's. I mean you look at something like Skip Beat, Orange, Horimiya and the characters faces look like a fucking CANNOLI! You look at the facial expressions of Ao Haru Ride and you just contemplate right there how you will never be as good looking as a drawn manga character in your entire life. So basically the art of this manga just GG'd every Shoujo manga out there for the most part. Jokes aside, this manga's art is down right fucking gorgeous.

Let's discuss these characters, I don't wanna spoil anything here so i'm going to be pretty general. The love between Futaba and Kou is so god damn cute bruh, like fuck. Why can't real life love be this good. Each character adds plot twists that will leave you mind-blown, the supporting characters also add suspense and little side-story's during the story. Majority of the time the manga is centered on just both Kou and Futaba. That's all i'm going to say about the characters.

Enjoyement, well considering this manga made me contemplate my life, made me crash into tears, and even made me contemplate actual REAL LIFE ROMANCE. I enjoyed this manga maybe a little too much.

Overall, 10/10 this manga is brilliant. I've read several Shoujo's and Slice of Life's but none are even on the same leverage as this piece. I loved every single moment of it. I know this review was a little flamboyant, vulgar, and excessive but there's no other way I can describe how great this experience is. Do your life a favor and read Ao Haru Ride.

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Feb 15, 2015

AnimeZ0id

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So this is a very updated review that I'm making since this manga is now complete.

Story: 7/10 - I really loved how the started off the manga. The plot was slightly cliche but was pretty decent. Like how they built up Kou's character to finally reveal his sad backstory. But in the later arcs, I feel as if the whole "love triangle" ordeal was a bit too much. It had pointless drama and the drastic character change in Kou towards the later chapters of the manga felt forced. So forced & drastic I didn't even think that was actually his character. I felt like the ...

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Apr 26, 2015

Bacchai

Recommended

This manga made an incredibly good first impression on me. As it went on, I ended up finding it ordinary, a pretty good read overall, but nothing that special to it.

The first chapters are about how to fit in. It is a theme that I relate a lot to, so I'm quite biased about it. Truth is, it is a very overdone theme in mangas, and especially in shoujos - Kimi ni todoke or the likes - and has been done in a more in-depth manner - for example OreGairu.
What struck me about Ao Haru Ride is that the viewpoint was subtly different and ...

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