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Exciting, fun, realistic and educational. Ao Ashi has all the elements that I'm looking for in a sports anime. As expected from Production IG, they animated another good sports series where they represent a certain sport (football in ao ashi) seriously and in a very cool way.

Story 10/10: Just watching the first episode, I can immediately tell that this anime has a great plot/storyline. We follow Ashito's journey as a youth football player in Esperion, a youth team, as he grows and develop his skills in order to become a professional football player. But the story provides us more than just following Ashito's journey: every ... episodes, we basically learning an overall idea about the sport football, how football is in Japan and how great this sport is. Football details and tactics is overflowing, professional football players are getting mentioned, very good dialogues and relatable story. I'm hooked. The story definitely takes it's time to progress, which I know people with no patience hate the most, but it's honestly a big plus to me because I hate undeveloped and rushed stories, specially when were talking about sports anime. Ao Ashi is developing slowly but surely, and in a very satisfying way.

Characters 10/10. Ao Ashi characters are so diverse and well-written. Each of them have different personalities, nationalities, ethnicity, and color. I love it. I love how the characters are lovable in their own way and I'm looking forward to seeing each of them every week. Now, maybe a lot of people hate Ashito, our mc, for being so loud and idiotic like. But it's funny to me how he, himself, admits that he's an idiot. One thing I like about Ashito is straightforward nature and transparency. He's so expressive, he says what he wants, he do what he wants, you can tell what he's feeling by just looking at his face. But then, another great personality of Ashito is that, despite being prideful, he's willing to learn. His willingness to learn and to change is just admirable. You tell him he has mistakes, he will find that mistake, confront and ask everyone about it, then he will show a character development in a very unexpected way. He's full of surprises.

Art (9/10): The art style might be what turns you away, but I find it refreshing and unique. It may be hard for you to start because you're used to pretty characters, but I can assure you that you will love the art eventually and realize that ao ashi characters are pretty good looking too specially when you get to know them. Ao Ashi's art is not overwhelmingly good nor edgy, it's graphics and animation is not out-of-this-world amazing, but it's good enough to keep you continue the show and still enjoy. Anime can't adapt exactly what's in the manga, that's true, but Ao Ashi made a decent and solid adaptation for the first season. Though I'm hoping for animation improvement in season 2.

Sounds & Music (10/10):
Opening and ending theme songs in Ao ashi is really something to be praised. They are very good and addicting you should listen to them. OST's are good too. I wouldn't call them the best, but it has character in it. OST's fit into their respective scenes, some of them even have the power to move you to feel energized or sad or even shocked. As mentioned above the music combined with the scene in the game really has an impact.

Enjoyment 10/10: I enjoy it a lot. I even googled football terms and tactics that are getting used and showed in the anime. I also googled all the real life football players that are getting mentioned. For me, a series that can pique my interest and attention, and can make me love the sport that it represents, that's more than enough to give it a high score.

Overall 10/10: I highly recommend this anime to all sports anime fans. Come and watch it too☺️❤️

This is my first venture into sports genre, and Ao Ashi just sucked me into it like a blackhole. I've never watched a single football game, and never showed interest in the sport. I honestly thought I wouldn't like this series because I'm not a fan of sports in general but since it's getting an anime and is pretty popular too, I decided, why not give it a try? Just for experience. And now I can honestly say, Ao Ashi is now one of my favorite manga of all time.

Story (10/10) is pretty straightforward: we follow Ashito's journey as a youth football player in Esperion, ... a youth team, as he grows and develop his skills in order to become a professional player. But the story provides us more than just following Ashito's journey: we basically learned an overall idea about the sport football, how football is in Japan and how great this sport is. Football details and tactics is overflowing, professional football players are getting mentioned and described, insane plot twists and good dialogues. I'm hooked. They managed to make this series very fun, exciting and educational at the same time. The story definitely takes it's time to progress which is a very big plus to me, making it more realistic and relatable, and definitely paid of the wait.

Characters (10/10) The strongest elements of this manga is the major plot twists and awesome character developments. Ashito who started very poorly as a player, became a good player in a very satisfying and overwhelming way. He's now one of the most important player in their team, and now continuing to improve with the help of his captain and coaches, preparing himself more for the world stage together with his team Esperion. I fell in love with Ashito, I fell in love with all the characters. Well-written, lovable and memorable.

Art (10/10) I find Ao Ashi's art refreshing and clean. It's not overwhelmingly beautiful and edgy but there's something in the art that's making it so addicting. The atmosphere? The hint of a darkness in it? I don't know I can't explain. But one thing I'm sure is it's good and it is getting prettier as the story progress.

Also, one thing I noticed about the art too is how the author portrays the looks of the characters based on their progress, for example, Ashito started very skinny then at the later parts of the story, we can see how he gained muscles by constant training and with the help of his captain who trains him. Same with the other characters. The art is improving together with the story. I like it.

Enjoyment(10/10) I enjoyed it a lot I'm surprised too myself. This is my first time reading a sports manga and I'm glad Ao Ashi exceeded my expectations. Far exceeded to be honest. I even googled some football informations that said in the manga because I'm so interested.

Overall 10/10: Ao ashi is very good. It's excellent in my opinion. The more I read it, I can always expect a good dose of humour and thrill. I highly recommend this series and start reading it immediately. It's worth it, trust me.