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Ao Ashi (Manga) add (All reviews)
Jun 20, 2022
Preliminary (295/? chp)
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.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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