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Synonyms: Aoashi
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 Award Winning, Sports Sports
Theme: Team Sports Team Sports
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Kobayashi, Yuugo (Story & Art), Ueno, Naohiko (Story)

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Score: 8.611 (scored by 1483214,832 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #992
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #511
Members: 37,143
Favorites: 2,059

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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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Ao Ashi ranked fourth for the 10th Manga Taisho Award in 2017. The series won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2020, along with Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen.
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Characters

Aoi, Ashito
Aoi, Ashito
Main
Ichijou, Hana
Ichijou, Hana
Main
Fukuda, Tatsuya
Fukuda, Tatsuya
Main
Akutsu, Nagisa
Akutsu, Nagisa
Supporting
Ootomo, Eisaku
Ootomo, Eisaku
Supporting
Asari, Marchis Jun
Asari, Marchis Jun
Supporting
Togashi, Keiji
Togashi, Keiji
Supporting
Kuribayashi, Haruhisa
Kuribayashi, Haruhisa
Supporting
Aoi, Noriko
Aoi, Noriko
Supporting
Kaidou, Anri
Kaidou, Anri
Supporting

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18 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Jun 16, 2020
sakura_koe
Recommended
Preliminary (218/? eps)
*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 ...
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Jan 24, 2020
ORT3GA
Recommended
Preliminary (29/? eps)
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 ...
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Mar 6, 2024
argy97
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (340/? eps)
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Plot: (6/10)
Football, aoi the mc wants to become Van Basten and he gets a call up from a youth squad of tokyo, he joins the team he becomes friends with his teamates but turns out the manager wanted him to become roberto carlos so they change him position to the left back and the plot moves on covering a part of the season with the small youth team and then eventually he will move on to the bigger youth team.
The Pacing is bad its way too slow at times and fast in others, it takes time to establish the characters and opposing teams at the ...
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Manga 'Ao Ashi' Receives TV Anime for Spring 2022

Manga 'Ao Ashi' Receives TV Anime for Spring 2022

Publisher Shogakukan announced a television anime adaptation of Yuugo Kobayashi's Ao Ashi (Aoashi) on Friday. The anime series is scheduled for premiere in Spri...read more

May 27, 2021 9:34 PM by Vindstot | Discuss (13 comments)

Winners of the 65th Shougakukan Manga Awards Announced

Winners of the 65th Shougakukan Manga Awards Announced

Publisher Shougakukan announced the winners of its 65th Manga Awards on Wednesday. General Ao Ashi Serialized in Big Comic Spirits since January 2015, Ao Ashi is a ...read more

Jan 22, 2020 2:59 PM by Sakana-san | Discuss (10 comments)


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