Ao Ashi

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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, Sports

Theme: Team Sports

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Authors: Kobayashi, Yuugo (Story & Art), Ueno, Naohiko (Story)

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Score: 8.60¹ (scored by 14,142 users)

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Ranked: #96²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #548

Members: 34,315

Favorites: 1,949

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They are both Soccer
If you like this, you may also like Ao Ashi. 
Ao Ashi is more realistic and is definitely worth to read too 

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Haikyuu!! addpermalink

The mc is very similar in both the mangas. From character design to height personality and traits. Even the weaknesses are also kind of same like lack of raw power, just average techniques, relying only on instincts etc. Both manga try to deal with realistic scenarios rather than giving the characters crazy superpowers. So haikyuu is the volley ball version of ao ashi there are some differences in aspects of storyline but the essence of the mangas are quite same. 

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Just like Haikyuu, Ao Ashi is amazing too. Realistic approach in sports, funny, wholesome, exciting, cool and inspiring. Characters are lovable, high schoolers that aims to become pro, very good and cool coaches, good looking characters. If you love Haikyuu, you will probably love Ao Ashi too. 

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Just like Haikyuu, Ao Ashi is a realistic masterpiece of a sports series but football. However, Ao Ashi do not focuses on school, although they are high schoolers, school scenes are very rare. Ao ashi greatly focuses on football execution and explanations about  it's techniques, different players positions etc. The main setting is on the field where the players are doing their practice, having their practice match, and professional matches, and in the dorms where the players are staying, you know those who passed in the selection exam. There are also scenes for their personal lives that will make you love the story even more. 

Ao ashi is also similar to Haikyuu in terms of emotional aspects. However, Ao ashi is just a bit more deep in emotion and scenes considering it's a seinin series (it tackles racism in sports, etc.) Ao ashi will give you emotional rides like Haikyuu. It will make you cry, happy, sad, mad, excited, hype, determined, inspired and most of all, it will make you fall inlove in the sport it represents.  

And for me, the most part where they are similar is the "teamwork". Sports requires teamwork. You can't play volleyball or football alone. Just like in Haikyuu, teamwork is very important in Ao ashi. You want to play football alone? Get lost. You don't want to cooperate? Leave. You suck? Then improve yourself fast or you will be replaced, or worse, kicked out. (coaches in Ao ashi are very strict, straightforward and can be really mean lol but they're the best). 

"WE DON'T SIGN SUPERSTARS, WE MAKE THEM" - Coach Tatsuya Fukuda

About the pacing, Ao ashi's pacing is a bit faster compared to Haikyuu. Ao ashi's pacing is just right. Not fast, not slow but just right. It complements the flow of events and developments needed in the story perfectly. 

The execution of sports for both (volleyball and haikyuu) is excellent.
Character developments, storyline and dialogues are top-tier.

Ao ashi is very good. I highly recommend it. If you like Haikyuu, or if you like sports specially football, I'm sure you'll like it too. And they are both from Production IG so give it a try, you won't regret it. 
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Diamond no Ace addpermalink

Both are coming-of-age stories where a protagonist with a special skill is scouted to play in a prestigious sports academy team. In their quest to become part of their new team and succeed they are brought to face harsh truths about themselves and must learn to perceive their own sport in new ways. 

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Be Blues! Ao ni Nare addpermalink

Football manga with similar setting , has 2 characters who're in in love with the mc 

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Both have incredibly similar stories, but one of them has younger characters while the other one professional adult players. 

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Baby Steps addpermalink

- Both series manage to tell about the competitive sports in a realistic way. 
- Main characters have talent but they have to work hard in order to get better
- One of the rare cases in sports series where potential love interest has impact on the story

If you like Aoashi or Baby Steps for these reasons there's a high chance you could check out both. 

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Hajime no Ippo addpermalink

Both are realistic and focuses on sports execution and techniques that they represents. The dialogues are both great, very inspiring, very exciting matches, very good matches, the emotional aspect and storyline of both series is great. Both top tier, peak fictions, highly recommended.  

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Ookiku Furikabutte addpermalink

Both are enjoyable stories about high school sports with thought-out game tactics and equal concentration on game plays and character development. 

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Deep 3 addpermalink

Both are seinen manga featuring a highschooler MC with a passion for their sport and dreaming of going pro. 

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Days addpermalink

If you like the team aspect of soccer and following the characters as they develop in Ao Ashi, Days should be the next manga to read.  

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