Apr 28, 2024
I want to begin this review with my conclusion; Atarashii Ashi de Kakenukero is TRULY a well-thoguht, documented and nicely developed manga, that, in my opinion, could have gone way further than 38 chapters.
As a person with a physical disability myself, I tend to lean into these kind of spocons about para-sports more than any other kind and, going into this manga, I was a bit skepticaL Spocons, and mostly any shonen that portrays diabilities tend to show those characters as physically weak yet with a great spirit, and it's getting BORING.
So, I expected one of those again, and I was ready to call
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it mid, but the fact that it went and throw 90% of that character archtype away for the MC surprised me for good. The moments where the prothetist (a typical over the top, super postive and dreamy guy) explains the details about that industry, the protheses, para-athletics, or event "ghost pain" are ACTUALLY accurate. Needless to say, that's a huge win for the author and the manga.
Art-wise, and character design-wise... It's a spocon for young people so, yes, average. Well drawn characters, places (I guess, never been in Japan). That's the only negative part of this series (apart from its length), the MC design it's easy to distinguish as he is the para-athlete but the rest, a redesign of a redesign, of a redesign, of a redesign... Id' say: one of the athletics club senpains reminds me of Tsuneo, the Doraemon's character.
To wrap this up, I think it could have gone further, yes. As any spocon there is a possibility for different archs: local, tournaments, qualifiers for nationals, nationals, overseas tournaments, para-olympics, etc. And I'd be happy if there were more chapters, but I think that would have played against itself. It'd have got into more detail about the industry and that is a point were the community divides. It would have lost a few readers along the way, 100% sure.
For me, 8/10 cause it's a GREAT manga to start with if you are interested into para-sports. If you want to keep going down this hill, next stop is REAL by Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk's author).
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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