Ao Ashi - Ch. 402 - That Country's Name

[MangaDex]

 

[Miaky]

What a chapter ! I really hope Esperion score the last goal

 

[uffern]

this is so peak

 

[Triangle_Hater]

I really hope they score. Those tributes are amazing. End it next week please so i can re read the whole barca vs esperion arc.

 

[sleepyk2210]

That 2018 Belgium match would always be weird to me. I could never understand why almost all outfield players of Japan went into the box for a last minute corner against significantly taller opponents then got countered.
Even if they didn't get much stamina left, going to extra time then defending for the shootout is much better choice.

 

[Zatheus]

Man, this manga truly is peak.

I know is not a good thing to compare different things, but Ao Ashi captures football so much better than Blue Lock does. Most teams are not Barcelona, they struggle and suffer more often than they win, but they keep going, they keep fighting. It's so well illustrated in those pages, man. It was enough to get me teary eyed thinking in the club I follow.

 

[Knighto]

I felt so bad in the game with Belgium (I have a Japanese friend and we talked a lot at the time), japan made a perfect first half, then they got curbstomped by mostly physical pressure, weird that Fellaini was the key player of that match.

 

[livesofflight]

Didn’t think so many years ago when I started reading this manga, that it would ultimately be about Japanese nationalism.

 

[kurobaraito]

GOATOMO

 

[TheOne9387]

This manga together with blue lock will do what slam dunk did for basketball in japan

 

[fappingkills]

Damian flags incoming

 

[Knighto]

This manga together with blue lock will do what slam dunk did for basketball in japan

pretty sure Captain Tsubasa already did that bud.

 

[HiddenKARD11]

Man, this manga truly is peak.

I know is not a good thing to compare different things, but Ao Ashi captures football so much better than Blue Lock does. Most teams are not Barcelona, they struggle and suffer more often than they win, but they keep going, they keep fighting. It's so well illustrated in those pages, man. It was enough to get me teary eyed thinking in the club I follow.

What team do you follow?

 

[banzomona]

The writing for this game is so inconsistent imo. A top football academy itw doesn't get surprised by tactics like these. Fcb look like they're newbies without knowledge. Spanish youth football has some of the best academies with different styles of play, write Esperion reaching international top level instead of bringing the other team down. They also look so nervous, it's like they're playing in the youth champions league final. Almost anything can happen in youth sports, and this is an animanga so I understand the shonen sprinkles but it could've been a lot more realistic (especially considering realism is one of the signature characteristics of this work). Although I played another sport I did face Barcelona's youth team like 8 times and this depiction is not it. They're the closest to professionals. It's a pity that I can't suspend my disbelief.

 

[Zatheus]

What team do you follow?

I doubt you know it, it's O'Higgins.

 

[Matikkkii]

Speaking of 2018 WC, they should have shown Poland Vs Japan. The samurais Vs the Hussars, what a match that was.

Nah just joking, it was a shit draw where neither team even tried to attack after the first 45 minutes. Japan was advancing with a draw, and Poland was fighting for nothing since they lost their first 2 matches.

Still annoyed how we lost our golden generation, prime Lewy, prime Krychowiak, Piszczek, Błaszczykowski, Szczęsny and so on, nearly won a medal at euro 2016, barely getting eliminated by the eventual winners, Portugal.

2 years later? 1 point as the team from 1st pot, with such powerhouses as Japan, Senegal and Colombia. 1 fucking point basically given to us by the Japanese team. Fucking hell I despise our national team association so fucking much. Sorry for the rant.

 

[Duckiedoggo]

I felt so bad in the game with Belgium (I have a Japanese friend and we talked a lot at the time), japan made a perfect first half, then they got curbstomped by mostly physical pressure, weird that Fellaini was the key player of that match.

Fellaini has always been great at physical battles on midfield though, especially on Jose's era at United. That final against Ajax He single-handedly dominates the Ajax's midfield and made them unable to progress the ball comfortably.

On the other note, it's funny to see that the Author starting the series with glazing over tiki-taka like no tomorrow, as if it's the greatest stuff on earth, and all of a sudden He went Dai-nippon banzai and make a random high-school club in japan going head-to-head with Barcelona lol.

 

[Knighto]

Speaking of 2018 WC, they should have shown Poland Vs Japan. The samurais Vs the Hussars, what a match that was.

Nah just joking, it was a shit draw where neither team even tried to attack after the first 45 minutes. Japan was advancing with a draw, and Poland was fighting for nothing since they lost their first 2 matches.

Still annoyed how we lost our golden generation, prime Lewy, prime Krychowiak, Piszczek, Błaszczykowski, Szczęsny and so on, nearly won a medal at euro 2016, barely getting eliminated by the eventual winners, Portugal.

2 years later? 1 point as the team from 1st pot, with such powerhouses as Japan, Senegal and Colombia. 1 fucking point basically given to us by the Japanese team. Fucking hell I despise our national team association so fucking much. Sorry for the rant.

not gonna lie, your team made me lost a lot of bets, ffs Lewandowski was the best forward in the world and they couldn't do shit U.u.
They could have shown Japan vs Denmark or how they lost to Paraguay by Pk in 2010.

Fellaini has always been great at physical battles on midfield though, especially on Jose's era at United. That final against Ajax He single-handedly dominates the Ajax's midfield and made them unable to progress the ball comfortably.

On the other note, it's funny to see that the Author starting the series with glazing over tiki-taka like no tomorrow, as if it's the greatest stuff on earth, and all of a sudden He went Dai-nippon banzai and make a random high-school club in japan going head-to-head with Barcelona lol.

the glaze on Iniesta was a lot, well they still do, there's also Ootomo's style of play is closer to Xavi style though.

 

[razxiko]

Didn’t think so many years ago when I started reading this manga, that it would ultimately be about Japanese nationalism.

Not really nationalism. More like love for the sport

 

[Soulex]

i can't lose this manga