Ao Ashi - Vol. 4 Ch. 32 - Pitch White

[MangaDex]

 

[repomen]

Another 2 weeks 1/2 thanks for the chapter anyways! i want more!!!!!

 

[EmperorBR]

Basically, he has the footballing IQ of a rock and can't understand shit of tactics, but he has the capacity for improvisation.

 

[Cynic]

That's what happens when you have a MC who started playing in a small town where the sport isn't taken that seriously. You have no one to teach you that stuff when you and your friends are playing for fun.

Of course, everything they say is still true. Does he have the ability to be taught?

 

[TheFiller]

Nice this manga is alive thanks

 

[jaeparku]

Blues Ao Ni nare is a much better soccer manga

 

[yoshiii]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Cynic]

@jaeparku I stopped reading as soon as they introduced what looked like a love triangle. I doubt I'm missing anything and it's probably reached 100 chapters. This one has 30 translated chapters, I wouldn't compare.

 

[Melvin]

Ooo a really good chapter. I like the individual tactics part although I would call it game sense/football IQ. He definitely doesn't have any of that and honestly, his singular brilliance really isn't enough to justify having in the team. But then again, it can be taught eventually.

 

[shase]

Thanks a lot for the new chapter. I am really enjoying this manga.

 

[fodderchara18]

We went for a more literal approach translating, but football IQ sounds about right indeed @Melvin

 

[Melvin]

@fodderchara18 Oh I didn't meant that individual tactics was wrong. I just thought aloud that it means football IQ to me and most commonly presented as a buzzword to me from media (i.e De Bruyne has great football IQ etc)

Thanks for the translations.

 

[fodderchara18]

Yup yup, I think they are similar concepts. Individual tactics probably relate to both "game sense" and knowing how your own individual movements can influence the team's strategy as a whole. An intelligent player like De Bruyne or Kroos knows how to read the game and the players around them, making often the best choices at any given moment. So, definitely "football iq" in that sense. I believe that's what the mangaka is also trying to say here.

 

[Duckiedoggo]

So Ashito are playing just like the old time poacher like Inzaghi who can't play shit but managed to scoring goals most of the time


Interesting

 

[tprat]

@Duckiedoggo it's the opposite inzaghi didn't have the technicality but was very good tactically. He knew exactly when to make a run.

 

[Duckiedoggo]

@tprat that's what I mean with can't play shit tho hahahahaha

He can't play football, but he know how to scoring goals. And that's what all matters

 

[ALOC]

"You cannot verbalize your moves so you cannot repeat them"

LATINAMERICAN: LOOOOL

 

[vexxar]

so basically he's brain dead when it comes to actual football, all he knows is how to materiliaze a goal with the help of his bird's eye like field of view... This is interesting, I never thought a football player incapable of individual tactics could even play at the Youth level, so coach Date is absolutely right on with his prediction, that is assuming that Ashito doesn't develop. Playing with instinct makes sense at the highest level but that's only because of game sense polished through tens of thousands of touches. The way he is now he can't think past scoring a goal, he has decent instincts but his football knowledge is zero.

 

[MyBuddySuperFly]

He was able to verbalize his past plays just fine when explicitly asked about them though?
He may not have completely understood everything but he can do it just fine already if he actually tries.
Such dumb logic.

 

[CanerieRoe]

God I hate people like this. Young athletes coming to programs like this entrust their future and personal aspirations to their coaches. Their coaches are there to nurture and raise them, not berate them behind closed doors and make efforts to “expose them as a fraud” before the first fucking practice. Arrogance like that shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near these types of facilities. They already did the tryouts; they already proved their worth enough to be admitted. You still don’t think they have what it takes? You better figure out how, because you’re going to have to be the one rooting for them even when nobody else will. That’s what being a coach is.

And speaking on the “doesn’t know tactics” thing: he’s literally never played for or against anyone who has ever required any sophisticated tactics. Yeah, a smarter player would still have developed a more tactical mindset, but the idea that “it’s not that he wasn’t taught how, or that he doesn’t want to […] it’s that he cannot do it” is one of the most laughably offensive things you could possibly say about a human being.

I’m only upset because people like this exist in real life who stymie the potential of young athletes because of their own self importance. This is a manga; this conflict will have no material consequences; the era of sports manga protagonists ousting shitty coaches is well behind us. I’m still annoyed as hell and put off by this rather early development