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Synonyms: Midnight Diner
Japanese: アオアシ
English: Aoashi
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 40
Chapters: 412
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 5, 2015 to Jun 23, 2025
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: 8.681 (scored by 1865518,655 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #782
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #455
Members: 43,907
Favorites: 2,433

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To the world stage! Glory and ambition lie ahead of young Ashito Aoi as he takes the first steps to becoming a pro soccer player. But after being catapulted into a new harsh environment, can he hold onto his spider's thread and climb his way to the top?

A fateful encounter on Futami Beach in Ehime, Japan leads to the meeting between Fukuda Tatsuya; once a rising star and a player on the cusp of greatness whose career ended all too soon, and Aoi Ashito; a brash and hot-headed striker who loves soccer despite his selfish tendencies.

After being selected to try out for the Tokyo City Esperion Youth club, Ashito Aoi stakes his future on the chance to create a better life for his single mother and older brother, all while realizing his own shortcomings and dealing with the highly competitive world of J-Youth Soccer.

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BackgroundAo 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
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Ichijou, Hana
Ichijou, Hana
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Fukuda, Tatsuya
Fukuda, Tatsuya
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Akutsu, Nagisa
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Ootomo, Eisaku
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Asari, Marchis Jun
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Kuribayashi, Haruhisa
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Kaidou, Anri
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Aoi, Noriko
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21 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Mar 28, 2026
Dibiddy
Recommended
Greatest piece of fiction

From the dynamics, plot, characters, story, romance, everything was amazing this may be bias but this is the greatest piece of fiction to grace this planet and I will die on this hill

Although it had an open ending which isn't my favourite thing ever, the conclusion before the last chapter was beautiful. There was a good build up for the ending as we can see Aoi growing as a player and understanding what kind of player he really wants to be after training with the senior team, the Barca match with Aoi pushing his potential, and in the end when a year ...
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Aug 7, 2025
argy97
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (340/412 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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Aug 14, 2025
TitusPullo
Not Recommended
Since it's rated 8.7 on MAL, and it focuses on U-18 professional clubs rather than high school, I thought it would be similar to "Catenaccio" another such manga.

But Aoi Ashito feels like he's written to make you like him, and feels too artificial and forced. And the writing itself is childish so I suspect that it will only find purchase among children.

After 18 chapters, I do not care one iota about Ashito. He showed nothing of worth from Chapter 1, and if it weren't rated 8.7 on MAL, I would have dropped it after the first chapter.

I usually end with a silver lining or mention ...
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Manga 'Ao Ashi' Ends Ten-Year Serialization

Manga 'Ao Ashi' Ends Ten-Year Serialization

Yuugo Kobayashi's Ao Ashi (Aoashi) manga ended in the 30th issue of Big Comic Spirits on Monday. The 410th chapter marked the conclusion of the manga's ten...read more

Jun 23, 2025 9:51 AM by Nioxys | Discuss (5 comments)

Second Season of 'Ao Ashi' Announced for 2026

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The official website of the Ao Ashi (Aoashi) anime series announced a second season on Wednesday, revealing a commemorative visual (pictured). The second season, pro...read more

Apr 29, 2025 8:06 AM by DatRandomDude | Discuss (28 comments)


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