Ao Ashi has been undergoing publication since 2015. Winner of the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards for “Best General Manga,” this drama and sports manga featuring the school life of Ao Ashito has become quite popular for its character writing and plot.
The manga remains tied to the realistic roots of human life but also keeps the sensation of keeping oneself at the edge of their seat. It is an emotional manga at times, too, touching the heartstrings of readers.
The manga received an anime adaptation, produced under Studio Production I.G, has a total of 24 episodes, and ran through the months of April to September 2022.
The story of Ao Ashi shows the life of a star football player, Aoi Ashito, a third-year middle school student from a small town called Ehime. He is the spotlight and the only prodigy of his football team, often being the reason for victory because of his unpredictable moves and self-centered play style.
However, the football team soon suffers a setback because of an opponent who stirs up a problem which causes Ashito to lose his temper and get disqualified from the rest of the game. They lost the game, and when all hope seemed lost, Ashito gets recruited by coach Tatsuya Fukuda who sees his potential and approaches him.
Ashito is invited to try out in Tokyo. In a city brimming with talent, he faces fierce competition. Ashito will have to unleash his maximum potential to bring out his best playstyle and ability to prove that his football career will be successful and fulfilling.
This arc of Ao Ashi delves into the backstory of Fukuda a lot more and his career as a shining sportsman with a lot of potentials.
Let us look at the recap of the previous chapter.
Ao Ashi Chapter 327: Recap
Chapter 327 shows Team Sabadell soar under Fukuda’s playstyle. He gains approval from the spectators. His sister brightens us by seeing her brother’s career becoming stronger with each victory.
The scene shifts to Hana banging the utensils to wake up Fukuda, who leads her to let him sleep longer because it was a day off for him. However, Hana reminds him that he has to meet an old friend in Spain. She is proud of her brother and hopes he becomes a stronger player. She will take care of everything and work hard and then get married to Fukuda.
Ashito looks at Hana with a face that clearly shows that he is judging her, but she defends herself by saying that she was a little kid. Ashito tells her that Fukuda is super amazing as a sportsperson who led his team to victory in an international match. It was blissful for Hana, but Ashito asked her who this old friend was that met him.
Fukuda met Morino-san, the cornerstone of the Japanese Defense of the football team. He was Fukuda’s senpai in both the national team and La Liga. Hana asked for an autograph from him, to which Morino gladly agreed. Fukuda won a bunch of matches after Hana came to Spain, which meant that she must have been Fukuda’s Goddess of Victory.
Fukuda asks Morino if he’s like to go to some restaurant, but Morino tells him that he loves observing the different playstyles which kids incorporate into their football games. It really shows how everything is different in Japan. They are moved by these kids who play for a club that has no name, and in Japan, you will not see anything like this.
A stranger interferes in their conversation and tells them that in Japan, kids their age play in the mud, while in Spain, every place is filled with grassy fields. Even in the middle of the day, adults played and guided the kids. The man was Saejima, who was an opponent of Fukuda when they played in Japan.
Saejima tells them to stop talking about that time in Japan because he wants to erase that memory from his mind. Because he was born in an inferior nation like Japan, his career suffered a setback, and he was not able to unleash his full potential. If only he had been born in Europe, his career might have flourished better.
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Ao Ashi Chapter 328: Release Date
After a month, Ao Ashi has finally released its 327th chapter. We predict that Ao Ashi Chapter 328 will be available on the 20th of May, 2023. Unfortunately, there is no time schedule available for the next chapter of Ao Ashi.
Ao Ashi Chapter 328: Spoilers
Chapter 328 of Ao Ashi will delve deeper into the backstory of Fukuda and Saejima. We will get to witness the setbacks Saejima might have faced because he said Japan hindered his ability to grow faster. This arc will focus more on Fukuda’s backstory and Ashito’s development.
Ao Ashi Chapter 328: Where To Read?
Chapter 328 of Ao Ashi will be available for reading in the next issue of Shogakukan for a Japanese audience. For English readers, there are only eight volumes available in Shogakukan Asia.
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