Aoashi

A middle school third-year student from Ehime, Ashito Aoi, meets Fukuda Tatsuya, a coach with the J Youth League. Despite his inexperience, Ashito shows great promise and is invited to join the team’s try-outs in Tokyo. The manga follows his journey as he begins to make an impact on Japanese football. It was nominated for the 2017 Manga Taishou Award and won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the "Best General Manga" category in 2019.