sports plot that i wasted my life reading and brainlessly osmosised into the depths of my bloodstrea

i like MC so far :) way too few chapters to judge the plot, but MC is doing his best lol. and the set up of the main cast, ranging from the bodybuilder guy to the pusher to the teacher, seems solid so far :)

fencing! so far it doesn't hype me up as much, but i also think it's because fencing itself has a restriction in terms of movement/rules, so i need to read more to really get into fencing. but i'm interested in how things will go, and i really feel for the MC in terms of not liking pushovers/rules in general.

(halfway through ch 6) bro i love this so far, but it gives me SO much second hand embarrassment LMAO

AO ASHI'S LINEAR SPINOFF FOLLOWING BIGGER BRO AOI AH

SPORTS MANGA WITH ALL FEMALE MAIN/SUPPORTING CAST PAST LIKE ONE BRO, AND NO WEIRD SEXUALIZATION AT ALL AND GENUINE INTEREST IN SPORTSPLAY? FUCK YEAH. also lol the lowkey gay undertones. ANYWAYS I LOVE THE CHARACTERS

(ch25) i LOVE redhead characters. it's kinda unsettling seeing his shounen protag vibes mixed with his age and weirdly youthful appearance, but so far i'm glad to see he actually lives with his disadvantage pitching speed. like when a character has even just a minor form of a disability, it's always cool to see it incorporated into their abilities and plans rather than "cured." also he's funny asf with the ghost omg

i suppose? rip one-shot tho. impactful in that sense, at least.

OKAY i know it seems romance based and it kinda is? BUT THE DANCING IS SO GOOD AND COMPLEX AND LIKE ?! IDK IM REALLY OBSESSED WITH LATIN DANCING LIKE?! it makes me so HYPED. like competitive dance is so underrated, especially imo dances from more traditional culture rather than modern

esports! i also really enjoy this one because of the team dynamic. all the characters easily have identifiable personality problems that aren't so extreme for comedy that they feel unrelatable to, and while are distinctly them in a great way, can also cause problems they have to overcome.

this is one my favorites, mostly because every single character is just a fucked up Picasso mudpie composed of all the elements found in every possible male shounen mc stereotype, except they made all the slapstick side characters into the MC