Ao Haru Ride

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I was so moved by this manga that I actually gave a fuck to write a review about it. I'm going to try to make this spoil free as possible so don't worry, after reading this review you'll still be able to completely read the manga without disappointment. Now let's begin.

Now for Shoujo romance set in high school. This whole boy falls in love with girl, but boy is too much off a pussy to confess to girl love complex cliche is repetitive to no end, but this certain manga adds a little twist so don't fret just ... yet. The main grill in this manga Futaba actually pursues the main male character Kou. So right off the bat you already know she wants the D. That right there already should be a sign that this is going to be heat. There are scenes in this manga that literately put me to tears. Now, nothing in my whole anime career has ever put me to cry like a LITTLE BITCH, but Ao Haru Ride wins this one. I broke down into tears (several times). There are also heart wrenching scenes that actually made me contemplate my own life decisions. When the manga hits you that hard, you know this shit's good. There are some cliches in this, tbh there actually cute cliches, not annoying cute but something as light as facial expressions, reactions, thoughts, and awkward situations. Those are the real hitters right there, those are the ones that get you hooked into this.

Let's be honest fam, the art of this manga is 11/10 when it comes to comparing other Shoujo manga's. I mean you look at something like Skip Beat, Orange, Horimiya and the characters faces look like a fucking CANNOLI! You look at the facial expressions of Ao Haru Ride and you just contemplate right there how you will never be as good looking as a drawn manga character in your entire life. So basically the art of this manga just GG'd every Shoujo manga out there for the most part. Jokes aside, this manga's art is down right fucking gorgeous.

Let's discuss these characters, I don't wanna spoil anything here so i'm going to be pretty general. The love between Futaba and Kou is so god damn cute bruh, like fuck. Why can't real life love be this good. Each character adds plot twists that will leave you mind-blown, the supporting characters also add suspense and little side-story's during the story. Majority of the time the manga is centered on just both Kou and Futaba. That's all i'm going to say about the characters.

Enjoyement, well considering this manga made me contemplate my life, made me crash into tears, and even made me contemplate actual REAL LIFE ROMANCE. I enjoyed this manga maybe a little too much.

Overall, 10/10 this manga is brilliant. I've read several Shoujo's and Slice of Life's but none are even on the same leverage as this piece. I loved every single moment of it. I know this review was a little flamboyant, vulgar, and excessive but there's no other way I can describe how great this experience is. Do your life a favor and read Ao Haru Ride.

I just finished Ao Haru Ride (Blue Sky Ride) and it was... ok. I expected more from an 8.3 and found it very bland.

Characters: 6.5/10
-Protagonist: Protagonist is fairly interesting and acts for the most part logically. Doesn't fit into any of the "dere" molds which is nice. She has clearly defined goals and motivations and the story is mostly about her trying to move on from one thing or another. However she doesn't really have a backbone and just takes LIA's bullshit for most of the series. Because love. (8/10 Protag.)
-Love Interest A (LIA): An absolute ponce. A bipolar twat of truly epic proportions ... and the reason for almost every gripe I have with this manga. This manga would be a 9/10 if he weren't Love Interest A, for LIA always gets the girl in these and this is no different. Would have been a great story if it focused on LIA learning a painful lesson about self doubt and being too late. Letting people slip away. Jeeze. (3/10 LIA)
-Love Interest B (LIB): Classic LIB, perfect guy in every way, loves unconditionally, but doomed to fail. Interactions with protag. are genuinely touching and its nice to read with a character that doesn't beat around the bush and just blatantly says the shit that needs to be said. A bit boring though, not really much else to the character. (7/10 LIB)

Plot: 7/10
Classic highschool setting. Nothing too fancy. No notable subplots and the entirety of the focus is on character interactions. No new ground tread, but its decently written.

Art: 6/10
Unassuming, uninspired. Nothing to write home about.

Final thoughts: Just, ok. Had potential but marred by LIA. Seriously thought, "This would get so much better if LIA was brutally killed right now" about 5 chapters from the end.

6.5/10 Better things out there.

Ok first of all, I've seen the anime before reading the manga and I liked it. I enjoyed the anime a lot. I wanted more so curiosity lead me into reading it. At first it was alright but the more the story progressed the more it made me wish I didn't read it in the first place.

Story 4/10: The story was basically predictable. I feel like it was lacking. I've lost count of the number of misunderstandings that happened in this story because it was A LOT. Not to mention that the cliche in this manga does not help the story at all. I even ... liked the side couples better.

Art 7/10: Alright, I have nothing to complain about it.

Characters 3/10: Ok lets talk about the main character and her love interests.
Female lead: I swear, she is sooooooo ANNOYING. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A DISTINCT PERSONALITY. I also don't like how she is plastic and indecisive. She for real dated the second male lead because she forced herself to. Later on, SHE GOES LIKE SIKE I ACTUALLY DONT LIKE YOU to the second male lead. SHE DATED HIM FOR LIKE A DAY AND LEFT HIM BECAUSE "she's in love with the male lead" Like girl did you not consider how he would feel???? He was hurt because of this bishy, fishy, plastic female lead's indecisiveness.

Male lead: Ok he's so down bad I don't even want to talk about him. Anyways, This dude is a red flag. He was for real annoying and indecisive. This dude is bipolar :DD Sometimes he's nice, sometimes he's so mean I want to kill him. I almost forgot to mention,he is fr manipulative like he literally rejected futaba and when he saw her dating touma he decided to want to date her wtf. Dude only thinks of himself. Nice qualities right? But in the ending he completely changed?? we don't even get why he changed. and r u saying u can only change if ur in a relationship? wtf. He doesn't even have any redeeming qualities theres nothing to like about him periodt. I really don't get why people love him.

Second-Male Lead: He is a pure cinnamon roll. This guy is what you call a green flag a complete opposite of the male-lead. This guy does not deserve the female lead at all. He deserves better. He is very genuine, kind, handsome as well.

Overall 4/10:
It felt lacking and rushed. Its kind of overrated at this point. The author could've added more plot twists to make it at least interesting. There are a lot more better shoujo mangas out there. This is just a waste of time my friend. I may be the only person who dislikes this but that's alright.