Sayonara, Football, Vol. 1

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I picked this one up because I wanted to see if it would be a good fit for my library collection and also because I played soccer when I was younger, which makes me partial to series featuring soccer. This one is so much fun! We have the girl who loves to play and wants to keep playing with the guys she's been playing with for ages. She keeps being told if only she was a girl they'd allow her to play with them officially, which means she's good enough, but they don't want her getting hurt. It is frustrating, especially because she is so good. She has a goal though and wants to work towards it. At this point, I feel like this is a good start to the story as there is much room for development and growth for all the characters. The biggest problem I see if is things don't change and she has to stop playing – which I'm hoping really doesn't happen.

The art is pretty good, but I will say some of the joking violence and jokes about her body can and do get annoying at times.

A decent read and something I would recommend to people wanting a manga about sports and fighting against a system that keeps telling you no.