“Girl soccer prodigy Nozomi fights gender barriers, practicing relentlessly to earn her place on the all-boys middle school team.”
Sayonara, Football
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Synopsis
Girl soccer prodigy Nozomi fights gender barriers, practicing relentlessly to earn her place on the all-boys middle school team.
Onda Nozomi is in her second year on the middle school soccer team but has yet to play a single game because she is a girl. Growing up playing soccer, she has the technical skills, endurance and the elegance. However, as a girl, she can't overcome the physical difference and she can see all her male teammates that she grew up playing soccer with get further and further away from her. Even her younger brother, Junpei, who is also on the team, is starting to rise above her. Coach Samejima sees that Nozomi is an amazing player but because soccer is such a physical sport, he can't let her play. Nozomi isn't the kind of girl that just gives up so she practices harder than anyone and drives the team in the hopes of one day playing in a game. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Nov 2016 → Mar 2022
- 9 “Nobody has written a review of this? I guess this shall be my first Review ;) This series is rather short, but honestly very enjoyable! I like the characters and Onda's determination is very...”
- 7 “Sayonara football is a very inspiring and heartwarming manga. It is very well-paced and handles the debate of "girls v boys" very well, and does realize that boys do get physically stronger than...”
- 10 “Okay, that's a really good history I've never seen an female protagonist in a soccer history, I really loved it, Onda is such a nice character. This series used a bunch of cliches, buts they are...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 8 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 04m approx
- Published Jun 2009 – Aug 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16188 catalog