
Is Rokudenashi Blues Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
Sixty million copies sold isn't an accident: the fights hit hard and the friendships hit harder, even if the humor and pacing show their late-80s age.
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We use the whole 1–10 scale and judge each title against the best version of what it is trying to be — a comedy on how funny it is, a thriller on its tension — not against some other genre. As a rough guide: 9+ is all-time great, 8 excellent, 7 a solid recommendation with caveats, 5–6 mixed or average. A 7 is a genuine yes, not a knock. The “Community score” in each review is the crowd rating from AniList, MAL, and MangaUpdates, shown next to ours for comparison.
The rare sports manga told from the bench — it cares more about the manager's mind games and team chemistry than the star striker, and that's what makes it special.

It makes a 2,000-year-old board game feel like a life-or-death duel — one of the most gripping manga about a hobby ever, and quietly one of the saddest.

Some of the best-drawn movement in any manga, wrapped around a classic sports underdog story — just know it's stuck on hiatus.

One of the great running stories — it asks for patience early, then floors you by the finish.

From the future One-Punch Man artist — a hype, hilarious American-football manga that turns a timid errand boy into a superstar, drawn better than it has any right to be.

One of the most influential manga ever made, and still a gut-punch — a boxing tragedy that burns brighter than almost anything since, dated art and all.

The thinking person's soccer manga — it's less about wonder-goals than about why a player stands where he stands, and it makes that genuinely thrilling.

It makes bicycle racing weirdly thrilling — all hype, sweat, and wildly eccentric characters — even if 100 volumes is a lot of pedaling.

It's a five-volume underdog story about a kid relearning how to run, and it earns its goosebumps without dragging things out.

It updates a few chapters a year and may never end — and it's still one of the best sports dramas ever drawn.