A review by curiousmadra
Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow, Vol. 1 by Asao Takamori

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Thanks a million Netgalley and publisher for allowing me to read this iconic old skool manga that I have seen floating around and never got around to it..until now!

I gotta tell ya, you would absolutely fall in love with our awesome boi Joe here. He literally is like the best snarky sarcastic character that you hardly see these days. His interactions with his fellow boxing opponents and many other side characters would make you laugh all the way cause he’s just such a likeable character that you really wanna be friends with! Now this manga does have “Megalobox” vibes but honestly both are good in their unique ways so I’m not complaining about that. Yeah it’s a long story but in a way that keeps ya still hooked throughout. I mean the art is old skool but it’s just so well done that you’d be rooting for Joe here. Now I did spoil myself on the ending and I mean bich, it was SO DAMN HARD TO HEAR JOE AND TOORU DYING AFTER THEIR FIGHTS LIKE WHYYYYYY😭😭😭😭😭😭


Just a very good series that people of all ages should check out, it’ll make you laugh, cry and inspired by an action packed rags to riches type of story!
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