Reviews for The Knight in the Area

Area no Kishi is a manga about football. This is not just any sportmanga, but a wellwritten one. The story is incredible deep and wellwritten. You will be suprised how wellwritten this sportmanga is. You might even shed a tear or two. This is not the typical sportserie wich usually is Sport / comedy. Area no Kishi is a sport / slice of life serie. Its 100% serious. Area no Kishi is about Aizawa Kakeru. Aizawa is a talented fotbollplayer who aims for becoming a pro, just like his older brother Suguru who is already good enough to play in the U-15 national team. This isno serie where the characters will grow to be pro's fast by getting power ups from supertranings. It takes things step by step just like real life.

The story is brilliant. Its one of the best and most wellwritten ones ive read.

I was blown away when i started reading this. I thought it was like every other sport manga. But I was wrong. Area no Kishi is almost as wellwritten like Death Note when it comes to story. Its not just win the league and become best.

This serie has some great art. Everything looks good and its easy too read. Beautiful environments and good details. Nothing to complain about here. Its perfect the way it is.

The Characters are amazing. Everyone looks like people do in real life and they all have unique personalities. You dont get the feeling that you have seen these characters somewhere else. Since this is football the team has 11 players + substitutes, so there is alot of characters in this serie. Its not just the team too. It can be hard to remember everyone.

You will really enjoy this serie. Even if you dont like football. The story / characters will get to you. This is easily one of the best series ever in the mangahistory. You must read it.

And its IMPORTANT that you at least read 10 chapters if you decide to give it a try. Trust me, at least read 10 chapters.

10 / 10

Okay, this is my first time writing a review so bare with me. Okay so basically I probably suck at writing reviews but this story frustrated me so much that I had to speak out ! Kakeru, is the main character who is always running away because he feels as though he's not good enough for football (soccer) but then after some turn in events he tries with all his might and gives it his all, but even so..every character who knows about his heart (which is now he's genius brother's won't spoil) they all act as though it's his brother and every time heachieves something there all thinking in their head about damn the brother must be there giving him all his skills. Like can you give the man a break and acknowledge he's got potential. Also, I didn't like the fact that throughout the story they not only kept focusing on a dead person thru a living person, but other then that the story i really good, but I was getting frustrated after so many chapters of his improvement and instinct and the mutters that what he did wasn't his own.

If there is one thing I absolutely despise in stories, it is the failure to make motivation feel natural. You can seriously not hurt your story more than giving every character the need to characterize the main character for him. Add on to this someone who arguably cannot be labeled as weak willed -- but simply poorly written and under-minded -- Kakeru Aizawa. As enjoyee's, if you could call it of such a medium, is there not one true desire that trumps all -- ESPECIALLY in sports manga?... EMOTION. You set a precedent for your narrative once you give into clichés. You rely on them toobscure the clearly amateur writing. Because when you hide it, it becomes obvious what every conversation is leading too, what every outcome will be. You lose all the nuisance, all originality. I know for a fact that Seven will always say and think beyond Kakeru, where is the fun in reading your main character be lectured whilst he stands there like a doofus with no rebuttal.

"But it's just a sports manga, you can't expect such in depth development and writing -- the plot is the football, you're being unfair". Yes, I can, that's what makes this medium so special. Even adults can adore well written child mediums. Good art stands above arbitrary categories. I write this because I so deeply detest to see talent be wasted on such poor-taste-non-sense stories. I can appreciate the tragedy aspects, but the mischief of seven with an ADULT therapist to selfishly connive a 'future football star' is not only too ridiculous and stupid for this narrative, but pulls me out so far that I only begin to see the bad all over. Your mc can have his own opinions and inner conflict, don't just shy away from it and force it upon the other characters and call it low self confidence -- that's just low writing.

I enjoy the rage in Blue Lock, I adore the passion from Ao Ashi, I feel the desire from Be Blues, and yet I loathe the fantasy of Area no Kishi.