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さよならフットボール [Sayonara Football] #2
Sayonara, Football, Vol. 2
Nobody wants to play soccer more than Nozomi Onda. Over and over she's been told that because she's a girl she can't play in official matches. Finally, the petite footballer has found a way to stand on the pitch. But what will happen now that her dream of playing in a boys' match has come true?
226 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 12, 2016
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February 6, 2021
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THIS IS SO STINKIN' GOOD!!!!!
Seriously, this is already going to be one of my favorite manga! I loved everything about this and absolutely blown away at how the mangaka brought things in from volume one into volume two. The memories, the battle between Namek and Nozomi, the growth of EVERYONE.
So so so well done! I'm going to have to actually go back and reread this because I was reading so fast due to the story. I NEEDED to know what was going to happen next and just thought Nozomi's arc was beautiful. It was everything I had hoped it would be! <3
The art is fantastic! I love the urgency, the movement, and ALL the action! Legit like soccer come to life on page!
And I could not get enough of it!!!!
I was impressed how the mangaka changed my perspective on certain characters based on the first volume because I did NOT like Namek and I was confused if two certain characters like Nozomi or not. (My confusion was cleared up in this volume!) I also deeply liked things involving the coach. That was REALLY good! It made me happy and just that ending.
So. Well. Done!
I'm sad that this is the final volume because goodness I would have loved it to be longer, but looks like there is a spinoff with Nozomi as a side character?! (Though I hope all these characters come back!!)
Highly recommend this manga if you enjoy soccer, sports, and/or high action manga!
THIS IS SO STINKIN' GOOD!!!!!
Seriously, this is already going to be one of my favorite manga! I loved everything about this and absolutely blown away at how the mangaka brought things in from volume one into volume two. The memories, the battle between Namek and Nozomi, the growth of EVERYONE.
So so so well done! I'm going to have to actually go back and reread this because I was reading so fast due to the story. I NEEDED to know what was going to happen next and just thought Nozomi's arc was beautiful. It was everything I had hoped it would be! <3
The art is fantastic! I love the urgency, the movement, and ALL the action! Legit like soccer come to life on page!
And I could not get enough of it!!!!
I was impressed how the mangaka changed my perspective on certain characters based on the first volume because I did NOT like Namek and I was confused if two certain characters like Nozomi or not. (My confusion was cleared up in this volume!) I also deeply liked things involving the coach. That was REALLY good! It made me happy and just that ending.
So. Well. Done!
I'm sad that this is the final volume because goodness I would have loved it to be longer, but looks like there is a spinoff with Nozomi as a side character?! (Though I hope all these characters come back!!)
Highly recommend this manga if you enjoy soccer, sports, and/or high action manga!
October 10, 2024
4.25 / 5 stars
OKAY now THIS was much better. It turned a lot of the ideas I was concerned about in volume 1 on its head so i loved that (but I still wish tomboy characters weren't portrayed as just violent and 'ape-like' it very much so didnt age well in that respect)
I'm excited to see where it goes after this one!
OKAY now THIS was much better. It turned a lot of the ideas I was concerned about in volume 1 on its head so i loved that (but I still wish tomboy characters weren't portrayed as just violent and 'ape-like' it very much so didnt age well in that respect)
I'm excited to see where it goes after this one!
April 6, 2017
Pleurer à cause du manga de foot. Fait.
MAIS IL LE MERITE !
MAIS IL LE MERITE !
October 3, 2023
I’m officially in love with this series!! It was non-stop action with some excellent character building!! Our main character, Onda, is such an inspiring, strong young lady... well... tomboy! 😂 I highly recommend this series!
April 2, 2021
Better-scoped drama and more precise action make SAYONARA FOOTBALL #2 a far better reading experience than the previous volume. For a sports manga with a marginally interesting and relatively unsympathetic protagonist, the first book set in place a rather shaky foundation for what was purported to have been another high-school sports drama. The humor and character dynamics of the first book were memorable, if unrelated elements when it came to tracking the creative team's capacity to render Nozomi Onda's quest for glory on the field.
In the current volume, Nozomi's efforts in the game's second half comprise the whole of the book. Here, the action is far more kinetic and much easier to follow. Here, page composition pulls out and focuses on orienting the players' bodies in relation to one another as they move (and collide). Here, the intensity of real-time gameplay amounts to more than afterimage soccer balls and speed lines, the story shifts into high gear with slide-tackles, elbows to the ribs, and sharp through-passes. The increased focus on the game's technicality and physicality was undoubtedly a greater burden on the creative team, but the results show. SAYONARA FOOTBALL #2 is a much better product for the hard work.
Narratively speaking, not much actually happens. Nozomi's team plays through the second half of the game, but with the girl subbing in for her younger brother. The quest for revenge against her sexist childhood friend, Yasuaki, doesn't exactly go as planned. The boy's grown up in terms of size and ability. Fortunately, Nozomi's still the most skilled athlete on the pitch. Her dexterity, intuition, and fundamentals are the best.
The manga's overarching emphasis on validating/proving Nozomi right or wrong in her earnest fight against the biases of boys dominates the narrative. Almost too much, one figures, considering so much of the game is played in the characters' heads rather than on the field. In most every case, whenever an important move, assist, or shot takes place, readers must wade through several panels of rhetorical debate before reaching each critical moment.
Visually, the second volume has its ups and downs. On the plus side, the movements of characters in the heat of the action is much easier to follow. Much of the violence of the sport is articulated with all the grit and random chaos found in the real world. Unfortunately, the art style for this manga doesn't quite have a grasp on how to draw characters sweating. It sounds so fundamental to a sports manga, but in truth, characters in SAYONARA FOOTBALL #2 always look like they're melting, as if part of their physiology is continuously, forcibly pulled from their being. It's off-putting, to say the least.
This doesn't feel like a manga worth seeing through for dozens of chapters at a time. The current volume's focus on game action was solid, but dominated the book so much that the character relations established in the previous volume have all but faded. The friendly rivalry between Nozomi's two male friends, for example, isn't as well-rendered as it should be. And while the book's penultimate moment witnesses heartwarming praise for the girl as she limps from the field, it's not entirely clear what, if anything, she actually accomplished in the whole affair.
In the current volume, Nozomi's efforts in the game's second half comprise the whole of the book. Here, the action is far more kinetic and much easier to follow. Here, page composition pulls out and focuses on orienting the players' bodies in relation to one another as they move (and collide). Here, the intensity of real-time gameplay amounts to more than afterimage soccer balls and speed lines, the story shifts into high gear with slide-tackles, elbows to the ribs, and sharp through-passes. The increased focus on the game's technicality and physicality was undoubtedly a greater burden on the creative team, but the results show. SAYONARA FOOTBALL #2 is a much better product for the hard work.
Narratively speaking, not much actually happens. Nozomi's team plays through the second half of the game, but with the girl subbing in for her younger brother. The quest for revenge against her sexist childhood friend, Yasuaki, doesn't exactly go as planned. The boy's grown up in terms of size and ability. Fortunately, Nozomi's still the most skilled athlete on the pitch. Her dexterity, intuition, and fundamentals are the best.
The manga's overarching emphasis on validating/proving Nozomi right or wrong in her earnest fight against the biases of boys dominates the narrative. Almost too much, one figures, considering so much of the game is played in the characters' heads rather than on the field. In most every case, whenever an important move, assist, or shot takes place, readers must wade through several panels of rhetorical debate before reaching each critical moment.
Visually, the second volume has its ups and downs. On the plus side, the movements of characters in the heat of the action is much easier to follow. Much of the violence of the sport is articulated with all the grit and random chaos found in the real world. Unfortunately, the art style for this manga doesn't quite have a grasp on how to draw characters sweating. It sounds so fundamental to a sports manga, but in truth, characters in SAYONARA FOOTBALL #2 always look like they're melting, as if part of their physiology is continuously, forcibly pulled from their being. It's off-putting, to say the least.
This doesn't feel like a manga worth seeing through for dozens of chapters at a time. The current volume's focus on game action was solid, but dominated the book so much that the character relations established in the previous volume have all but faded. The friendly rivalry between Nozomi's two male friends, for example, isn't as well-rendered as it should be. And while the book's penultimate moment witnesses heartwarming praise for the girl as she limps from the field, it's not entirely clear what, if anything, she actually accomplished in the whole affair.
July 25, 2021
Never have I ever been interested in football! BUT watching Onda-Chan do her absolute best against boys that are taller and stronger than her made me cheer her up! Standing up the the typical “boys are better, girls should just stay put and know their place” made me adore her even more. She showed them that what a boy can do she can do better. Didn’t let her affect her instead she made her own path towards her goal!
January 27, 2021
This volume continues the match up between Onda and her childhood friend. I like that this manga really tackles the differences between a masculine and feminine body strength and structure. I am also glad that Onda had a serious character moment when she finally realized that she's not the only one fighting in this match.
February 3, 2021
I was meh about volume 1 and even less excited about 2, where the entire volume devoted to one game
and yet it throws off the tropes and does something amazing in the last few pages that had me amped for volume 3.
Except....
Volume 3 is the start of a spinoff....that focuses on different characters...and looks like it turns Onda into comic relief.
UGH
and yet it throws off the tropes and does something amazing in the last few pages that had me amped for volume 3.
Except....
Volume 3 is the start of a spinoff....that focuses on different characters...and looks like it turns Onda into comic relief.
UGH
April 30, 2023
J'ai enchaîné les 2 tomes à la suite sans m'arrêter, waw vraiment j'ai tellement aimé. Je n'y connais rien en foot mais je ne me sentais pas mise à part, je suis passée par toutes les émotions possibles. Un petit coup de cœur comme on les aimes.
March 31, 2021
Great final volume, a lot of action
June 15, 2021
A solid continuation and satisfying conclusion. It is refreshing to read such a concise and self contained story in a medium where 20+ volumes are common.
July 21, 2021
Good Soccer Action!
June 29, 2022
j’avais oublié que le sport en manga pouvais être si cool ! surtout le foot <3
November 28, 2016
Nozomi est prête à tout pour jouer ce match.
September 27, 2021
The tournament arrives! Will Onda's love of football be enough to carry her through?
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September 29, 2025
reread: I love how supportive the coach becomes after he realizes it's Onda lmao
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