Ao Haru Ride

Description

From Viz:
Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues. Now, in high school, Kou has reappeared, but is he still the same boy she fell in love with?

Include in this manga are the following stories:
Vol 8 Sono Omokage o Shitteru
Vol 13 Contains a Strobe Edge side story

Type

Manga

Related Series

Ore Ride!! (Side Story)

Associated Names

Aoha Raido

Aoha Ride

Aoharaido

Blue Spring Ride

Con Đường Mùa Xuân

Gençlik Yolculuğu

Passeio da Primavera Azul

Sono Omokage o Shitteru

Youth Ride

Ścieżki Młodości

Дорога юности

Неудержимая юность

Шлях крізь юність

ركوب الربيع الأزرق

บันทึกใสจากวัยฝัน

その面影を知ってる

アオハライド

闪烁的青春

青春之旅

아오하라이드

Groups Scanlating

AHR Scanlations

Anime-tion Scanlation

Bikkuri!

Chibi Manga

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Latest Release(s)

c.Awaken 3 by Chibi Manga 10 years ago

c.Awaken 2 by Chibi Manga 10 years ago

c.Awaken 1 by Chibi Manga 10 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

13 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 0 (EP 0 OVA)

Ends at Vol 4, Chap 15 (EP 13 OVA)

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

6 topics, 30 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (1650 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.17 / 10.0

29%

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Last Updated

April 13th, 2025 5:24am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Romance School Life Shoujo Slice of Life
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Bessatsu Margaret (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (13 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #479

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Monthly Pos #1244

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3 Month Pos #1676

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6 Month Pos #2314

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Year Pos #2268

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List Stats

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On 1517 wish lists

On 2767 completed lists

On 241 unfinished lists

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End in February!

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Ao Haru Ride set to end soon

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Ao Haro ride latest chapter [spoiler]

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Ao Haru Ride Shōjo Manga Gets Live-Action Film in December

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Ao Haru Ride Gets Anime

11 years ago

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Teen-ish

by cliff
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

For you who had been through teenage years must know what this manga is all about. It's all about fitting in, inability to say what you feel to your crush and finding true friends. So far, only two chapters but there's so much to expect from this manga

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Mostly fake, but also real, and very young

by meniel
4 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

I got told by two different guys that they can't read shoujo romance because the male protagonists are way too cool and it makes them feel uncomfortable. I didn't understand them well before reading Ao Haru Ride. I think Kou is indeed the biggest issue of this series. It's not like I didn't like him, but he feels like a Prince Charming in His Teenage Years. So so so fake.

The extremely dragged out romance is another big issue (and, again, that's Kou's fault for the most part). I love UST but this is on another level. Whenever the characters were about to confess their love, something happened and they couldn't. If the mangaka kept it up a little more, she would have used an asteroid crash or something- that's how realistic those scenes looked to me. At one point I was just exhausted and felt like even a kick in the stomach would be better than reading this. And if you're wondering which point, well...

When they pulled the track-kun that almost killed Kou. That's when I said "fuck it, I'm gonna throw this shit manga in the WC". But I was reading the digital edition so I had to give up.

I wish at least the sexual tension was well handled... but when it ends the manga ends too. Typical low-quality UST. And,

I was told they would have sex. Sounded legit to me, the protagonist was horny from like chapter 1, sniffing the guy and everything. BUT I WAS LIED TO. RIGHT IN THE KOKORO, I WAS LIED TO.

The "deep dialogues" felt as fake as everything else. They made my eyes roll several times. Nobody would ever say these things irl (I hope).

So... Why did I actually complete this? I'm sorry, people who think I have good taste. I actually liked it. In-between the moments I felt like punching the author (sorry Io Sakisaka, nothing personal), I liked it. The romance is cheap and stereotyped and I liked it. God please forgive me. But, this wasn't a complete failure of a manga. All the deep dialogues that made me roll my eyes where fundamentally (morally?) good. The author wanted to express something genuine and profound and I appreciated that. Counting on your friends and family, keeping hope for the feature, getting back up after falling down, having love and altruism in your heart, being true to yourself... I appreciated that. I think that year after year it's manga like this that help me believing in good things. So how can you not appreciate it? Even if it's already seen, stereotyped, unrealistic, whatever- I don't care, the message is good.

And lastly, I really loved that this was a manga about adolescence, and while the protagonists felt fabricated 9 out of 10 times, that 1 time left everything felt perfect. Some scenes (e.g. enthusiasm before a school trip, changing classes...) made me remember how I was when I was a teenager. I could empathise and go back to that time. Those parts were really good and I'm surprised an author who's not young anymore can make a manga that feels so young.

So, all in all, this manga has a lot of flaws but it also has merits, and it can be a nice read if you know you like this kind of stories and are not excessively annoyed by the dumb parts.

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Seriously - this is my favorite shoujo manage of all time (and I've read a ton!)

by cocolo
4 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Am I being dramatic when I say that Aoharaido (Ao Haru Ride) is my favorite shoujo manga of all time (so far)? Maybe, but I seriously love this series and it has all the elements that tug at my heartstrings in a major way. I've finished this a long time ago (when the series was actually being serialized in Bessatsu Margaret), and I haven't quite found another shoujo that gives me the same feels as this had.

Before I go further - I know shoujo tropes are a very personal thing. We all have our own viewpoints and opinions and therefore some people hate love triangles and hate jealousy and all that. Well, I kinda love them (as long as it concludes in an ending that I like, of course). So I totally understand readers who hate that Kou acted out in jealousy so many times, or that Touma was a doormat for Futaba, etc. But the author, Sakisaka Io, really knows how to paint complex emotions that ebb and flow with time and circumstance, and I appreciate that she draws not only "perfect emotions," but an array of not-so-pretty emotions and how characters act out because of those emotions. This is totally rational (errr, irrational? But either way, normal) human behavior! This of course still has a very tidy, "pretty" ending, so there is that, but it does take you on quite a rollercoaster of highs and lows (and hair pulling and gut punching) throughout the 13 volumes.

If you are ok seeing jealousy, seeing main characters get into relationships with other sub-characters, and getting to each other in a very roundabout way, but at the same time seeing a ton of character growth and self-reflection happen along the way, then I highly recommend this series for you! I'm still waiting for a manga to come by and dethrone this as my top pick for shoujo.

... Last updated 4 years ago

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I liked it, but...

by Utsukushii Yume
5 years ago

Rating: 6.5 / 10.0

I did like the manga, but that love rival arc sort of ruined it for me. It just feels unnecessary, as if it was only placed there because there must be a love rival for some reason. I like to reread the manga from time to time, but I just ignore that pointless arc when I do.

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If I could just...

by turnip head
9 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Split this manga in half. The first half would be a ten easy. Right up there with Skip Beat. But the second half happened. That actually happened. Like the nasty aftertaste of something divine. Sweet grapes turned sour in your mouth. Why did that happen? I actually wasn't a fan of Strobe Edge but this series had me gushing over the sweet character moments, empathy inducing heroine and truly cool guy lead.

Why the drama? Or, why so soap operatic with it? Drama isn't a bad thing but it's annoying when not handled properly. I guess what has me so frustrated is that the turn for the worst was a sharp right out of Awesome Town straight into Ughs-ville.

The nine rating is to satisfy the nostalgia in me. I whiled away many happy hours until the dreaded school festival arc. It's all downhill from there.

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great but the drama is boring.

by lookingforsure2
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

it started great, it was cute and there was a bit of tension.
but the latest part makes me very angry. It's so cliché and so boring that i want to stop reading this story.

kou starting ignoring yoshi because of his childhood friend. like what the hell is this? i've been to high school and guys never ditched a girl just so they can full time support their childhood friend. it makes me so so so so angry. All the angst and side glances. really? can't the author do better than that? In this type of situation, i usually root for the second love interest but the guy really looks like he can't handle a thing so i can't even sympathize with him.

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Still.

by Aoi-Tenshi
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I've been meaning to express my thoughts on this and after about two years, I think I will.

Ao Haru Ride lead the way to my adoration Sakisaka Io's works. Because of it, I read Strobe Edge because I wanted more of the Sakisaka Io "touch" and reread it and will most absolutely positively reread it again and again and possibly again in the near future. And for my part, I have trouble rereading even my most loved series and anything for that matter because I seem to remember too many details (in the things I read) therefore making rereading boring for me. So, for it to be one of the few things I have actually fully reread, it holds a special place in my heart. (Ahem) I apologize. This isn't a Strobe Edge review so I will continue.

It is true that Ao Haru Ride has clichés but I feel that even though Sakisaka Io utilizes such clichés in her work, I think she pulls it off very well. I think she drives the unoriginal aspects of shoujo manga to a different level that shows that even though it isn't a new flashy idea, even shoujo clichés can be done well--with style.

I adore Ao Haru Ride A LOT. The parts where Futaba and Kou are the main focus. Like in the train scene when Futaba mouths "suki" and when both their heads are next to each others on the table and they catch each other's eyes. It makes my heart ache like few shoujos do. Although, in the more recent chapters, it's not just Kou and Futaba scenes that stir up my heart. Kikuchi-kun and Tanaka-sensei scenes do too. I feel like there's an expansion of sorts. More characters are being focused on, more are radiating an aura that is empowering and overwhelming enough to make your heart ache along with theirs. However, I don't feel that with Kou. I mentioned that Kou and Futaba scenes give a flutter in my heart right? Well, it seems to me that Kou has to be with someone for me to actually feel a similar feeling. Kou keeps getting more and more closed off and out of all the other characters, his' growth is substantially less than everyone else's. Not that I can blame him. He has gone through a lot and he seems dead set on

not being reminded of the past.

I get how everyone is just upset at the turn its taken. It has veered off to a strange direction. But I do believe the direction it's heading and the recent development are the buildup to the problem that Kou needs to start facing and fixing. I mean, old Kou wasn't like this before right? Butttt...at the way things are going...

it's just Kou that needs to start moving forward because it seems everyone else has begun to move. I wonder what Kou is going to do at this point because it's gotten to the point where he denies all the things he wants.

Sometimes, I can't help but feel that when Kou and Futaba's relationship takes a step forward,

something always pulls them back making them fall two steps short and go back to before. It's almost always Kou that disappoints. Just how many times, for how long--is he going to continue to hurt Futaba? Over and over, he does it again and again. Yet, in spite of this...Futaba still loves him. That has got to take a lot of courage. To love someone to that extent.

I have to confess. I still adore it even with its current aggravating chapters.

edit;;

KOU, GAMBATTE!

... Last updated 11 years ago

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It started with SUCH potential!

by ElanorR
12 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

It started with SUCH potential! I'm sure all the readers would agree that we got hooked to it because of its promising start. But sadly, as the story is progressing now, it leaves much to be desired. The story telling has gotten much worse, the plot is sooo incredibly cliche now, that it's frustrating to read the latest chapters. Unlike strobe edge, this one seems to have forgotten it's own plotline. I mean, how can anyone mess up a story with such incredible characters? It's like all the initial character development's going to waste.
Ugh, I seriously hope Sakisaka Io gets her sh*t together. This is probably her only 'bad' work.

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I like this manga a lot~!

by xxAngeldust24xx
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I like Sakisaka Io's Manga's very much! They are always so twisted!!!
Her mangas make me feel pain, warmth, love, hate, jealousy, etc.
I love the characters a lot too~! But in this manga, Kou (main guy) is so indecisive!
HE GETS ME SOOOOO MAD! But that's what's keeping me reading this manga!
A must read~!!!

... Last updated 12 years ago

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(^.^)

by born2shop
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I Like this series A LOT. I really want it to finish so I can see how the relationships will progress.

I love the Futaba/Kou couple. Though Futaba/Touma would be good too.. But since I'm such a hopeless romantic I think two people who like each other should be together haha I don't like Kou's JH friend because she just looks like trouble. She's the type of character like Hyo-Rin (Goong), who even though the guy they like is with someone else she'd go to any means to get him anyway smh

I hope alls well that ends well for Futaba/Kou :-)

... Last updated 13 years ago

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