Days (manga)

Days
Cover of the first volume
デイズ (Deizu)
Genre	Comedy, slice of life, sports
Manga
Written by	Yasuda Tsuyoshi
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Kodansha USA
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	April 24, 2013 – present
Volumes	21
Anime television series
Directed by	Kōnosuke Uda
Music by	Yoshihiro Ike
Studio	MAPPA
Licensed by	NA Ponycan USA
Original network	MBS, Tokyo MX, BS11, Animax
Original run	July 2, 2016 – December 18, 2016
Episodes	24 + 2 OVA

Days is an ongoing Japanese slice of life comedy sports shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Tsuyoshi Yasuda. It's published by Kodansha, with serialization on Weekly Shōnen Magazine and with 21 volumes compiling the chapters released so far.

Days is the second soccer manga series written by Yasuda, the first being "Furimukuna Kimi wa" (振り向くな君は, loosely translated as "You, don't turn around!") published between 2010 and 2011. This series followed Kaoru Indou and Shuuji Narukami as they start to play soccer together in Sakuragi High School. The two and their team make an appearance in Days as both rivals and friends of the students in Seiseki.

Days follows the struggles of Tsukushi Tsukamoto, a shy, clumsy and bullied teenager about to start high school. He decides to get in Seiseki High School so he can be with his neighbor and childhood friend Sayuri Tachibana, who is one year his senior. Just as he is bullied after visiting Sayuri at her work, Tsukushi is saved by Jin Kazama, who scares away the bullies by attacking them with nunchucks, and declares himself to be a vagrant and lost in town. Jin then asks Tsukushi if he likes soccer and asks him to join him the same night for a futsal match as his team is one player short. Tsukushi surprises Jin by showing up after running almost ten miles under the heavy rain and without one shoe, after another run-in with his bullies. Short, young and clumsy, Tsukushi plays incredibly bad but keeps running throughout the whole match despite having injured his foot, showing such an effort that it motivates his other teammates. After a final sprint, Tsukushi manages to score the decisive goal, smashing his head against the pole by doing it. He finds out later that Jin will also be a freshman at Seiseki, and decides to join the soccer club to play with him, unknowing that the soccer club in Seiseki is nationwide famous and looked after by students from all the country. He manages to make it to the team despite being incredibly frail, weak and clumsy thanks to his continuous efforts and amazing perseverance, and further he shows incredible ability in motivating the rest of the team to work as hard as possible.

It's published by Kodansha, with serialization on Weekly Shōnen Magazine. The first manga volume was released on July 17, 2013, with 21 volumes compiling the chapters released so far. The manga won Best Shōnen Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards. Kodansha USA publish the manga in a digital-only format.