Atarashii Ashi de Kakenukero.

A manga about a teenager who lost his left leg in an accident decides to become a para-athlete after meeting a prosthetic orthopedic and learning about running blade prosthetics.

This is a pretty unique manga. Since 2019 I’ve seen a lot of manga tie-ins for the now delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Shueisha has put out Paralympic Jump and they even did anime crossovers with Yowamushi Pedal and Captain Tsubasa for Anime x Para. Atarashii Ashi de Kakenukero. seems to be in the same vein of putting a spotlight on para-athletes.

It’s a good sports manga that rightfully considers the main characters reservations about returning to athletic competition after he was forced to give up on them. Since the Olympics were canceled due to COVID-19, they also include that real world event in this manga, and that ramifications all the canceled high school sporting events caused. I really appreciate that they’re incorporating the effects of the corona virus on our world today. This is well drawn by Wataru Midori and I will keep reading it.

~dakazu