History Manga / DAYS

''DAYS'' is a manga about a high school football team, which ran in ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' from 2013 to 2021. An animated adaptation was produced by Creator/{{MAPPA}} for the {{Summer 2016|Anime}} season.

** [[spoiler: Okinawa, the Nationals finalist and final opponent in the series]]. The entire match is shown in highlights and even though [[spoiler:Okinawa score once in a CurbStompCushion]], Seiseki dominate.

* AntiClimax: The match against [[spoiler:Yuigahama]]. They're set up as serious opponents who share a history with [[spoiler:Kazama]], but Seiseki easily crushes them 4-0. (Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, because this match was never about winning so much as about reconciliation, and finishing it quickly allows the series to focus on more serious opponents faster.)

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's the Seiseki soccer club, which consists of 57 players alone, coaches, managers, parents, friends, and of course other teams. And the cast just keeps on growing with every match.

* WomenAreWiser: If anyone from the soccer teams has a sister, you can bet she's much more well-adjusted and reasonable, not to mention mature than he is, regardless of her age. And then of course there's [[OnlySaneMan Ubukata]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Almost completely averted, except for Ubukata (especially in the anime, which makes her hair pink), as well as Usui (silver-haired ranging from gray to almost blue). An explanation for these odd colors is never given.

* UnnecessaryRoughness: Hokutou engages in this during their match against Seiseki. They essentially get away with it, presumably because it can be passed off as clumsiness because of the conditions. [[spoiler:Their methods cause Mizuki to accrue a second yellow (thus missing the next match) because he had to save Kimishita from getting a deliberate kick in the head but they still lose the match.]]

* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 168 has a hilarous chapter where the cast comments on [[spoiler: the sumo battle between Indou & Mizuki. And cut to Tsukushi having his HeroicSelfDepreciation phase all alone]].

* PowerTrio: The three arrows of Seiseki are the embodiment of this.

''DAYS'' is a manga about a high school football team. An animated adaptation was produced by Creator/{{MAPPA}} for the {{Summer 2016|Anime}} season.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Often seen in shots of the whole field, with many players moving at once. The way they move is notably different from the way they usually do.

* ConspicuousCG: Often seen in shots of the whole field, with many players moving at once. The way they move is notably different from the way they usually do.

* AntiClimax: The match against [[spoiler:Yuigahama]]. They're set up as serious opponents who share a history with [[spoiler:Kazama]], but Seiseki easily crushes them 4-0. (TropesAreNotBad, because this match was never about winning so much as about reconciliation, and finishing it quickly allows the series to focus on more serious opponents faster.)

* LeftHanging: [[spoiler:The anime, essentially. The series ends with a cliffhanger right before the beginning of the Touin match and the promise of a sequel. A sequel does come after a full year, but it's a three-episode OVA series and a limited edition accessible only to a select few, meaning that the series was left hanging for the overwhelming majority of the fanbase.]]

* MiracleRally: Seiseki's comeback in the match against [[spoiler:Ryouzan, with them being 0-3 behind by the halftime break and managing to catch up again in the second half]].

* CurbStompBattle: When they are at their best condition and against teams that are considered subpar, Seiseki can deal this towards them. [[spoiler: One notable instance comes from their first Nationals match against Yuigahama, where they score a 4-0 in 9 chapters, despite being the arc about Kazama.]]

** The [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mrAG76Rxves/V-caHDBPh5I/AAAAAACSNWs/4qwtvSTPArg/w1900/MR-350409-584765-2.jpg first]] color page for the chapter, where the tone leans more towards high school rom-com before the series focuses on football for the next chapter

* WebcomicTime: Especially prominent during matches, which take place over about an hour and a half but are published over the course of several months, or sometimes half a year.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: One of the most frequent ways to end chapters, episodes, or volumes, especially during matches.

* CurbStompBattle: When they are at their best condition and against teams that are considered subpar, Seiseki would deal this towards them. [[spoiler: One notable instance comes from their first Nationals match against Yuigahama, where they scored a 4-0 in 9 chapters, despite being the arc about Kazama.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: Kimishita and Ooshiba seem fond of this InUniverse, acting like they're about to do something unusually friendly to the other and then switching out at the last second, occasionally fooling even the other.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Even apart from the visual age-up everyone got thanks to ArtEvolution there are some differences in the early character designs, such as Haibara's hair being longer and less wavy, Ooshiba being slimmer and less muscular, and Kimishita always wearing a necklace that later disappears as his delinquent persona morphs into the smart workaholic one he's known for today.

* ChildhoodFriends: Sayuri and Tsukushi are childhood friends, though Tsukushi thinks of her more like a CoolBigSis.