Line #47 YMMV/DAYS


1	* AmericansHateTingle: At its peak with the anime airing, it's [[https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/5iwftq/spoilers_days_episode_24_discussion_final/dbdfh1d highly advertised around Japan]] and a mainstream seller. Outside of Japan, it has a cult following at best.
2	* ArcFatigue: Compared to Seiseki first match against Saku High & Yuigahama, which is around 10 chapters and against Keiou & Touin, around 30 chapters. The match against [[spoiler:Ryouzan is unexpectedly long, going for almost 70 chapters which not only includes the match itself, but also flashbacks surrounding Ryouzan]].
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The manga art that uses a modernized 90s aesthetic, especially in big panels.
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The second OP, "Higher Climber" by Howl Be Quiet.
5	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Anime viewers, in particular, found Tsukushi either weak and annoying or [[{{Moe}} heartwarming and adorable]].
6	* BishonenJumpSyndrome: It's a shounen manga and running in a shounen magazine, but that doesn't stop all the boys from being [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys ridiculously pretty]].
7	* BrokenBase:
8	** The manga itself. Readers either find it genuinely inspiring seeing Tsukushi starting as a soccer player along with the fun cast interactions, or totally unrealistic (given that Tsukushi, a complete beginner is in the thick of selection for tournaments amidst very experienced players) and the soccer matches (exacerbated by the anime series) being the weakest part at the start [[note]] Yasuda admitted that he started off focusing more on the slice of life aspect [[/note]]
9	** Tsukushi eventual role in soccer. Fans agreed starting as a striker, seeing him scoring an actual goal is going to be a highlight for this manga. But with his skill set proven as the matches go on, fans thought he might be more suited as a defensive midfielder.
10	* CargoShip:
11	** Mizuki/Ball.
12	** Kimishita/Food.
13	* CharacterShilling: Whether or not you root for Tsukushi, it is hard to argue that the praises he got from everybody else (which is especially bad in the beginning) can be somewhat unwarranted, a criticism that even Tsukushi himself admits.
14	* ClicheStorm: The dialogue sounds very generic in early chapters. It gets better.
15	* DieForOurShip:
16	** Once Sayuri made her first appearance, she immediately copped heat from fans of both the Tsukushi x Ubukata and Tsukushi x Kazama pairings, especially when her appearances took a nosedive after Tsukushi joined the soccer club.
17	** Thankfully averted with Ubukata, who usually gets the reluctant ShipperOnDeck or RomanticWingman treatment from Kazama/Tsukushi shippers.
18	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
19	** Kimishita is just as popular as the main two, especially in fanart. Even [[WordOfGod Yasuda Tsuyoshi himself]] was surprised by his popularity. In fact, the first Days Gaiden chapter revolves around him.
20	** [[SmurfetteBreakout Ubukata]]. The fandom loves her and [[LauncherOfAThousandShips liked to ship her with all the guys]], a sufficiently rare occurrence in a CastFullOfPrettyBoys fandom. Then [[spoiler:Hoshina]] appeared, and now she's mostly shipped with him.
21	** Usui. The whole fandom seems to have a crush on Usui, to the point where he actually came in first in the popularity poll, beating even the main characters.
22	** Hayase gets a disproportionate amount of fanart compared to his screentime.
23	** Indou, and the rest of Saku High to some extent.
24	** [[ThoseTwoGuys Satou and Suzuki]]. They're especially popular among shippers.
25	* FanonDiscontinuity: Some fans prefer to pretend the anime never happened after MAPPA first underbudgeted the first season to the point of no return and then broke its promise of a second season, choosing to conclude the series with a three-episode limited edition OVA series instead, meaning the finale is only accessible to a select few fans who can afford to buy it.
26	* FanPreferredCouple:
27	** Tsukushi and Kazama, by a long way.
28	** Ooshiba and Kimishita too.
29	* GottaShipEmAll: As usual for a sports anime with a CastFullOfPrettyBoys. There are a few ships that are shipped by the large majority of the fanbase, but aside from that there are many minor ships, with many a CrackPairing or two.
30	* GrowingTheBeard: The writing drastically improves during and especially after the match against Saku High. The match against Keiou is another highlight, as that is the arc where Tsukushi really shone for the first time, with the addition of his genuine slice of life chapters between [[spoiler: the match against Touin and the match against Yuigahama]].
31	* HilariousInHindsight:
32	** [[Creator/DaisukeOno Kimishita's voice actor]] has voiced [[Manga/GiantKilling another midfielder]] with the jersey number 10 and a tendency to think of forwards as his dogs. Even funnier when you consider that their personalities and voices are on completely opposite ends of the spectrum.
33	** Ooshiba's line that "a handsome man and water never get along well" has become ironic after he got voiced by [[Creator/MamoruMiyano the voice actor]] who, in an [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub earlier role]], once rendered the famous line, "A little water doesn't hurt anyone... Besides, people are always telling me I'm dripping with good looks."
34	* HoYay: [[HoYay/{{DAYS}} Has its own page.]]
35	* JerkassDissonance: Some of the most popular characters (Kishimita & Ooshiba for starters) are also the rudest or arrogant ones – both because they're well-written, charming and because they're just fun to watch.
36	* LauncherOfAThousandShips:
37	** Averted with Tsukushi, surprisingly enough for a protagonist. He mostly only gets shipped with Kazama and sometimes Ubukata or Mizuki.
38	** Kimishita. He gets shipped with Ooshiba, Mizuki, Kazama, Haibara, and generally half the team.
39	** Ubukata used to be shipped with Tsukushi, Usui, Nakazawa, Kazama, and many others, but now that [[spoiler:Hoshina]] has been hinted to be her official LoveInterest the fandom has largely settled on shipping her with him.
40	** Usui gets shipped with the whole team (including Coach Nakazawa) and several others.
41	* {{Moe}}: Pretty much the entire fandom agrees that Tsukushi is adorableness incarnate.
42	* MorePopularSpinoff: To ''Furimukuna Kimi wa'', in the way that they both take place in the same 'verse and the former's protagonists show up again in DAYS as heroes of another story. While the former flopped and never got much attention, the latter became one of very few spokon in the 2010s that achieved success in Weekly Shonen Magazine, became Yasuda's most well-known work after Overdrive, and people now start referring to its ''predecessor'' as the spinoff.
43	* NeverLiveItDown: Mizuki's "[[GratuitousForeignLanguage Namaste]]."
44	* NightmareFuel: Some {{Slasher Smile}}s can have this effect, as well as Taira's dead-fish eyes.
45	* PeripheryDemographic: While it's running in a [[ShonenDemographic shonen]] magazine, its CastFullOfPrettyBoys has naturally attracted quite a number of female fans.
46	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
47	** Narukami, thanks to development and the prequel portraying his and Indou's [[DarkAndTroubledPast backstory]].
48	** To a lesser extent, Ubukata. Opinions on her were [[BrokenBase divided]] while she was still implied to be Tsukushi's abrasive {{Tsundere}} love interest, but once that was scrapped and she became her own character the fandom welcomed her with open arms.
49	* TheScrappy: Taira, oh boy. Part of it is because of his creepy face, the other part is mostly anger at what he did to [[spoiler:Kimishita]].
50	* ShipMates: Kazama/Tsukushi and Hoshina/Ubukata generally go very well together.
51	* SmurfetteBreakout: You'll be hard-pressed to find someone in the fandom who doesn't love and admire Ubukata.
52	* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For ''Furimuku na Kimi wa'', another soccer manga by Yasuda that tells the story of Indou, Narukami, and the first year of the current Saku High third-years.
53	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Fans' general reaction to the anime adaptation, which changed the original (and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt very well-liked]]) art style and cut out many a charming or enjoyable moment or character quirk for the sake of pacing. (All that might have been more forgivable if the series hadn't also suffered heavily from OffModel and NoBudget, but that's a different story.)
54	* ViewerGenderConfusion: When the first promotional art for the anime was released many thought Kazama was a girl.

Context YMMV / DAYS