# Where Aoashi Season 2 Starts in the Manga **Published:** November 2, 2026 **Author:** Achriom **URL:** https://www.achriom.com/blog/aoashi-season-2-manga-chapter > Aoashi season 2 picks up from chapter 118 of the manga, around volume 12. Where season 1 ended, what English editions exist, and what to read after. **Tags:** anime, cross-media, guide --- **Aoashi season 2 continues from where season 1 stopped, which reading guides put at chapter 117, so the manga starts for you at chapter 118.** That chapter sits around volume 12, so if you have watched both seasons, open volume 12 and read forward. Season 2 premiered on October 4, 2026 on NHK Educational TV, with 24 episodes. The rest covers where season 1 ended and how sure that is, how far the manga goes, how to read it in English, and two sports manga to read next. ![Aoashi (2022)](/blog/assets/aoashi-season-2-manga-chapter/aoashi-tv.jpg) A note on how sure this is. No publisher or studio page I could open states where season 2 begins. The chapter comes from two reading guides. [After the Anime](https://aftertheanime.com/anime/aoashi/) says season 1 ends at chapter 117 and puts chapter 118 in volume 13. [Where Does the Anime Leave Off](https://wheredoestheanimeleaveoff.com/ao-ashi-manga-after-anime/) says to start at volume 12, chapter 118. Both were written before season 2 aired, and both say they will update once it finishes. They agree on 118 and disagree on the volume. A Japanese manga store's [page for volume 12](https://comic.k-manga.jp/title/86551/vol/12) says it opens a new arc, with Ashito and three others promoted to Esperion's A team, but it has no chapter list. So I lean toward volume 12 and can't prove it. Starting at the front of volume 12 costs you at most a volume of overlap if the other guide is right, and you will not skip anything. ## Where season 1 stopped Season 1 aired from April 9 to September 24, 2022 for 24 episodes, made by Production I.G and directed by Akira Sato, per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoashi). Season 2 is by TMS Entertainment under a new director, Kazuki Yokoyama, as [Anime News Network reported](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-02/aoashi-season-2-anime-promo-video-reveals-previews-theme-songs/.241212). Both seasons are on Achriom if you want to mark your place before you read: [season 1](https://www.achriom.com/anime/aoashi-2022) and [season 2](https://www.achriom.com/anime/aoashi-season-2-2026). ## How far the manga goes The manga is finished. Yugo Kobayashi wrote and drew it from an original concept by Naohiko Ueno, and it ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits from January 5, 2015 to June 23, 2025, collected in 40 volumes, per Wikipedia. [AniList](https://anilist.co/manga/107279/Aoashi) lists 410 chapters. I could not find any official statement of how much of that season 2 adapts. Season 1 fit about 117 chapters into 24 episodes, so 24 more at that pace would stop near chapter 235, which is my arithmetic and not an announcement. Either way, most of the story is still ahead of you. ## How to read it in English Titan Manga licensed the series for North America and the UK and publishes it in 3-in-1 omnibus editions. The first, with volumes 1 to 3, came out on June 9, 2026, according to Wikipedia. Penguin Random House's [Aoashi page](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/46T/aoashi/) lists two omnibuses so far, and the second, volumes 4 to 6, is a $24.99 paperback. That means English print does not reach volume 12 yet, going by what Penguin Random House lists. I could not find an English digital edition either. If you want chapter 118 now, you would be reading it in Japanese, or waiting for the omnibuses to catch up. ## If you like Aoashi Achriom's season 2 page describes Aoi Ashito's move up to the A team and his struggle against elite players. Two sports manga share that thread. ### Blue Lock Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura's soccer manga has run in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine since August 1, 2018. Yoichi Isagi is an aspiring footballer trying to make Japan's national team, which is running an unusual, intense program to develop the world's best striker. Kodansha USA publishes it in English. The anime's seasons ran October 9, 2022 to March 26, 2023 and October 5 to December 28, 2024. ### Haikyu Haruichi Furudate's volleyball manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2012 to 2020, in 45 volumes, and Viz Media publishes it in English in North America. Its hero is Shoyo Hinata, a boy determined to become a great volleyball player despite his small stature. ## Keeping the anime and the manga together Anime and manga both sit in your Achriom library, so each season of Aoashi can be its own entry, marked Plan to watch, Watching now or Completed, beside the volumes you read. If your anime list lives on AniList, Kitsu or MyAnimeList, Achriom imports it by username, and AniList can re-sync daily. You can also ask your shelf in plain words, like "sports anime I haven't watched." One limit. Manga is web only for now, not on iOS.

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