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Oct 15, 2019 9:53 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Teamwork in this show seems to be more important than ever now, even in the finale.

I did expect one more match in this anime and it's what we got. Overall, it was an okayish show for me, nothing great but watchable.
Oct 15, 2019 10:59 AM
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looks like AoTY is finally over. What a thoroughly enjoyable ride this has been. Definitely hoping for a 2nd season


godly animation/10
Oct 15, 2019 11:12 AM
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I watched most sports anime so that I can create best sports anime of the decade list, most of the time I enjoy what I watch, but Try Knights is not one of them, despite all the bromance that appear.
Oct 15, 2019 12:58 PM
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I see Gonzo and Seven didn't have a budget to end this match at all.
That change of heart of that psychic brother was faster that even the Phanton Thieves couldn't have done it and what kind of idiotic tactics were those?

Man I am overthinking too much this crap. It sucks more when you love Rugby so much and this was the promotion for the Rugby World Cup 2019.

I wish I can see the future like that older brother and say that Seven is going bankrupt but I see that those hentai productions maintain that stupid studio alive.
Oct 15, 2019 1:15 PM
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That was a nice turnaround pass by Akira, just when Reo thought he had him and it was all over. Just know when a character predicts his win in a series, he's bound to lose anyhow, and Reo should've known better than that. I wish they showed the rest of the tournament though, it kinda pissed me off more that they didn't. I see the time skip there, now they're worldwide, woow that actually came out of nowhere!

This series was the representation of "true art in making terrible anime"! The animation stiff and stale, the characters made you want to stare at the walls instead. The music was awkward and inconsistent with the animation. The plot was like a lullaby, sleepy and dull! The games themselves were like a washed up clown trying some acrobatic tricks even though he knows he's fat, embarrassing and cringefesting!

It was definitely not an enjoyable anime, and I've forgotten it already. Try... who?

4/10.
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Oct 15, 2019 1:39 PM
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It's quite a feat to turn something I usually like into such an unenjoybale experience. What a pile of blandness.

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Oct 15, 2019 2:11 PM
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a solid 1/10 i'm impressed
While you shitpost about other taste, i watch or read stuff :D
Oct 15, 2019 3:35 PM
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Soran won in the end, and Riku bested his brother.

After the credits rolled, you can see that Riku and Akira went to the big time, and now Riku and his brother are playing alongside each other.

This was a little better than I expected. Sure, the animation was a bit subpar, but what happened on the field, especially in the later episodes kinda made up for it. I give it a 7/10, which is probably more generous than many others who have watched this.

Oct 15, 2019 5:32 PM
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They really TRY their best, huh. The final match between Soran and Sekirei, but primarily the closure of the long-standing rivalry between younger and older brothers.

The final match sees Riku having to ditch his own team-designed tactics in front of the insurmountable wall that is Sekirei, employing tactical teamwork instead to decide the victor.

Man, it's been 3 months of watching this crap, and I'd hope that there will not be a show like this anytime soon.

lkevsan said:
Man I am overthinking too much this crap. It sucks more when you love Rugby so much and this was the promotion for the Rugby World Cup 2019.


They could have TRY-ed, but apparently they didn't, and it wasn't enough to salvage anything out of it. Rugby is huge in Japan, so how did this series got tarnished so much that it ended up just being a cash-grab for promo events.
Oct 15, 2019 7:35 PM

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The type of comment i would give to this anime is the No Comment type.

2/10, left it in the trash can, and it will be there rotting for years and years.
Oct 19, 2019 6:30 PM

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Great ending...nice to see how teamwork was portrayed in this episode. Overall, the anime was okay, not the best sports anime I have seen but it was still enjoyable.

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Oct 23, 2019 10:15 AM

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Nice after credits sceen with the New Zealand vs Japan game and the three boys wearing jerseys. Too bad Japan lost same week :(

Despite all those handsome VAs, the best part of the series was the ED song.
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Nov 2, 2019 5:46 PM

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I feel bad for the people that finished this, dropped on episode 1. No regret, only pity.
Nov 6, 2019 8:40 PM

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Honestly I only finished this to see how bad the animation could get.
Probably we didn't see the end of the match because they ran out of budget.

4/10. Not bad enough to be "so bad it's good", but not good by any means either.

Nov 21, 2019 8:23 PM

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damn that is a very low score, I haven´t seen it nor I will but could someone tell me why its so bad?
usually the worst anime I´ve seen get scores between 5.5 and 6.5 so this is a new kind of low
Jan 17, 2020 12:40 PM

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So I just finished watching this and um....yea. Not good but not the worst I have seen so I guess that is something? This series was just way too rushed with too many things going on to fit into a short 12 episode series. Maybe if it was double the episodes and had more character and plot developments it could have been good, instead of just being a bad fanservice bait anime.
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Mar 5, 2020 4:57 PM

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The only thing I liked was the OP song. It's catchy 😌
Apr 9, 2020 1:38 PM

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What to say? It's pretty sad when a sport anime doesn't have enough budget to properly animate a sport, it's sadder when the general gameplay of the sport is barely showcased.

I thought the redeeming quality of this would come from the josei tag, bringing a certain sensibility for example. But all it brought was a style of character design. The motivations of everyone were basic and uninteresting.

Feels bad for the staff to have their name associated with this, feels bad for the viewers and feels bad for rugby. Let's hope this quickly gets forgotten.
Apr 27, 2020 2:51 PM

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I'm quite speechless, other than the godly animation and the highquality plot, the shining part has to be in the marathon matches

Now onto a serious note, I'm quite disappointed by this poorly done adaptation not only the animation was kind of offputting, were the characters and their relations not that well developed but the story was too cliché and mediocre. There wasn't something particularly unique about it and honestly didn't really felt like it tried to showcase a rugby game

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