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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Katsuragi and Touma makes an interesting pair in the club. Heh, they're trying hard to improve themselves. Interesting that we're also getting some mechanics about soft tennis with stances and movements. I really want to see this tennis club succeed. |
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| I'm surprised to see so many fluid motions, there's barely any static frame in this anime so far. There also seem to be some unusual (and some usual) drama. (abuse, homosexuality vs bullying). Also smart(?) confrontaion in the end that will move the team forward from this lazy ass state. |
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| you know, +1 for actually having a guy who's secretly gay (potentially) for his friend instead of it always being girls Other than that, some nice build-up happening, potential romance as well. Still kinda worried about the 12 eps part, hoping it doesn't end up being overly rushed Ngl I got Hanebado vibes as soon as Maki started roasting the squad hopefully this show doesn't turn out as horrendous as that one did That sensei looks a lot like the one from Hibike Euphorium lol. Same VA as well |
Short_CircutOct 17, 2019 12:07 PM
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| That ED is so elite. Reminds me of Kekkai Sensen ED1 a little bit. |
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| Good episode. Good thing the guys in the club are finally taking things seriously. I loved the ED with everyone dancing. |
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| Did they just hold hands in the middle of the field. |
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| That ED sequence might be my favorite of this season, simple yet so effective, had me smilling through the entire thing. I was pleasantly surprised about the good chunk of focus on the sport, every information on this anime pointed out it will be heavily focused on drama with the sport in the backround, and while it might still lose the sport element down the line this episode gave us a lot of mechanics and the team getting motivated into the training. Hopefully they will keep up this spirit for the rest of the story. |
CaioOlive said: Jin_uzuki said: Did they just hold hands in the middle of the field. And, even more, no one cared? I was expecting a gay joke or something. But I'll feel bad for the manager if they actually become a couple. It was indeed pretty jarring going from "Realistic depiction of homophobia in a school environment" to "awww, cute boys holding hands in front of everyone." |
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| Fabulous ending xD And still a great watch. Very soothing atmosphere, nice insert songs and quite some interesting character dynamics. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This and Ahiru no Sora, sports anime fans are well served this season! ALSO THAT ED!!! |
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| As far as i am concerned, this is AOTS already. These characters feel like real people to me, such as their conversations do. The animation is super smooth. They plant hints as to what the future ''mini-arcs'' (?) will contain for them, they made me hella interested in Maki, Toma and the girl who loves to draw. She might be a lot more interesting to observe than i though at first. This is brilliance. |
| Hard to say since it has only 2 eps and aswell can go in wrong direction, but good chance for this anime to be "underwatched" hidden gem. Actually this have very good silce of life vibes with awesome characters cast. And the ending. Love orginal conception of doing special animation to song. Perfect. |
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| Nice episode and great ending there. "What kind of morons get excited over knee highs these days?" Here, that would be me. |
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| Cool how it's going so far, this might be a good one. I'm looking foward to the next episode. |
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| I have no shame in admitting I got up to dance along with everyone during the ED. |
| Another very good episode for this anime, the story is really captivating. |
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| Predicting this as anime of the season. The drama was nicely executed and well balanced with the sports aspect of the show. I also like the idea of the manager having a secret crush on Shinjo, and I feel like something is going to develop between Katsuragi and that Mitsu girl. The ED was also beautiful, loved the song and the dancing. The animation is also consistently smooth and aesthetically pleasing throughout each episode (so far). Giving this show a 7/10 for the moment, I just feel like pacing might become an issue later on. |
"Humans die. Animals die. Plants die. Even soul reapers die. It’s the arch of the universe. Everything that comes to life eventually ceases to exist.” |
| The ED is so cute! All the character designs are great too, it's really refreshing to see so many different body types in an anime. I really like how they animated Toma and Maki with the proper posture when playing tennis while everyone else was a bit off at the end, really charming. |
  Don't worry about being lame now, you were always lame anyway!  |
| I think I'm going to have a great time with this show! I loved the way the topics that were touched upon in this episode were handled. I might have also just found my favorite ED for this season. |
| This direction of the series is so good this far, I liked the atmosphere where anime characters don't need to explain something about someone as a convenient story/background device. It felt so natural. When Maki roasted the team I was expected them to fight to be honest, you know, like typical sports anime. That dance ED makes me laugh a bit, gotta say unexpected, awesome moves. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| I wasn't expecting to like this series so much, it has so much to it than meets the eye and it gets me excited to know how it'll play out. And that Ending reminded me so much of the First Kekkai Sensen ED and to be honest this is probably my favorite Ending of the season. Loving the series so far ^^ |
I wonder why the bullies thought Shinjo was nuts? Is it somehow related to how Shinjo's mother seems to be afraid to left alone with him? |
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| dang, I really loved that 20lap running scene I'm guessing the insert song is the opening song, using it as an insert song during the running was really nice. really enjoying this series so far. |
| To be honest, I'm loving everything about this anime so far. It brings interesting themes, it's entertaining, it has good animation. I am very intrigued about what's the deal with Shinjou! Oh and that ED was lovely. |
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| Maki is the man. Give me MORE! |
| Sarazanmai boys playing soft tennis. Excellent episode. |
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| I liked this far more than the first episode, getting invested now. 20 laps montage with the insert was great. Was cool to see Maki learning soft tennis and damn he totally wrecked the rest of the team, just plain brutal. I almost felt bad for how much he roasted them but at least it looks it might've gotten their drive back. The ED is glorious. xD |
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| Feels like a mix of run with the wind/tsurune, nice. Jin_uzuki said: CaioOlive said: And, even more, no one cared? I was expecting a gay joke or something. But I'll feel bad for the manager if they actually become a couple. It was indeed pretty jarring going from "Realistic depiction of homophobia in a school environment" to "awww, cute boys holding hands in front of everyone." Yeah, right? This boy was just bullied then he had to see his crush holding hands with another boy. Regarding the lack of a gay joke/notice of them holding hands, maki and shinjo weren't holding hands anymore by the time the rest of the team caught up.I'll be honest, I was expected a high five or a fist bump haha. A part of me is wondering if there's going to be a love triangle drama(ew) between the manager, shinjo, and maki, although I'd prefer if the manager was able to date his crush. Maki doesn't seem to be interested in anyone romantically (for now, at least). I'm not a shipper but I'm rooting for the manager here lol, he's adorable. Laena said: I wonder why the bullies thought Shinjo was nuts? Is it somehow related to how Shinjo's mother seems to be afraid to left alone with him? Probably. Maybe he went batshit insane and tends to become abusive when pissed off. |
| This show is good yo, the drama undertones are too strong though and everyone kinda sucks but their middle schoolers right? guess it makes sense why there's so many bullies , while Maki might have come off as a straight up asshole with harsh words it did get them motivated for once since the whole club has been shown has lazy and you know a failure of a club was funny seeing all the other clubs be like oh wow the boys are actually doing something!. but for real i couldn't handle the ED it just caught me off so hard for this kind of show to just see everyone busting some legit dance moves i recognized a few TOP TIER Ryouma Ebata keep doing your thang |
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| Toma and Maki are getting along now, aren't they? Regardless, watching Maki settle into the soft tennis club after SO MUCH persuasion from Toma needs some adjusting to in skill and technique. Even though I see it as squash for practice, Maki's sense of catching things quickly make it easy for him to achieve good forms even on the 1st try. xBroken said: dang, I really loved that 20lap running scene I'm guessing the insert song is the opening song, using it as an insert song during the running was really nice. Judging by the credits, it is the main theme song, and it sounded very pleasant. Giving all a 20-lap headstart definitely brought the team together. This Mitsue girl also piqued my interest, but not sure of what to make her as of now. I'm guessing by her NEET personality, she's one of another bunch of victims. Plus, gay undertones. THANK GOD they're not forced. New guy Asuka Yuuta, being the stalker type, is noticed by Maki, and snitching isn't an option, being made the manager of the boys' soft tennis club, I'd assume to scout his intentions. Welp, Maki roasting the others surely was a wake-up call, not to his personality but rather, the arousing of past hearts and determination. However, his mum and older brother surely didn't know that he has met their estranged dad, and forced to relive the harsh moment (i.e. Episode 1 post-credits). The "show, don't tell" aesthetics really play a VERY significant part in the storytelling and characterization, and that's the main reason I love this show from the get-go. Add in 8-bit's light but superb animation quality, and this is some forerunner for AOTS in the original space. The Soras (Ahiru no Sora and this) are definitely flying high. |
KANLen09Oct 17, 2019 6:11 PM
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| Yep. This second episode shown how actually enjoyable the series is, impressive in whole different ways. It had some good points I noticed that makes it original and I really found this anime great, with a proper character development, just awesome. Also had some scenes that made me laugh of how unexpected it was for me (Ending as well). |
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| Maki didn't give a shit and i loved it. this is my favorite anime of the season alongside Beastars right now, please continue like this. That ED was so fun, probably my favorite of this season. |
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| Like father like son. Maki, the protagonist, has twisted and nasty personality. It seems he takes every means available to achieve tennis match victory. Understanding toward LGBT? No, he doesn't have any interest in the others and made use of it for his purpose. As for Toma, the captain of the tennis club, seems to have nice personality. But looking from the attitudes of those students at the beginning of this episode and his mother in the previous episode, he might have had some sudden bad temper and made an incident before. As for the geek girl living near Maki, in spite of certain possession time of the show, it's hard to guess her role so far. |
| I love this series so much already! The entire team is starting to grow on me, especially the main characters. Maki is interesting. I hope to see more of the girl's backstory soon too, she seems mysterious yet wants to get to know the others more since she's always watching them. The running scene and the music was wonderfully made. The ED is hilariously cute and full of joy. |
| Ohhhh.. Was that a 3 nen gumi reference at the ED!?!? This show is very refreshing to watch and i like the dynamic character interaction. Hopefully the girl will join the team as a manager as well. |
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