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| Tbh, I came into this show with average expectations but it turned out to be a rather fun show. It has a lot of energy and a cherry atmosphere with a group of colorful characters. There's sports themes and it's built on futsal themes. I kinda like how everyone is united with similar goals and they didn't waste much time getting right into the game. Hope to see these characters improve. |
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| It's been awhile since Diomedea last produced a show (that was last Spring's Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou Desu), and this is yet another sports anime that's focusing on futsal. But before you ask, this isn't the Blue Lock anime hype levels of hopeful just yet for stopgap. Instead of a CGDCT, this is PBDHT (Pretty Boys Doing Handsome Things) for a mobage that I'm gonna assume would be the same as last season's Takt Op. Destiny. But immediately, I get the Re-Main feeling...that feels so much interior. The hopeful protag Haru Yamato being inspired by futsal after watching the championship of the U-18 world cup and along with a Japanese player named Tokinari Tenouji, and joins his school's Koyo Academy High School's futsal team with the goal of becoming a player like Tenouji. As you would expect, there're other boys as well in a huge character roster (since this is a soon-to-be mobage), but for a start, the newbies of (Haru and Seiichiro Sakaki) and regulars all take part in a friendly match against the usual rivals who are more delinquents than anything...which shows much of their character. Also, playing rough is part-and-parcel of the futsal experience that's less stringent than actual soccer. A "good" experience for them to test for abilties to enter into the usual tournaments, with the whole Inazuma Eleven feel. Welp, this is yet another situation that's like last Spring's Shakunetsu Kabaddi. Let's see how this one fares, and hopefully doesn't wing it the same like said series. Other than that, this is quote average. |
KANLen09Jan 9, 2022 10:26 AM
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| No idol performance this time. Pretty interesting start. I know futsal is a very popular sports in South America, especially in Brazil. I think this is going to be a nice show. |
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| Ah yes the good ole "opponent commits fouls after fouls but our protags just bear with it" trope, sigh |
| Average at best.. The character design is so bland, they just changed the hair color from each character. Well, the sport scenes should be good ig. |
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| I's average I guess. Picked it up just for the sport but outside of that I'm not particularly optimistic that it will be good. Different hair colors for the guys seems a little too standardized, the production seems kinda bland and I would prefer if there were no super power but rather just exaggerated shots. I guess the search for a good football show still continues. Hopefully Blue Lock will be what I'm looking for. |
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Lelouch0202 said: Ao ashi coming next season it's good sport series too and it's football show, both Ao ashi and Blue lock is good I like both.I's average I guess. Picked it up just for the sport but outside of that I'm not particularly optimistic that it will be good. Different hair colors for the guys seems a little too standardized, the production seems kinda bland and I would prefer if there were no super power but rather just exaggerated shots. I guess the search for a good football show still continues. Hopefully Blue Lock will be what I'm looking for. |
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| Two words: fujoshi bait. |
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| Sunday does not just bring the hype (AoT + Kimetsu no Yaiba) but also fanservice for fujoshis. This was more to my liking than the other/15 bishie sports series we get on a seasonal basis. I honestly enjoy it when it's a bit over the top. The opening visuals otoh were a let down. Too bad, so far I digged everything by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION. |
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| Those first 2 minutes just make me think the writer(s) have never actually watched a futsal match in their life. Since when has this sport been played in huge stadiums with grass pitches, even at the highest levels of play. Other than that, this just looks like another fairly unremarkable and boring sports anime. |
| Tbh, I came into this expecting just the football((I'm new to this Fusal concept, so that is why my brain went that way.)) and only that, but then they pulled out these flashy moves and I'm like wtf lmao. Was honestly weird, but let's see how the plot continues. |
| a rather summery anime for winter season lol. At least will be nice to watch in gloomy days anywho was kinda worried about how the animation will stack up, especially since soccer anime in general didn't have that great animation to begin with and futsal is a lot more chaotic in that regard, but surprisingly the animation (in the match at least) isn't too bad. Then again, this is Diomedia so chances are it's quickly gonna become shit also why does every sports anime have to have that kageyama looking character looooooooool |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| This has been on my Plan to watch for a really long time. lol. Now, it's finally out. Don't want to say it, but this was pretty bad. The protagonist was introduced as someone who doesn't like futsal, and suddenly, the next time we see him, he loves it? What was even the point of that introduction! If he was neutral or just mildly interested or curious about futsal, then it wouldn't feel like a terrible jump. The dialogues were bad. It feels like the creators didn't know what story they exactly wanted to tell. The plot points just didn't go well with one another. Art was okay enough, but the animation was not good. The characters' hair, clothes and body hardly interacted with their motion. Action heavy stories with exaggerated physics need to have proper weight and power. This anime just completely lacks it. This is a nit-pick, but the protagonist and the short boy have terrible voices. It really didn't go with their bodies. Also, the short boy's hair is cute, but it seems very impractical for sports. They should have created a different version of his design for when he plays sports, where he maybe ties his hair back. (Unrelated to this anime, but: The fact that this anime's bad art and animation is still better than Blue Period, a story about art, just makes me sad. lol) |
| A great surprise! I really like especially for flashy colors! |
I thought this was amazing had me on the edge of my seat wondering what's next! I was just constantly excited about what would pop up....... Yeah JK, this fucking blew hard donkey dick! God why do I keep getting tricked by lame ass sport shows. I'm looking at you ReMain.....so gay!!!!!! It's just made for chicks to imagine pairs of dudes banging the brown mound....gaaaaaaaay! It'll just end as one big gay orgy at the end of the season after they win the U18 Cum Cup Championship.  Only good scene was when they all had that circle jerk at that one guys place then his little sister walked in and it turned into a gangbang........oh wait that'd be to interesting so they didn't do it and instead bored me into a coma.  |
Collins89Jan 11, 2022 9:13 AM
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| This was painfully bland and poorly executed. I love football and futsal's a fun alternative too, but man everything about this felt so one-note and inconsistent to watch. No passion in this whatsoever, and the characters are really dull and inconsistent like the series too. Just waiting for the Ao Ashi football anime next season to give me some actual potential with a football-based anime. |
| Seeing the first few seconds I thought "Really? Is there someone who honestly thinks that Brazil still knows how to play ball?" But then it loses to Japan. Now it's more in line with what I'd expect. |
| It took like, 10 seconds for a HUEHUEHUE reference? Based show. Absolutely hyped that this shit has super powers in it. |
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| If I weren't a completionist, I would have dropped this 1 minute 30 seconds in after the God awful animation on Tennoji running against the void while redhead stares longingly. I've seen power points with better animation than that |
| That was fun. I tend not to watch sports anime, but I really want to see those cheaters get served. |
Gawr-Gura said: If I weren't a completionist, I would have dropped this 1 minute 30 seconds in after the God awful animation on Tennoji running against the void while redhead stares longingly. I've seen power points with better animation than that I know what you mean! I've sat through some horrendous anime before, I mean some real wrist cutter anime. But man at least those had a genere I was somewhat into or turned. Sports is already not my biggest thing but man this made it worse. I was able to trudge through ReMain last season thx to a barley interesting idea. This was just bad. I finished the episode but am dripping the anime. Which I hate to do since I have a low drop rate.......thx futsal boy's! |
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| It was quite underwhelming. They just had to randomly say the most generic lines like "it's our last year, so let's win Nationals" and "we are going to win Nationals, no, Japan's best for sure!!" - that's even before they even started with the new team. MC is so confident he'll be the best. And we haven't even got to see how cool he is in this sport so in the end there wasn't anything in particular to hold my interest. I mean, after so many anime in the genre simply arranging diverse pretty faces won't cut it. There has to be something special. Even if most sports anime go by similar formula at least some have this special atmosphere and genuinely relatable characters that make you ok with watching the same plot all over again. Oh, and they have Harry Potter for a manager, lol |
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| This is on the same level as Skate leading but more boring. It is so fast paced that it seemed like I was watching it in ×2 speed. And why are some of them so chuunibyou naming their shots like that. That was so cringey. And the guy who named his shot Storm of Horizon, that jump looked so unrealistic I never saw any player do that stunt... I do feel like dropping it but the ED by R.O.N is beautiful enough for me to continue it. But still if it gets uncontrollably boring I might really drop it. |
Rickydory123Jan 12, 2022 4:31 PM
| Damn, lots of hate for this lol. I actually quite enjoyed this :D I definitely didn't expect that super high jump and naming the kick at the very beginning, but well, I've seen some of Captain Tsubasa so it didn't really faze me, lol. Sure it feels out of place because no one expected that, but hey, I didn't expect Captain Tsubasa to be that unrealistic either. Everyone's so hung up on those two instances, but for the most part, the plays are more realistic than Kuroko no Basket, and people enjoyed that. I honestly don't mind it, and I'm happy to see non-3DCGI soccer animation, unlike Days. Granted, this is futsal, so there are less players on the field so they don't have to do a ton of extra animation. Regarding the sport itself, I've only seen in a few manga I've read where the characters mention playing it, but it was not the focus. I didn't realize that futsal isn't played in an outdoor stadium like that, as I learned from the comments. I guess that could be misleading for people who don't know the sport, but I think they made it clear that they aren't going for realism with that flying kick + name of the move at the beginning :') And if you can get past that, I think it was a fun episode. Nothing amazing, but it wasn't bad at all. Yeah it's kind of dumb the delinquents came back for losing, but eh, a pride thing, probably. Anyways, everyone's just been spoiled by Haikyuu!! it seems. I really don't want to see that anime/manga being brought up in another sports series again... While the quality of the art itself isn't very polished, it actually has more animation that I'd thought it'd have. For example, when Sakaki was taking off his necktie, they animated that whole part whereas honestly they could've taken the shortcut and not animate that part at all, like most anime would. And if we ignore how Ryuu's jump was unrealistic, the animation of the spin was actually really cool ^^ I can see the animation getting more stagnant and characters being more off model (so far though, all the main characters' faces have been pretty on model) in the the future episodes, and I have no clue how the story will go, but I think it'll be a chill watch at the very least. As long as there's not too much drama or if the drama isn't too overblown (looking at you, Battery and Dive!!), then I think I'll like it to the end. We'll see, though. Hard to say, lol. That ending song is sooo good though. I've always liked Stereo Dive Foundation's debut style the most (Daisy), and wanted to hear more of that style unlike most his subsequent releases. He has luckily blessed me with Storyseeker last year and now Pianissimo <3 |
| First impression: It's fine, but the animation and pacing had one foot in the "So bad that it's good" category. |
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