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| Finally we got a real sports manga in Jump after a long time. The art looks really cool. The characters look really interesting. The main character looks cool. His name is Haitani. The other striker looked cool too. The match was well drawn. It really does kinda give off Slam Dunk vibe. Overall a really good first chapter. Hope it does good. |
| idk what you mean by finally. It's been less than a year since GGG ended. Anyway this was good. Soccer hasn't been a huge hit in Jump recently but this has potential |
| A soccer manga with Delinquents so basically, Slam dunk soccer version?! I'm sold already, Hopefully this turns out to be a hit! |
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| Bet you Oshimi had a pompadour in the 80's |
lawsolos56 said: this seems very promising, reminds me of blue lock which i am yet to read The manga author of embers actually used to be an assistant for the manga author of Blue Lock. |
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| it was a good but very cliche start. art is very dynamic! looking forward to next week’s |
| Very cool to see this follow a defender and not a striker for once. Also it’d be cool if the girls actually get to do things, but it’s a high school sports manga, so we’ll see. |
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| it was a good start i didn't know what to expect with the art and it is good for the story, i want to know what will happen next i can feel the MC spirit too soon to say if it's the next big thing but we can probably enjoy it for the next few weeks for the moment... |
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| A pretty basic start for the first chapter of a sports manga. The teacher is the MVP. Shame he's already gone. The delinquent aspect reminds me a lot of Slam Dunk. |
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| When I first saw this I didn't know what to expect. A soccer manga may struggle with the success of Blue Lock recently but I don't read that manga. The premise is pretty cool, a brawler and problem child finds his passion for sports in soccer. The teacher is a great character we need more teachers like him who are willing to figure out what makes kids tick and push them in the proper direction. It's the nurture our protagonist needed. He even became a good influence on his delinquent peer group. This chapter feels like a mix of Haikuu and Rugby Rumble. Haitani is very similar to Kinzan in that they are both movices to the sport they'll be playing. I get the feeling that Haitani and Yuga are going to be like Hinata and Kageyama. |
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| decent start, that goal was fire. damn that's a lot of delinquents, reminds me of slam dunk but this was a bit more serious and we really went from that guy never playing soccer to a proper match in 1 chapter wow. being an assistant from blue lock, i knew the art wasn't gonna be bad. let's see how this goes, i'm not exactly looked right from the start like i was with blue lock (i hate to compare) but this has potential for sure and i'm always excited for more football. |
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| Honestly wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did. Been waiting for a new WSJ football series for ages. Hopefully gets more exciting in the coming chapters, I'll defo stick with it in hopes it improves. Following the successes of Ao Ashi and Blue Lock football/soccer always seemed the no brain answer for the new sports hit WSJ so obviously wants. This series definitely seems like it's trying to be that answer. Hopefully it's pans out & it builds momentum and I get more into it as it goes on. |
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| This could be fun! I feel like the whole "delinquents playing sports" is a well-used trope in baseball and basketball manga, but I feel like most football mangas have protagonists that either take themselves too seriously or are very earnest. I'll keep an eye on this one |
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J_Vaso said: Biisoo said: A soccer manga with Delinquents so basically, Slam dunk soccer version?! I'm sold already, Hopefully this turns out to be a hit! Was thinking this. Assuming Takami will be the Rukawa of this series. Stoked to see him and Haitani dap up in the final game. Oh now that you mention it, Takami does give off Rukawa vibes atleast for now. |
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| This is a solid start to the series, excited to see what happens in the next chapter. |
| Chapter has too much packed into it and moves too fast. Pacing needs to slow way down if it wants to hold people's attention. I'm also not sure how well a new soccer manga is going to do with Blue Lock still running. |
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