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Jul 9, 2022 3:27 AM
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The 2nd Cour of Love All Play...and I already wished that this was only a 1-cour show.

Hey! Say! JUMP's 2nd OP just doesn't hit well as the 1st...an average song this time. The ED is a tad better, but not by much.

So Hana joins the Yokohama Minato badminton team as a manager, as well as 4 other guys whom looks stiff, the worst case being Rintaro Shiba, an excellent junior player. Sakaki and the others impress by looks, while Mizushima is just training as per usual.

More characters to come, especially with one Misaki Shogo whom's also another notable player but recenty has a rut. It's the same with Yokokawa changing gears from singles to doubles to improve himself, and his position given to Hana to help those falling behind.

Mizushima is slowly improving as well with the tips from both Hana and Coach Ebihara, whom the former suffered an injury that rendered her unable to play, and watching Mizushima's play, reminded her of how she used to be like.

A discord now that builds teamwork as it goes, here's to another round of decency for everyone has aged a year older.
Jul 9, 2022 4:10 AM
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First of all, the ED song by my favorite singer Yasuda Rei. This is her 9th song to be used in anime. One more song and she can be classified as anison artist (an artist with 10+ songs in anime).

For the story, time flies fast! It's the second year already while some anime spend several seasons to cover just one year, while some anime spend thousand of episodes but time isn't moving forward at all. The pace of Love All Play reminds me of the previous season's Fanfare of Adolescence, but Fanfare's pace is faster, covering 3 years in just one season.

I find it hard to believe that this school has one of, if not only, the strongest badminton club, but there's zero female player. I kinda hope Sakurai join the club as a player. Not because I want gender equality, but because female manager will bring a heterosexual atmosphere to the club, which I don't want it. And it seems like my nightmare is becoming a reality, she seems to be interest in Mizushima.

Junior highschool players that join a week of training look interesting, I hope all of them eventually join this school, especially Shiba, I love an aggressive guy like him.
Jul 9, 2022 5:22 AM
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Oh, great, yet another Hana. Sakurai, at that.
Gotta love how the most generic side characters can just waltz in and turn everything upside down because whoops, hormones.

And the pacing is still atrociously uneven.
Jul 9, 2022 6:09 AM
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Ughh! The new OP is amazing! Hey! Say! JUMP nailed it again! I love it (Sad they're not available in Spotify) Especially the visuals, a total upgrade compared to the first cour OP. Sakaki-kun in the OP 😂.

The new ED by Rei Yasuda, its great too I love it. I'll miss Longman! The visuals are nice too.

Anyways its an entertaining episode. Hana-chan a manager! Hehe. Sakaki-kun and one of the twins so enthusiastic about her. New freshies joining the club!

And they're 2nd year now!
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Jul 9, 2022 6:21 AM
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That's it. Generic oped, but can be understandable. It's not surprising at all having her into the manager position, and looks like she's already helping a lot, and have an interesting sad predictable background. Despite that, its actually raise quite a bit of a weird feeling, seeing all of them to act like it's a new thing to have her around them, when back at first cour again, she's already been around for quite some time. Dude really get excited about girl around and Sakaki looks like getting a big lesson to not get overboard of the excitement around the only girl there xd.

Very well noted first episode of the second cour. Jumped into the second year already. But, i'll finish this as slow as i do, lately...
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Jul 9, 2022 7:05 AM
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MANAGER HANA WOOOO WE SAW IT COMING AND WE'RE HAPPY FOR IT !!!!!

mizushima instantly sitting next to his bro when hana was in the middle of offering the seat next to her lmaoo. but i can sort of respect that!

the 1st years seem cool, rather than the nonchalant high attitude guy im more interested in the one thats played for 7 years. thats like half of his life lol, good on him
Jul 9, 2022 8:43 AM
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Sakurai's pretty adorable! She's observant and a good manager, I think she'll be good for the team. She's the second person who's said she likes the way Mizushima plays too. With her help, the team's gonna get so much stronger during these practices.
Jul 9, 2022 3:49 PM
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Hana has such potential as a character with the injury aspect. Doesn't look like it would be delved deep into but at least she's playing her role well.

And there's a time skip now, which would have felt unnatural but after Fanfare of Adolescence, its completely fine.




Jul 10, 2022 12:07 AM
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Sakurai's pretty adorable! She's observant and a good manager, I think she'll be good for the team. She's the second person who's said she likes the way Mizushima plays too. With her help, the team's gonna get so much stronger during these practices.

The translation was so awkward which is unfortunate. It was amusing to see Sakaki, Youji and the other guy's reaction to Hana becoming the badminton team's manager, like the other guy was in tears at one point lol.

Sakaki donning a new hairstyle to impress Hana was also amusing, too bad for him the other guys were not having it and messed up his hair lol.
 

Jul 10, 2022 11:21 PM

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the addition of Hana Sakurai as a manager was a great thing to happen because since she's a former badminton player (too bad she didn't pursue it anymore because of a injury) she's also been able to help on the training sessions of the team!
4/5.


Jul 11, 2022 9:17 AM

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Like the new OP and ED.
It's my second time hearing Rei Yasuda in an anime after Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei.

It's nice to see Hana-chan join the club as the manager. I wish she could play badminton again.

As for that another girl who's crushing on Matsuda, my impression of her changed drastically. I thought she was the kind, shy and sweet type but that's some annoying personality she has there, it's disgusting. I hope Matsuda doesn't fall for her.
Jul 12, 2022 8:36 AM

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Hana is already an asset to the team, I'm liking her input into the guys. Funny, how the coach saved face by cutting in on Hana's explanation. But, she should be inspired to push forward and play badminton rather than support.
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