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| After a long trip from Ehime, Ashito has found himself in the Tokyo Esperion Football Club in Tokyo where famed J.League football players all converge on one field. Ohtomo and Tachibana unsurprisingly passed the tryouts as well, and the trio getting their first-ever autographs to cement their growing future, but one name stands out: Haruhisa Kuribayashi, the diamond potential of the J-Youth team already playing in the First (or A) Team and on the way to Nationals. Meeting Yuma Motoki and Asari Marches Jun of the Youth team that were playing in the selection game plus some others whom passed, getting their individual gear and living in the dorms of famed J.Leaguers, this is what a chance-of-a-lifetime gives you when you start to aim for the top. Aoi's signature No. 33 jersey, and his roommate is yet another scouted kid who's living with him who mysteriously didn't arrive on time, looking forward to seeing him. For now, the dream comes alive for the chosen entering the Tokyo Esperion Youth Team with the entrance ceremony, the introduction of the various coaches (plus old geezer Fukuda himself). And then...the entrance of center-back biker gang member Keiji Togashi as the other scouted person, both him and Aoi sure are peas in a pod. But keep guard on Togashi, because he's not what you think he is. Hana is so nice to fix lunch for her wife-less brother, yet he shrugs it off like it's nothing. For his aide Nozomi Date to question Fukuda's super quick stint for an intrasquad match at the hurry, and also about Ashito and his own doctrine of handpicking him that he's the very first scout destined for failure, Hana's kickback to mention herself being his very first fan feels strong. More than Ashito coincidentally eavesdropping on their conversation, hope this will set Ashito's heart to start his football journey strong. |
KANLen09May 14, 2022 5:31 AM
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| Hell, this very is fun to watch, this anime season is packed with very good animes excluding shield hero ofc |
| Good to see the boys from the selection tryouts, and even that new guy seemed fine for someone having that kind of appearance. Though that coach with his declaration, Aoi has his hands full from the get go it seems. |
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| This being another not soccer game episode but still being very good, we get to know all of the players and coaches that will be near aoi |
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| Great to see the other two having made it. That new punk guy does seem a bit deceptive to me. Hana already being Aoi's fan. You go, girl. |
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| Maybe this is too early, but damn those unnamed girl that manage to get those three autographs was low-key lucky, since Aoi will surely have a shiny future, right? Right? Welcome to the youth team and they sure not wasting much time to introduce all the cast from the ending visual, especially with those punk. Dang he really had those hair style since the beginning and the biker gang too accompanied him goodbye. Must be interesting to know more about him xd. And for the last thing, Hana was such a sweetheart by saying that big motivational word toward Aoi. Unnamed girl can have his autograph. But Hana can have all Aoi just for herself, as far as the story concern more about their relationship xd. So, let's see if Aoi can answers her declaration by playing a good game on the next intrasquad match... |
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| Hana best girl <3. |
| Hana proving again why she’s the best girl. <3 Aoi’s roommate is quite something, I wonder what his problem with people moving up from the junior youth team is. The coach was awfully harsh about his expectations of Aoi, here’s to hoping Aoi proves him wrong. Can’t wait for the game next week, should be great. |
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| Another banger episode! Aoi has already got fangirls lmao. Hana best girl though. Most of the players on the new team seem pretty chill. Gotta know more about Benzen the bike gang boy. Yuma seems the best out of all of them. The coach seems kinda strict and harsh Anyways, looking forward to the next episode! |
DeonXMay 14, 2022 9:45 AM
 ◑ ━━━━━ ▣ ━━━━━ ◐ "Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains." ◑ ━━━━━ ▣ ━━━━━ ◐ |
| Out of nowhere, the head coach who is in charge of the B team: "I think Aoi won't even move up to the A team and will be a failure". Did I miss something? What happened to make such a statement? Feels like forced drama once again. And what is it about this show that people overhear such conversations about them unnoticed? |
| Just when Aoi was getting used life at Tokyo Esperion Football Club, he has to share a dorm with Keiji Togashi who used to be in a biker gang. I wonder how the two of them will get along once they start playing together? |
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| So we all hate that coach. Yes? Yes. Good. Anyways this episode gave me slam dunk vibes (Maybe it's the pompadours or the guy with red hair). I hope they all eventually get along at the top. Instead of this dog eat dog game being played since inception. |
KILLBaddyMay 14, 2022 1:13 PM
MeganeKun_ said: KILLBaddy said: hate him ? why lol he only just stated what he thinks is the truth , and he isn't entirely wrong about ashito , he lacks alot of fundamental stuff , just because he said something against the mc doesn't automatically make him bad , don't look at stuff from the surface only , he surely has his reasons for what he said , anyway let's just hope ashito proves him wrongSo we all hate that coach. Yes? Yes. Good. Anyways this episode gave me slam dunk vibes (Maybe it's the pompadours or the guy with red hair). I hope they all eventually get along at the top. Instead of this dog eat dog game being played since inception. Uhm, Hana was right, he was wrong. They are in the camp for a reason. Let him show what he can do before deciding he’d never go on to the senior team. . |
| I hope there will be some romance between Ashito and Hana. Most sports stories don’t seem to have that so it would be nice |
Animillion said: I hope there will be some romance between Ashito and Hana. Most sports stories don’t seem to have that so it would be nice You should check out Blue Box. It's a sports series that has a legitimate romance subplot. |
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AddaeAkono said: Animillion said: I hope there will be some romance between Ashito and Hana. Most sports stories don’t seem to have that so it would be nice You should check out Blue Box. It's a sports series that has a legitimate romance subplot. Yea I heard. Hope it gets adapted into an anime |
| Togashi looking like a mix of Kuwabara and young Onizuka. He's also got the biker gang to go with it. So excited to see where his storyline will go. And about that coach, fuck that coach, the streets hate that coach. I don't care about the reasoning behind saying Aoi will never be a pro because he barely knows him and the same thing goes for all of the other new guys. What annoys me more is that there are definitely coaches like this in real life. |
  𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶   |
| Not sure how 24 minutes passed by, nothing really happend. But, seems like we'll get a match in the next episode. Aoi got along with the JoJo character that got introduced very late in the episode. Hina stood up for Aoi was probably the highlight of the episode, the first fan of him? Seems like we already know he's going pro. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| IM LIKING THE CHARACTERS SMM. the only one we havent really "interacted" with from the main team (im guessing, by the end part of the ed) is red hair guy but he seems nice. biker guy lolll, him being this gangster looking dude but straight up crying on his introduction was gold. and ashita EASILY befriending him😭😭 curious to see what he has against the junior whatever guys tho. what made him like that and ahh that slicked back + 3 strands of hair dude is harsh. i can see where he's coming from tho, and im also curious on his character. i also cant wait to see this sponsor's daughter!!! i hope she wont be some love interest bullshit character tho, i just want more cool somewhat important girl charas here |
Dan-Te said: Out of nowhere, the head coach who is in charge of the B team: "I think Aoi won't even move up to the A team and will be a failure". Did I miss something? What happened to make such a statement? Feels like forced drama once again. And what is it about this show that people overhear such conversations about them unnoticed? It's not a forced drama. Aoi is still lacking in the technical stuff, the basic of football like passing, holding a ball, combination play, etc. So far he only relies on his vision to carry him. Only coach Fukuda can see it. The other coach think it's just a pure luck Aoi can come up with the decision he made during the last match. We only see one moment in the game when Aoi shines, but for most part of the game Aoi often loses the ball to his opponent and keeps misplacing some passes. This is what the other coaches see. |
KyouKaiTenMay 15, 2022 12:15 AM
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| Ah man I was hoping to see that match on this episode, guess I have to wait a week, sad |
| Finally, Asari Marchis Jun and Kuribayashi Haruhisa were shown. I want to see Kuribayashi Haruhisa the number 10 play soon. |
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| Probably the weakest episode so far was still fun to watch tho |
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| Head coach reminds me a bit of Saitou from Rurouni Kenshin, design-wise. He also seems to be a bit of an ass, given those final harsh words. Anyways, another great episode. A new arc has just begun and it already looks quite promising. Particularly looking forward to knowing more about Togashi and his disgust towards the junior players. Also Hana stating she's Ashito's first fan was so sweet. Definitely among this season's best girls. |
| Hana's a real one same with the tryout duo that made it with Ashito this felt like one of the more slower pace episodes which if you were reading or binging this it wouldn't seem that bad but after such strong "prologue" the gears are taking the time to move again, will say im kinda shocked how heavily focused this is on their league (there's a lot of players there geez) i don't even know if we'll see any other teams in this season since the op doesn't even have any opposing team rivals like you usually see in every sports anime |
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| I have still yet to see anything exceptional, or even great. Consistently slightly above average. I like the set up for the series and the characters are solid. But nothing new, nor fantastic, is being brought to the table. |
| overall a great episode! we got to see all who passed the tryouts! and even a pompadour! of course Hana is a great supporter of our MC Ashito! 5/5. |
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| good ep. classic anime logic, declare that MC who is clearly ultra talented "will never make it pro in the 3 years with the youth team" yet he was the best from the try outs and doesn't say the same of the other two who also made it in. It's obviously just a set up to have this coach warm to him and 180 his opinion on Aoi. |
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