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| Togashi literally ball-whacking Aoi into shape to master the basic of basics of soccer, a prodigy whom can't really teach the one whom didn't receive any formal training. But despite the somewhat comical back-and-forth advice, there's a reason why Togashi, being scouted by Coach Fukuda himself whom recognized his unkempt talent does what he does best: find the answer yourself, instead of having it to be spelled out for you, then it's worth remembering it with your heart. The Youth team training continues in a 4-vs-4 mini-games fashion, and Aoi heeds Togashi's advice to reflect that change: a broader soccer. And what a change it is for the others to see that Aoi has finally embraced tactics, and reached at the start line. Meanwhile, the current Tokyo Esperion Youth A team is just blazing through every soccer match being the champion brutals they are, while the B team go through rudimentary life. Both A and B teams training together for the first time, but matches like 11-vs-21 switcheroo just proves the complexity, not to mention that the A team with Akutsu on point and playing their usual positions (as opposed to the reverse play with the tryouts team), they're a league of their own that the B team, even with 21 players, it ain't a game of soccer about numbers anymore. Leaving the 1st-Years B team to find answers in their own is massive character development to play their own soccer against the much well-rounded athletic of the A team, it's methodical thinking on the spot to decide what's best...that Aoi just hadn't had the basics grasped down yet from Asari and Kuroda's ranting. There's more to fix on Aoi's side, and it will be rough. |
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| Well, after getting one of the basics right, it's time to learn the other ones. Aoi's still not at the level he needs to be and it perfectly shows it by his teammates' reactions. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Aoi really needs to learn the basics, i cant believe someone of his age didnt even know how to stop a ball |
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| My most loved ep. so far, most relatable as well. The seriousness in the tone of the anime has went up a few levels, less screaming by the MC and some nice development. |
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Mapachecool999 said: Aoi really needs to learn the basics, i cant believe someone of his age didnt even know how to stop a ball Lol, look at Lukaku. He's not Aoi bad but still... |
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| Back to square one for Aoi. I don't know why Asari and the other guy were mad. It seemed like they were working on a basic move and Aoi didn't have a clue. Oh well neither do I. We'll see in the next episode. |
  ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐น ๐๐๐. - ๐
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| Alright, so the bike gang boy actually got the same scouting scene with the coach like what Ashito received before. Then, ayo, finally Ashi can kill and kick the ball properly! Got a little harshness glimpse of what Motoki doing before another insane mini-game from the coach being rolled on, and, yeah, that's actually make me chuckle. Some character showing up and being mentioned left and right, and there's another mental break down coming up from Ashito when he actually trying to cheer those two up in a wrong way, to the point its riling them up. But anyway, more basic lesson learning for Aoi. Don't sweat it, boy! |
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| He's making progress but there's too much he needs to learn. |
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Captain looks like Eiji Sawakita from Slam Dunk. |
| too many soccer terms Idk damn |
_yikes said: I enjoyed this episode, but right now I’m hoping a soccer buff will explain why the two were angry with Aoi. It looks like Kuroda was pointing for Aoi to pass backwards to Asari (I had to rewatch to see this clearly). My guess is Asari was open and was in the better position to make an assist. Sometimes passing the ball backwards is the best option, but Aoi was only thinking about passing to the players running forwards. The A team's defenders are good and know how to block that type of forward pass, so a simple backpass was the smarter move. |
| Welp, Aoi's lack of basic fundamentals got the better of him as he passed the ball to the wrong person. A backwards pass can give your team a chance to regroup if the opposing defense is too strong. Another hurdle Aoi has to overcome. |
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| More of the same. I’m glad Aoi improved, but he’s still doing the dumb shocked face when he messes up and people yell at him. Animation continues to be underwhelming. The soccer tactics are pretty basic, but at least it’s something. |
| aoi improvement๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ but woah that last bit was scary. akutsu reminds me of some aot titan whenever he attacks he's scary as shit bro๐ญ๐ญ |
Tomats said: The pass to Kuroda was the wrong option, Asari is a decent centre back and was the best option when Kuro went out to the wing and Asari sat back deeper in the pocket, all the forwards could have moved up and the numbers advantage would have given lots of goal scoring options for Asari to distribute to Asari is a fullback btw. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| Welp, it's been confirmed that there'll be 24 eps. Wish there would be more but I'll be satisfied with 24 lol Aoi's still getting the grasp of basic control techniques. Togashi's not good at explaining lmao. But, he did a got job of hammering it down Aoi's thick skull. Seems like every single junior youth player has a 'Fukuda moment' with themselves. Damn, Aoi's doing better than before. Even if it's minor progress, it's still better than nothing. Yuma's seeing the crazy difference between A-Team and his former teams. 9 goals and they talk about failure lmao. Damn bro, why is Asari so stiff with others? He's pissed because Aoi's improving? Akutsu always exudes an evil aura. There ain't gonna be any kind of redeeming moment for him. Right? Kuroda and Asari are the ones most pissed with Aoi until now. Their basic foundation is strong enough Coach Date is trying to push Aoi by providing him with 'assignments' |
DeonXJun 5, 2022 9:00 AM
 โ โโโโโ โฃ โโโโโ โ "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." โ โโโโโ โฃ โโโโโ โ |
| Aoi is going back to that crapbox, the dude lets the game get the better of him by being overly excited. How i was really looking to see that Akutsu's smirk into a frown. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| I'm glad that Ashito is finally starting to play football "properly". I mean, yeah, playing with your old team/friends is nice and all, but there's a huge difference between playng football in high school and playing professionally, hence why his usual way to play (Everyone on the team applying to his play, and not needing to use techniques perfectly) doesn't work anymore. Not to mention that playing against people who play football as a hobby is much different than the players who aim for the 'top of the world'. Reality hit him like a truck, but he's finally getting it. |
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| Good to see him begin playing professionally. Still far to go though. |
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| Seriously what do you mean by this?? Im not sure what to make of it and I'd like to know :)  |
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MK17_2 said: Seriously what do you mean by this?? Im not sure what to make of it and I'd like to know :) aoi is a fullback, not a striker |
| Simplicity is efficiency. Football is a game of efficiency. In the start of the episode, Ao was asked to turn with the ball and pass to Togashi. He did exactly that but Togashi was unsatisfied. What Togashi was saying to Ao was to be efficient with the ball. What Ao did wrong was: - taking extra touches - breaking the 'flow' of ball's movement (He did the same in the passing drill last episode and was yelled at) As Togashi said "It's not just about recieving the ball, its for the sake of what comes after", he is referring to the same thing wants i.e. *keeping the ball in 'flow with respect to the play' in the most efficient way i.e. the least time consuming way.* Well a good touch with spacial awareness does open up many more options for a player. So it was nice seeing Ao improve. Players with bad 1st touch are quite one dimension. What Ao was doing wrong at a technical level was going to the ball with a hard foot. A ball weighs about 500-600g, so relaxx, relax the feet, cushion the ball and easy! Still he's far far away from an ideal player. In the game vs A team, the obvious thing was that Ao lacked was team chemistry. Moving with respect to his teammates and playing according/with respect to his teammates. Where the A team has a good chemistry b/w them, team B is shambles in terms of chemistry. Kuroda didn't wanted even ask for the ball, still Ao passed to him. On the other hand, team A plays like they are telepathical. See, these are the simple things happens every time in football. Pass or not to pass? Shoot or not to shoot? Dribble right or dribble left? There are literally a thousand things one can do with and without the ball in a perticular play. But it's on the player to choose which way they want to play and the correct way is to play quick/fast football with respect to the team and this is called efficient football, which is to play simple. Simple football since it's less time consuming. P.S. ashito's mom is so beautiful and sexy.. |
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| "Goddammit, Ashito! You don't know shit about football's basics! ARGH!!" - the arc. That said, I wonder how many more times Ashito will get yelled at for making rookie mistakes now that the anime was confirmed to have 24 eps. Overall, solid episode. Looking forward to seeing Akutsu getting his ankle broken or something. |
| Another week, another problem for Ashito to solve. |
Ayy that's spoiler, you can't do that here.. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| just when Ashito thought that he got the hang of it, when B Team vs A team commence they were overwhelmed with the difference of skill and not only that! A Team even have a handicap 11 vs 21 and they even scored more! that's the difference! but i wonder why that trashtalker dude is so high and mighty!? is he the greatest soccer individual of the whole world? or maybe he just got problems taking it out on the newbies!?!? haha 4/5. |
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What? You didn't know about fullback? Are you really from UK? Brits also use fullback to name wide defender.. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
Tomats said: KyouKaiTen said: What? You didn't know about fullback? Are you really from UK? Brits also use fullback to name wide defender.. YCBFR No Brit would say fullback... it's a wing back, left back or right back. You've got no fans, you've got no ground. Man, I hate this kind of people in this forum. How old are you? Who hurt you?. At least now you understand he is not a CB, |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| Imagine getting mad at Aoi for that play when your defense has gotten folded twice even with 21 players. I also get Aoi sucks, especially at the club level, but holy it's just comical where everyone's priorities are. |
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| Bro wtf is Akutsu? Like really, no one will stop his insults to the junior players? Anyways let the round two of blame game get started. |
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| i dont wna b a simp.....but im born to b one.....taira so cute.......more taira senpai plsโก aoi's goofy smile to asari LOL asari is tsuntsun also nice to see aoi improving, learning & earning respect from the others, proving them wrong, slowly but surely, surely he's going to fail along the way, but how else at this rate, akutsu trash talk is actually getting quite funny lol he literally trash talk everyone even yuuma, mayb that's his dumb way of communication lol a lot of eye candy in A team hehe |
 ๊ค but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ๊ค |
| I feel like the whole series is gonna tow this line of he's so talented but worse than all these others even the no names, he's making progress but it stills means nothing next to how good everyone else is. I can see it start to get really annoying if it goes on like this for much longer, if he's so talented he's similar to the manager guy, we deserve to see him actually blossom into one of the best at the club, maybe even playing for Japan himself hopefully. |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| Not gonna lie...kinda seems like they're just arbitrarily nerfing our boy Aoi here when ever they feel like the story needs it. I thought having the over head FIFA POV and knowing where everyone is at all times was like his special ability but now he's getting blind sided and losing track of his teammates runs? pressing x to doubt |
-insert NGE meme here- |
| looks like the Aoi always manages to ruin the game. Once more acting selfishly, he didn’t pass the ball to his teammate on the opposite side. These basics must be used during the game in order to gain experience and enhance each and every one. Aoi has a lot to learn. I don’t know how he knew nothing about them, but there must be a reason behind this.. |
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