Ao Ashi Chapter 388 Discussion

What a chapter really. I am quite curious if there is parents like Demian's one, that go to such extreme lengths to stop their kid from playing football. We also see his grandma protect him and perhaps be his big influence for praying to God.

Also, I'm not one to criticize pacing a lot, but how many chapters into the game are we now? Felt like an eternity.

@Ferhat2K he choose the wrong time to do so many flashbacks

it's too much even if we understand that he wanted us to understand how barcelona works etc

we can not really enjoy the match with all that...

@otakuweek Yeah I agree. The first flashback for the game was fine but it's getting a little overloaded now.

I guess explaining how Barcelona works would be good for the neutral reader that's not fully involved in football. It's just a bit tedious for the pacing when you already know most of the stuff he's covering.

@Ferhat2K

that's true that we already know things about barcelona even if he wanted us to be in the shoes of some young players...

you think that they can really beat barcelona???

i was hoping for a miracle at the beginning but now, i don't see how it is possible to be better than them...

@otakuweek Nah, I can't personally see it. I think it's better that way as well. As harsh as it sounds, when Barcelona have a Golden Generation coming up, all other youth teams stand no chance. That's not the case in real life in the past years, especially in the Youth League etc. since I feel like the actual good U21 players seem to always get a chance in the first team now.

I think it will be a good experience for Esperion but also especially for Fukuda. You learn by playing against the best, even if that means losing. I hope their morale isn't too low, since they're not already knocked out after this.