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Nov 8, 2012 8:41 AM
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Great series.

It was predictable until the end, but the matches were still exciting to watch.

Shame Yawara never lost, but I guess she's just that good.

9/10
Dec 12, 2012 1:39 AM
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Great series.

It was predictable until the end, but the matches were still exciting to watch.

Shame Yawara never lost, but I guess she's just that good.

9/10



The ending closes everything perfectly well and you get an idea of how the story continues. I think that not showing the Barcelona Olympics was a good idea. The dedication to the relationship between Yawara and Matsuda at the end is glorious. !
Mar 18, 2013 12:09 PM
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I shed a tear at the last scene with Saiyaka. The production for Yawara was really fabulous, it became much more than just a sports series.
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Mar 23, 2014 11:19 PM
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everything was perfect finally matsudas love wins///.. there is no rivalry anymore and he almost said it.. well they both will be together i would love if they show that.. matsuda is always there ,,and yawara knows matsuda is a the most important person to her now.. so they are together well looking forward for the movies .. :3 10/10 from me this women based sports anime was amazingly good... it had everything i am going to miss all the characters specialy matsuda,yawara and jigoro inokuma(grandfather is the best) :3
Feb 12, 2015 3:30 PM
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I LOVED THE SERIES!!! They do not do anime like that anymore...

I saw some of the episodes, dubbed, here in Barcelona when I was a child, but really never got a clue about what the series were about, I was around 5, so a few days ago I decide to watch it completely and found myself really loving them, characters grow as the chapters pass, relation ship between different characters are actually very well approached, I hate Matsuda's co-worker btw, I wonder if the manga will tell more about the after story...

I'm kinda sad, so a memory of my childhood, an open door, a never ended book just got finished... at least there are some kisses in there!!! not like Ranma that never got to kiss Akane.

Gonna rewatch the entire series in the future for sure!!!
Nov 15, 2016 3:39 PM
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Finally ended and still I don't like the idea that she's being forced into Judo, everything else is just too repetitive.
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Mar 3, 2017 12:41 PM
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I didn't want a father like Kojiro. He's a great son of a bitch. He leaves the family alone for pride, turns his back to his own daughter and cann't even hug his wife after 15 years apart. Useless father.
Aug 28, 2017 9:45 AM
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Have to say this anime did a great job at making characters I hated lol. Hated in a good way. Which is rare.
Oct 26, 2017 7:43 PM
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Well that match was over rather quickly.

It's already been 6 years? Felt sorry for Sayaka in that empty room, but then she started talking.

There were some parts I really enjoyed, but there were also parts that were frustrating to watch. So 7/10.
Dec 18, 2017 2:07 PM

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Yes!
Cry cry and cry again Sayaka!
I hope we never see you, Kazamatsuri and Kuniko ever again.
Mar 29, 2018 5:49 AM

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"Barcelona -92" :') you did it Yawara!

There were sad times, happy times, too many mistakes, misery and so on, emotions at hard use.

Great show, first I was saying this show seem to be too long, but actually I liked show because of it in the end ;)

Now time for side story and sequel movie D:
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Jan 21, 2021 4:23 PM

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This show got better as it got around its final third (especially after Masuda picked her up from that stupid company trip she was on) and Yawara lessened the incessant whining about not wanting to play judo and the jerkoff playboy was pushed into the background for her as well. Too bad Masuda wasn't allowed by the writers to confirm things with Yawara though. As it is nothing is really settled a couple blushes and looks mean nothing.

I think this show had the potential to be even better but I found it too uneven to really love, has great moments in the middle of some drudgery, shame. 6/10.
Apr 14, 2021 6:12 PM

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That was a really intense match b/w Yawara and Sayaka! 🤩 There must still be a variety of moves hidden under Yawara's belt. Was surprising to see her do those ground techniques 🔥 Cool to see more moves besides the Ippon seoi.

Hope we'll get to see Yawara and her dad reunite soon (can Yawara plz at least flip her dad again when they do tho 😂)

Also WHY WHYY do u always have to interrupt Matsuda and Yawara, gramps? 😤 Why did everyone flood out of the room at the same time at that moment?! AGHHH GIVE THEM THEIR HAPPY ENDING LIKE KAZAMIDORI (LOL) AND SAYAKA 😪😫😂

Gonna miss these weird but lovely, wholesome characters!! 🤧
Apr 15, 2021 8:24 AM
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such a great anime!

there was a lot of episodes where i would almost die of stress with yawara and matsuda, or with yawara not wanting to play judo and being forced to, but i think that makes the resolutions even more satisfactory!

the relationship between yawara and matsuda was the cutest i've ever seen, i love them both and god i think we all hate kuniko and kazamatsuri.

also, i really like fujiko and her character developing in general, that pregnancy was really unexpected!

with it's ups and downs, i loved this anime!
9/10
Jul 24, 2022 2:41 PM

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A beautiful ending to the anime. Eventually I'll look up the manga to see the differences, especially in the ending. This needs a release at least in my country with those beautiful new covers in the kanzenban format, but we know how Urasawa holds tights his works and I respect him for doing so.

It took me around a year and a half to complete this, it was worth the slow watch whenever I felt like it, now on to the specials.

I've also known for many years of the existence of Happy! I wonder why that never got an adaptation, at this point it would seem like it never will since it seem so niche. We'll see through the years.

A great watch, would recommend to almost anyone that can appreciate older anime and that is curious about the complete works of Uraswa the Master.
Nov 2, 2023 2:02 PM
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i am very sad that i finished this masterpiece
SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY…
Jun 9, 6:23 PM
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For whoever's interested, episodes 1-124 adapt up to chapter 279, leaving the last 52 chapters of the story crammed into the 1.5 hour TV special.

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