Eyeshield 21

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The further it goes the worse it gets unfortunately. The beginning of the Christmas bowl arc is ridiculously convoluted and repetitive. Jumping from field to field, different places and characters constantly -- this is to say it's a difficult read especially if your already starting to be burnt out over the repetitive random op character insert every fucking match.

Monta is unbearable, Sena is borderline unbearable. The powerups just don't seem very realistic? I don't know why but I just can't see Sena getting THAT much better. I think some character design changes over time would have drastically helped my immersion into the story. To second ... that, it really feels like constant non-stop bullshit, which gets unreadable. Once you get to 250+ you're basically skipping every "reaction to something" panel cause it's just mind-numbing at that point. Right before a match? Let's scout out the area and have a character building anime moment! We must do this every time before every opponent! We must have Suzuna and Mamori do nothing! They are confided to reacting and being sad for the male characters after some anime bullshit.

It's like who cares at some points. WOW! Better eye shield 21?? Holy for the 5th time Sena must overcome this and beat the so called eye shield! Like on top of Senas unrealistic power ups It just makes me want to skip chapters. If even the author doesn't care why the fuck should I. 1 LAST THING: I get it, they beat the standard, short players have value and are strong. BUT for this story, it doesn't work, at all. Sena and Monta in particular look, act and feel SO so weak and that's a problem I have with every character other than the core 3 of Deimon. I can't explain why this is honestly. I think its the paneling or design or even art style but its quite a glaring issue.

There's more to complain about but I like so much otherwise that it's not relevant. 8/10 Laid the groundwork for OPM.

Eyesheield 21 is among my favorites. The style is unique, and I find it refreshing compared to many other manga. I enjoy how the charters are comical and the entire thing feels goofy and lighthearted, but each individual has deeper desires and motivations. Not everything is the power of friendship and happy, they are divided at times and do face consequences or criticism.

My personal favorite character was Himura. The different psychological tricks he used on the opposing teams kept me entertained, as well as his unhinged/random behaviors.

The only things I really did not enjoy was the racism, completely unnecessary and came out of ... absolutely nowhere. I didn't find any satisfaction or enjoyment in the ending either, it felt a bit lazy to me and lacking.

First review, manga has a lot of issues (lots of weird ass racism). Characters vary from bland to good and theres way too many so I'm not invested in them. It's a gag manga that isn't very funny. It's super predictable to the point where I see pretty much everything comming. But when the manga is good, its usually real good.

There are a lot of really sick moments that drew me in, and while the characters aren't great. Their relationships are neat

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