Feb 14, 2025
Having watched Season 1 two years ago, and seeing the discourse online in regards to the quality of Season 2, I went in with fairly low expectations, but was presently surprised! Episode 1 was great from a quality standpoint, but there was undoubtedly a quality drop-off from then on. HOWEVER, the U-20 game itself was great! Were the quality of all the episodes, or certain key frames/moments from the game the best they could've been? No, but it definitely could've been worse. Also, I know episode 14 went viral, not only for it's quality, but just the visual interpretation of the emotion of a certain
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character, I'd argue episode 13 was nearly just as good, serving as the appetizer to what would take place in episode 14! I genuinely haven't watched an anime that was really able to put me on the edge of my seat as if I was watching a REAL sporting event, it was awesome!
Although, I do think that the manga--for those interested, or manga only-- is still likely the best way to consume this specific arc, because even as certain scenes occurred in the show I found myself thinking: "Damn, I wonder how that looked in the manga!". So, I definitely can understand manga readers being a bit upset at the adaptation, but I do think it's still have some redeeming qualities to it.
With that, I'm most intrigued by the Blu-Ray for season 2. We've seen in other releases--Most notably JJK season 2--how much better those can look in comparison to the seasonal release, as well as the potential for content to be added in certain episodes/scenes. If the Blu-Ray maintains the same quality throughout the season as it did as it was airing it'd be pretty disappointing, but I'm holding out hope that they're able to give it some extra attention!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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