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I don’t even like football much but this anime is so good, i’m even reading the manga now!. I was hooked from the first episode, i was not aware of the hype and thought it would be a standard football anime but is totally different from others. Is like a ‘survival’ game within the game.

The concept is interesting, the animation is amazing, great soundtrack and the characters are all nuts and over the top - i love them! never a dull moment.

I sincerely recommend people watch this and disregard the haters, the show delivers what it says in the tin, enjoy!!!

Expectations can be a terrible thing..
This show had so much hype but honestly i was rather disappointed. The first episode sets a great premise, with Loid as a spy on a mission, but it just goes downhill from there, when the story starts to centre around the kid, Anya>
She has to be one of the most annoying characters i have come across in a while so she contributed to the decline on the enjoyment of watching this.
The initial story theme seems interesting but you’ll end up watching an anime about a little girls days at school.
The arr and animation is good at least so ... that was the saving grace..

This was a pretty good season, which has left us some little gifts like SK8. Nice and compact 12 episodes, thoroughly enjoyable and fun to watch.
I’ll keep this short and sweet so you can spend the time doing something more amusing like watching this series ;).

1. Story mixed of good comedy and, actually, plenty of drama - checked.
2. Pretty great animation overall, particularly awesome on action skating scenes - checked.
3. Excellent OST throughout, including op (the best) and ed - checked.
4. Lovable fun characters (eye candy - matchablossom fan here), with their own stories, including the over-the-top, long lost brother of Tsukiyama (Tokyo ... Ghoul), and cute animal pet - checked.

If you like anime like ‘Free!’ You’d enjoy this, they are made by the same director, you can totally feel the same vibes. Enjoy!

As a big fan of the novel, the manhua and the donghua, this episode was ‘Heaven’s blessing’ in and on itself.
It was so satisfying and such perfect ending for this season, and, at the same time, is also a new beginning that leaves you feeling desperate for the second season.
To finally see the MCs facing and interacting with each other, with the best of the best of the soundtrack, playing in the background, was priceless.
And, to finally see ‘that’ face, in particular, was an unexpected and amazing surprise, i must have played that part in repeat 10 times already.
Looking forward to english sub ... which apparently is coming out this year

Outstanding, beginning to end. A pity that the end came so soon!, i seriously hope we get more seasons on this.

When i started watching this, i did not realise that it was from MXTX, the same author as another of my favourite donhuas MDZS - shame on me!.

I had not read the novel prior, but i have now, and cannot wait for more of this beautiful animation to come back. And really looking forward to the extra episode in February.

I have not watched near as much Chinese animation as Japanese, but recently, they have nothing to envy the other. This is an ... example of one such wonders.

The story grabs your interest from episode 1, i’m a sucker for historical and supernatural, and this one also focuses on the lore of the gods and the three realms, with a twist, where not all gods and ghosts are what they seem like.

It starts introducing the characters that certainly have quite the story behind, cannot help but to be captivated by every single one of them, from the main to the supporting, you just want to continue to get to know more about them.

The animation, the voice acting, the expression on their faces, is just great.
The action scenes, with an exception on one that uses too much cgi, are excellent.

Pleasing to the eyes and ..the ears!! the soundtrack is something else. I love animes that bring sound into the equation, and this one did it beautifully, i have quickly downloaded the ost for further enjoyment.

Sure, it is meant to be a BL story, and there are some tiny hints of it on these first episodes, so if you dislike it, be warned. The story is absolutely awesome, being BL or ‘brotherhood’ or whatever you wish.
And having read the novel now, because i could not wait to know what happens next!, this is, without a doubt the best love story i ever read, nothing comes near. The story just keeps getting more interesting, action pack, mystery, is just awesome, definitely recommended.

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching TGCF, every scene, every detail has been crafted so beautifully and brought to life with such care. Is it deserving the rave? absolutely! There is no doubt in my mind as to this is going to be the first to be dubbed in english next year

It may not have been the best year, but thank you 2020 for bringing this jewel to us!
xxxx

I really like this historical, action type of anime, and was highly recommended to watch this, so i was really looking forward to it. Also, seeing the high scores here got me really hyped.....and maybe that was the issue, the higher your expectations, the higher the disappointment when they are not met.

This was particularly frustrating as i really liked the story, is engaging, and has all the right ingredients for an entertaining watch.

Except that the story is completely overshadowed by:

1) Horrific cgi animation, really, really bad one at that. It made me want to drop this many times, i just kept going as i was ... told it would get better but, honestly, did not.

2) One of the worst voice acting i have ever come across, (I watched the dub version, maybe the sub is better).
The voice acting was atrocious, and most dialogues were cringe worthy. Most of the time felt like characters were reading off a bad script with no acting or emotion behind it.

3) Missed opportunity to proper develop characters that had potential to be great. It was just like bad acting, it did not take the audience with it. They lack depth, even with sad back-stories or thrilling scenes, they fail to really engage with the viewer.

When you watch an anime this long, you get really invested in the characters and the story, and feel all the roller-coaster emotions, but it just did not happened here.

So, even if the story was good, the anime did not deliver on it. The over-relied on the story to carry the anime and that was not quite enough.

I wanted to like this, and wanted to score it higher but i’m afraid that it was just pretty average, not sure i will carry on watching the other seasons...

I hope someone would take this and do a proper remake to do the story justice