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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Wow... that was actually really good for being a special. The judo matches were pretty exciting to watch. I'm still surprised Jody made it to the final instead of the soviet lady (Tele something) since she beat Jody pretty well two times before that. Unless Yawara had fought before the final match, but they never showed or told us anything about it. Also Matsuba and Yawara finally confess to each other... Sure took them long enough! |
| I was pretty annoyed with how they changed some of the situations and reused bits and pieces from the television series in the beginning. But about halfway through they resolved all of that and focused on the new material, allowing the special to really pick up. Probably would've given this a 5/10, considering how little development Kojiro and his disciple were given in this. If the series had just continued another 12 episodes so that it could thoroughly cover this arc, too, it would have been so much better done. Still, I waited 124 episodes and two movies for Matsuda and Yawara to finally confess their love to one another, and the whole last half hour was done very well, so it'll barely scrape by with a 7/10 from me. Good, but not as good as it really should have been. |
 Vengeance of everyone's grudge. "I didn't add it to my list so I forgot I was watching that." - lpf |
| ;_; Manly tears. It took me 2 years to finish this, since twitch come out I've haven't watch many series, but I'm glad I'm back watching anime again. |
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| Wait. And Barcelona? What happened there? Did Yawara win any medals? Kuniko was always a snake. The worst kind of woman. Finally she was honest now. The cover of this special has a huge spoiler with Sayaka and Kazamatsuri married. They didn't have to be on the cover like that. |
| I gave it a 5/10 for the confession. Wtf happened to Barcelona? And the fights were rushed, too rushed, we didn't see anything. Matsuda should have left Kuniko drown. Lol, and Kazamatsuri proposed just before her match, that guy is and was lame from the start. |
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| "Barcelona -92" -> "Atlanta -96", what in the world? Many things made me happy about this special, such as Kuniko being finally honest to Yawara, and Kazamatsuri finally got married to Sayaka :D Confession were quite lame in the end, but still for some reason, I did respect that. It was long way, but you still were together after these years, and judoka and reporter :) Isn't there more to see, dang I wanted see they grow old together :( |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
| The movie was released in 1996, so it made sense to have the setting be the Atlanta Olympics that year rather than the Barcelona Olympics 4 years earlier. Otherwise everyone was the same age as they were when the TV series left off. The story pretty much followed what was in the manga, except they switched out Barcelona for Atlanta. |
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| Matsuda is such a worthless retard but it was obvious as fuck they would end up together eventually because the only other potential love interest was Kazamatsuri and that wasn't happening. Not to mention everybody was constantly talking as if the two were already fucking married. Complete ass. The retarded romance made this show/movie way worse than it could have been. On another note, Marceau (the blonde girl who Yawara fought in this movie) was actually really cool and they should have just made her the main focus of the movie. Not only is she the first cute Judoka in this series other than Yawara who's actually competent but she actually enjoys playing and seemed really happy just to have a chance to fight Yawara, win or lose. I definitely would have enjoyed seeing more of her. Oh and they did Teleshikova's rematch off screen because the Matsuda drama is so much more important. Just lol. Fuck Matsuda and anybody who actually likes him. One of the worst characters I've seen in my 209 days of anime watching. |
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| I couldn't find this subtitled so I am not 100% on everything so perhaps it isn't surprising I'm a bit confused. The Atlanta Olympics? What happened in Barcelona? 4 years have gone by and everything seems to be pretty much the same as it was? Yawara and Matsuda were in the same place in their relationship for that long? Really? Its great to see what I'm guessing was a confession (he isn't moving away to America now or some dumb thing now is he?) but absurd that its only happening now. Is that the same baby Yawaras friend has? 4 years old? What? Many of these supporting characters could have used some love as well this really should have had more episodes then one little movie. Really wish I could have seen this with english subs... ah well. |
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| Haha cool how they made the Olympics in Atlanta instead, since they released this when the Olympics were being held in Atlanta irl Agh can't believe that Kaga woman made Matsuda miss so many of Yawara's matches at the OLYMPICS! Pulling off a GTA in a foreign country and almost getting herself killed just for Matsuda's attention - I always thought she was crazy, but now she's high-key psycho! -__- Matsuda is way too kind for his own good. Thank gawd he finally shot her down, tho very generous, the way he did it. Glad that Kaga woman at least fessed up to Yawara about her lies tho Haha the boys from their high school judo club changed so much, was nice to see them again Wish we saw Yawara and her dad reunite... Also Kazamatsuri actin like a kazamidori again, thought he realized he loves Sayaka in Ep. 124, even kissed her twice already 😅 But YESSSS Matsuda and Yawara finally confessed to each other, wahhh I wanted to see their relationship develop more, they're so cute together! 😭♥ Gonna miss them! Wish there were more episodes! Guess it's time to look for the manga... Man, the BGM in this special was really nice btw |
NinjinAiApr 14, 2021 10:29 PM
| This movie basically destroyed all that carefully done buildup of the tv series. Rushed moments, off screen lazy fights, reuse of previous plot points, little to no monologues, characters' behaving in unbecoming ways - it destroyed all the hype for me. 3/10 only cuz I can't give a Urasawa manga adaptation a 1/10. |
nazsaJun 16, 2022 8:21 AM
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| YES YES FUCKING YES 124 EPISODES AND 2 MOVIES LATER FUCKING FIANLLKY |
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| Can't believe I forgot the post something here after I finished the movie a good while ago. Holy shit, I fucking loved this! That end scene, that was so fucking cathartic was seeing the two finally reciprocate their love for each other. Just like the TV series, this gets a 10 out of 10, super easily. The only thing that sucks is they somewhat undid Shinosuke's romantic moment with Sayaka from the end of the TV series for the sake of comedy. Oh well, at least the comedic moments were still funny. Now if only I could've figured out why the hell THIS doesn't count as a movie, yet the 40 minute disappointment DID get the label of being a movie. |
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