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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- wow. Sera did the final goal and ETU won! =O gratz~ |
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| yea, that was epic Sera the man, went for the goal even knowing that he will get kicked a real forward right there, sucks 1 more ep left |
| yosha!!!!!!!!!! Go Sera!!! Still, that was one heck of guts there. Most people wont attempt a diving header like that especially given how close the defender was, he coulda kicked him square on the head. and although its already been shown before... Gino has some pretty scary accuracy..... even the best players in the world cant get it right all the time in a single match... but Gino is able to choose his spot and just send it there..... He chose to cross the free-kick but i'm willing to bet he woulda scored if he went for goal too. |
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| Yippie!!!! x3 Lol, looking forward to the curry party~ |
| Gino = Beckham. Sad there's nobody who can pass like him at the moment.... :( |
 If he's not with us, he's AGAINST us!!! |
| What was up with the referee?! That foul needed a Yellow card. Nice match. I love how Sera scored the last goal. Shevchenko once scored the same goal for A.C Milan but he got kicked in his forehead :( Gino reminds me of David Beckham when he was at his best shape. He used to have the most accurate passes ever. |
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| Nice episode! pepsiplunge said: So...judging by the refs performance I'm guessing he must be portuguse lol, Olgario Bracarensa xD check said: Nice Sera finally scores a goal. I like what the reporter said how Tsubaki will become the core of the team, I'm looking forward to that in season 2 ^^ yeah, let's hope for a S2 =) |
| If I remember correctly, the DVD sales weren't anything to boast about so their MIGHT not be a season 2 sadly. But let us hope! ;_; We all knew ETU was going to have an upset against Osaka, but that match gave me this crazy, epic adrenaline boost like I was actually there. Good stuff! I want another season of that! |
| It has been a while since I loudly said "FUCK YEAH" to my screen. It was also good to see Sera solving unfinished business. A season 2 would be pretty cool. Because you know, there is never enough Gino :> |
CanopusSep 19, 2010 3:50 PM
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| I have to say when that orchestra music started playing during Sera's moment my heart starting going and i really got excited. This sort of felt like a final episode to me though O.o The Osaka match left me with a poor impression though because It felt too drawn out. I understand that there is a lot of character development, but the pace was way to slow there. It is a shame because the show was able to get me pumped up at certain scenes but had plenty of 'meh' time to counter balance that out. I would watch a second season if it was made but i wouldn't care if they didn't. |
| was i the only one that got reminded of puyol's goal against germany in the semifinals with sugie's?? |
| This episode is easily my favorite episodes of Giant Killing. It gave me the chills when I was watching it. Episodes like these make me really glad I watched this show. 8D |
| Indeed... Episodes like this one.. or the epic RAWWR from Murakoshi when he score the tieieng goal against Victory, or when they undoubtly won against Nagoya were awesome episodes... For episodes like those ones it's always something to be happy and glad of... So not even a card for that damned Hiraga?! WTFFF! He completely deserved a Yellow Card since the foul was so obvious!!! Yeh wth!!! What the referee is Portugese or what? Well I guess I'm used to Mexican Referees... In the Mexican League that would be a Yellow Card... Thank godness the Foul ended in a goal.... BTW what an awesome goal... maybe Sugie fouled Osaka's defender, but doesn't matter since the referee is kinda blind and actually allowed the goal... I loved Osaka's GK confussion... and confidence... sure Gino is in a bad shape today... He's in such awesome shape that he can really do that... Yeh Gino also reminds me of Beckham in his good days.... Too bad he's not real hahahahah... I loved that pass.... Poor Dulfer... his pride and strategy was crushed! Hard, really hard... I feel bad for him, but seeing that he learns from it makes me happy since he will be an awesome enemy next time! Hiraga, Kubota and Hauer gotta feel like crap atm... But hey they will work harder too! I liked what Fuji said.... ETU has changed... and the core of the team will be one player that will pull the whole team forward to a brighter future... Obviosu reference to Tsubaki... I'm happy he's there.... he provoked the foul for the second goal and also he made that awesome shot... dude he almost scored.... I guess he has to work on his shot accuracy... but he's such a promising player... I hope to see him keep on growing.... and Sera.... I understand now why Tatsumi uses him so much... first of all Sera needs confidence... and so he can exploit his abilities... In this case being persistent and an idiot.. hahahaha I was so surprised when he scored that goal.... So then next episode will have the filler flavor... or maybe not... Signs, Green |
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| really awesome ep =D way to go ETU, although tsubaki didn't score the last goal, being predicted as the core player is good enough, he really is amazing, all the players as well lol can't help myself but shout as well while watching this ep xDD |
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| So no card? I guess the ref thought it was John O'Shea out there and chose to over look it. Good episode thought I thought they would draw the match out even more and end it with this. Interesting to find out Sera's use to the team and him diving for the ball. Have to say I'm getting tired of these still, shocked images of everyone when a goal is scored before the celebration starts. I guess this series is like a real football match, when there is action and lots of pace to it the episode is exciting but otherwise can be quite boring. Wonder how it will all end. |
| awesome if you guys don't remember, the first ETU goal in the series was scored by Sera as well(I think ETU lost the match 2-1), so I think it had to be him to score this one. when the effort(Sera) surpass the talent(Tsubaki) and all that Naruto shit and oh, the irony: ETU won the match against Osucker, and my team in real life is eliminated from the championship. |
JVSep 20, 2010 3:34 AM
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| Woohoo,great episode! I hope there'll be a second season soon after this one. |
 "Only the dead have seen the end of war". ~Plato~ |
| Very nice. I like the shots they used to heighten the level of excitement. Very good job to score there, Sera. |
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shuffleair said: This episode is easily my favorite episodes of Giant Killing. It gave me the chills when I was watching it. Episodes like these make me really glad I watched this show. 8D Definitely the most amazing,thrilling,epic episode ever for Giant Killing. Dulfer's pride costed his team big time while Tatsumi's plans and will-analysed tactics for the match's circumstances led to the most glorious upset, and by the time Dulfer opend his eyes and gave up his philosophy it was too late. even though Tatsumi's last two subs were quit unexpected, especially getting Sugie out for the midfielder Myano was quite a daring move , since he will only have Hama and Kuro as defenders against Osaka's forwards, while Tanba is originally a left winger and hence will focus mainly on supporting offense, it was really a brave all-out offensive tactic. also pretty pleased at Sera who got to finish the match and finally prove his true potentials on the filed, that made so happy to that point I'd be satisfied for having only one season (just face it, it's %99 certain that we won't see a 2s, these types of shows never gets one, you have Eyeshield 21 as an example, also the sales aren't helping at all.) I hope anyone familiar with the manga to tell us in which chapter does the anime ends? ETU FTW |
JV said: awesome if you guys don't remember, the first ETU goal in the series was scored by Sera as well(I think ETU lost the match 2-1), so I think it had to be him to score this one. when the effort(Sera) surpass the talent(Tsubaki) and all that Naruto shit and oh, the irony: ETU won the match against Osucker, and my team in real life is eliminated from the championship. Actually you're wrong there, the first goal in the series was scored by Gino's free kick in the friendly against Tokyo Victory. Sera's goal in the match ETU lost in front of Shimizu Impulse was the first goal in the league and not the series. |
0Seru0 said: JV said: awesome if you guys don't remember, the first ETU goal in the series was scored by Sera as well(I think ETU lost the match 2-1), so I think it had to be him to score this one. when the effort(Sera) surpass the talent(Tsubaki) and all that Naruto shit and oh, the irony: ETU won the match against Osucker, and my team in real life is eliminated from the championship. Actually you're wrong there, the first goal in the series was scored by Gino's free kick in the friendly against Tokyo Victory. Sera's goal in the match ETU lost in front of Shimizu Impulse was the first goal in the league and not the series. that it's what I wanted to mean. I totally forgot the friendly match. but anyway, it started whit him, it ended with him |
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| How the hell Hiraga didn't even got a card! that was just stupid... Good for Sera! He really is crazy, he almost got kicked! That's the true spirit of a forward player!! |
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| Slow, dull and lame episode as always. It was totally anti-climactic and all the scenes animated in 3D were really ugly. Doesn't look like a proper sports anime, especially in the sports scenes, but the managers' battle are still nice overall. |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| ^ And yet somebody still watches it thus far. Rie Kugimiya must've been proud for having a tsundere at her level |
If he's not with us, he's AGAINST us!!! |
| Wow, a total disregard for his body. Great goal for Sera. |
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pepsiplunge said: So...judging by the refs performance I'm guessing he must be portuguse why? o.O a long time a anime episode doesn't make me to smile so much as this. It was amazing, the Sera's goal, all. This episode explained really the anime title. |
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| Woo! Glad they won, and glad that it wasn't easy. Gino was great as usual. :3 Wonder what the next ep will be about -- this would have been a good place to stop. (Will there be another season, maybe?) |
| One hell of a goal was that, I loved it! :D The match against Osaka was great I think. I fully enjoyed that almost everyone could shine through this game. Sera's goal was impressive but I also loved Gino's free kick~ Epic game ends~ |
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| I'm kind of annoyed because I already knew what was going to happen; somebody spoiled it on the last episode's discussion. I'm glad that Sera made the final goal, otherwise, he would have been a rather useless forward...only one more episode to go. My guess is that it will go over the reporter's paper and end similarly to how the first episode started. |
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| It was super obvious that Sera was going to get the scrappy winning goal, after 10 minutes of hearing he has no skills. So much hope for this show. ;_; |
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| Wow I totally loved this match, in the end everything went according to Tatsumi's plan :) I don't like him too much in his approach towards his team, he's really cruel and cold sometimes but everything he does is for the team after all. Guess drastic measures are needed to really change a team :) I aboslutely LOVE Tsubaki, from the first time I just read his name in a review I knew he had my interest and when I saw him running in the first episode I was hooked, gotta love him. He's fast as hell, he easily outruns everyone, has great reflexes, a really good intuition, he doesn't give up and even though he's a little shy and stuff, he has the willpower to try and score ^^ And not to forget he scored the first goal and was the cause of the 2nd one, his charge made it possbile :) And of course his awesome match where he stopped the ball 2 times and scored! :D |
| The culmimation of all that frustration from the last ten or so episodes into one resounding, cathartic YES. Ouch Sera. Go Sera. |
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| YEAHHHH SUGIE! & SERAAAAA! <3 Suck it, Osaka Gunners! |
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| expected result but very fun to watch :D Sera is da bomb!! 5/5 |
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| Sera finally scores. I'm surprised Sugie scored since I thought it would be a penalty and Tsubaki would score. Osaka totally fell apart in the second half. Tatsumi did a fine job coaching. It's good to know that despite only seeing one Tsubaki goal in the show, he'll be a key player for ETU. He's young, has killer speed and stamina, and fighting spirit. |
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| i will admit that that goal was exciting and all, but it felt really forced for some reason, the first goal was more exciting. i wonder what will be in the last episode... |
| all that sera buildup was for this . well result was acceptable so all water under bridge |
| Good Sera but, as my first watch, I still think the match ended very typical especially since Tatsumi said he planned it to end in a draw instead of winning. Sera scoring is just an asspull. Also this re-watch just re-inforced what I think, this Anime should have ended here instead of giving an episode more. |
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