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| Brilliant episode. |
| C'mon people, you should know by now. Don't feed the trolls. If you've been reading this thread, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. Just let him/her simmer. Brilliant, amazing, spectacular, all of the above. |
| Amazing episode. |
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| Beautiful episode and message. I feel like the story needs two more episodes, but what can you do. Can't wait for the finale. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
sirika said: SeTzu said: you boy dont understand this series pls go watch no game no life where you can turn of your brain thx Ow i understand it alright. I understand that this show was all about raping the hardworkers, and that talent is all it matters. I can understand sakuma losing as he even admited that he had no talent at all, I can understand wenge losing as even if he had some talent he wasnt even worth being in the top team in china. But when we talk about the fu**** WORLD CHAMPION losing to someone who was just a scrub one year ago and is FU*** INJURED this all turns into fairy tails material The only reason Kazama lost was just because the writer decided that we need to watch the cheesy ending when Tsukimoto finally smiles again because he can play vs Peco. Thats really all. troll,please. |
GethemalotJun 12, 2014 10:59 PM
| GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!! What about the mountain guy isn't he going to get a hero too ? |
| Phenomenal episode. Phenomenal anime. On episode left. Bittersweet indeed : |
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| This. is. the. shit!! easily AOTY |
| "Burn the heretics" |
| Seeing Kazama smile warmed my heart. "People can fly." |
| Powerful eyebrows. |
| Man this episode was so emotional. I cried throughout the entire episode. |
| Holy shit... That match was seriously easily rivals Takamura vs. Hawk as one of the most intense and beautiful sports anime matches. |
| The hero saved the dragon from himself by slaying him :) 10/10 Talent+hard work+fun>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Super Mega hard work Get over it you no talent scrubs. By the way Kazama has talent but he wasn't enjoying himself, he was having fun at the end but it was to late :( |
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| Beautiful. I almost got emotional |
| So, the Hero managed to slay (or more accurately to save) the Dragon. I liked all these symbolisms with Kazama climbing an endless mountain, Peko as the Hero trying to reach him etc. Next time we get Hero versus Robot. I'm really looking forward to this and I'm expecting that the anime's ending will expand more on the secondary characters and the story overall in comparison to the manga's ending |
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| This episode was so inspiring. I mean, I don't play Ping Pong but it really makes me think about my passion for what I love. YES HEROOO <3 lichtjahre said: The rating is a solid 8.0 now, happy to see more and more people are starting to like this one. Yay. |
| Hearing the hero's theme punched me right in the heart and it felt amazing. I never watched sports anime before and this is basically the first sports related thing I have ever seen in my life, but holy cow this show is just one perfect art piece after another. I want to see more from this studio tackling more manga like this. This is just beautiful. |
| Ok wow this ep was AMAZING. SUCH A GREAT EPISODE. Made me feel this is one of the best animes I've ever watched! I'm like overwhelmed with emotion. Can't wait for the emotion I'll surely be bombarded with next ep. |
sirika said: SeTzu said: you boy dont understand this series pls go watch no game no life where you can turn of your brain thx Ow i understand it alright. I understand that this show was all about raping the hardworkers, and that talent is all it matters. I can understand sakuma losing as he even admited that he had no talent at all, I can understand wenge losing as even if he had some talent he wasnt even worth being in the top team in china. But when we talk about the fu**** WORLD CHAMPION losing to someone who was just a scrub one year ago and is FU*** INJURED this all turns into fairy tails material The only reason Kazama lost was just because the writer decided that we need to watch the cheesy ending when Tsukimoto finally smiles again because he can play vs Peco. Thats really all. No you clearly don't get it at all. The show was demonstrating the whole time that both talent and hard work are necessary to achieve greatness, but Peco brings in the third important ingredient, having fun with it truly loving what your doing, something Dragon realized a little too late. Peco changed his ways and became hardworking, so at the beginning of the match he had those two elements down. But he was getting crushed until he snapped out of it and started to have fun with it. If you've ever getten into that "zone" you know what it's like, your able to pull off stuff thats 10 times better then what youd expect youd be able to pull off. And come on, it's an anime trying to get across a lot of character arcs in a mere 11 episodes. If it means sacrificing some logic in order to empower one of it's prevailing themes I'd say that's definitely worth it. And just the way it's presented and paced is just brilliant in my eyes. I don't see how that could ruin the show for you, massive disappointments in sports do happen afterall. |
| This was beautiful! No, spectacular! Best episode of this season, competing with Mushishi S2 Episode 9 and NogeNora Episode 6 IMO. |
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| Amazing episode. Such an epic match between Peco and Kazama ;__; |
| Hyuga Junpei: “Yeah… I’m confident… Because my teammates will help me out! I can shoot confidently.. because it will be okay even if I miss!” Kagami Taiga: “I don’t know about being the bad guy or whatever. It’s only in stories where titles like that decide the loser. This is our show. We’re the ones who are writing the script.” |
| jesus another awesome episode I feel like I'm getting in love with Yuasa Masaki, this guy just makes insanely good animes This episode was so powerful. The song when Kazama was smashing Peco was very good, and the ending of the episode was just amazing |
| Hero.. Man I love the development in Peco and Tsukimoto,in just 10 episodes it was done nicely. My guess for the next match is that Tsukimoto will let Peco win,just like grandpa in his time. |
| Does anyone know anything about when or if the soundtrack for this series will be released? I have never been more hyped to listen to all the songs from a series like this before. I NEED to hear the theme when Peco got serious with Kazama over and over and over again. |
| Members: 14,306 once again mal proves being completely at a loss |
| Beta never gives up Never hide, Never be discouraged Never accept friendzone |
sirika said: SeTzu said: you boy dont understand this series pls go watch no game no life where you can turn of your brain thx Ow i understand it alright. I understand that this show was all about raping the hardworkers, and that talent is all it matters. I can understand sakuma losing as he even admited that he had no talent at all, I can understand wenge losing as even if he had some talent he wasnt even worth being in the top team in china. But when we talk about the fu**** WORLD CHAMPION losing to someone who was just a scrub one year ago and is FU*** INJURED this all turns into fairy tails material The only reason Kazama lost was just because the writer decided that we need to watch the cheesy ending when Tsukimoto finally smiles again because he can play vs Peco. Thats really all. I don't understand how you could watch that episode and not be completely filled with perfect happiness and satisfaction despite how unrealistic it is. |
| Slaine did nothing wrong. |
| Kazama found something that is even better than winning, i guess he finally enjoy the game but yeah it is ridiculous for Peco to beat Kazama, or even Wenge losing (province level players in China should be able to beat Japanese national ones) |
| Awesome match by Peco and Kazama :D |
| Peko teaching life lesson one man at a time. Seeing Kazama have fun was one the most exalting I've felt in a long time. That smile at the end was pure happiness. He got freed of his duty of winning. The match was so great to watch. Between Kazama being as giant as Gamagori and Peko being our great hero, it was crazily fun. Now it's Peko vs Smile bitches! Hero vs the robot, game of the century! |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| What an uplifting and fun episode Use of the OST and aesthetics were especially great for these scenes |
dirtyuncle said: I have a question about Peco's power-up this episode. He suddenly became a lot faster and began completely ignoring his injured knee. I'd understand if he used some sort of strategy or unusual attacks against Kazama, but no, it's just a simple power-up. Ping Pong doesn't seem like the sort of anime to follow shounen cliches where the main guy gets completely beat up but then gets a burst of strength because he "never gives up" or needs to "protect his nakama" or some other BS. Yet that's exactly what happened in this match. Peco became stronger because... he started having fun? Seems a bit disappointing. Please tell me what am I missing here. Akanezora said: Guys, Peco had the talent all along (like Sakuma said), he has always been strong/talented but, he neglected the training, underestimated himself and forgot the real meaning of playing Ping Pong. Furthermore, having fun against Kazama made him forget about his pain for the knee That's why this IS NOT an asspul by any means. |
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| Wow. This episode was a masterpiece. I'm kicking myself for falling behind on this show. |
 Yes Kazama. People can fly. I'm crying and smiling at the same damn time. This show saved my life. |
| Proud founder of The Official Anti-Ging Freecss Fan Club Join now! Kellhus said: GuusWayne said: there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat. |
| Think this is my favorite episode so far. Both Kazama and Peco's character development that was building up throughout the past 9 episodes exploded full force during this match. The dragon and the hero, that was simply awesome. |
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kitkatxz said: This SHOW IS WHY I WATCH ANIME. I can't wait until the OST. I want the hero song. :) |
Ani-BlastJul 6, 2014 1:21 PM
| きみ は だれ だい？ ぼく は ラムボ！ ぼく は だれ だい？ きみ は ラムボ！ ラムボ なんでし！ |
| That was so awesome, loved the music on this episode. |
| Yet another beautiful episode of Ping Pong. Kazama has been playing Ping Pong out of extrinsic motivation which was why he could never fly. Now that he has realized what Ping Pong truly means to him, he now knows how to enjoy Ping Pong for what it should have been to him. |
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