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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Finally, it's about time they got another match going in this show. It felt like ages for some reason lol The team has some internal issues regarding their strategy and attitudes. I honestly hope this won't be a regular thing or it could be a serious problem in the future. Ibuki may not be the best player but I trust that he can improve. |
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| Lot of drama right now, I feel bad for them :/ |
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| I've said this already but I'm saying it again: the way they just shift the mood and atmosphere, without any sort of transition, is jarring. Worse still in this case, because it's not only what happens to someone, but what happens to the game as well and how that gets presented afterwards. And then what Sei says at the end... I dunno. It's like randomly taking U-turns, and in more than one aspect. |
| for a sports anime, there should really be more sports scenes > everything else, so i would say that the drama:sport ratio is heavily skewed, but im not complaining because i could care less about rugby lol. the foreshadow about sei's penalty kick 🥺🥺 omg,,the rugby gods are testing the limits of their childhood friend relationship. the fact that natsusa doesnt mess around with sei and him saying those hurtful words *chef kiss* drama at it's finest. i love yasunari's and natsu's relationship development!! as always, number24 delivers |
  Although we part as I leave for Inaba, —Hyakunin Isshu (小倉百人一首): where pines grow on the moutain peaks If I am to hear that you pine for me I shall come back to you again Poem #16 "Tachiwakare"© |
| The episode felt weak. The opponents are cruel only because they're cruel. It kind of makes me not care about them enough to watch them get beaten. |
| I think this episode kinda highlights the main flaw with this show in that the production value is kinda weak. But other than that it was a pretty decent episode, shame there wasn't more sadistic Natsusa but oh well. childhood friend-kun took monotone to a whole new level |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| I honestly expected them to win at the end, but after that player gets injured, the cut away to the hospital and learning they lost the match was kind of annoying. I don;t know how college rugby works, but since they can't make it to nationals anymore, if there any point of them continuing to play matches? Then again this anime so far has focused less on the actual sport and more of the characters...which would be fine. Stars Align was kinda similar but I wasn't bothered by it. Yet with number24, the drama feels way too forced. I mean what the hell is going on with Sei's character? When the anime started, I thought he'd have a more prominent role since he's so close with Natsu. Yet Sei ended up being put on the back burner for a while after Ibuki and Yasunari became more of a focus in the episodes. It wasn't until ep6 when it was shown Sei can't make kicks anymore. So this episode ending with him telling Natsu not to come out to the matches anymore is so ?????? because we never saw any buildup of him having these negative feelings because of Natsu. def found this to be one of the weaker episodes. I'll keep watching though and hope the next episodes get better. |
| The endless quirking of the internal conflict within the huge rugby team doesn't make things easier, and to add insult to injury, the set up for the manipulative opponents (which serve their purpose to be cruel just because (and that's just the usual cliché to infuse personalities into characters quick)). While the match itself has turned into another battlefield of mentality, the rugby team is facing their own possible decimation. Ibuki's use of Japrish is just uncannily funny, but even that got stale quick. The overtly one-tone characters of Doushisha are quickly losing steam, and they need to regain their sidestep and fast (e.g. Sei who've got prominent screentime just to shoehorn his ability as the team's kicker). On a side note, the former captain is one good character that only focuses on strengths and even takes matches as practice sets. But even so, not just accounting for a character's loss, the match itself was doomed for Natsusa and Co. from the beginning, and now even Natsusa is a liability? WHA is going on here? Seems like a lot of misplaced steps are taken this episode, and it was a wild ride, albeit a very bumpy one. Kinda knew the forced drama would take this series by a landslide, but i did not expect to see this fall so hard this episode, it's like the plot (which already lost steam) is losing some more. |
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| The ED visuals are so cute! especially the little ones when they were just kids! oh my! 5/5. |
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| Didn't Sei make that third kick? I don't understand why he said Natsusa can't come to the games. Also, I wish they'd spent a little more time talking about the rules of rugby. All of the technical jargon makes it hard for me to understand what is happening in these games. |
| OMFG this episode was soooo frustrating. First, how the hell was the other team getting away with doing all that shit? Second, I'll kill those 2 dickheads who messed with my Yuu-chan. Third, what the fuck is Sei's problem?! He might not mean it but he's being so horrible to Natsusa! |
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| I assume Sei is annoyed by Natsu not paying attention to him anymore much, hence the focus on the lack of messages from him in the previous episode. |
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| That leg injury was most unfortunate, and the team lost in the process as well. The opposing team are the lowest of the low. Sei believes that Natsusa being there is the reason that he can't kick right anymore. Could it be that Natsusa isn't actually giving him as much attention as he wants? The other team members have been good for Natsusa's health, something Sei wasn't able to do. I think that Sei is actually hurting inside, and doesn't want to talk about it. |
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| RIP Sei - I wonder waht's got his kicking game so out of whack mentally |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| Can someone spoil me if the mc will ever play again coz this plot is just boring phantomfandom said: Also just in case if people don't know the reason Seiichirou doesn't want Natsusa to come to the match anymore is that Seiichirou get hard every time he see Natsusa, and that boner make his movement more stiff. WTF LMFAO bruh |
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YggdraSEED said: Can someone spoil me if the mc will ever play again coz this plot is just boring phantomfandom said: Also just in case if people don't know the reason Seiichirou doesn't want Natsusa to come to the match anymore is that Seiichirou get hard every time he see Natsusa, and that boner make his movement more stiff. WTF LMFAO bruh It's literally impossible for him to play again, also I don't think anyone here comes from the future lol. |
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Jin_uzuki said: YggdraSEED said: Can someone spoil me if the mc will ever play again coz this plot is just boring WTF LMFAO bruh It's literally impossible for him to play again, also I don't think anyone here comes from the future lol. do not see why not, he did practice with that guy who couldn't be him at the highest level before yeah but now he can still play with limited minutes imo |
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jungsae said: YggdraSEED said: do not see why not, he did practice with that guy who couldn't be him at the highest level before yeah but now he can still play with limited minutes imo and he was literally bedridden after that, considered he pretty much just jumped around, and yasunari was as careful with him as possible. imagine if he gets tackled in a real game. Didn't he stated that happens to him occasionally? Meaning it's not because of that practice, and I don't think he's that stupid to actually endangered himself over some minor yips And with how the story is setting up them losing another player from injury, I can see him playing again to save his teams life |
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| What an episode. A team of childish bullies, internal disagreements, a player getting injured and Sei making strange statements. Very college-like, as it should, but some of it is more suited to soccer than rugby. I understand a player got hurt but what the hell happened to the third half? Nevertheless, I liked the episode. 3.5/5. |
| Ohhh?!! Their goal is Nationals?! <every sports anime goal> but hearing from them is shocking because I don't feel they're competitive. I watched this as slice of life, not as a sports. Another injured people :( I love the ED, cutie Sei. |
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| Quite a lot of drama, really expected them to make some big turnaround near the second half of the episode but by the looks of it it will take some time for them to play at their best At least Taisei got a stern talk, hopefully he can now get a bit more along with Ibuki |
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