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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- A refresher in terms of rules and fouls in water polo, that's as important. And now, it's the same for the 7-men team against the junior water polo team, which they got absolutely trashed 18-0. WHAT A SORRY SIGHT for a setback such as this, and it's gonna take more than this to re-jog Minato's prodigy memories of water-polo in his current pathetic state. Eitarou's the first to have second thoughts of quitting indefinitely. Eitarou drops by Minato's place in the night to talk some history between each other and get their facts straight. The amount of effort that Eitarou exerted to help Minato in water polo, he was only in the background for most of the time and had never participated in a real match before. All of these pent-up feelings of expectations that Eitarou was looking to get out of Minato, it all went to naught even for the admiration. To no one's surprise, everyone relapses in a similar manner, and takes some time off to recuperate. Minato going back to his former advisor for help, and he suggested that Minato go back to look at the lot of material that Minato had filmed and recorded himself for practice, and that's his starting goal of being the prodigy hard-working water-polo player before his untimely amnesiac accident. And who other than to share this with Eitarou to tell him that Minato's also not a special person, and requests for Eitarou's help. Well, a tit for tat relationship between the two. The past is behind you guys, learn from your mistakes and move on together as a team. |
KANLen09Aug 7, 2021 11:56 AM
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| Got rolled by literal kids OMEGALUL. But, hey that's the learning curve. You learn from your mistakes and move forward. Eitarou told Minato the truth about him and Naoya watched his old videos where he saw that he used to put a lot of effort into his techniques. That's how he became the best in Japan. Some internal conflicts may occur in the team but if it ends well, who cares? Just keep moving forward. |
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| Oh no, lost to the children, unable to do anything :c You know he lost his memory, he warns you, in the end the most likely thing happens, and you're disappointed? wtf Well, now more motivated than ever, let's keep on improving ( ˙▿˙ ) |
| I really hope that Eitarou becomes more likable now that he's decided to stop lying to Minato cause so far he's been an absolute piece of shit. How could he even think of telling Minato that he wanted to quit just because Minato wasn't a great player like before? Like, sort your own shit out first before you heap that kinda pressure on others, you little leech! |
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| Well, they lost with a score of 0-18 against grade schoolers. That was expected I guess. Never liked Eitarou and seems like I was right about not liking him. Even tho they forgave him. And nice to know that Minato wasn't a prodigy but a hard worker. He'll build up his strenght from level 1 and go back to being the best in Japan. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Solid episode, good message. I like the CG they use during the water polo scenes, where they animate all the players simultaneously. Hopefully they keep using that when they actually start playing real games. Also nice to see that there is some backstory to Jou as well. He might be my favorite character so far. |
| This is unironically really good. Some of the jokes are cheesy but overall the humor balances the surprisingly dark and serious undertones quite well, e.g. the lingering trauma with the MC's sister, and the other team members' backgrounds (one of them got bullied in the past, and the captain looks like he's not on speaking terms with his father). I hope Minato actually gets better soon, and regains his memories by end of the show. Looking forward to more. |
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| Damn good episode. Tbh,I wasn't too bothered about watching this as i'm not really into sports,or sports anime. This has really been an eye-opener for me,esp about water polo and what the players have to do to get to where they need to be. On a different note,this has also surprised me in the way the characters are protrayed in this,and how it shows their growth and slowly coming together as a team.Minato is shown as central to this in the way he interacts with them away from the pool,and also in himself as he interacts with his family and friends. I don't really see this as just a sports show,its a drama,sol,sports anime all rolled into one,and I'm thankful for that as its showing me how good a "sports" anime can really be. Honestly,I'm looking forward to the rest of this! |
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| It's surprising we haven't gotten further than this 5 episodes in, for a 12 ep show. Just had the first match and lost miserably to grade schoolers. When megane-kun wanted to quit after a single loss with a new team I was hoping he would actually go through with it, even though it was unlikely even from the start. Can't get far with that attitude. I was expecting them to solve that in the next episode but they spent more time on him throughout the episode instead to solve it right away. I would have been happy for him to leave the team just for wanting to leave after a single loss, but then revealing he lied about his relationship with the poor MC with memory loss was creepy, then hoping to gain stuff from his former status as a star player only to leave instantly when things didn't go well left a bad taste, even after they made up. Going into this I liked the show but didn't have that high expectations, for this episode though I was checking the clock and waiting for it to end. |
| So in Waterpolo, you can be the dirtiest player ever as long as the referee doesn't see what you do underwater, huh? Don't know how to feel about that. OK episode though I wish Eitarou had abandoned the club. Dude's definitely a piece of shit for taking advantage of Minato's condition. Not to mention creepy asf. |
SouthRzVaAug 7, 2021 7:50 PM
| Pretty good episode! Kamekichi was definitely the highlight of the episode and I liked the symbolism of Kamekichi successfully climbing them stairs. Damn, they really got completely clapped by kids lmao. I liked what they did with Eitarou's character, I always thought he was weird and super pushy, but it turns out he's not only weird he's also a scheming creep lmao. Dude was super in denial, but now that he sees he's God Minato is not as Godly as he might think, he'll become a better person. Always thought Minato was not putting in effort at all, glad he realized that the reason he was good was because he made himself good. Hopefully it's w's from here on out. I also like how Chinu is being supportive of Minato in the background, I hope she becomes more prominent later on. |
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| I need a Minato x Chinu in the next |
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| It definitely will be interesting to see what happens next now that Minato has a better idea of the him of the past, and will now work hard to beat the him of the past |
Pknoctis said: This is unironically really good. Some of the jokes are cheesy but overall the humor balances the surprisingly dark and serious undertones quite well, e.g. the lingering trauma with the MC's sister, and the other team members' backgrounds (one of them got bullied in the past, and the captain looks like he's not on speaking terms with his father). I hope Minato actually gets better soon, and regains his memories by end of the show. Looking forward to more. They're being very subtle about things in an almost smart(?) way which I like Also Minato keeps getting more likeable with every episode, he's definitely a Shoyo type of protagonist |
| When we first met Eitarou I didn't like him but I actually like him more after this episode. |
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 Like that t-shirt |
| Eitarou is a serial killer. |
| Wow Eitarou is getting so unlikeable. At least he came clean about his intentions to Minato......but without rubbing it in. He’s right, he’s rude alright & not to forget plain selfish. What a prick. I feel bad for Minato. Why is Eitarou projecting so much on him zzzzz Awwww Ejiri is starting to find it fun♡ I wonder about the captain’s back story...... Minato being so kind to Eitarou.....I guess Eitarou is also spurring him on in their own ways. The advisor was also being so nice to help him realise that he wasn’t just a prodigy by nature, but of course with his hardwork. I’m glad he’s so optimistic about it moving forward. He’s pretty earnest. Great episode. I’m looking forward to Minato & the team’s growth! |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| I KNEW IT that eitarou dude was up to no good! he said some very hurtful words I swearrr. If I were minato I'd be so :/// but minato is such an angel |
| Humiliating loss against grade schoolers, but on an extremely positive note things can only go uphill from here as they've basically hit rockbottom already!.... I already disliked Ei for putting so much pressure on Minato but him revealing that he took advantage of Minato's amnesia and planned to quit when Minato didn't meet his expectations despite warned not to have any really pisses me off and dislike him even more. |
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| i can see why people dislike this show 5 episodes and nothing happen |
| Getting trashed by 18-0 was even worse than I expected. They didn't even score a single point? The little boys did not just wipe the pool with them, they polished it thoroughly and made it sparkle. Well done showing them you're the bosses of the pool kids! :) Well, at the very least Minato found his resolve at the end. This was -probably- the lowest point for everyone, though I bet they're going to get trashed a couple more times before eventually reaching the level of Minato's former school. |
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