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Jul 23, 2022 12:05 PM

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Aoi finally gets it and trains his vision instead of being clumsy and clueless about what he's doing
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Aoi continues to struggle at defender, but that's because he's missing another crucial element in his game and that's constantly moving your head around to see where everybody is at. This takes a lot of situational awareness which is something that Aoi is struggling to grasp. Anri comes by to recommend a basic drill that help Aoi get into a habit of consistently turning his head while moving with the ball. Anri seems to be pretty good with her ball control herself as she starts to develop feelings for Aoi creating a possible love triangle between Aoi, Anri, and Hana. Hana on the other hand has been tasked with creating meal plans for star player Kuribayashi. The B team is not doing so well as they lost four matches in a row in the Tokyo Metro League and Aoi can't do anything about it since he's been forced to sit out those games. Tachibana feels the pressure of being the forward and wishes he could be like Aoi who is always positive. This next match will be personal as the B team will have to face the top dog in the Tokyo Metro League Tokyo Musashino featuring Kanada and Nakono who failed in the Esperion tryouts.
Jul 23, 2022 1:51 PM
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not a very healthy mentality, Kaneda. you certainly didnt make it through the tryouts because of your own incompetence, but instead of blaming yourself, unless you change that mindset you wont go anywhere
Jul 23, 2022 1:54 PM
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Silent_Shadow05 said:
So that's what Kuribayashi does huh? Moving his head back and forth like that to basically just keep an eye on everything. I appreciate Aoi trying his best to learn that “basic” technique, even if he was initially struggling to understand what to look for at first. He's really putting in his best effort to not be a burden, doing those basic drills like 10,000 times or whatever over a month. Even if it's not a position he wants to play, he’s not sulking anymore. He’s really showing some growth! I’m pretty proud of him.  I also like that Aoi's more aware of his ability. That was a great pass to Ohtomo, even he knew that. He just needs to know how to utilize that ability more consciously. He knows it's related to this concept of "vision" at least.

I'm glad someone else recognizes the work Hana puts into those menus. Big honor to be making a specialized meal plan for a pro! I appreciate her looking out for Aoi and (almost) asking Kuribayashi to give Aoi pointers, though I feel like there's gonna be some misunderstanding after seeing him with Anri. Then again, it looks like Anri's got a little crush after that one on one coaching session so maybe she sensed something there lol.

Looks like this ep Tachibana is feeling the pressure. It's interesting he said he wanted to learn to be more like Aoi considering how Aoi's been acting and playing up until recently, but I guess his hard work and his perseverance is being noticed. He might sulk, but he always ends up getting his shit together in the end. I get where Tachibana is coming from though, about wanting to come back when he's made it. He takes the game seriously, I respect that about him. He's a good character!

Musashino has a pretty good streak going, they'll be a tough opponent for sure. Nice to see Nakano made it somewhere, though I wasn’t as pleased to see Kaneda. Like bro, you didn't fail because you got too chummy. You failed because you were ass during the tryouts. Don't blame the others because you fucking choked. You don’t see Ohtomo or Tachibana bitching and they were pretty friendly from the start.

I did have one question from this episode: Is relegation like elimination from the league? Or does it just mean they kinda move down in ranking, so they play at a lower tier?


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Jul 23, 2022 3:19 PM
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Ashito is officially an Harem main character now, well the anime push the Hana x ashito couple but i like anri too, she is an expert of football and helpful for him
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that pass from Aoi was so cold πŸ₯Ά
Jul 23, 2022 5:04 PM

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SK71 said:
Silent_Shadow05 said:
I did have one question from this episode: Is relegation like elimination from the league? Or does it just mean they kinda move down in ranking, so they play at a lower tier?
afaicr, they are already at the bottom tier so relegation might mean elimination or sth else.


No, they're playing in the U-18 Tokyo Metropolis League 1, so they'd be relegated to League 2.
Jul 23, 2022 5:09 PM

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I really hate love Triangles so I hope it's not gonna be something big.

Also that Kanade guy is so pathetic πŸ˜…???

But I liked the episode overall. It's interesting how he's analysing to understand his position better.

This really is my favourite sport anime this season, huh?
Jul 23, 2022 5:27 PM

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Its great to see some progression to Hana's dream of being a nutritionist with Kuribayashi asking her for a meal plan. Her plotline is the second best in the show.

Aoi's perspective on how he feels after a match was pretty interesting. He FEELS like he's the one who decides whether the team loses or wins, which I assume is probably going to be important as the future playmaker of the team.




Jul 23, 2022 7:02 PM

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Another fabulous episode! Looks like things are about to get riled up towards the end tho. It's kinda expected given the upcoming do or die match for Esperion youth!

It's great but my favorite part of the entire episode is definitely Anri and Aoi's part! I can't deny it! She's too cute here:

















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Jul 23, 2022 7:04 PM

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I really like her! Anri's dream of becoming a manager one day is so well realized and written in the show! My gosh I love her!




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Jul 23, 2022 7:58 PM
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Our boi is up even when he is down and out He has one girl obsessed with him while the other gril has switched horses because he is spending time with the other gril
Jul 24, 2022 1:35 AM

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oh no! looks like Anri is slowly falling for Ashito...cuz she said: "He's cute!" maybe just admiration...but who knows....but damn when Hana saw the two i hope won't go jellyjelly!
Looks like Kaneda got bad beef with Ashito huh...so hostile the moment that they saw each other! damn!
5/5.


Jul 24, 2022 2:58 AM

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Yes yes! Ashito is improving his analyzing ability and the episode didn't only focus on Ashito himself but on characters like Tachibana and Anri as well, will be interesting to see if the other characters are also going to be fledged out and how Aoi is going to do in real matches as a defender.
Jul 24, 2022 6:25 AM

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lol that ending made me remember Fukuda's word during the tryouts, time to eat his words haha
"if you pass these tryouts you will work with us. if you don't pass, use this experience to become better and then come laugh at us for not noticing you"

the part between aoi and anri were interesting, same for hana with kuribayashi

aoi trying hard to learn the vision trick and is even learning while watching the match from the sidelines, how the boy has changed lol that abeing said, since he is so distracted during training, he doesn't even get to sit on the bench

lastly, damn the team without some of it's players, like aoi, kuroda, asari and others who left the team, are really doing badly, 2nd last place after 6(?) matches, even after that super cool win on the 1st match when aoi was learning the triangle
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Jul 24, 2022 8:07 AM
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Man.. Can they really not just focus on the main sport rather than fucking forming a love triangle and an useless rivarly in the end. These two parts made me dislike the episode by a lot.

Kuribayashi really went all out in order to find Hana and ask he to make a meal plan for him. Well, she accepted it without hestitation because Aoi was together with Anri. This moment was the worst and it's just feels so fucking useless to form some kind of misunderstanding so Hana would be less focused on Aoi and kinda ignore him.

I never expected Anri to be good at football. She isn't just all talk but she's able to do more than that. Aoi was pretty amazed by it because Anri didn't just kick the ball and looked left/right but tried to spot things which Aoi didn't do.

Esperion Youth team is on a losing streak which put a lot of pressure on Tachibana because he doesn't score as the forward. Mentioning Aoi made him even think more about "what if Aoi was here, would it go differently?". Othome changed the topic in a second, you can call him a true friend for that.

Aoi's training while the rest are in a meeting because he wouldn't have contributed a lot to the meeting because the mf ain't even on the bench. Well, he sure doesn't sulk and works hard but everything feels to fast paced. A week before, he felt like he wanted to commit neckrope but he just can't because a lot of different aspects.

Musashino's team improved by a mile thanks to the new Coach. The old try-outs got scouted by him. Nakano and Kaneda, one of them is still the same as before but the other one is a sweaty person. Holy shit, his face expression was actually scaring and he's really looking out for revenge.

It won't damage the football aspect don't worry. The mangaka knows that too, and is just having a simple romance side to his story so it is more intersting and probably for selling merch
Jul 24, 2022 10:35 AM
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this anime showed some of the most important things Abt soccer like it's just not Abt scoring goals and stuff like that this anime even adds mental drama which I can relate to real life... 😎
Jul 24, 2022 10:36 AM

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Tachibana doesn't know Aoi carries a heavy burden always. Aoi can put a front and no one would believe he's really struggling. He always take things upon himself and dribble them with a smile and positivity.
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Jul 25, 2022 3:40 AM
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I want to punch Kuribayashi on his perfect face for potentially messing up the things between Aoi and Hana.
Jul 25, 2022 8:26 AM

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I want to punch Kuribayashi on his perfect face for potentially messing up the things between Aoi and Hana.

Me too! How can he even do this!?
Jul 25, 2022 12:22 PM
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Dharkan said:
I want to punch Kuribayashi on his perfect face for potentially messing up the things between Aoi and Hana.


Dude, he's 100% only thinking about how to improve his own performance, lol.
Jul 28, 2022 7:09 AM

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So Ashito is now trying to master the 'head turning' which Kuribayashi does subconsciously. Anri's providing him tips to achieve this. She seems to be falling for him too. (O_O)

Oh, hell naw bruh. Hana is getting the wrong idea. She doesn't know much about football and can't help Ashito with it, whereas Anri can give him a lot of advice. And this might be making her feel distant from Ashito.

Yes! Finally, my boy Tachibana getting some spotlight.

Damn, Nakano and Kaneda are back in the plot. And they'll be Esperion's opponents in the next match! At least Nakano isn't salty about the selection. Kaneda is being a baby fr. Imagine being pissed at others due to your poor performance.

Now I'm hyped for the match. I wonder if Aoi will be brought back into the team during the second half of the game with Musashino.
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Jul 28, 2022 11:42 PM

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loool that kaneda guy blaming them for failing the try outs, but them playing well together is probably what got him and the other guy scouted by the other team? Looking forward to the match against them anyway. I just know Tachibana is gonna score against his old team. Hopefully Kaneda realises the truth of his scouting and try-out failure and can be friendly with his try-out brothers in arms again after the game, although if Esperion win it could make him even more bitter.

I do prefer Aoi x Hana over the new girl.
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Jul 29, 2022 9:58 PM

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I'm starting to think Nozomi actually sucks at being a coach. Dude doesn't appear during the team meetings and can barely give advices to Ashito when the kid practically begs for them.

And also LMAO at the Kaneda kid blaming Ashito and co. for his incompetence at the tryouts. Kid was sweating like a pig and out of breath but of course it's all Ashito's fault smh.
Jul 30, 2022 9:13 PM
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Romance drama incoming?

Next match will be quite troublesome.
yes. I agree I wonder what will happen
Aug 20, 2022 4:33 AM

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Time to add a whole new genre besides the already available sports one.

Also yeah blame Aoi and co. for your incompetence, because why not.
Sep 3, 2022 12:07 AM

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No! No god please no! No love triangle! Don't do this to Hana, she's gone through so much already and been so kind. Please no. Oh god I think I'm gonna be sick.

Anyway, "Look up" Is such an important fundamental process for any soccer player but it's true that, while simple, it's kind of hard to master. It's really easy to get tunnel vision focused and loose sight of everything around you.

Kind of like how Kaneda lost sight of what it means to not be a total dick wad. Like geeze dude, simmer down. Just say hi like a normal person and be on your way.

For real though the world of sports truly is Cut Throat and not everyone can come out on top. For every Lionel Messi or Aoi there are hundreds of thousands of skilled and dedicated players who just didn't make it.

Let's get some Fs in the chat for all the Kanedas of the world.
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Sep 10, 2022 3:08 AM

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This episode felt really long, I love that.


That's a bit meta, but I since the tryouts I was thinking that Kaneda's design was too detailed for someone that would never appear again on the show.


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I'm starting to think Nozomi actually sucks at being a coach. Dude doesn't appear during the team meetings and can barely give advices to Ashito when the kid practically begs for them.
I come from a different sport, but there's research that shows that the more input seniors/coaches give to juniors, the less they tend to think for themselves, which can be seen as a problem on its own.
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Kaneda got more rough...
Sep 10, 2022 10:28 AM

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Meritas said:
This episode felt really long, I love that.


That's a bit meta, but I since the tryouts I was thinking that Kaneda's design was too detailed for someone that would never appear again on the show.


SouthRzVa said:
I'm starting to think Nozomi actually sucks at being a coach. Dude doesn't appear during the team meetings and can barely give advices to Ashito when the kid practically begs for them.
I come from a different sport, but there's research that shows that the more input seniors/coaches give to juniors, the less they tend to think for themselves, which can be seen as a problem on its own.

Fair enough but if the boy willingly asks you for advices for this new position he was forced to adopt, the least you can do as a coach is to give him some sort of basic guide to follow.
I'm not saying Nozomi should stay by Ashito's side every time he gives a pass but come on, the boy is lost af and was just asking for some hints.
Sep 27, 2022 12:10 AM
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aoi is a dirty cheater! hanging out with anri instead of hana, how could he >:(
Sep 28, 2022 3:42 PM

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Here's the potenial love triangle. This might be harder to grasp than any soccer formation.

Kuribayashi is more humble than I initially thought.

But fuck Kaneda. Imagine becoming such an edgy asshole because of failing once, lmao.

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Oct 19, 2022 11:15 PM

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Don't blame others for your failures, Kaneda. You did not pass because you were not good enough for the club, that's all. Don't hold it against Aoi and the others. Stop being so bitter, people.

I was overjoyed to see Nakano, but Kaneda ruined the reunion.
Nov 13, 2022 10:33 AM

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Omg, if Kuribayashi stood in front of me & talked like this I would become pregnant. Wtf. UmeYui voice my gOooOooOOODdddd Kuribayashi I’d meal prep for you in a heartbeat







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Kaneda really means it for real. What will happen when their team are battling each other? Let's see what will happen :)
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rivals or friends? In the next match!!! kekeke
Oct 31, 2023 1:45 AM

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lmao Kaneda what a loser. You failed the tryout due to a lack of stamina and mental strength not because of the actions of others. I cant wait to see this bitch lose
Nov 26, 2023 10:06 AM
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This is an amazing sports anime masterpiece, which opened up and increased my knowledge, especially in terms of football, now I as an observer found Ashito in Trent Alexander Arnold (an English footballer) playing for the Liverpool club, before I didn't really mind it, but after seeing this anime I feel that my view of football is the same as the character "Anri" in this anime which is oriented towards strengthening the midfield, and now I know how strong the influence of a wing defender who can play at different levels is. Currently, even according to what is in this anime, Liverpool and Trent Alexander Arnold show their fangs with the playing style shown in this anime, so in my opinion "this is a very amazing anime, which can change your view of football, 10/10 "I hope to deliver the next season as soon as possible. Thank You.
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Damn that upcoming match would be really interesting cause they got former teammates in the opponent's team, but Aoi is not even gonna be playing
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