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| Hoo boy, I hope that Kuroda is OK, given that severe injury to his forehead. But the truth is that with a man down, the Esperion B team is at its most peril against Musashino. Both Takeshima and Togashi are the defender MVPs in this most important match, but despite his injury, Kuroda still wants in to finish what he started, looking ahead and never looking back. Right now, they desperately need to regroup, and this match hinges on the 3 of them to make things work, even if Togashi doesn't comply to the order that's Coach Nozomi's rally with Fukuda's tips of teaching and coaching, and being imperfect to speak up his mind. Most especially with Aoi, Fukuda wants him to stop making scoring his ultimate objective, for when he does then he will grow and challenge the team to improve further, which is in stagnation mode right now, starting with the 3 defenders. If you want to play on the world stage, exceed their wildest imaginations. And Hana's words certainly reignited Aoi's fighting spirits towards the 2nd half (as per the episode's title): "Do Your Best. Don't Lose. Fight to Your Limits." For Togashi, wanting to talk to Fukuda through Esperion is definitely like a dog following orders, but that's exactly how he anchors Togashi down through Coach Nozomi and get him to work together like a well-oiled machine against Kaneda. Togashi's the only one they can count on stopping the rebel, and they trust him well enough to do the job. And that's where Kaneda gets all desperate for the ball possession to score, and they finally found his breaking point to go all-in for the attack. The nut in the crack has been formed, and all Esperion needs is a goal to tie and get the team moving. This is their time to strike: Aoi's the critical link to forge everyone together, and earn their equalizer they did. Great work, now to see the finale! |
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| Look how the mighty have fallen, the undisputed Kaneda-sama doing nothing but making pikachu faces for the entirety of the episode, moreover even got a yellow card lol. Loved the thrill in the final minute, with Ootomo scoring that equaliser. Though too bad it's just one more episode after this. |
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| Finally the defenders are working together and that was a good goal. |
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| Great episode the team are now fighting back together and i loved how Aoi was motivated by Hana's words |
| Such a smooth counter goal, love the interaction between the new unit of defender, and Aoi also one step to more understanding his wide vision to lead the team to the victory. Hina little screen time also lovely, she sure have an impact there. Now I just want to see Ig and the production committee to still consider continue this anime project as long as possible. One more to go, and welcome to fall! |
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phantomfandom said: Next episode is the final of the season, and it might be the final for Ao Ashi as it's unlikely to have season 2. And I'm sad because I can't see my favorite boy Nagisa Akutsu for one more time. I feel like he's even more yankee than Togashi. Manga sales more than tripled since the anime started (from 4.5mi to 15mi [Wikipedia]). It's also trendy in Japan, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award and "is currently the Most-Watched Anime from the Summer Season in Japan" [News sites]. There is also enough material for at least 40 episodes (we're finishing chapter 110ish and there are about 300ish chapters written) [Forums]. Finally, IG has a good record of releasing multiple-season anime. If anything, season 2 sounds highly likely. |
| HOLY! What a thrilling episode to watch, especially after the second half. The way Fukuda lit a flame in Aoi and seeing him return to the match was like he had this new level of self-assurance. It was honestly so entertaining to watch them play the second half like they are now, with Takeshima, Togashi, and Asari goofing around but in a good way and trying to understand each other just like Aoi said. Who would have thought that the mighty Kaneda would be scared of Togashi, the locker room talk really did change him. The play at the end was masterful, with Ashito using his ability to lead the team to a goal. Felt kinda sad after finishing the episode since there is only one remaining, let's just hope that it ends well. |
| Togashi making Kaneda his lapdog was amazing to see. Can't stand that guy haha and seeing Aoi using all his learned skills in the final play was incredible. Really enjoyed this anime so far and hopefully the final episode will just be as good and of course, I hope we'll get a S2 |
| "ding-dong ditch you" Is Togashi×Takeshima a hateship in full sail yet??? :D On another note- I know it's meant to be their "zone" aura or some such, but geez, why's it such a weirdly unfortunate design that it looks like they're just steaming sweat-stench? ^^" |
| what a great episode!!! but i have a question, why hana seems so down? just cause ashito didnt care that she would make meal plans for kuribayashi? she was expecting him to get jealous or something? ashito had so much stuff going on into his head that feeling something for a girl seems just out of place for him right now i love hana but on the last episodes the interactions between anri and ashito were great, welp we are off to the finale, what a great season this have been, gets me pumped up for the world cup! i'm hoping for more seasons, this just became my favorite soccer anime, i mean, maybe together with giant killing, but much more emotional |
| "I feel alive cause I'm a loser today and so I'll be tomorrow I feel insane but that's my nature and I'll never change for your better Behind the veil there is a lunatic with his out of tune emotions Madness saved me from all of your average lies - average lies" |
| Aoi's vision becomes more clearer than before is caused by the experiences he got over many games. This accumulated experiences and thinking during the match will result to a more instinctual moves and more ideas to break down opponents defense. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| Another great episode. Too bad it’s the penultimate one of the season. |
phantomfandom said: This episode is so intense that there's no ED song. You know things are really getting serious when character that usually doesn't open their eyes like Kuroda finally open their eyes. Talking about Togashi. What I love most about yankees is that since the society don't trust them, they'll give it them all to a person who put a trust in them, oh I'd like to have a yankee boyfriend! Aoi blended nicely to this episode, he doesn't lead, but he doesn't fall back into a background character either. Right now he's very good at being a supporting character. It's actually Tachibana that fall back into a background character, after being an MVP in previous episode. This is the first time in anime, no, it's actually the first time I know about this tradition, about when some players get injured, if other team kick off their ball to the outside of the field, then when the game resume it's polite to return the ball to the other team. This is such a nice tradition, it's not in the rule, but that's make it even better to show sportsmanship, yeah this is the right word, sportsmanship. And since Kaneda doesn't show sportsmanship then his quality as a player is in question... A multi-episode match is a heaven for me because it'll be focus on the interaction between (male on male) team members only and less noise, by less noise I mean less appearance of romantic potential characters like Hana and Anri, they almost get no role while the match is playing and I'm very satisfied. Next episode is the final of the season, and it might be the final for Ao Ashi as it's unlikely to have season 2. And I'm sad because I can't see my favorite boy Nagisa Akutsu for one more time. I feel like he's even more yankee than Togashi. Nah, I think this will likely get a S2. It’s been great and has improved manga sales. |
| Holy shit, that was made hype. Love the team work. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| omg! i was shouting because of the awesome excitement the last 30 seconds of this ep! truly impressive! 5/5. |
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| I have a feeling this is part one of the finale as we didn't see the credits in this episode. It seems Togashi and Takeshima have finally got their act together and started to become a cohesive defensive unit. More importantly Togashi is now guarding Kaneda and he's scared out of his mind by making simple mistakes causing him to get a yellow card. Now the score is tied up 2-2 and I can't wait to see how this match ends. |
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| it didn't start feeling like things are falling into place until the last few minutes, and of course that's when it leaves us hanging & waiting for next week's episode. we need longer episodes, man! |
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| The last like 30 secs were cool rest was really boring :/ |
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| Just nothing like talking your issues through. It's also great that Fukuda gave some very clear instructions to Aoi, I mean, that's a start, right? Hana might be going insane though. |
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