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| Some players from the B team to fill into the A team, Aoi's unforunately not part of it as Coach Fukuda relegated his position to be a defender instead. The others still have a chance as their positions are in-between now. Coach Fukuda's message comes to everyone as a shock, and that's his style of changing players back and forth until they can master their skills, and Nozomi is clearly NOT a fan of how Fukuda is mentally manipulating Aoi through Nozomi playing the bad guy, though the results have spoken for themselves. This is true back in their day, but this time, it's different. Hana being able to find Aoi and even cook a meal for him in his depressed state, and giving him a pep talk to voice his concerns, and even going far as to call up his mother to clear his state of mind of many burdens, in many ways Hana's isn't just Aoi's No. 1 fan for reasons. For Kuribayashi to come to the Tokyo Esperion dorm to find Aoi, and even he agrees that Aoi should play a full-back position to complete Fukuda's vision. And there's none other than Akutsu whom can teach him to be a defender, despite the taunting and steeling his heart to learn to be one. There's Togashi as well as Asari who's moving to the A team, their farewell gift to Aoi, to train him with a position switch. Despite Aoi being assigned to a defender position in inter-matches, scoring goals will always be his objective...just quite far from the goalpost with Takeshima being the defending clear line. It's time to master the defending position, and overcome Akutsu the demon on the field. |
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| And the despair continues... man like he's 15 year old just stop ganging up on and harassing him you so-called intellectuals. And wait the evil coach was a good guy all along, who was just following the main coach's instructions this whole time? Damn what a plot twist. Next episode: Abuser Akutsu and his 101 tricks to abuse Aoi. |
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| Hana, to the rescue! Such a great character.. Aoi already noticing he can see everyone from his position, will surely no doubt be crucial when it comes to defending, countering quickly with pin point passes and running up field on the wing for attacks! |
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| I know the reason Akutsu focuses and targets Aoi is that he truly believes that Aoi has potential but would it kill him to not be such an asshole? That devilish face at the end means he's going to do everything to frustrate Aoi next episode. It makes a little bit more sense as to why Fukuda thinks Aoi can be a fullback because he has more time to investigate his surroundings and see where players are and utilize his skill. But I also think that he would be able to do that better in midfield. I can't see Aoi being a more defensive fullback. He'll definitely be similar to Tavares at Arsenal causing pure chaos attacking-wise and forgetting his defensive duties. |
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| Emotional episode and Hana's a great girl. I'm glad she was there for Ashito. |
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| Ashito came to terms with being a defender quicker than I expected. That's thanks to his mother and Hana. They are great people, Ashito is really lucky for having those two women to support him. Can't wait to see him learning defense. It's a whole new perspective. |
| Hana locating Ashito and giving him the pep talk he needed just shows what a great character she is |
| This show is ticking all the right boxes. |
| Fukuda is a magnificent bastard. It's not unusual to have players get slotted into completely different roles than the one they played before. But going from forward to full back not even a wing back, that has to be crushing to someone who has always been the center of attention. |
| Yeah the episode getting more and more interesting as its finally stepping up into the another new game. Also, a nice little soccer trivia there too, about 'shuffle'. The red-headed bro getting a more screen shot, but not with that abrupt image xd. Akutsu being head-to-head with Aoi again, and now I'm kind of assuming he's actually experience Aoi situation too, being forced into changing position from time to time, especially since the tryout part already giving an impression how much the senior also do that, under Fukuda cold-hand coaches. So yeah, curious to see how much of a lesson he can give off to Aoi, this time. But the scene when Hana includes always been appreciated. Though, Kuribayashi part when he's searching about who's the one behind the meal plan maker kinda makes worried me a bit about the future plot. All in all, exciting to see the next game. Let's go! |
 Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here. I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges  |
| one of the best sports anime ever. |
lehuy0210 said: episode director in this ep was Norihiro Naganuma who had directed ep 5 Thanks for letting us know. I absolutely loved both episodes. The latest one made me break into tears for Ashito. |
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Fukuda is a btec Pep Guardiola lol |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
Swizze said: Aoi already noticing he can see everyone from his position Ngl the way they pan it out, it gives me a goosebump. Aoi is a little bit closer to understand why he should be a fullback.. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| hana best waiyfeee for sure .,.. |
| Hana best girl, she proves it time and time again. |
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| I knew Fukuda was just letting Aoi play to train his skills. I understand he's got a plan and it might end up being the best thing for Aoi soccer-wise, but that was really shitty. Even Nozomi thought it was a bit much. His momma is a good woman, man. And Aoi is a good son. He didn't wanna worry her after all she did for him to get into the team. That's another thing that bothers me about what Fukuda did. He knew the kid already made it too far to quit. But anyways, if she learns what happens, she might come up to put the fear of God into him lol. Hana was also great, I like how she's always been Aoi's biggest cheerleader. Lots of respect for her. But you know who hasn't been great? Akutsu. What an absolute knob. I'm so glad Aoi didn't rise up to that wanker's taunts. I'm also glad Aoi has really good friends around him. Togashi and Ansari are absolute bros for trying to teach him the basics of playing defense, but so are the others who went out to look for him when he was missing. He's really earned the respect of a lot of the guys. I hope he learns a lot from Takeshima. Aoi is really about to discover soccer all over again, this time from a defender's position. By the looks of it, that prick Akutsu is gonna be gunning for him too so he's gotta learn quick or he's gonna die out there. |
| Aoi does love scoring so it's understandable that changing positions would take him a while to get used to. Hana & Noriko >. |
| Almost teared up with that sudden call to Aoi's mom part. That was purely touching. That subtle moment when Aoi remembered his goal after hearing his mom's voice and his eyes suddenly lighting up! And those very straightforward and matter of fact words from Noriko-san. Such a strong woman! And the FRIEND OF THE YEAR award goes to Hana! No wonder Kurabayashi is looking for her hahahaha (though he doesn't know her yet). She's very detailed (with the meal plans), organized, thoughtful, caring and understanding. Supporting someone during their lowest is such a precious moment to see! Plus the other teammates were also very considerate of Aoi. No wonder Aoi can bounce back immediately all thanks to his amazing support system. Let's do this Aoi!!!! |
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| Even a man with broken dreams have to move forward in order to continue living. Aoi doesn't have a choice. It's either to quit and go back to Ehime or take up the role as a defender. After Hana's encounter, everything went a bit more smoothly and he made up his mind. He sure does have the mentality to back up his words and that's one thing I really like about him. Well, Coach Fukada's note on the board left everyone with a schocked pikachu face. Who would have thought that he monster who loved scoring would be turned into a full-back? No one. He has been planning everything since the start and Nozomi was part of it and played the bad guy role even though he was against it. A poor man indeed.. Anyway, most of the players are worried about the whereabouts of Aoi until he randomly appears and gets into a conversation with Akatsu. Who recently saw Kuribayashi, he wanted to see Aoi but not him. It was more about the meal plan which he cared out. Well, his advice was to give Aoi some lessons but knowing Akatsu's personality, he will never do it. We got some information between their conversation. Coach Fukada wants to create a kind of monster team with incredibly well positioned players and Aoi's the one he needs. Taking advantage of his situation and using every singel bit of him, he managed to turn him into one of his puppets. But, Aoi's just as ready as Coach Fukada to take up the role as a defender. The view he got from behind left him amazed which didn't suprise me. It was an expected reaction because the abilities he got. It's the best role for him to play but he has to sacrifice a lot. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Aoi continues to wallow in despair as his dreams of being a forward was shattered into pieces. Coach Fukada is taking a big risk breaking down Aoi just to build him back up, but this would put Aoi on the fast track to being on the A-Team. Hana was there to cheer Aoi up and even forced him to have a heart to heart conversation with his mom. Aoi manged to humble himself to playing a different position, but not before Akatsu was there to mock him for being a useless defender. Aoi responded by bowing before the senior player. Kuribayashi suggested that Akatsu should teach Aoi to defend during their conversation, but Akatsu wasn't having that. Asari came by Aoi's dorm to help Toagashi introduce the "Shuffling" which is one of the basic concepts of defending. Teams A and B get to play against the senior team in a practice match in order form them understand their position. Team A managed to survive, but now its Team B's turn with Aoi playing defender while Akatsu on the other side to make Aoi's days on Tokyo Esperion a living hell since day one with that devilish shit eating grin on his face. |
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| Aoi as a defender, very exciting. |
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| Continues to get better and better. A lot of the interactions felt very human and Coach Fukuda is scary as shit. |
| First of all: I despise Fukuda. "But you wouldn't come" is not an excuse for deliberate manipulation and lies. Get better at explaining, Fukuda-loser or give better deal instead. Do not behave like loan-shark or drug dealer. Second, Hana is not better. The last person I would want to talk in that situation is a mother. Telling her "I want quit" right there. It was like: "Oh, my brother tricked you? And you feel cornered? Let's call someone you gave strong promise to so you are robbed of the last illusion you can give up." I know, she is sweet but that brother complex and strong believe "He is always right" is annoying as hell. |
So I'm watchingnit dubbed but I think it's good so far. I think I will give it a 8 so far. We still need 12 more episodes tho |
Kaus99 said: i really do not feel a full back would the best use of his vision. his ability to visualise the entire field is most useful when he is a playmaker, as others in that position wont have that vision. being a full back, his vision would not be used to its fullest extent, as any fullback as the same field of view of the entire field. like irl football, people like busquets have amazing spatial awareness, which sets them apart in that cdm role. changing them to other roles would just nullify their vision to a certain degree. Consider Aoi's weaknesses too. He is not busquets. Vision is not the only thing you need as DM. When you have minmaxed the strengths and his weaknesses, you will reach the point that fullback is actually the best position for Aoi.. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| why Aoi becoming a fullback makes scene i.e. Aoi's best position. For starters, fullback is one of the most dynamic position in modern day football. A fullback has both offensive and defensive responsibilities. Back in the day fullbacks weren't offensive. They had no offensive responsibilities. Defending was their only task so they just stay back and defend.full backs were failures.. those who weren't tall and physical to be center backs, too slow and poor ball control to be wingers, lack of passing ability meant they couldn't play in midfield. And being too slow and shit scoring ability, having to flare meant a big no as a forward..no kid grew up wanting to be a fullback back in the day With time everything changes and so did football. New coaches, new systems, new tactics gave rise to all sorts of styles of football. Yes the high pressing style introduced by German coaches changed this.. With new pressing styles of football players adapted and fullbacks became dynamic. Now they have offensive responsibilities. They're now almost a winger who can depend.. Watching a fullback surely is action packed as they both defend and whenever they get a chance they attack. Adaptation and change is as common in life as it is in football. Aoi has to adapt and change from forward to defender. He simply has no option. Football clubs don't really fully refund the fee. Kinda like schools and collages but the difference is football clubs has to pay up-front for tournament registration, kit making & other stuffs. Out of the 300k yen Aoi's family paid there is noway they will get a refund. It will be a wastage of money if Aoi quits but he won't quit becz he knows his mother worked hard for the money and he cares about that. This is classic "when life gets you cornered" moment. As we know from this episode Fukuda had his eyes dead set on making Aoi a fullback right from the very start. All according to keikaku lol. Players changing positions is quite common in football Since Aoi cant really change clubs as his family can't afford it, he has to change himself. (Still salute to his mom saying he can always return) Ashitos mom simply too good of a character and too beautiful to be a side character...i want more to her..  |
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| What a harsh Fukuda coach! Poor Asito... |
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