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jonatann07 said: what they said at the end of the episode makes me think of Trent Alexander Arnold, who plays for Liverpool fc. He is the play maker for the team even at rb and is one of the best play makers in the world right now. So seing ashito's journey to becoming like that is gonna be exciting. (I don't know how to use commas properly, so sorry if it was hard to understand what I have written) FINALLY non manga reader who understand and associate it with real life footballer.. Yeah I agree Aoi is quite similar to TAA, but rather than becoming an attacking minded fullback, Fukuda is planning to make Aoi a complete fullback both in attack and defense. There is none so far irl. Both TAA and Cancelo are average in defense (Cancelo is a little bit better than TAA tho). But they are the closest one we get in terms of playmaking. |
KyouKaiTenJul 16, 2022 9:48 AM
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Nishant_ said: this episode was way better animated than the last few ones, everything felt a lot more fluid and even the stills were more detailed than before. really loved this episode. now I know where this season will end. Hope for second season soon. |
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| Seeing Otomo take that shot to the face reminds me when I was playing soccer in elementary school and one of my penalty shots hit the goalle straight in the head before he got his hands up. He didn't get hurt too bad, but he sat out for a couple of minutes before coming back in the game. |
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lehuy0210 said: now chance for more season is 85% don't worry producer had seen potenial of Ao Ashi hehe I hope so too! Ao Ashi is very popular in Japan and around the world! |
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| He basically wants Aoi to become an offensive defender "playmaker". It really fits Aoi's playstyle and his abilities, shown in the last few minutes of the episode where he predicted the movement of the ball and position of the player. Well, we still don't fully know why he's full-back while some other positions might be better in this case. "Defenders" is known to be boring for a lot of people while it's actually as important as other roles or on the same level. Fukada is probably just planting the seeds for now and waits for Aoi to grow so he can do more with him. Well, I can't wait for Aoi to become a complete playmaker and dominate the game. But, it probably won't happen in this season. It's time to read the manga sooner or later. Also, Akatsu was pretty rude this episode once again. I still don't know his motive but it will probably be explained. |
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| DaMn this episode was great. Man, I loved the conversation at the end, Togashi and Yuma with Anri. By the way, playmaker eh, quite the chills I felt down my spine at the end there. It is indeed possible to be a playmaker as a defender. Though it's quite rare to see one. But welp, our boy Ashito here has been doing the unpredictable. So I wouldn't be surprised if he did stay as a defender. (Would like him to become an attacking mid player tho, 'coz that would be hella more I.N.T.E.R.E.S.T.I.N.G |
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SideCharacterKal said: He basically wants Aoi to become an offensive defender "playmaker". It really fits Aoi's playstyle and his abilities, shown in the last few minutes of the episode where he predicted the movement of the ball and position of the player. Well, we still don't fully know why he's full-back while some other positions might be better in this case. "Defenders" is known to be boring for a lot of people while it's actually as important as other roles or on the same level. Fukada is probably just planting the seeds for now and waits for Aoi to grow so he can do more with him. Well, I can't wait for Aoi to become a complete playmaker and dominate the game. But, it probably won't happen in this season. It's time to read the manga sooner or later. Also, Akatsu was pretty rude this episode once again. I still don't know his motive but it will probably be explained. Ashito is very difficult to play as defender. I only hope he can also shoot the balls as he did before! Akatsu is rude again. Nothing can explain is behavior. I really hope for second season! It has to be!! |
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| So a playmaker in the end huh, had a feeling it would be that tbf |
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| excellent episode! Akutsu is really targeting Ashito...i wonder what's the backstory on why his attitude is like that...i wanna see his deep grudge! lolz what we learned from this episode is: unconscious bias also hinders on planning things also "playmaker" nice! 5/5. |
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| It's good that they are showing us the reality of playing in a different position: the frustration, the doubts, the denial...but at the end of it, there's always acceptance. I've never played sports but I guess this is a common challenge for any sports player. But aside from that, I just want to really mention how pleasantly good-natured the other side characters are like Ohtomo and Togashi. Their subtle ways of looking after Ashito is just awesome to watch. Just don't get on Ohtomo's bad side since he might put your name in his death note hahahhaha. And more goofy Yuma!!!! And of course, Akutsu is still this hateful dude that we all want to hate but I think it's fine. It adds more spice to the story :) |
| This series is criminally underrated. Why the heck is that? So much better than most other series airing, like Lycoris Recoil for example |
| Ugh. Fucking Akutsu, man. I seriously hate they guy. I get targeting the weak link in the chain, but that guy just sucks. Aoi needs to focus up and stop thinking like a forward and start thinking like a defender. I don’t get all the tactics, but I can tell this is a sink or swim moment. I get his frustrations but he needed to stop whining and get his shit together. The pro leagues ain’t all fun and games. All that sulking meant Togashi and the others had to cover for him. Glad Ohtomo was able to make Aoi realize that and got his head in the game. Speaking of Ohtomo, his list of guys he hates was hilarious. Takeshima shot right up to the top hahaha. I love that 3 was “guys who refer to themselves in third person and still get dates” lol. But anyways, what did Anri mean that Aoi would be best as an attacking midfielder? What’s a “deep-lying one” or “central”? Kind of lost me there. I get what Togashi was saying about her “wasting an opportunity” because of her inherent biases, but why would Aoi be more suited as a “playmaker” than say those other positions? Is it just a better use of his special eagle eye vision or..? |
Silent_Shadow05 said: Speaking of Ohtomo, his list of guys he hates was hilarious. Takeshima shot right up to the top hahaha. I love that 3 was “guys who refer to themselves in third person and still get dates” lol. I think the one who refer themselves in 3rd person are the girls, not the guys. This kind of girls usually are cute. So Ohtomo are jealous with guys who dates cute girls like this. Silent_Shadow05 said: But anyways, what did Anri mean that Aoi would be best as an attacking midfielder? What’s a “deep-lying one” or “central”? Kind of lost me there. I get what Togashi was saying about her “wasting an opportunity” because of her inherent biases, but why would Aoi be more suited as a “playmaker” than say those other positions? Is it just a better use of his special eagle eye vision or..? Playmaker is known to be the creative player in football. The best position for them are definitely in midfielder because they can directly involve in creating chance in the final 3rd. If you take for example a formation like 4231, the "attacking midfielder" is the one right behind the striker, while the the "deep-lying one" is the one in double pivot (the 2 in 4231) behind attacking mid. These positions are the ideal position in creating chances for playmakers. But when it comes to modern football, this is not the case anymore. Teams become more compact in their defense that there is hardly no space to exploit by the "advanced" playmaker. This is why you need to have a playmaker from a deep area, ie. a fullback. If you look at teams like Man City, almost all of their players (including GK) can do playmaking to some extent. Their main playmaker are stilld KdB (a central midfielder or no. 8), but they also have Cancelo, an "inverted fullback", as their 2nd playmaker. Just think of it like Kuribayashi and Aoi in Esperion. There is also team like Liverpool which is more extreme because their main playmaker are the fullback itself TAA. |
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Ofenfrische said: Alexisonfire98 said: Damn Akutsu can be pretty rude, I hope that he'll change attitude. Ashito is obviously confused about playing in defense lol There are assholes like that IRL too. Used to play in a club similiar to that and most of them thought they were cream of the crop and nobody made it anywhere. I would be shocked if he changed at any point. These players would rather stop playing football than admit they were wrong or have any insight on their behavior Absolutely agree! I also know such people who never change. It is impossible for them. DaThorAkilia said: I just love the series as it develops! I’m a athlete and really enjoy the sportsmanship and the “whole cake” - I.G is good of sport anime. Agree! Great sport series! Waiting for the second season! Very pity, yes. And what role does this girl play in the series? Reed_of_PC said: As expected, Ashito was inverted fullback. This show getting better and better. Anri was fav chara so far, she's the Speedwagon of this series. And rather than manager, she way better as Sporting Director in future. Yes, I agree. Anri would be a great Sporting Director in the future. She easily understand basics of football management. rebelakuma said: It's good that they are showing us the reality of playing in a different position: the frustration, the doubts, the denial...but at the end of it, there's always acceptance. I've never played sports but I guess this is a common challenge for any sports player. But aside from that, I just want to really mention how pleasantly good-natured the other side characters are like Ohtomo and Togashi. Their subtle ways of looking after Ashito is just awesome to watch. Just don't get on Ohtomo's bad side since he might put your name in his death note hahahhaha. And more goofy Yuma!!!! And of course, Akutsu is still this hateful dude that we all want to hate but I think it's fine. It adds more spice to the story :) Yes, Yuuma is great! Othomo and Togashi are also amazing! Animillion said: This series is criminally underrated. Why the heck is that? So much better than most other series airing, like Lycoris Recoil for example I agree, best sport series airing now and not only now. People simply used to watch and read isekai and idol theme works, that is why. Silent_Shadow05 said: Ugh. Fucking Akutsu, man. I seriously hate they guy. I get targeting the weak link in the chain, but that guy just sucks. Aoi needs to focus up and stop thinking like a forward and start thinking like a defender. I don’t get all the tactics, but I can tell this is a sink or swim moment. I get his frustrations but he needed to stop whining and get his shit together. The pro leagues ain’t all fun and games. All that sulking meant Togashi and the others had to cover for him. Glad Ohtomo was able to make Aoi realize that and got his head in the game. Speaking of Ohtomo, his list of guys he hates was hilarious. Takeshima shot right up to the top hahaha. I love that 3 was “guys who refer to themselves in third person and still get dates” lol. But anyways, what did Anri mean that Aoi would be best as an attacking midfielder? What’s a “deep-lying one” or “central”? Kind of lost me there. I get what Togashi was saying about her “wasting an opportunity” because of her inherent biases, but why would Aoi be more suited as a “playmaker” than say those other positions? Is it just a better use of his special eagle eye vision or..? Yes, Akutsu is a horrible man. I think Ashito would be great as a Playmaker Fullback. I hope he can not only play in defense, but also play as before. |
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LordSozin said: @-Marce, Anri's role in the series is demonstrating that being a female doesn't mean rolling for MC from day 1. That's the girl I respect! I agree, also respect her!! |
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| Aoi's first try at playing as full-back a.k.a defender, it's not gonna stop him from reaching his goal of being a forward. Being a defender meant that you'll have to shuffle both forward and backwards, with no one behind him, and the A Team gives him a run for his skill that not everyone has the prowess to be a defender. And here is Aoi not paying enough focus and in desperate need of a guidance, albeit facing much opposition from Akutsu's A Team, and Ohtomo's proposition to play defending...actually pays off, slowly, but time will tell if he does it right. Akutsu continues to slain bitter words, while Takeshima forwards a great deal of insight into Aoi. Also, having a girlfriend, that's Ohtomo's high ranking hate lols. Anri also wanting to know what Fukuda is thinking of when he gave Aoi the ultimatum to be a defender, and rather, thinking that being a midfielder is Aoi's desired position next to a forwarder. But being a defender in the similar vein of Xavi Hernandez and his ability of "Barca's Heart", this was the experiment that put him on the map, and that's where her assurance bias is showing. But regardless, Fukuda's play on Aoi on making him a playmaker, I'd also believe that this is what the final result should be. How the changes are made, we'll find out step by step. |
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LordSozin said: @-Marce, Anri's role in the series is demonstrating that being a female doesn't mean rolling for MC from day 1. That's the girl I respect! Agreed. I like both the female characters in this series more than any female characters in anime with all-girl characters |
| a boring match in this ep, the ep actually got better after it ended lol. |
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| "Ashito memorizing all players on the field is scientifically impossible!" "Oh yeah, I've seen that study where the dude did exactly what Ashito does." |
vF_Wackiier said: "Ashito memorizing all players on the field is scientifically impossible!" "Oh yeah, I've seen that study where the dude did exactly what Ashito does." It's a real tho. It was done on Spanish player Xavier Hernandez. Players with such skill are rare but do exist. |
Tsarko said: vF_Wackiier said: "Ashito memorizing all players on the field is scientifically impossible!" "Oh yeah, I've seen that study where the dude did exactly what Ashito does." It's a real tho. It was done on Spanish player Xavier Hernandez. Players with such skill are rare but do exist. yeah, was just "quoting" the girl who said this. |
The translation is a little bit off when Fukuda explain about the coin things. "They come from the incredible number of loose balls you picked up". What are "they"? The manga makes it more clear by saying "You kept getting the ball at an unusually high frequency" which implied that Ashito can read where the loose balls will land. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| I’m definitely leaning towards the theory that Aoi will end up as a midfielder, but if he does stay a defender that would be pretty interesting. There aren’t many defenders out there who consistently score goals, off the top of my head only Franz Beckenbauer comes to mind. So it would be fun to see that happen with Aoi! |
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KyouKaiTen said: The translation is a little bit off when Fukuda explain about the coin things. "They come from the incredible number of loose balls you picked up". What are "they"? The manga makes it more clear by saying "You kept getting the ball at an unusually high frequency" which implied that Ashito can read where the loose balls will land. Indeed! In manga it is shown in more details. Thanks! triplepsycho said: I’m definitely leaning towards the theory that Aoi will end up as a midfielder, but if he does stay a defender that would be pretty interesting. There aren’t many defenders out there who consistently score goals, off the top of my head only Franz Beckenbauer comes to mind. So it would be fun to see that happen with Aoi! i think so too! Let's see what will happen next to Ashito! |
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WVM said: That was really a great episode...what do you think ? There were many scenes that give me CHILLS when Togashi clashed with that Weird Smile GUY Also i think that Ashito will be turned to a midfielder cause they are USUALLY the PLAYMAKERS So I think FUKUDA turned him to be a defender so that he can inbuilt both the characteristic of a FORWARD and also a DEFENDER which will make him a perfect MIDFIELDER and as a result the PLAYERMAKER and OTOMO's weird secene The role of fullback has changed a lot over the past 15 years or so, but a lot of them are being used as play makers (the prime example being Trent Alexander-Arnold), I think moving Aoi into the midfield would not be a good idea, his weak technique would become much more of a handicap there. He can easily fill the playmaker role as a left back, and cut into the center if he really needs to at some point. |
| Ashito still hasn't fully accepted to be a defender. The day he fully embraces this role/position, he'll flourish to great heights. I love how Aoi somehow makes up for the role of a defender, even though he's just an amateur. I think in the future, he'll become the iron defence of the team that Fukuda envisions. Was that Takeshima's gf? Anri sure takes soccer pretty seriously. I hope by the end of the series, we get to see her start forming her own team. I wonder what they mean by "Playmaker"? |
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Gah Dayum 😳😳😳 gonna read the manga after the anime finishes airing |
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