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"How many eps does one need for a character development?"

Watching this has been a ride. I liked the Futsal concept, however it looked like every idea or backstory from any sports anime was added with not so good execution. Father is a popular national player but abandoned the son, the son playing on his own, idolize a good player and let them be your inspiration, previous close teammate has quit so I'm on my own, teammate from U18, flashback to how they met in the first episode, the opponent is on the lead so we need to take care of the mental condition ... of players, cool-ish names for some techniques — name any element you get from all other sports anime, they insert it. However, everything is inserted out of the blue and suddenly abandoned after a few mins so you don't get to follow up on it.

One thing that I didn't like about this (which affected the whole score) was that Sakaki, the blue haired guy, really took his time for character development - the whole 12 episodes!! Lol. Honestly this would've been more enjoyable if he moved on from his previous boyfriend and not see him in Yamato (red haired guy) and proactively tried to overcome his problem. The rating would've been higher if not for this, and unless you really like sports anime and futsal, then this one is not for you.

This was a really feel good anime. You get to see the behind-the-scenes of being in a bookstore. As a book lover who always frequents the bookstores myself, I find it enlightening to see the point of view of the workers. Being in a bookstore as a customer is fun, but it's also nice to see how the employees view their customers. After watching, I really got tempted to work in a bookstore myself!

It was also nice that an episode is around 10 to 12 minutes long, it didn't get dragging. It's a must watch if you want to get lighthearted laughs!

Thanks for this!