May 15, 2021
I like sports anime, I enjoy the passion for the game, struggle of characters, match intensity etc. Burning Kabaddi ticks all the boxes here. Here are my thoughts about this anime:
Building up passion:
Only a handful of the characters were passionate about Kabaddi in the first place, even the main character hated sports at first, but day by day, their love for Kabaddi grew. Building up that kind of passion is not easy, because not everyone is interested in that sports.
No mainstream hero:
The main character Yoigoshi is not some bullish all powerful wizard in the game like Kuroko, or timid like Hinata or amature like Hanamichi.
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Yoigoshi seems a very conflicted yet confident character, who has flaws, hatred and problems. Yet he is not weak, rather he is very strong. He is not some average popular mainstream hero!!
Match length:
It took 2 episodes to show a full match in this anime, where Haikyuu made two seasons out of it. Well, I don't like to watch a full season for a single match. A match has lots of incidents, but in real life, it does not take more than an hour to see everything, why should an anime length(total minutes of all episodes showing the match) be more than that?
Trimming unnecessary bits:
There are some funny references about characters' love interests, but the anime did not stress about it, rather showed the important bits and pieces(like how you practice Kabaddi, how it is played).
(Negative)Bad start:
Start of the anime was pretty bad, unless you watch till the end. The process of recruitment was not as fun as Kuroko no Basket or detailed like Slam Dunk. It was short, trying to put everything in one episode.
(Negative)Poor synopsis:
Why did they put such a poor synopsis out there? Is it really all that defines this anime? I don’t think anyone who does not know Kabaddi will be interested in watching this anime after seeing that description.
Future:
This kind of anime usually stops at 2 seasons(unless they become very popular), I hope they can make more than that. I miss anime like Baby Steps, Money Pitch etc who had amazing potential, showed different sides of the games yet did not go beyond two seasons.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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