Gion is established as the out-going, charismatic, yet humble on the account of his limits lead; approximately 8 ep in, the show is not about Gion anymore, but instead it's a backstory of the week on other members of the rugby club, some of which play no part in the story and whose names you can't recall towards the end of the series. Later, Gion takes center stage again for 2 episodes, but is quickly overlooked by the story, and I'm not joking when I say that I think that, out of the last 5 episodes, Gion probably didn't even get 20 minutes of screen-time.
It starts off very well. There are some minor issues, like the obviously low budget this project had; it shows all the symptoms of being under-funded: shots that are overly long and drawn out to fill time; shaky-cam tricks to give the illusion of motion, as well motion and emphasis lines to elude to movement like mangas do...
The other aspect I'd consider a flaw is how every character - except Gion, the coach and a character with yellow eyes and a sweet tooh - is annyoingly effeminate. It doesn't really matter until it's just absurd and irritating.
It's a real let-down, since at the beginning it seemed like it was going to be a particularly good story about overcoming limits, and what it meants to live a life going "all out". This not just in the context of sports or personal goals, but also in terms of duty, since there's a great quote about the role of teachers, "Abandonment doesn't foster independence..." (I'm paraphrasing)...
