Before I start reviewing this anime, I have to tell every one of Madrista, this one is pure bait. If you are a Real Madrid fan, at the end of the anime - specifically ep 38 & 39, you will just wanna kill the mangaka for sure. He absolutely 100% a Barca fan (I DON'T have any problem with that) and he never fails to downplay Real.
NOW THE REVIEW :
(Note : I am pissed of at the end of the series because of BAD Barca fan-service)
Story : 6/10
Basically if you want to watch a binge worth fun anime, this one is a very good one. Story is kinda straight forward and not that much on footballing term. At the end of the story, this series is kinda ruin because of writers trash story end, which is completely devoted to make Barcelona looks greater than Real Madrid, plus establishing Messi as a god and making CR7 just another footballer. For this foolishness, the end of the story is seriously bad fot previous 36 episodes worth build up.
Art: 8/10
I will give its a 8 because of Reika. Why? Just watch her development. Only her 'after' develop cute look, I fallen for her. If only real people exists!!!
Sound : 9/10
Both opening and ending song is great, especially ending one. Background score is pretty good and consistent throughout.
Characters : 7/10
Characters are overall good, especially furuya brothers. But there wasn't any rootable character throughout. Erika was most annoying, Shu seems like stupid most of the time and a coach who was inspiring at first, yet become a clowns 🤡 at last couple of episodes.
Enjoyment : 7/10
As a football loving person, this one is another failing attempt to make a good football anime. But I can't deny that there were some moments which I really enjoyed. But this wasn't constant and other than that - only once it made me angry because of last 2 episodes storytelling.
Overall : 7/10
I was thinking giving it an 8/10, but because of last two episodes which are fully devoted to insulting Real Madrid and its players, I give it 7/10.
At the end I can say that, many fans tells me that it's a underrated anime. I am agree with them on 40% basis. The Mal score should be around 7.4-7.5 for this anime. But because of last two episodes, I can't level it as a truly underrated anime which deserves more love than it got.
