ok but why is no one talking about the fact that aesthetically speaking - kijin is waaaaay cooler than devil mode and leagues better than angel mode (which konomi admitted looks so weird)
uh oh i think actually that kirihara WILL lose, siegfried is playing smart, kirihara is playing impulsively
the one not controlling the pace of the match doesn't win, so as it look right now unless kirihara can snap back out of it - possibly going into angel mode - tanegashima is the only one...
i think ppl are mistaking irrelevance of POP with time in the manga
like, these guys are getting older, it makes sense as they get older that some of them overcome of even gain POP - it's really just that tezuka was so far ahead of everyone that he seemed to be the only one to utilize it v much...
i think they're gonna do a level up thing where he pushes the boundaries of this time and stretches it out to longer and longer - dramatically putting a strain on himself in the process to the point where tanegashima steps in to stop him from hurting himself
that's my match prediction!
i'm shocked at how sympathetic byoudoin is here - he's always portrayed as harsh
tbf though i rely on the english translations so the nuance of his dialogue is lost to me for now
i always wondered is seigfried was aware he was the weakest on the german team and how he felt about that - it's...
I don’t like the trope that the protagonist’s team has to win in sports manga? Japan had a dismissal record before and now they’re in what - top 3 or 4? That’s far better of a position for Japan to be in at the end of world’s and it shows very strong growth. Of course not being number 1 stings...
👀👀👀 same hat, if beating Germany ends up being such a gargantuan task, and all of their strongest players are used to accomplish this, then who is left to play Spain? Will Konomi even pay attention to that kind of thing? 😅 It would be boring to use the same lineup twice imao.
Instead of Spain...