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ViggyNash posted:
I think this is a translation thing; usually when I see "heavy" being used in this context, it's in the sense of a powerful shot. Like, it's "heavy" because the opponent hit it so hard, not because the ball is physically heavy. Like a "heavy hit". Cool info regardless, tho. Your posts are awesome and make the show way more enjoyable.
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PaganGoatPants posted:So Maruo has to win every match from now on until he's a pro? That takes some drama out of it. Nah, at the very least he doesn't need to win the upcoming match against Eyebrows in the finals. It's just that if he wins this smaller local tournament, then I think he can get seeded in the All-Japan? Something like that. And he could still totally become a pro if he lost the All-Japan in the finals or something, it'd just create a conflict within himself and between him and his family. Which would actually be really interesting to watch.
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After watching a match as crazy as that, it's really fun for me to think back and realize that over the past 10 years sports anime has actually become relatively grounded. Prince of Tennis, Eyeshield 21, they were fun shows but they were not even making a pretense of being set in the same world we occupy. So when Maruo seems like he's making crazy shots or that guy from Yowapeda is acting like a weird demon or the kid from Haikyu just made a 5 foot vertical leap into the air, remember that not that long ago anime athletes were shooting lasers out of their eyes or turning their arms into spears or, if they wanted to do something realistic, perhaps having a boxing match with a wild bear (and winning). Also, just in case anyone's thinking "yeah, but that stuff in Prince of Tennis was just metaphorical imagery, Tezuka didn't literally wipe out the dinosaurs with his powerful volley":  I think this guy died.
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