ITT we have a good time talking about the indisputable best genre, Sports.

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Fabricated: Apr 9, 2007; Living the Dream

Ace of Diamond is really good. Also, the Eyeshield 21 manga is fantastic in general if you want the Japanese take on American football- it's also drawn by Yusuke Murata who is better known nowadays as the guy who is redrawing One Punch Man.

Don't watch the anime, it's bad.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2016 23:28

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 03:14

Fabricated: Apr 9, 2007; Living the Dream

Erg posted:

also be prepared for a concerning amount of time spent on explaining the difference between the MC and a black man

Also yeah that. Hajime No Ippo also has uncomfortable amounts of that sorta stuff too.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2016 23:40

Fabricated: Apr 9, 2007; Living the Dream

Hinomaru Zoumo is currently ongoing and is about sumo. It's pretty good!

# ¿ Jul 20, 2016 13:10

Fabricated: Apr 9, 2007; Living the Dream

CuLT posted:

I thought that might be the case, didn't want to get my hopes up

Ace of the Diamond ended up being pretty weird - Sawamura is a decoy protagonist that lingers for the whole show. It's almost like the author lost interest in him, but had to keep him in the series because of its popularity.

Only benefit is that when you're binging it you can skip through it. It was a while before I realized how much of the backstory for antagonists was inconsequential though.

Sawamura is basically a mirror image of some Japanese pitcher that's in the MLB now whose name I can't recall- a dude with a natural pitching form who throws everything but heat.

The way I interpret the story is that basically, Furuya is one of those guys who is poo poo-hot in high school baseball because he's tall, strong, and can throw heat where Sawamura is the guy who needs a lot more work to shine but ultimately has far more potential as a pro.

I think the series' over all arc will be him slowly overtaking Furuya as the team's real ace.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2016 15:47

Fabricated: Apr 9, 2007; Living the Dream

Sephiroth_IRA posted:

I'm going to assume it's okay to bump a 10 day old megathread with a simple request, apologies if that's not the case.

I'm interested in watching an anime that's based around a made up sport, something like Girls und Panzer. Any suggestions?

It's really bad but Air Gear is basically about a fake battlesport involving the magnetic skates from Jet Set Radio

# ¿ Sep 22, 2016 02:52

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