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Jul 8, 2020 2:20 AM
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A lot of narration from Nanao this episode. Even though the weather isn't so good, I like how energetic the guys are together.

I also kinda like the character chemistry between Sora and Nanao. It feels different than with Madoka as he seems more open towards her. Gotta keep that high energy up, Sora.
Jul 8, 2020 4:07 AM
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They're... skipping the whole.. Yasuhara-Momoharu situation? Well that's the worst decision they've made to this date by far...
Jul 8, 2020 4:21 AM
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Entire first half was like it's from another anime. Just... why? Not even the right genre ffs.
But even the second one felt somewhat disjointed and random until they connected it back to the practice game. Also: Sora needs to decide whom he's crushing on. He needs to get his hair back as well, he looks like some awkward douche with this head.
Jul 8, 2020 4:25 AM
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How can Madoka's friend find such a good group of hot guys easily? Forget about telephone number, I'll give them my blood test result so we can do it raw.
Jul 8, 2020 4:39 AM
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That anime is story-boarded by a bunch of weirdos and then they will be surprised that the author throw them under the bus.

I mean, previous episode they speedraced for adapting almost 96 pages (with skipping 20 of them) and for that episode, they decide to adapt...45 PAGES (their lowest number apart from the episode introducing Nao where they made a lot of anime original content).

But if it wasn't enough, they have decided to sacrifice AGAIN Yasuhara character development (which is even sillier than the "Kuroko no Fuwa" of the last time). If they decided to modify it and come back to it later, OK. If they don't...they are stupid.

Anyway, as this is a match next week, we can be sure that they will speedrace again in order to hide their obvious nullity in that part. I think I have never been so pissed so far by an episode of that series.

lacters said:
They're... skipping the whole.. Yasuhara-Momoharu situation? Well that's the worst decision they've made to this date by far...

Well, I am still wondering why they even kept him in the show (I am ironic) at that point. LOL. They already skipped when after the game he proposed to go and watch the second day, they skipped his discussion with his "probation supervisor" and now, this. So at that stage, I think that we can conclude that they just don't care about him which strengthens the author point of view that they (the people in charge) understand "nothing"...
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Jul 8, 2020 5:23 AM
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Leading up episode with the main team taking the backseat. The first half with Madoka looking for her earring was odd at the start but I kinda liked how they went. Thought the cliche thing of the guys trying to take her somewhere and like Momoharu or someone showed up to save Madoka but thankfully that didn't happen. The group of guys turned out to be an ok bunch helping her find the earring even in torrential rain coming down. Surprised they found it honestly. The flashback to Madoka sister giving her the earrings was sweet and made her getting them back all the better.

Got back to the basketball action later on with our boys training at the local gym late at night. It does make a big difference even just being on the court compared to not. Sora does have some slick new shoes now, I'm glad he's gotten that feeling back when he steps onto the court again. Not being so bad on himself after the last game. Cool to see the Maru team from way back when get to play. I like the final teams in this show and having them play Yokohama before our Kuzu team does should be interesting.
Jul 8, 2020 5:43 AM
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Haha yeah Sora and Nao are a cute middle school couple. Also woah lol wait wut new love starting for Madoka? Thou I feel those guys are kinda fishy.

Also good luck Chiba but honestly I don't think his team gonna win.
Jul 8, 2020 5:44 AM
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lacters said:
They're... skipping the whole.. Yasuhara-Momoharu situation? Well that's the worst decision they've made to this date by far...


whats the chapter for this situation in the manga
Jul 8, 2020 5:48 AM
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I skipped the first part of the episode so am asking, did I missed something relevant to the story? I'm interested in the match we'll see next episode, seems Yokohama is the kind of team that wins all of their encounters. Nanao would look better with hair long imo.
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Jul 8, 2020 5:56 AM
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MilkShak3zz said:
lacters said:
They're... skipping the whole.. Yasuhara-Momoharu situation? Well that's the worst decision they've made to this date by far...


whats the chapter for this situation in the manga


In chapter 107 Yasuhara starts ignoring Momoharu, and later on that train Nao and Sora talk about that and worry about the state of the team (which was also due to the fact that Tobi/Kite is not training with them). That by itself is not very important, but it develops on the next chapters and is a very important plot for Yasuhara's development and his relationship with Momoharu. And if they've skipped the starting scene, no wonder they might skip the whole thing, since it would be weird to bring that up if it was never shown that Yasu was ignoring Momo in the first place.
Jul 8, 2020 6:05 AM
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Romance moments with Madoka are sooooooo bad I definitely prefer the basketball matches
Jul 8, 2020 6:39 AM

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Hum, not a big fan either of the romance side story : I understand it can't only be focussed on basket stuff but that first part wasn't particularly interesting, funny or anything.

Next episode should feature a higher level basket match so I'll look forward.
Jul 8, 2020 8:10 AM

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The first half of episode was so boring..
Jul 8, 2020 8:51 AM

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Why we need to waste so much time on Madoka... What an annoying and boring character, I want to see about basket, I don't care about her at all, damn.
Jul 8, 2020 10:37 AM
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This is funny how thanks to Madoka we are always able to get a lot of comments in episode topic : )

More seriously, the fun fact is that when I read that part many years ago, I also wondered what I was reading and wanted to throw away my volume (as it was an end of volume and I had to wait for the next one). But later on, and every time I am re-reading the series, I laugh at how stupid I was as she's probably the best written character of the series (and I should say she's absolutely NOT my favorite character) but..that is part of a long shot (she's even the only hope for a season 2). But this is sure that if you already have a bad opinion on that series (based on some notes), it won't change it.

Anyway, to each one his owns (even though as I said, I perfectly understand the reaction based on that episode only).

And again, the emptiness sensation of that episode is emphasized by the fact that for an unknown reason, this is their lowest chapter count adapted so far. But I think that since the time, we understood that this staff is more into comedy/cute girls rather than sport or character development (poor Yasuhara)
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Jul 8, 2020 11:31 AM
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The first half was so pointless and annoying. I've enjoyed the rest of the anime but it just felt like filler.
Jul 8, 2020 3:53 PM

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WTF was all that aboput Madoka? (asking rhetorically)
Jul 8, 2020 5:58 PM
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How many chapters have this manga??
I have this question beaucouse i found that this manga have 50 volumes but only i find at least 126 chapter, if someone can answer me..
Jul 8, 2020 6:50 PM

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"i won't cut my hair till we win a game"
they should have added a scene with Nao 80 years old and a 10+ meters long hair LOL
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Jul 8, 2020 8:54 PM

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So I guess there's a lot of controversy around the cutting of Yasu's development. I haven't read the manga, but it makes me want to so I can fully grasp the narrative arcs occurring now.

Although, I like Nao and Sora's chemistry; i very much so prefer it over the Madoka romance side-arc

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Jul 9, 2020 12:42 AM
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Something is missing oh right that momoharu and madoka san after thing after their fight and am i only the person who thinks this is going a way faster than before.......

Kind of looked like a different anime in episode...
Jul 9, 2020 6:30 AM
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Bem mais um episódio que segue fluindo em um rumo, a próxima parte do colégio Kozu Vs Iokorama taie.porra Nabe,que me fuder me beija porra.aceitar logo o primeiro time a pedir uma partida kkkkk.
Jul 9, 2020 11:05 AM

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el_morris said:
I skipped the first part of the episode so am asking, did I missed something relevant to the story? I'm interested in the match we'll see next episode, seems Yokohama is the kind of team that wins all of their encounters. Nanao would look better with hair long imo.


I don't think I gained anything from watching the first half, so no, you probably didn't miss anything important.

Madoka is kinda meh as a character. Not annoying like a lot of female characters in Shounen, but also not any interesting. I like Nao far more.

On another note, I'm a little pissed that they seemingly skipped important stuff from the manga. I hope the Yasuhara stuff gets adapted in form of a flashback at least.
Jul 9, 2020 6:58 PM

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Well, unless the guy who helped Madoka comes back, the whole "missing earring" part felt completely pointless.

On the other hand, I'm surprised with how much I care about Chiba's character. Hope he can give his all without regrets in this upcoming match.
Jul 11, 2020 11:05 PM
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why does this anime seem so intent on becoming a school life drama suddenly? It's not working. IMO it's much better when basketball is the focus and the drama is peppered in
Jul 14, 2020 1:05 AM

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well yeah this ep is completely a filter. It doesnt even give any shit on madoka's development.
Sep 28, 2020 1:01 PM

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The segment with Madoka wasn't bad, that said, I wish they would've spent the time on matches.

But hey, cool to see the guys from Shinjo again and gonna root for Maruko as well. Chiba at the end got me in the right mood.

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Jan 8, 2021 10:18 PM

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Have to agree that while it wasn’t bad, the first part focusing on Madoka was quite out of place. It did show that she realised she shouldn’t judge them by their looks/first impression, as it parallels with the Kuzu boys but it wasn’t conveyed very well. I still quite liked it tho, the boys were so nice to help her out. The earrings meant a lot to her.

Ouhhh that hype. I love to watch Chiba and Sora scenes. Love Chiba too! What a respectable guy. Nice to see Kojima & Takahashi again as well.







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Feb 16, 2021 2:24 PM

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Madoka's part of this episode was kinda meh, at this point I kinda get the feeling that Sora x Nao has a higher chance of succeeding...at least more than Kuzu team winning (farewell shorthaired Nao).

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This episode is one of those anime episodes that makes Japan look bad; douchey playboys, girls getting harassed, girls cheating, etc. I know Madoka is grieving but that’s no excuse to become someone she’s not

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