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「#15」
So as expected, the return of ETU’s Natsuki Youtarou (Kusunoki Taiten) puts pressure on Sera to step up his game if he wants to keep his starting forward position. What I wasn’t expecting however is for Youtarou to be ETU’s top scorer, meaning Sera’s got his work cut out for him. It’s one thing to have taken over Sakai Yoshinori‘s (Kawada Shinji) spot as a starting forward, but Youtarou coming back from an eight month injury and looking no worse for wear is a different story. For the team as a whole, having players vying for starting positions is never a bad thing, but it’s easy to see how having competition puts a lot of pressure on the players themselves. The drama played up in this episode from Sera’s point of view was understandable, but not all that concerning either. The reason being is that ETU was able to win their game against Sapporo with two goals from Gino and one from Akasaki alone, even after a missed opportunity by Sera. I suppose I should feel a bit more sympathetic towards his situation, but if Youtarou’s return means that ETU will be more dangerous up front, it’s kind of hard for me to weigh his personal goals over those of the team.
In addition, Youtarou’s personality is an easygoing and optimistic one as well, which should only serve to help the team in the long run. The way he says some pretty insensitive things without thinking leads to some pretty funny results, primarily because he’s not oblivious about it after the fact. All in all, he seems like an awesome addition to have back on the team, especially when he’s been thinking about soccer the entire time he’s been injured and keeping up with what’s going on through Murakoshi. From Matsubara’s quick rundown on the team’s history, Youtarou seems like a much better player to have around than their former Argentinian import Fernando too, who did nothing more than sap most of the team’s funds with his high paying salary. Be that as it may, Tatsumi doesn’t seem like the type of person to judge a player through past accomplishes alone, much like when he replaced a lot of the original regulars with rookies like Tsubaki, so I imagine things will get interesting when Sera tries to prove himself next game.
In a way, Sera’s circumstances aren’t all that different from when Tsubaki was having confidence issues, so I can’t help but wonder if this whole incident will lead to a drastic improvement in his game as well. The preview doesn’t suggest that it will — at least not right away — making me wonder if we’re going to get to see Youtarou in action fairly early on. Either way, I’m looking forward to seeing how ETU performs as a team on the field following their two consecutive wins, which includes the first one this season on home field. Given how the team’s doing much better, having a bit of friendly competition between starters is far from being a problem in my eyes.
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That new guy is kind of funny 🙂
According to the preview, someone is going to under-perform next episode?
i need to catch up on this series bad
i do not get why etu is not using 4-4-2 formation…maybe they can put sera and the new guy in the 2 top, tsubaki gino murakoshi and akasaki at the middle… the 2 of 5 midfielders are not doing much in the matches so i think tatsumi should at least try using other formation in the future lol
haha I totally love the faces of this show
I wonder why is this soo unpopular on RC
maeby if it have more half naked girl -.-
An eight month injury is a serious issue and some players never get to their prior performance. Sera has than on his side. But Sera’s height doesn’t help him. They look pretty much equal atm, need to see how they perform. Internal competition can crush all of Tatsumi work so far is like starting all over. As much as “friendly” that it looks, egos and feeling end hurt at the end. Once you taste the spot light becoming a bench warmer ain’t funny… So in Kobato style: Sera ganbarimatsu .
Seems as though all my interest in this series died the moment they won their first major game like 2 episodes ago. I suppose it has something to do with the fact the World Cup is over and this was a bandwagon show I watched because of it. Oh well.
@malicious: They’re actually already using a 4-3-3.
The front “3-3” would be:
-Murakoshi—the other midfielder-
——–Gino——–
Tsubaki——Akasaki
——–Sera——–
Hence Tsubaki and the captain got the “same defensive area” during the Nagoya match, because they’re on the same side of the field, while Gino’s usually sticking only up to the half-way line.
Actually, I think malicious is right. ETU plays 4-5-1. It sort of explains why they’re considered a defensive team, since they have five guys clogging up the midfield.
I just double-checked their official positions and they’re the following:
Forward: Sera Kyouhei
Offensive Midfielder: Luigi “Gino” Yoshida
Left Half: Tanba Satoshi
Center Half: Tsubaki Daisuke
Right Half: Akasaki Ryou
Defensive Midfielder: Murakoshi Shigeyuki
Left Side Back: Kiyokawa Kazumi
Center Back: Sugie Yuusaku
Center Back: Kuroda Kazuki
Right Side Back: Ishihama Osamu
Goal Keeper: Midorikawa Hiroshi