Episode 2


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The first third of the episode felt really jumbled and jumped around a little too quickly. It made it feel like a compressed chapter, and maybe it was. Then as they went to the other school it fell back into the pace the first episode had, which drew me in.

I did really like the orange cone gag. Completely unexpected and made me laugh. That and Onda fangirling about the other team. She's starting to find that her old coach wasn't wrong. Girl's soccer is pretty great.

This definitely feels like a Bamboo Blade kind of series, though maybe with less gags and more focused on the competitions. But very much in the same feel.

Makes me wonder what their main coach is getting at. Women's soccer is on the decline, but is he asking Nomi for a solution? Telling her to let the girls have fun and not push them to be superstars in a sport without a future? Is she pushing the girls too hard to try to make them amazing when she should be promoting synergy in the team, just the sport in general, etc.?

It's interesting stuff, and that question is what makes me push it to Bamboo Blade category rather than a more typical sports series comparison. Having fun was promoted heavily in Bamboo Blade, not burning out.