As preparations for the sports festival are taking place, the unmistakable sound of a shooting bow—the tsurune—is heard around the school. The trained ears of four students who are our old friends by now recognize it, and they all run to the archery club, which is officially closed for the day. Such a restriction is… Read More First Impression: Tsurune – The Linking Shot S2
Hideto Tsuji is not okay. Playing video games in cooperative mode, he keeps having flashbacks of his time as a middle school soccer star. He was the glorious shooter with the top goal count, up until this blond player who made the perfect passes left the team. The sudden change in attitude of the audience,… Read More First Impression: Shoot! Goal to the Future
Aoi Ashito has enough natural talent to carry his backwater middle school soccer team to victory single-handed. He also has enough confidence for an entire 11-man team, and more besides. Given his short temper and proclivity for grandiose claims about his abilities—“I am the reincarnation of Ronaldo in his prime, though he’s still alive! I… Read More First Impression: AOASHI
I just have to say this first… I love this first episode so very much! (If I could put that in all caps without seeming like I’m yelling at you, then I would, because I am just that excited!) Love All Play has a fantastic first episode and I’m already eagerly looking forward to the… Read More First Impression: Love All Play
Blue Box is the newest manga series to hit Shonen Jump. From mangaka Kouji Miura, who previously created two different shonen romance series, this one seems to fall into the same category of romance, but with a sports-theme. The first chapter introduces Taiki Inomata, a badminton player in the combined Eimei Junior and Senior High… Read More Manga First Impression: Blue Box
An interviewer congratulates an athlete on leading her team to victory. Out of breath and visibly shaken, Nomi-san expresses her great relief at the win, knowing it means that she and her teammates have just saved women’s soccer in Japan. With this, the stakes and conditions are established: women’s soccer is eternally on the cusp… Read More First Impression: Farewell, My Dear Cramer
Thanks to Annalyn convincing me to watch Haikyuu!! back in around January, I ended up binging the entire season and a half that had aired and eagerly anticipated the upcoming episodes of season 2 (and later, waiting desperately for Fall to come so I could watch season 3). I was shocked, as sports anime had… Read More Sports Anime – Your Move