sob!!
Dear Eyeshield 21 anime,
I hate you.
Thiiiis is the chapter where Sakuraba sucks it up and he and Shin finally work together. It's kind of like Sakuraba's big revealation where he realizes that all along, he wasn't supposed to beat Shin and be the best and blahblahblah - he was supposed to work together with him. Takami has a neat little bit either in that chapter or the next one, where he talks about how he's been waiting for so long for Sakuraba to realize this; that is, for Sakuraba to realize how important he is to both Takami and Shin and how neither of them can really be the best that they can be without him.
So of course, the animated version is crap and totally hilarious. COMPLETE WITH SHODDY ANIMATION. You may have heard the ES21 cast complain repeatedly about the anime. Stuff like this would be why.
O no, Deimon just topped. :( In the manga, at this point, Sakuraba had played so hard that he actually chipped a tooth, which is where that one icon with his fingers by his mouth comes from. He gets up after it, like so
... god the animation pains me SKIPPING SOME CAPS. sob he looks so hot during this game in the mangaaaa.
HE FLIES.
... he fails. I hate being all "WAHWAH MANGA" but he took much more of a beating in the manga and still stood up. >/
FLASHBACK TIME.
baaaaaaby pimpuraba.
AND MOAR FAILURE.
Apparently Monta haunts him in his dreams now. ... Okay!
omg u fel poor baybee. I LIKE THE STRETCHER.
NOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOO!!!
these are manly tears of youth, Torakichi. :(
I can just see the staff now. "What? Sakuraba hasn't had excessive fits of emo in ten episodes? LET'S FIX THAT."
IS AN ANGEL WATCHING CLOSELY OVER MEEEEEEE
o it's just Torakichi.
And despite the fact that the doctors said "lol no this isn't possible" ...
HE MAGICALLY STANDS UP!!!!
And then collapses in Onihei's arms. ... Torakichi gun git raepd.
BUT IT'S OKAY because Sakuraba STANDS UP AGAIN with the jesusy light shining down on him. IT WAS RAINING DURING THIS GAME.
Aaaand this was actually in the manga. It's a quick flashback to when Sakuraba is encouraging Shin to sign up for American football so they can both be awesome.
AND THEY MAGICALLY GET A NEW COMBO.
I just. The. Was the rainbow-y touch really necessary.
Stonerkichi is pleased.
And they score oneoneexclamation mark.
HE'S SO HAPPY.
End episode. Except then we get the omake!
"Alright, Monta, Sena! Shin and I can do a combo play too!"
"What kind of play?"
"*SPEAR TACKLE... s sakuraba accidently*"
"... o."
god my anime.
I hate you.
Thiiiis is the chapter where Sakuraba sucks it up and he and Shin finally work together. It's kind of like Sakuraba's big revealation where he realizes that all along, he wasn't supposed to beat Shin and be the best and blahblahblah - he was supposed to work together with him. Takami has a neat little bit either in that chapter or the next one, where he talks about how he's been waiting for so long for Sakuraba to realize this; that is, for Sakuraba to realize how important he is to both Takami and Shin and how neither of them can really be the best that they can be without him.
So of course, the animated version is crap and totally hilarious. COMPLETE WITH SHODDY ANIMATION. You may have heard the ES21 cast complain repeatedly about the anime. Stuff like this would be why.
O no, Deimon just topped. :( In the manga, at this point, Sakuraba had played so hard that he actually chipped a tooth, which is where that one icon with his fingers by his mouth comes from. He gets up after it, like so
... god the animation pains me SKIPPING SOME CAPS. sob he looks so hot during this game in the mangaaaa.
HE FLIES.
... he fails. I hate being all "WAHWAH MANGA" but he took much more of a beating in the manga and still stood up. >/
FLASHBACK TIME.
baaaaaaby pimpuraba.
AND MOAR FAILURE.
Apparently Monta haunts him in his dreams now. ... Okay!
omg u fel poor baybee. I LIKE THE STRETCHER.
NOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOO!!!
these are manly tears of youth, Torakichi. :(
I can just see the staff now. "What? Sakuraba hasn't had excessive fits of emo in ten episodes? LET'S FIX THAT."
IS AN ANGEL WATCHING CLOSELY OVER MEEEEEEE
o it's just Torakichi.
And despite the fact that the doctors said "lol no this isn't possible" ...
HE MAGICALLY STANDS UP!!!!
And then collapses in Onihei's arms. ... Torakichi gun git raepd.
BUT IT'S OKAY because Sakuraba STANDS UP AGAIN with the jesusy light shining down on him. IT WAS RAINING DURING THIS GAME.
Aaaand this was actually in the manga. It's a quick flashback to when Sakuraba is encouraging Shin to sign up for American football so they can both be awesome.
AND THEY MAGICALLY GET A NEW COMBO.
I just. The. Was the rainbow-y touch really necessary.
Stonerkichi is pleased.
And they score oneoneexclamation mark.
HE'S SO HAPPY.
End episode. Except then we get the omake!
"Alright, Monta, Sena! Shin and I can do a combo play too!"
"What kind of play?"
"*SPEAR TACKLE... s sakuraba accidently*"
"... o."
god my anime.