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Old 2012-08-03, 19:07   Link #321
KiraYamatoFan
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Age: 40
Episode 29:
  • We start off with a friendly match between the Nadeshiko and Russia
  • Mai plays the game like a selfish "$!%! instead of relying on teammates once again
  • Seven was there again to save Mai's sorry butt and Taeko should have scored the winner if it wasn't for Mai's selfishness.
  • Mai's pissed about something, but I wish the teammates start voicing out how fed up they are about her selfishness
  • Some solid training sessions by Enoshima; very well done.
  • I lol'd at Araki when he was told there would be 20 more runs to make uphill.
  • Nice tag marathon run, especially when Seven runs after fatty Araki, and vice-versa before Araki falls in the river.
  • Mai asks Kakeru to use the men's showers and then drags him in.
  • Seven arrives just in time and speaks with Kakeru about Mai's issues.
  • LOL at the judokas!
  • Kakeru finally got the call from the JFA to play as with the U16. *opens up the bottle of champagne*

Kakeru was quite hilarious in that episode; I still get vibes from the manga when I think of that scene in the shower rooms. I can't wait for the baby-faced assassin to play with that blue shirt on.

About Mai... I want Mai to improve as a character (who wouldn't?) and as a player for the Nadeshiko since we see more of them in the anime than in the manga. However, someone should think about firing Takeda, bring on someone with a Ferguson-esque stern face of a coach and have such new coach who's not shy of letting Mai warm the bench as a punishment for her selfishness. The only way (and I mean it when I say it), really the only way Mai can grow as a player is through the presence of a stern disciplinarian to show her how it's done. It's one thing for Seven to still believe in Mai, but getting rid of that selfishness requires some horse remedy.
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