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Whistle! #4
Whistle!, Vol. 4
Everybody has a dream, and for Shô Kazamatsuri, that dream is he wants to be the best soccer player he can possibly be. He's the spirited leader of the Josui Junior High team and everyone looks up to him. In turn, he tries to keep the team together at any cost!
Everybody has a dream, and for junior high school student Shô Kazamatsuri, that dream is he wants to get off the bench and play soccer. An inspiration to everyone he meets,the indefatigable spark plug won't quit until he becomes the best soccer player he can be!
After playing an incredible and inspirational match against their cross-town rivals, the gang at Josui Junior High is now fielding queries from players who want to join their team. One of these hopefuls is Yuki Kojima, the team's pretty manager. She's not only cute and sweet but she's also an awesome soccer player, to boot.Slowly but surely, Shô is surrounding himself with a bunch of all-star athletes...now all he has to do is find a coach!
Everybody has a dream, and for junior high school student Shô Kazamatsuri, that dream is he wants to get off the bench and play soccer. An inspiration to everyone he meets,the indefatigable spark plug won't quit until he becomes the best soccer player he can be!
After playing an incredible and inspirational match against their cross-town rivals, the gang at Josui Junior High is now fielding queries from players who want to join their team. One of these hopefuls is Yuki Kojima, the team's pretty manager. She's not only cute and sweet but she's also an awesome soccer player, to boot.Slowly but surely, Shô is surrounding himself with a bunch of all-star athletes...now all he has to do is find a coach!
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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May 1, 2020
What a great intro to the next act of the series!
This had a few segments that honestly read like filler but might come up again in the later volumes. I think the last few pages were the best part. Also in this volume we had a few more character introductions. I was surprised at how the author went about it because I haven't seen that method in manga before.
Everything is pretty well done. Nothing extremely amazing. It has a good intro to the next volume that isn't an overused cliffhanger.
This had a few segments that honestly read like filler but might come up again in the later volumes. I think the last few pages were the best part. Also in this volume we had a few more character introductions. I was surprised at how the author went about it because I haven't seen that method in manga before.
Everything is pretty well done. Nothing extremely amazing. It has a good intro to the next volume that isn't an overused cliffhanger.
June 25, 2018
Whistle!, Vol. 4 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next nine chapters (27–35) of the on-going manga series.
I was quite confused when I started reading this tankobon. From the previous tankobon, I thought Shigeki Satō scored the second goal against Musashinomori and tied the game at the very last moment. However, I was quite mistaken, the shot that Shigeki Satō took went wide and had it not been for Shō Kazamatsuri head-butting the ball in – the game wouldn't have been tied. Just as they scored the goal, there was still time left in the game for Musashinomori to score on an open goal – making the final score 3-2 in Musashinomori's favor.
Despite their lost, Sakura Josui soccer team had a surge in popularity and even gotten themselves a new manager in Yuki Kojima. However, after realizing the training regime required for staying on the team, most of them quit en masse, because they didn't love the game, but thought it would make them popular with the girls. They tried to break into the storage locker to destroy equipment for revenge, but masked soccer avenger stopped them.
Soujū Matsushita was asked to coach the Sakura Josui Soccer Team by Yūko Katori, but declined the offer, because of a sin he committed in the name of soccer years ago. It wasn't until Yūko Katori mentioning to Tōgo Amamiya, the coach of Kokubu Soccer Team who requested a practice game with Sakura Josui about trying to give Soujū Matsushita the job as coach did things turn around. Tōgo Amamiya and Soujū Matsushita had a history and after their discussion, Soujū Matsushita finally accepted the role as coach of Sakura Josui Soccer Team.
Two characters of note are introduced in Whistle!, Vol. 4: Daichi Fuwa, who is a second year student and Yuki Kojima, the manager for the Sakura Josui Soccer Team.
Daichi Fuwa is known in Josui as a genius, but many find him dangerous and eccentric. He is nicknamed the Crusher, because he crushes people's pride by outdoing them and saying what they have done wrong, not realizing that he's either hurting or irritating others. His way of speaking is very blunt and direct. Though he's a genius at almost everything he does, the only thing he doesn't understand are the basic of socializing and the meaning of just having fun.
He meets Shō Kazamatsuri when the latter thought he was going to commit suicide by jumping into a river and tried to intervene. Shō Kazamatsuri introduces Daichi Fuwa into the world of soccer and so he decides to join the soccer team as goalkeeper in order to investigate why Shō Kazamatsuri loves soccer so much.
Yuki Kojima is a second year student who became a manager taking care about the Sakura Josui Soccer Team right after their astonishing game against Musashinomori. It was later revealed that she was the guardian angel of the soccer team who would stop anyone who would bring harm to the team. She loves soccer so much – perhaps just as strongly as Shō Kazamatsuri, but is prevented in playing, because no girls are allowed on the team. Instead she has to sit on the side-lines and watch vicariously through the boys' team. She is allowed in the summer soccer retreat that Shoujū Matsushita planned.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the story, Higuchi is a tad too verbose in some of her dialogue, but it's not too prevalent, albeit still noticeable. I was a tad confused in the beginning, but I'm not sure if this is Higuchi's doing, the translator, or the original editor who decided to split the tankobon in this manner. It was interesting to read the history between Tōgo Amamiya and Soujū Matsushita and their past relationship. The illustrations are rather good as well and it emphasizes the text rather well.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 4 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
I was quite confused when I started reading this tankobon. From the previous tankobon, I thought Shigeki Satō scored the second goal against Musashinomori and tied the game at the very last moment. However, I was quite mistaken, the shot that Shigeki Satō took went wide and had it not been for Shō Kazamatsuri head-butting the ball in – the game wouldn't have been tied. Just as they scored the goal, there was still time left in the game for Musashinomori to score on an open goal – making the final score 3-2 in Musashinomori's favor.
Despite their lost, Sakura Josui soccer team had a surge in popularity and even gotten themselves a new manager in Yuki Kojima. However, after realizing the training regime required for staying on the team, most of them quit en masse, because they didn't love the game, but thought it would make them popular with the girls. They tried to break into the storage locker to destroy equipment for revenge, but masked soccer avenger stopped them.
Soujū Matsushita was asked to coach the Sakura Josui Soccer Team by Yūko Katori, but declined the offer, because of a sin he committed in the name of soccer years ago. It wasn't until Yūko Katori mentioning to Tōgo Amamiya, the coach of Kokubu Soccer Team who requested a practice game with Sakura Josui about trying to give Soujū Matsushita the job as coach did things turn around. Tōgo Amamiya and Soujū Matsushita had a history and after their discussion, Soujū Matsushita finally accepted the role as coach of Sakura Josui Soccer Team.
Two characters of note are introduced in Whistle!, Vol. 4: Daichi Fuwa, who is a second year student and Yuki Kojima, the manager for the Sakura Josui Soccer Team.
Daichi Fuwa is known in Josui as a genius, but many find him dangerous and eccentric. He is nicknamed the Crusher, because he crushes people's pride by outdoing them and saying what they have done wrong, not realizing that he's either hurting or irritating others. His way of speaking is very blunt and direct. Though he's a genius at almost everything he does, the only thing he doesn't understand are the basic of socializing and the meaning of just having fun.
He meets Shō Kazamatsuri when the latter thought he was going to commit suicide by jumping into a river and tried to intervene. Shō Kazamatsuri introduces Daichi Fuwa into the world of soccer and so he decides to join the soccer team as goalkeeper in order to investigate why Shō Kazamatsuri loves soccer so much.
Yuki Kojima is a second year student who became a manager taking care about the Sakura Josui Soccer Team right after their astonishing game against Musashinomori. It was later revealed that she was the guardian angel of the soccer team who would stop anyone who would bring harm to the team. She loves soccer so much – perhaps just as strongly as Shō Kazamatsuri, but is prevented in playing, because no girls are allowed on the team. Instead she has to sit on the side-lines and watch vicariously through the boys' team. She is allowed in the summer soccer retreat that Shoujū Matsushita planned.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the story, Higuchi is a tad too verbose in some of her dialogue, but it's not too prevalent, albeit still noticeable. I was a tad confused in the beginning, but I'm not sure if this is Higuchi's doing, the translator, or the original editor who decided to split the tankobon in this manner. It was interesting to read the history between Tōgo Amamiya and Soujū Matsushita and their past relationship. The illustrations are rather good as well and it emphasizes the text rather well.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 4 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
July 28, 2022
This is my favorite volume so far. The slice of life moments are great, and the new characters that are introduced (Yuki and Daichi) are cool so far. Excited to see this team progress.
December 30, 2020
Please see review of Vol 1.
September 20, 2015
What I love about volume four is that Josui loses to Musashinomori. Fans of The Prince of Tennis watched main character Ryoma and the Seigaku tennis team come back from any and all deficits; Sho is more relatable and human for experiencing loss. Props to Daisuke Higuchi for letting his characters struggle!
After the tough loss against their rivals, Josui undergoes a number of changes: they find a coach, a new goal keeper, and a new player in the female Yuki. I love Sho's speech about Yuki is a player (and not a girl); the fact that gender doesn't matter is a powerful sentiment and pleasant to read.
Downsides of the manga are its melodramatic bits: Togo's self-injury and Sho's Mary-Sue qualities detract from the story with their sheer improbability. Perhaps things like Sho accidentally falling off the bridge with Fuwa is meant to be comedic; while it garners a snort of amusement, the plot doesn't deal with the dark consequences: they could have drowned, been injured, etc. It remains lighthearted, a quality that is both this story's strength and weakness: the humor breaks up the serious soccer scenes but also keeps the story child-like.
This is a great sports series so far - though it tends to fall on the optimistic/childish side at times, Higuchi allows his characters to develop and grow by struggling with their losses.
After the tough loss against their rivals, Josui undergoes a number of changes: they find a coach, a new goal keeper, and a new player in the female Yuki. I love Sho's speech about Yuki is a player (and not a girl); the fact that gender doesn't matter is a powerful sentiment and pleasant to read.
Downsides of the manga are its melodramatic bits: Togo's self-injury and Sho's Mary-Sue qualities detract from the story with their sheer improbability. Perhaps things like Sho accidentally falling off the bridge with Fuwa is meant to be comedic; while it garners a snort of amusement, the plot doesn't deal with the dark consequences: they could have drowned, been injured, etc. It remains lighthearted, a quality that is both this story's strength and weakness: the humor breaks up the serious soccer scenes but also keeps the story child-like.
This is a great sports series so far - though it tends to fall on the optimistic/childish side at times, Higuchi allows his characters to develop and grow by struggling with their losses.
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August 3, 2009
I wasn't surprised that Yuki was the mysterious guy!
September 7, 2014
kalau kau tidak menghadapinya sendiri
kalau kau tidak berusaha gigih,
kalau kau tidak bisa melewatinya,
kau tidak akan bisa keluar dari kesulitanmu
kalau kau tidak berusaha gigih,
kalau kau tidak bisa melewatinya,
kau tidak akan bisa keluar dari kesulitanmu
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