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Whistle! #6
Whistle!, Vol. 6
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!
To that end, Shô seeks guidance from everyone he meets. Whether it's Ryoichi Tenjo, the cocky one-man scoring machine, or Seiji Fujishiro, his former teammate, there's always somebody who can teach Shô a little bit more about the game he loves so much.
But, believe it or not, Shô was not always such a soccer nut. There was a time when he didn't know the World Cup from a sippy cup. Find out what ignited Shô's passion for soccer in the first place...and meet his grade-school mentor who encouraged him from the beginning!
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!
To that end, Shô seeks guidance from everyone he meets. Whether it's Ryoichi Tenjo, the cocky one-man scoring machine, or Seiji Fujishiro, his former teammate, there's always somebody who can teach Shô a little bit more about the game he loves so much.
But, believe it or not, Shô was not always such a soccer nut. There was a time when he didn't know the World Cup from a sippy cup. Find out what ignited Shô's passion for soccer in the first place...and meet his grade-school mentor who encouraged him from the beginning!
200 pages, Paperback
First published July 6, 2005
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May 5, 2020
Quite a fun book. Really seemed like a filler, though. This holds a shortened match or two against other teams.
One really major takeaway I've gotten from this is that the practice they go through really helps them, both as a team and individually.
Another is how impressed and sort of shocked I am about the team as a whole. They seem so unified and they coordinate well.
Overall, the art is good (someone finally remarked about Shō's taller height!) and the story is fairly compelling. The games are really the highlight of the series.
One really major takeaway I've gotten from this is that the practice they go through really helps them, both as a team and individually.
Another is how impressed and sort of shocked I am about the team as a whole. They seem so unified and they coordinate well.
Overall, the art is good (someone finally remarked about Shō's taller height!) and the story is fairly compelling. The games are really the highlight of the series.
June 29, 2018
Whistle!, Vol. 6 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next nine chapters (45–53) of the on-going manga series.
The tankobon opens with Shigeki Satō having just scored the third goal against Kokubu Soccer Team in their second practice game. Unhappy with the term of events, Ryōichi Tenjō tries to tie up the game with the time remaining, but Daichi Fuwa stopped the goal, having anticipating the techniques that Ryōichi Tenjō uses. The game ends quickly afterwards with Sakura Josui winning the practice match 3-2. After the match, Shō Kazamatsuri talks to Ryōichi Tenjō that he wants to be as good as him one day. However Ryōichi Tenjō thought Shō Kazamatsuri was just mocking him.
After the game, Sakura Josui Soccer Team resumes their practice for the upcoming Summer Championship Tournament where they have a preliminary match for the tournament rather soon. As usual, Shō Kazamatsuri takes extra practice on his own when he met Yasuaki Honma – the former captain of the team. They practiced with each other until the preliminaries and Shō Kazamatsuri encouraged his former captain to pick up soccer again, which he's willing to do, but in high school.
Sakura Josui Soccer Team breezes through the preliminaries and comes in first and made it into the Summer Championship Tournament. Although only one of the three games was shown in the tankobon – Sakura Josui Soccer Team beats Wakisaka First Soccer Team 6-0. The other teams in the tournament are unsure what to think about Sakura Josui Team, because they’ve never been in the tournament before.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the story – it was rather interesting reading the back story of Ryōichi Tenjō. Apparently, he tried to enter Musashinomori Soccer Team, but failed to get in because he wasn't a team player, but they were willing to accept him as a substitute player, which enraged him. He was furthermore enraged when he heard that Tatsuya Mizuno passed the try outs to become a regular player, but declined the offer.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 6 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
The tankobon opens with Shigeki Satō having just scored the third goal against Kokubu Soccer Team in their second practice game. Unhappy with the term of events, Ryōichi Tenjō tries to tie up the game with the time remaining, but Daichi Fuwa stopped the goal, having anticipating the techniques that Ryōichi Tenjō uses. The game ends quickly afterwards with Sakura Josui winning the practice match 3-2. After the match, Shō Kazamatsuri talks to Ryōichi Tenjō that he wants to be as good as him one day. However Ryōichi Tenjō thought Shō Kazamatsuri was just mocking him.
After the game, Sakura Josui Soccer Team resumes their practice for the upcoming Summer Championship Tournament where they have a preliminary match for the tournament rather soon. As usual, Shō Kazamatsuri takes extra practice on his own when he met Yasuaki Honma – the former captain of the team. They practiced with each other until the preliminaries and Shō Kazamatsuri encouraged his former captain to pick up soccer again, which he's willing to do, but in high school.
Sakura Josui Soccer Team breezes through the preliminaries and comes in first and made it into the Summer Championship Tournament. Although only one of the three games was shown in the tankobon – Sakura Josui Soccer Team beats Wakisaka First Soccer Team 6-0. The other teams in the tournament are unsure what to think about Sakura Josui Team, because they’ve never been in the tournament before.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the story – it was rather interesting reading the back story of Ryōichi Tenjō. Apparently, he tried to enter Musashinomori Soccer Team, but failed to get in because he wasn't a team player, but they were willing to accept him as a substitute player, which enraged him. He was furthermore enraged when he heard that Tatsuya Mizuno passed the try outs to become a regular player, but declined the offer.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 6 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
December 30, 2020
Please see review of Vol 1.
September 20, 2015
Sho reminisces over how he fell in love with soccer, Josui earns a berth in the district preliminaries, ex-captain Honma reappears and apologizes, and tensions rise as the team trains for their upcoming matches.
The scenes with Ko and Sho's elementary school teacher are touching and offer a reason for why he wants to play so badly: the feeling of passing his defender and seeing the expanse of open sky ahead of him motivates him to play harder. The frustrations between Noro and Daichi are realistic and reasonable: people are always going to disagree, and having a fight on the team keeps the story relatable.
The scene with Santa in the store, however, was a little contrived. The captain hitting on Yuki was out of place and though intended to be humorous and introduce the low expectations the other schools held for Josui, it wasn't as effective as it could have been. The balance between the humor and serious scenes wasn't good as previous volumes, but Sho's determination and the team dynamics keep me reading. Another good volume!
The scenes with Ko and Sho's elementary school teacher are touching and offer a reason for why he wants to play so badly: the feeling of passing his defender and seeing the expanse of open sky ahead of him motivates him to play harder. The frustrations between Noro and Daichi are realistic and reasonable: people are always going to disagree, and having a fight on the team keeps the story relatable.
The scene with Santa in the store, however, was a little contrived. The captain hitting on Yuki was out of place and though intended to be humorous and introduce the low expectations the other schools held for Josui, it wasn't as effective as it could have been. The balance between the humor and serious scenes wasn't good as previous volumes, but Sho's determination and the team dynamics keep me reading. Another good volume!
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January 26, 2010
This book is about japanese kids that love to play soccer. One of the players is an extremely good player, but when his nanny passes away, which is the only reason he started playing, he begins to have feelings as to why he continues to play. The gang of kids are each part of a junior high school soccer team and play against each other. They have encounters in and out of the field. I highly recommend this book to people who love to play soccer, like me, and want to read about good old soccer.
September 8, 2014
Hancurkanlah tembok sebanyak-banyaknya. Terlukalah oleh kegagalan dan jadilah kuat. Lalu dengan tangan itu raihlah dengan erat mimpi kalian
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August 3, 2009 I thought that was nice that Sho had the guts to talk to Tengo. I have to say I like Seiji!
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