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Whistle! #8
Whistle!, Vol. 8
Rain Cats and Dogs
Everybody has a dream, and for Shô Kazamatsuri, that dream is simple: 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!
Shô finds out a secret about Tatsuya's family that not even Tatsuya knows! Soon the conflict of interest turns into a conflict on the field. Matching the stormy moods on the team, the weather takes a turn for the worse, and Josui's players must overcome muddy fields and bad attitudes if they hope to achieve victory in the most important game of the district tournament!
Everybody has a dream, and for Shô Kazamatsuri, that dream is simple: 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!
Shô finds out a secret about Tatsuya's family that not even Tatsuya knows! Soon the conflict of interest turns into a conflict on the field. Matching the stormy moods on the team, the weather takes a turn for the worse, and Josui's players must overcome muddy fields and bad attitudes if they hope to achieve victory in the most important game of the district tournament!
208 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2005
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July 3, 2018
Whistle!, Vol. 8 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next nine chapters (63–71) of the on-going manga series.
The tankobon opens with Sakura Josui winning their first tournament match against Iwashimizu Technical 2–1. To celebrate their victory, Tatsuya Mizuno's mother, Mariko Mizuno, invited the team for a celebratory meal at their house.
That evening, while walking his dog with Shō Kazamatsuri, Akira Mikami, the midfielder from Musashinomori Soccer Team, asked if the rumors if his transferring to Musashinomori were true. In anger, Tatsuya Mizuno rushes to confront his father, Souichiro Kirihara, to see if the rumors were true and the result of the argument ended up with Tatsuya Mizuno cutting ties with his father. Unfortunately, Shō Kazamatsuri had overheard the argument and doesn't know how to act or feel around Tatsuya Mizuno anymore.
To prove his father wrong, Tatsuya Mizuno, played their next tournament match against Kaga on his own. Sakura Josui ended up winning the game 3–1, but they didn't play as a team, but Tatsuya Mizuno as a one-man team. He also spouts out his father’s philosophy in soccer that winning at all and any cost, which seemed rather disingenuous to his character – its further distance the schism between captain and team.
Their third tournament game is with Rakuyō – the team that played Musashinomori in the finals of the previous tournament and wants to play them again to win. Sakura Josui told Rakuyō that they have to get through them, because they want a rematch with Musashinomori also. However, the game would not be the same as other games that Sakura Josui played, because the ground is wet, muddy and it started raining during the match and the physics and dynamics of soccer is really different as Sakura Josui had learned rather quickly.
For some reason, Soujū Matsushita, the coach of Sakura Josui, had the team switch positions, making Shō Kazamatsuri as Midfielder and Tatsuya Mizuno as Forward. It disoriented Rakuyō a bit, but noticed the switch and readjusted their playing style accordingly. With the unusual positions and playing in unfamiliar grounds, Rakuyō scored the only goal at the end of the first half.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the story – it was rather interesting reading about Tatsuya Mizuno's family and his relationship with his mother and his maternal aunts, who he lives with and his acrimonious relationship with his father. Higuchi's loquaciousness has lessened even more in this tankobon, but it's still rather noticeable.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 8 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
The tankobon opens with Sakura Josui winning their first tournament match against Iwashimizu Technical 2–1. To celebrate their victory, Tatsuya Mizuno's mother, Mariko Mizuno, invited the team for a celebratory meal at their house.
That evening, while walking his dog with Shō Kazamatsuri, Akira Mikami, the midfielder from Musashinomori Soccer Team, asked if the rumors if his transferring to Musashinomori were true. In anger, Tatsuya Mizuno rushes to confront his father, Souichiro Kirihara, to see if the rumors were true and the result of the argument ended up with Tatsuya Mizuno cutting ties with his father. Unfortunately, Shō Kazamatsuri had overheard the argument and doesn't know how to act or feel around Tatsuya Mizuno anymore.
To prove his father wrong, Tatsuya Mizuno, played their next tournament match against Kaga on his own. Sakura Josui ended up winning the game 3–1, but they didn't play as a team, but Tatsuya Mizuno as a one-man team. He also spouts out his father’s philosophy in soccer that winning at all and any cost, which seemed rather disingenuous to his character – its further distance the schism between captain and team.
Their third tournament game is with Rakuyō – the team that played Musashinomori in the finals of the previous tournament and wants to play them again to win. Sakura Josui told Rakuyō that they have to get through them, because they want a rematch with Musashinomori also. However, the game would not be the same as other games that Sakura Josui played, because the ground is wet, muddy and it started raining during the match and the physics and dynamics of soccer is really different as Sakura Josui had learned rather quickly.
For some reason, Soujū Matsushita, the coach of Sakura Josui, had the team switch positions, making Shō Kazamatsuri as Midfielder and Tatsuya Mizuno as Forward. It disoriented Rakuyō a bit, but noticed the switch and readjusted their playing style accordingly. With the unusual positions and playing in unfamiliar grounds, Rakuyō scored the only goal at the end of the first half.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the story – it was rather interesting reading about Tatsuya Mizuno's family and his relationship with his mother and his maternal aunts, who he lives with and his acrimonious relationship with his father. Higuchi's loquaciousness has lessened even more in this tankobon, but it's still rather noticeable.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 8 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
May 13, 2020
3.5 - Well done.
This one was really all about the character development of one guy. They also played another game. It was pretty slow paced, but it was enjoyable.
The art style was still good. They are good at keeping the correct consistency but they are also allowing for the required growth. Very well done.
Onto the next!
This one was really all about the character development of one guy. They also played another game. It was pretty slow paced, but it was enjoyable.
The art style was still good. They are good at keeping the correct consistency but they are also allowing for the required growth. Very well done.
Onto the next!
December 30, 2020
Please see review of Vol 1.
September 11, 2014
kalau kita nggak saling peduli
hubungan antar manusia nggak akan terwujud, kan?
~ Kak Kou
hubungan antar manusia nggak akan terwujud, kan?
~ Kak Kou
December 21, 2017
This book is so inspiring because i like playing soccer too
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