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Whistle! #19
Whistle!, Vol. 19
The Tokyo Select Team returns from Korea with a great deal of experience and hard-learned lessons they received at the hands of the Seoul Select Team. But before they have a chance to sit back and reflect, they are thrown into a new maelstrom, when they find out they've been invited to play in the Japan Toresen--a national tournament for the best youth teams in the country!
200 pages, Paperback
First published May 6, 2008
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January 3, 2022
3.5/5
This volume is the start of a new arc, as part of the series it is another solid volume, as a standalone it's a bit lacking.
This volume is the start of a new arc, as part of the series it is another solid volume, as a standalone it's a bit lacking.
October 15, 2019
This book is awesome it's about a boy(i forgot his name)that got picked for a good soccer team and
faces obstacles along the way.
faces obstacles along the way.
July 25, 2018
Whistle!, Vol. 19 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next eleven chapters (163–173) of the on-going manga series.
The game between Tokyo and Seoul Select Teams continues with Eishi Kaku scoring the third goal to break the tie. However, there was enough time for the Seoul Select Team to take control of the game and with Kentarō injured, but insist on playing on, the Seoul Select managed to tie the game just before the game was over. Despite not winning or losing, the crowd cheered for such a wonderful game. Since Kentarō and Katsuro Shibusawa are injured Daichi Fuwa was put in position as team goalie.
Not too long after their match with Korea, the Tokyo Select Team is invited to train and participate in the Japan Toresen – a national tournament for the best youth teams in the country. Overall, there are ten select teams all over Japan and they're going to play a single elimination tournament over a period of four days and three nights.
The ten select teams are (in alphabetical order): Chūgoku, Hokkaidō, Hokushin'etsu, Kansai, Kantō, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Tōhoku, Tokai, and Tokyo Select Teams. Surprisingly, Shigeki Satō was at the Japan Toresen – as a member of the Kansai Select Team under the name of Shigeki Fujimura and nicknamed the "Golden-Haired Freeman". Apparently, Shigeki decided to take soccer seriously, but returned to his home in the Kansai Region to become a member of the Kansai Select Team in order to play against Shō Kazamatsuri.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. The upcoming tournament of the Japan Toresen seems rather interesting and logical, pitting the best of the best junior soccer players in Japan. Hopefully, the Tokyo Select Team would be the victors. However, I imagine that this could be a set up for a National Junior Soccer Team. I really like the backstory of Shigeki Satō/Fujimura and see his evolution in his soccer playing.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 19 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
The game between Tokyo and Seoul Select Teams continues with Eishi Kaku scoring the third goal to break the tie. However, there was enough time for the Seoul Select Team to take control of the game and with Kentarō injured, but insist on playing on, the Seoul Select managed to tie the game just before the game was over. Despite not winning or losing, the crowd cheered for such a wonderful game. Since Kentarō and Katsuro Shibusawa are injured Daichi Fuwa was put in position as team goalie.
Not too long after their match with Korea, the Tokyo Select Team is invited to train and participate in the Japan Toresen – a national tournament for the best youth teams in the country. Overall, there are ten select teams all over Japan and they're going to play a single elimination tournament over a period of four days and three nights.
The ten select teams are (in alphabetical order): Chūgoku, Hokkaidō, Hokushin'etsu, Kansai, Kantō, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Tōhoku, Tokai, and Tokyo Select Teams. Surprisingly, Shigeki Satō was at the Japan Toresen – as a member of the Kansai Select Team under the name of Shigeki Fujimura and nicknamed the "Golden-Haired Freeman". Apparently, Shigeki decided to take soccer seriously, but returned to his home in the Kansai Region to become a member of the Kansai Select Team in order to play against Shō Kazamatsuri.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. The upcoming tournament of the Japan Toresen seems rather interesting and logical, pitting the best of the best junior soccer players in Japan. Hopefully, the Tokyo Select Team would be the victors. However, I imagine that this could be a set up for a National Junior Soccer Team. I really like the backstory of Shigeki Satō/Fujimura and see his evolution in his soccer playing.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 19 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 22, 2012
it was so amazing that I couldn't put it down.
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