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Whistle! #11
Whistle!, Vol. 11
Unable to make from his school's soccer team for being too short, Sho Kazamatsuri decides there's only one thing left to do: switch schools! But even a change in scenery doesn't help the wannabe. On campus, he is mistakenly introduced to everyone as a hotshot soccer player. When the truth is revealed, Sho decides to improve his skills on his own. But now, the spunky teenager must work twice as hard to make his dreams come true. He wants to play soccer so bad he's willing to hustle day and night to make it happen. Packed with action, humor and teenage kicks, Whistle! is a must-read for dreamers (and soccer fans) of all ages!
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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July 9, 2018
Whistle!, Vol. 11 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next nine chapters (90–98) of the on-going manga series.
The game against Hiba Junior High School Soccer Team continues. On a breakaway goal, Masato Takai was injured by Tsubasa Shiina and was replaced by Santa Yamaguchi in the second half of the game. Hiba Junior High took the initiative of the unpreparedness of Santa Yamaguchi to score a goal. Sakura Josui couldn’t have tied the game twice, but the first goal was disqualified because the soccer ball touched the hand of Shigeki Satō and Shō Kazamatsuri purposely missed the penalty shot.
Shō Kazamatsuri wants to win the game fair and square and to use a penalty kick that Shigeki Satō purposely goaded to receive wasn't fair in his opinion. In the end, Sakura Josui managed to pull a 2–1 victory: one goal was an impossible shot that Shō Kazamatsuri made and the other rebound off the back of Santa Yamaguchi's head. The impossible shot was reminiscent of a famous soccer player – Shiomi Kensuke, which Shō Kazamatsuri revealed to be his biological father.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the direction of the story. The cliff-hanger at the end is rather intriguing and has me feeling a tad sad – having Shō Kazamatsuri being the child of a soccer guru is a tad predictable almost to the point of being clichéd – in a literary context. Of course the main protagonist of a soccer series has to be descended from an awesome soccer player. I'm not sure how I feel about this revelation, but I'm invested enough to see where this plot point moves forward.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 11 is a wonderful continuation of the series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
The game against Hiba Junior High School Soccer Team continues. On a breakaway goal, Masato Takai was injured by Tsubasa Shiina and was replaced by Santa Yamaguchi in the second half of the game. Hiba Junior High took the initiative of the unpreparedness of Santa Yamaguchi to score a goal. Sakura Josui couldn’t have tied the game twice, but the first goal was disqualified because the soccer ball touched the hand of Shigeki Satō and Shō Kazamatsuri purposely missed the penalty shot.
Shō Kazamatsuri wants to win the game fair and square and to use a penalty kick that Shigeki Satō purposely goaded to receive wasn't fair in his opinion. In the end, Sakura Josui managed to pull a 2–1 victory: one goal was an impossible shot that Shō Kazamatsuri made and the other rebound off the back of Santa Yamaguchi's head. The impossible shot was reminiscent of a famous soccer player – Shiomi Kensuke, which Shō Kazamatsuri revealed to be his biological father.
Daisuke Higuchi has written and illustrated this tankobon. For the most part I really liked the direction of the story. The cliff-hanger at the end is rather intriguing and has me feeling a tad sad – having Shō Kazamatsuri being the child of a soccer guru is a tad predictable almost to the point of being clichéd – in a literary context. Of course the main protagonist of a soccer series has to be descended from an awesome soccer player. I'm not sure how I feel about this revelation, but I'm invested enough to see where this plot point moves forward.
All in all, Whistle!, Vol. 11 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.
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