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アイシールド21 [Eyeshield 21] #10

Eyeshield 21, Vol. 10: Is There a Loser in the House?

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Catch all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy of Japan's hottest football manga!

Wimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running away from bullies all his life. But when the football gear comes on, things change--Sena's speed and uncanny ability to elude big bullies just might give him what it takes to become a great high school football hero! Catch all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy of Japan's hottest football manga!

The Devil Bats are training harder than ever as they endure a grueling "death march" from Houston to Las Vegas! A biker gang whisks Sena off on a wild detour to San Antonio, where he tries to recruit a promising tight end prospect. And if the team survives the trek through the desert, what kind of havoc will they wreak in Sin City?!

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 4, 2004

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Riichiro Inagaki

139 books200 followers
He is a mangaka from Tokyo, Japan. He debuted in October 2001 with Nandodemo Roku Gatsu Jū San Hi, and also wrote for the magazine Square Freeze and Love Love Santa, published in November 2001 and in February 2002 respectively. He later moved to Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, in wich he won the 7th "Story King" section in the same year.

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Profile Image for Nicolo.
3,471 reviews204 followers
August 31, 2017
It started with a training from hell, and ended with a Las Vegas escapade. This reader thinks this volume surpassed expectations.
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1,380 reviews37 followers
February 23, 2020
Ptêt ben l'un de mes tomes préférés. Ouais, je kiffe les arcs d'entraînement.
Profile Image for James Dunphy.
172 reviews15 followers
August 21, 2014
Sort of a lackluster volume...actually a very lackluster volume. It's a whole volume of training, which seems to happen to all these shonen mangas around this volume (caughBleach
NarutoCough). The final chapter where the team is in Vegas gambling is kind of funny, and the Bats finally add a tight end to the team, but other than that not much happens.
You could probably skip this volume and not miss a beat when it comes to the overall plot. The Vegas death march was just boring. 1 star.
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751 reviews
December 22, 2018
The team is almost complete!!! And there's some great shippy moments in this one **
5,870 reviews146 followers
December 16, 2018
Eyeshield 21: Is There a Loser in the House? continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next nine chapters (80–88) of the on-going manga series.

As the Deimon Devil Bats train in the United States, Shin is doing a special training in the thin air of Mount Fuji to improve his cardiopulmonary functions. Patrick "Panther" Spencer appears and challenges him. When he tries to pass through Shin, he is stopped with just one arm.

Meanwhile in the United States, Sena Kobayakawa kicks the rock out of the road and he is separated from the rest. He ends up in the San Antonio Armadillos Stadium, where he meets Suzuna Taki and Natsuhiko Taki. The girl is following his brother who wants to be a professional football player.

Natsuhiko Taki and Sena Kobayakawa then participate in an enrollment match to join the Armadillos, during which Sena Kobayakawa performs the running technique to cut the opponent without losing speed. Although Natsuhiko Taki is not approved, he and Suzuna Taki join the Deimon Devil Bats in the Death March.

When they arrive in Las Vegas, the Deimon Devil Bats win 20 million yen in a casino. They then can pay for Doburoku Sakaki's debts that were keeping him in the United States and he can join them as their manager in their return to Japan.

This tankōbon is written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, I really liked the story and the progression. I am rather glad that the Deimon Devil Bats excursion to in the United States of America is done and that they would be returning to Japan. While their time in America was rather interesting – I am glad that they are returning home.

All in all, Eyeshield 21: Is There a Loser in the House? is a wonderful continuation to a new series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.
Profile Image for Oscar Leal.
Author 1 book63 followers
January 21, 2019
3 Estrellas ☆☆☆
Un tomo de transición después de la grandeza del tomo pasado. Simplemente es un respiro, un acto de guión para poder explicar un avance del equipo y hacerlo más fuerte. Fuera del gran "relleno" convencional que hay en el manga del género, me ha encantado el grado de unión que tienen los protagonistas, el cómo de todos hacen uno y comienzan a empujar al mismo tiempo por el mismo objetivo. El humor sigue siendo repartido en cantidades geniales. Incluso los tiempos calmados siguen dando ciertas dosis de adicción. Gran obra.
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537 reviews1 follower
May 31, 2025
2025 re-read:

My favorite arc is over now... wahhhh... Sena going back for Yuki always melts my heart

Side note, it drives me nuts how resistant viz is to using translation notes especially in shonen jump releases... why did they take the time to explain what a tornado is, but they didn't explain the joke with the pronunciation of Jimmy Simard??? It went totally over my head as a kid and didn't make sense until this read. I thought they just looked alike, I didn't understand their names sounding similar too...
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444 reviews1 follower
February 18, 2022
Dead march selesai.Finis 2000km berkahir di Las Vegas.plus dapat orang baru yang berperan TIgHT.

Chapter menarik adalah Sena yang tersesat terus ikut seleksi klub universitas di Amerika,saingannya menganggab sebelah mata krn perawakan Sena yang mungil.Mereka menyebutnya TOGE.Tapi inilah bagian serunya.
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2,837 reviews39 followers
July 14, 2024
Oh, we get a new character! He isn't very funny and I don't care for his gimmick but you can say that about practically every character in this series, so he fits right in! They also finally make it to Vegas and there's a cute chapter of the team attempting to gamble, no standout gags but it was kind of funny.
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1,987 reviews29 followers
May 6, 2019
I like when they play roulette. It's basically exactly what happens to me except I don't win anything at all before I lose all my money.
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345 reviews
December 22, 2022
Exceptionnel j'ai frissonner a plusieurs reprises durant ma lecture
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Julie Decker.
Author 7 books147 followers
August 24, 2014
The Death March continues, and threatens to overwhelm some of the players. Sena's got to kick a rock over and over again as he runs, and his knees are giving out. Everyone's got their extreme training as they run all the way to Las Vegas. And when they get there, Hiruma uses his amazing brain to count cards and get blackjack money to put them up in style. Sena manages to recruit a fellow to possibly play tight end on the Devilbats team, but Taki is a bit of a lunkhead and knows a lot more about posing and bragging than about playing football. (Too bad he's really good at what he does and excellence is hard to ignore.) Sena might just be sweet on his enthusiastic roller-blading little sister, too. . . .

I just love Hiruma's plans and how they develop, and everyone caring about what each other's progress is doing to them while giving them the tough love they need is really refreshing (especially in a sports manga). The new guy, Taki, is super annoying, though. I'm glad I don't actually have to hang out with him; reading about him is bad enough. (Imagine how his sister feels.)
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29 reviews1 follower
September 10, 2007
Another hyperbolic sport comedy with excessive comical contents
and swearing words plus calling names. In the end you'll end up
trying to put your jaw back together.


Really, after SLAMDUNK finished I found EYESHIELD21 as a good
replacement. Not an apple to apple comparison of course, but
EYESHIELD21 has its own charm. EYESHIELD21 is a manga about
senior high school american football activities where
Kobayakawa Sena forced to join by none other than the school
demon king and vicious american foootball captain,
Hiruma Youichi...kekeekekekek.


As a total loser, Kobayakawa Sena has a fast speed running to
do others bidding and to dodge any physical harm. Hiruma on the
other hand wants to further nurture Sena running ability for
the teams best interest. jigoku training is inevitable and so
the story goes.


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1,193 reviews150 followers
August 27, 2008
Okay, we get a continuation of the Death March and some nice inside scooping on the rival White Knights' training style. So, am I happy that Sena found a possible tight end for the team? Yes. Am I happy that Natsuhiko Taki is extremely annoying? NO! The guy doesn't even know the rules of football and is extremely vain and is always striking annoying poses. But he is good at what he does, and his hyper roller-blading sister Suzuna is very enthusiastic and cute. I loved seeing Sena's ghost move developing, and Yukimitsu's struggle to go on is very touching. But the best thing ever is Hiruma counting cards to win at blackjack . . . how DOES he do that stuff??
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