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アイシールド21 [Eyeshield 21] #8
Eyeshield 21
What does a wimpy kid who's been bullied all his life got to depend on but his own two feet? Sena Kobayakawa is about to start his first year in high school and he's vowed not to get picked on anymore. Unfortunately, the sadistic captain of the football team already has his eye on Sena and his lightning-fast speed. With a wacky cast of characters that includes team captain Hiruma, who has an uncanny resemblance to a demon, and a good-natured front linesman who inexplicably has a head shaped like a chestnut, enjoy all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy that manga has to offer. And who knows, maybe you'll get a bit of a heart-warming coming of age story thrown in to boot!
135 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2004
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Riichiro Inagaki
144 books204 followersHe 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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August 31, 2017
This volume marks the end of a major arc. This budding saga of the Devil Bats football team started with first round squeaker win and massacre second round exit. All of the games thereafter where exhibition matches, which culminated with close game against an American team. Through it all, the team only got better, until it met an American wall. A wall not built by Trump, but coached by another racist. This story may already be more than a decade old but it's as timely as ever. Still, the game exposed their rivals and revealed that the Devil Bats may still have some room to grow.
This really felt like a good ending, this reader could only hope that story, like the fictional team in its pages, could only get better.
This really felt like a good ending, this reader could only hope that story, like the fictional team in its pages, could only get better.
June 13, 2012
If you're racially sensitive, you might want to just read the summary of this volume instead. I think the author was trying to be sensitive, but the positive racism is just as bad as the negative. Ouch.
November 28, 2007
The racism expressed by the American coach (against both Japanese and black players) made me wince, but the volume was a lot of fun otherwise.
December 22, 2018
I love this game. First because Sena gets some really nice progression and Hiruma gets to mess with people's mind. But mostly because Mamori finally gets a (small) role on the bench!
December 12, 2018
Eyeshield 21: True Warriors Seek Out Strong Foes continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next nine chapters (62–70) of the on-going manga series.
The tankōbon continues the game between the NASA Aliens and Deimon Devil Bats. As NASA Aliens' main tactic is a long pass known as "Shuttle Pass", the Devil Bats try to blitz their quarterback, Homer Fitzgerald. When Daikichi Komusubi, one of the linemen of the Deimon Devil Bats, cannot stop Homer Fitzgerald because of his strength, the Americans do two touchdowns in a row.
Sena Kobayakawa then volunteers and overcomes Homer Fitzgerald with his speed and scores a touchdown. Although their blitzes are working to stop NASA Aliens' offensives, the Deimon Devil Bats cannot overcome their strong defensive line.
Therefore, Yoichi Hiruma instructs them to do a sweep, and Sena Kobayakawa scores another touchdown. When the Devil Bats open 26–21, all players do a dogeza to Leonard Apollo and Patrick "Panther" Spencer is allowed to play. He enters and Sena Kobayakawa is unable to stop him from scoring a touchdown, and he also blocks his runs. When there is one minute left, the NASA Aliens are in the lead with a score by 33–26.
However, Sena Kobayakawa scores the decisive touchdown, when it seems that the Panther will score the decisive touchdown himself.
This tankōbon is written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, I really liked the story and the progression. It covers much of the American-Japan football game and it was written and illustrated rather well. The concept of the American-Japan international football game was a wonderful idea, but I could not help to think that it may have been a tad too early for this match to happen.
All in all, Eyeshield 21: True Warriors Seek Out Strong Foes is a wonderful continuation to a new series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.
The tankōbon continues the game between the NASA Aliens and Deimon Devil Bats. As NASA Aliens' main tactic is a long pass known as "Shuttle Pass", the Devil Bats try to blitz their quarterback, Homer Fitzgerald. When Daikichi Komusubi, one of the linemen of the Deimon Devil Bats, cannot stop Homer Fitzgerald because of his strength, the Americans do two touchdowns in a row.
Sena Kobayakawa then volunteers and overcomes Homer Fitzgerald with his speed and scores a touchdown. Although their blitzes are working to stop NASA Aliens' offensives, the Deimon Devil Bats cannot overcome their strong defensive line.
Therefore, Yoichi Hiruma instructs them to do a sweep, and Sena Kobayakawa scores another touchdown. When the Devil Bats open 26–21, all players do a dogeza to Leonard Apollo and Patrick "Panther" Spencer is allowed to play. He enters and Sena Kobayakawa is unable to stop him from scoring a touchdown, and he also blocks his runs. When there is one minute left, the NASA Aliens are in the lead with a score by 33–26.
However, Sena Kobayakawa scores the decisive touchdown, when it seems that the Panther will score the decisive touchdown himself.
This tankōbon is written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, I really liked the story and the progression. It covers much of the American-Japan football game and it was written and illustrated rather well. The concept of the American-Japan international football game was a wonderful idea, but I could not help to think that it may have been a tad too early for this match to happen.
All in all, Eyeshield 21: True Warriors Seek Out Strong Foes is a wonderful continuation to a new series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.
January 18, 2019
4 ESTRELLAS ☆☆☆☆
¡ Gran tomo ! ¡ Gran culminación ! ¡ Que buen entretenimiento ! ¡ Pedazo de arte en movimiento, como si tuviera una animación en movimiento con el paso de las páginas!
En realidad es el mejor tomo que he leído de la franquicia. Es una gran historia mezclando perfectamente los momentos de humor y de tensión. Deja una importante lección y pese a los errores de los protagonistas, con dosis de adrenalina interminable, logra un desarrollo impresionane en los personajes en general.
Me estuve comiendo las uñas, es realmente un partido excelente, bastante bien manejado en ritmos y termina por convencer de la mejor manera. Estoy extaciado. Un poco más y me ponía a correr 80 yardas en un campo de fútbol . Eyeshield es uno de los mejores mangas deportivos que he leído en mi vida, no tengo ni la menor duda. Esta serie se pone cada vez mejor. Los personajes son únicos a su manera. No hay forma de no amarlos y tenerlo presentes. Grandes.
¡ Gran tomo ! ¡ Gran culminación ! ¡ Que buen entretenimiento ! ¡ Pedazo de arte en movimiento, como si tuviera una animación en movimiento con el paso de las páginas!
En realidad es el mejor tomo que he leído de la franquicia. Es una gran historia mezclando perfectamente los momentos de humor y de tensión. Deja una importante lección y pese a los errores de los protagonistas, con dosis de adrenalina interminable, logra un desarrollo impresionane en los personajes en general.
Me estuve comiendo las uñas, es realmente un partido excelente, bastante bien manejado en ritmos y termina por convencer de la mejor manera. Estoy extaciado. Un poco más y me ponía a correr 80 yardas en un campo de fútbol . Eyeshield es uno de los mejores mangas deportivos que he leído en mi vida, no tengo ni la menor duda. Esta serie se pone cada vez mejor. Los personajes son únicos a su manera. No hay forma de no amarlos y tenerlo presentes. Grandes.
January 31, 2021
This one uh, gets into some race science a bit? But it's like the racist white American coach character who's doing it so I don't think it's meant to be taken as Correct or anything, it's meant to show how racist this guy is - but it is a lot. I guess its good for a sports manga to tackle the question of race in a way that's sort of good (aka racism bad) when so many of the others ones tend to lean into racist tropes when the topic comes up at all? So uh yeah idk. I can't believe I read all of this when I was like 15 and didn't retain any of this, I didn't remember this shit at all.
July 13, 2024
In this arc we learn that Black people are too powerful and it's unfair that they get to play football alongside all the white and Asian people. And sure the setup is that the coach is racist and shouldn't be but having every character go along with it and focusing the whole arc on BLACK PEOPLE ARE JUST TOO MUSCULAR THE AVERAGE WHITE/ASIAN CANNOT COMPETE is hard to read.
May 10, 2025
2025 reread:
That full page shot of homer throwing the ball after komosubi tackled him is so gorgeous… murata is so insanely talented
This volume is pretty heavily about racism, and the message is definitely “racism is bad” but some of the handling of it is a bit clunky… but Panther is the star here, to the point I kept finding myself rooting for him against the protagonists lol
That full page shot of homer throwing the ball after komosubi tackled him is so gorgeous… murata is so insanely talented
This volume is pretty heavily about racism, and the message is definitely “racism is bad” but some of the handling of it is a bit clunky… but Panther is the star here, to the point I kept finding myself rooting for him against the protagonists lol
May 6, 2019
This was a good one.
September 9, 2019
je n'ai plus non plus de tome d'Eyeshield 21 d'avance T.T
April 20, 2021
The hype on black people is so cringey ugh 🤦♀ I appreciate the anime changing it up to individual talent instead of just race. Anyway best match so far!!
February 16, 2022
Panther si pelari alami tampil pertama....
June 21, 2024
Rating: 4,5
August 24, 2014
Here we have the major clash between the Devilbats from Japan and the Aliens from the USA. Hiruma and Coach Apollo finally get to meet--Deimon doesn't have a coach, so Hiruma's it--and it's extreme headbutting throughout. The two heap abuse upon each other--Hiruma enjoying himself (of course) and the Coach leaving furious. But even after all the hours of training Deimon clocked, it's looking like they won't be much of a match for these huge, fast, experienced American players. And what's behind the coach not allowing his incredibly fast runner, Panther, play in the game? We find out more about why the coach is racist and how that can be overcome. In the meantime, Sena has to figure out how he's going to fight someone like Panther who's just as fast as he is. . . .
In this clash between East and West, you're definitely going to see some cultural attitude differences, but the two teams seemed to work well together when they met at the party they had in the last volume. In this one, the coach's racism had a real edge, and it's not just directed against his black player. Of course, Apollo seeing black players as having an unfair natural advantage is kind of laughable, and his rival of the past is drawn like a pimp, so it's a little uncomfortable. Still, the conflict between the main characters of this issue is incredible to watch--I love how it keeps building on what happened before, with Hiruma and Apollo out to one-up each other and Sena and Panther battling respectfully.
In this clash between East and West, you're definitely going to see some cultural attitude differences, but the two teams seemed to work well together when they met at the party they had in the last volume. In this one, the coach's racism had a real edge, and it's not just directed against his black player. Of course, Apollo seeing black players as having an unfair natural advantage is kind of laughable, and his rival of the past is drawn like a pimp, so it's a little uncomfortable. Still, the conflict between the main characters of this issue is incredible to watch--I love how it keeps building on what happened before, with Hiruma and Apollo out to one-up each other and Sena and Panther battling respectfully.
August 27, 2008
Yeah, football game against the NASA Aliens--nice story arc about Panther and how Sena wants to compete against him. And I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching Hiruma kick ass and take names as quarterback. GAHHH!
November 10, 2013
#Program BUBU
Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 21 Juli 2007.
Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 21 Juli 2007.
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