Area no Kishi

[Buffalobiian]

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Alternative Titles:
The Knight in the Area
エリアの騎士

Story synopsis:

“The Knight in the Area” has 27 volumes released to date and depicts a riveting story about Aizawa Kakeru (Sanpei Yuuko), his talented older brother Suguru (Fukuyama Jun), and his childhood friend Mishima Nana (Itou Shizuka). Their story starts in middle school, where Kakeru loses confidence as a striker and resigns to being the team manager and secretly practicing at night. However, his brother Suguru — captain of the team and a gifted midfielder on Japan’s U-15 team — believes Kakeru has untapped potential and dreams of sending him the last pass for a game-winning goal on the World Cup stage. Their fates forever change when they get caught up in a car accident.
-randomc

The story centers around Aizawa Kakeru, the younger brother of the Kamakura School soccer team captain Suguru. While Suguru is so talented in soccer that he has been made part of Japan's national under-15 team, Kakeru is so weak at the sport that he is nicknamed "Mr. No Goal." Kakeru's life changes however, after a tragic accident.
-anidb

Oyatsu - episode 01 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=274935)

[Idealistic]

Watched the first ep my throughts were definitely something along the lines of the older bro getting a career ending injury and then Kakeru would decide to play again. Decided to read the synopsis.... and I was close I guess.

I'm a fan of soccer too so I will definitely be following this one. So far so good.

[MFauli]

Watched it. Enjoyed it. Will keep watching.

Except for those two out-of-place slapstick-scenes with Kouta, the show features an all around nice quality. Likeable characters and solid plot. Really liked the leg-animations during the close-up in the 1-on-1 fight in the park. Though I was surprised that Kakeru changed his heart that fast. Thought he was keeping his manager status for a number of episodes before he makes a grand entrance onto the soccer field.

And I really want to know why his left leg is so weak. From how he avoided using it in ep 1, it almost seemed as if it isn´t a physical, but psychological problem. Maybe a promise to never use his left leg?

Anyway, good new anime show. Btw. we don´t know yet if a second season of Giant Killing is coming, do we?

[Buffalobiian]

And I really want to know why his left leg is so weak. From how he avoided using it in ep 1, it almost seemed as if it isn´t a physical, but psychological problem. Maybe a promise to never use his left leg?

I think it would be a psychological problem after a physical injury has healed up.

Think of a goal keeper avoiding extreme lower-left dives after having dived into a head injury that way before.

PS: just noticed the OP picture features Kakeru shooting with is left foot. He is probably a lefty to begin with.

[Dark Dragon]

This anime took the Cross Games approach and covered a lot of introduction materials really quickly. This episode was the entire first volume, but I'm sure they can always insert scenes back in if needed.

I have to say i much prefer this realistic approach to sport anime, rather than crap like Prince of Tennis. The animation is pretty solid and the pacing seems well planned, great first episode.

[MFauli]

Hm, I wouldn´t be so quick with calling this anime "realistic" (Unless you know the manga). Giant Killing still feels a lot more realistic than this episode, with both Kakeru´s and his brother´s phenomenal abilities. And Prince of Tennis really only got bad when they overdid the whole special move-concept towards the end.

[Dark Dragon]

Well, it's more "realistic" than anime with pure fantasy special moves. It's not like Giant Killing, but it's definitely pretty good as far as sport anime go.

[gos27]

I love soccer and I will be definitely watching more of this. In relation to Kakeru not using his left foot, it's definitely an injury he got some time ago. Great ep, really enjoyed it.

[Buffalobiian]

AnimeUltima - Episode 02 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=276335)


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Nana's super cute, and is half the reason I'm watching this show. She's even versed in soccer so isn't the odd love-interest who cheers from the grand stand neither.

Btw, I think I see boobs:

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3104/animeultimatheknightint.jpg
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As much as I enjoyed everything up till now, I cringed at the last segments. "Don't give me this shit!". You've set it all up for a dream duo on the world stage and everything. Don't you DARE take one of them out of commission now. If it's temporary, I can swallow it. But with the preview showing Kakeru "leaving"...fuuuuu

[MFauli]

Man, what an ending. These random horrible accidents in anime stories always get me.

Anyway, I wonder who the alien is. It´s not Suguru, too much height difference. I *hope* it isn´t the girl, because that´d be too generic, too predictable. And as far as I saw it, the alien-guy was bigger than her anyway. EDIT: Read posting above. Ugh. Well, I hope thos aren´t tits :/

My personal wat-moment of this episode: When the little sister entered Suguru´s room and saw him in front of the sunrise. Ugh, I almost expected her to blush, starting some awesomely weird incest-subplot lol.

Still an enjoyable anime, though I hope the manage to make future episodes more interesting. Was pretty run-of-the-mill as far as the story went.

[animus]

I wasn't expecting that all that much. I expected him to transfer to another school or head to high school. I figured that's what Kakeru meant by "last time we played on the same team." and that his brother was going to be his rival or something.

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

WTF

I didn´t read the manga or watch last episode´s preview. Didn´t expect the outcome of the accident to be THAT horrible. wow.

Edit: Wait, a heart transplantation? And he got better that fast? Oookay. And lol, the slap in th face was cringeworthy. Another lol: So what, Suguru´s heart gives him a power upgrade or what?!

Edit 2: Okay, LOL. I guess this anime isn´t about ordinary soccer, after all.

[Buffalobiian]

I don't mind that Suguru is living on through Kakeru. I don't mind that Kakeru will play soccer again because he wants to do it partly on his brother's behalf.

I DO mind that they're making this transplant look like a Kakeru-Suguru fusion, and that people will fall for Kakeru because he is Suguru v1.5.

I had always wanted Kakeru to shine in his own right. I wasn't entirely sure if Seven liked Suguru over Kakeru all this time or not. She may have approached him behind the building before she left Japan for romantic reasons, or because Kakeru was busy trying to absorb the news by running.

Even in present-day, I wasn't sure if she was talked more with Kakeru because he needed "help".

Still.. Suguru-faced Kakeru just pisses me off.

[Dark Dragon]

That entire last scene didn't exist in the manga, it's all anime original. I really hope they refrain from doing more of this, but i doubt that'll be the case.

[Ryllharu]

I think I would be happier if it had been a lung transplant. Even if they are brothers, I find it hard to believe that it would go so miraculously successful that strenuous exercise was okayed by his physicians.

I suppose the interesting conflict will be as Seven becomes more open about her affections, Kakeru will always have to wonder if it was really him that she liked first. That seems to be the case, mostly because of the special request she made to not tell Kakeru of her eminent departure, but now both of them will be conflicted after what that psychiatrist said to Seven. That psychiatrist is kind of a bitch for doing that.

[Idealistic]

I DO mind that they're making this transplant look like a Kakeru-Suguru fusion, and that people will fall for Kakeru because he is Suguru v1.5.

Yeah.... This is the one thing that really bothers me right now. It's kind of lame.

[fireheart]

I DO mind that they're making this transplant look like a Kakeru-Suguru fusion, and that people will fall for Kakeru because he is Suguru v1.5.

With or without the transplant he'd still be treated as a Suguru v1.5 or at least compared to him considering how big Suguru was within soccer.

But the good thing is that Kakerus position and the title of the show points at him not taking Sugurus position but returning as a striker as the captain requested.

[MFauli]

That´s really the only positive, yeah. But I will strongly agree with Buffalo and Ryllharu: If the show starts putting more than just some focus on the romance between Kakeru and Seven, it could easily lead to some truly cringeworthy scenes, or should I say, extreme phony behaviour on Seven´s part. The worst case scenario I´m picturing in my mind is something like her saying: "You know, Kakeru ... I´ve never been able to decide between Suguru and you. I ... always liked both of you the same. But now ... it´s like both of you have become one. So let me tell you without further hesitation: I love you!"

Uggggh!!! >_<

If it´s true that the last scene was anime-exclusive, then maybe there´s hope and we won´t have to bare more of these fusion-style happenings. But ... I´m not that optimistic.

[David75]

I'm wondering if this show really is about soccer...
Not that I would mind, but It isn't that clear yet.

[Buffalobiian]

"You know, Kakeru ... I´ve never been able to decide between Suguru and you. I ... always liked both of you the same. But now ... it´s like both of you have become one. So let me tell you without further hesitation: I love you!"


Haha, that would give any but the most desperate guy a mindfuck.


With or without the transplant he'd still be treated as a Suguru v1.5 or at least compared to him considering how big Suguru was within soccer.

I disagree.

He will always be compared with his brother, as are all close siblings of starts who happen to be doing the same thing (two soccer players, two brother at the same school..). I don't consider that being Star vs Star1.5.

The way they've played things out currently (it's less the heart transplant but seemingly the face-transplant) that makes Kakeru into a slightly different version of Kakeru. People are recognising Suguru's aura in Kakeru.

In the extreme case you could even say Suguru reincarnated himself as Kakeru during those scenes.

[fireheart]

He will always be compared with his brother, as are all close siblings of starts who happen to be doing the same thing (two soccer players, two brother at the same school..). I don't consider that being Star vs Star1.5.

The way they've played things out currently (it's less the heart transplant but seemingly the face-transplant) that makes Kakeru into a slightly different version of Kakeru. People are recognising Suguru's aura in Kakeru.

In the extreme case you could even say Suguru reincarnated himself as Kakeru during those scenes.

Well my reasoning is like this, since his brother is a huge star carrying the hope of Japans football on his shoulder those are some pretty big shoes to fill. This basically mean that people will expect him to be at the same level as him, but viewing him as 1.5 might be a bit much since it implies that Kakeru will be a better player than Suguru more like a 0.5-1.0 at most. This is basically the stance most will have that don't know him and they may be disappointed that he's not like him.

Well people have already said that the bit at the end is anime original. As for the part with Yuusuke it could be as simple as the fact that when Kakeru is serious he gives of similar vibes as Suguru as we've never really seen him with a serious expression before. Though most likely that's not what they were going for, just saying there could be more explanations to it or it could just be Yuusuke imagining things from the loss of Suguru and unconsciously connected their images together because he wants Kakeru to play. And Kakerus expression could be an effect of Yuusukes words about running away as it obviously reminded him a lot of his brother.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

I'm finding it hard to like this show as much as I liked it in the beginning. The psychiatrist contributes so much tension to the show she she's around that its hard to get into it. It's almost as if she liked Suguru, but then Suguru revealed that he liked Nana, so she's screwing this up for them. It's only on interpretation, but its the best one that describes the "is she trying to cause trouble or what?" feeling that surrounds her.

Kakeru's problem resolved a lot faster than I had anticipated, on the other hand. I wonder if it'll come back though.. would he one day think again about whether the dream is his or his brother's. The whole idea that the dream was shared works around this though.

Then you have the whole thing with him moving schools despite how much support his school team has given him. Some of the development just doesn't really sit right.

[MFauli]

Ugh, that was simply too stupid when Seven told him about his heart transplant being from his brother´s. What was the point of the scene between her and the crazy psychologist woman then?! Lol, at worst, telling Kakeru about it could have killed him, giving him a heart attack or the likes. Fortunately, this is a very shallow shounen-series, so that didn´t happen ...

And yes, both Kakeru and Seven changing schools just like that is on the silly side, too. Actually, it annoys me quite a bit, because usually in football-anime, you have one team that grows stronger. Right now, Area no Kishi seems to take a highly controversial route: Looking for already-good-players, then join their team. Haha. That´s usually what a villain would do :D

[Buffalobiian]

And yes, both Kakeru and Seven changing schools just like that is on the silly side, too. Actually, it annoys me quite a bit, because usually in football-anime, you have one team that grows stronger. Right now, Area no Kishi seems to take a highly controversial route: Looking for already-good-players, then join their team. Haha. That´s usually what a villain would do

Indeed. Suguru didn't do it, for one. I was very confused about his character up until recently actually. He looked much too tall, muscular and mature to be 15. He never attended classes or appeared to wear a school uniform.

[David75]

Seems like those waiting for a soccer anime are trolling themselves big time.
We're more in a drama/comedy anime and the preview clearly seems to indicate that.
That episode was truly bad in my humble opinion. Next one should follow.

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

I´m wondering how they´ll deal with Araki´s weight. Alright, he got fat after quitting the club, but even if he decides to re-join now, it´d take a lot of a comical element to have him turned back into his healthy old self within a, in terms of plot consequence, reasonable time span. Then again, a fat guy competing on national level soccer ... let´s just say I´ve never heard of truly overweight people playing high-level soccer successfully.

I guess, though, that Area no Kishi has already established several "cartoony" elements, so an overweight guy joining the team wouldn´t be that surprising.

On a sidenote, I can´t stand Seven. For someone that was part of the best members of the team, she´s too much of Kakeru´s fangirl. Seriously, grow a pair of ovaries and find a girls´ soccer team or something similar.

[Buffalobiian]

On a sidenote, I can´t stand Seven. For someone that was part of the best members of the team, she´s too much of Kakeru´s fangirl. Seriously, grow a pair of ovaries and find a girls´ soccer team or something similar.

I, on the other hand, can't watch this show without Seven. She's like the impossible girlfriend who is supportive of you yet shares your level of understanding completely (since she's probably just as good).

Realistically speaking her actions are explainable though. She came back to play soccer with Kakeru and Suguru. Playing for the girls' team doesn't quite match up with that as much as managing for Kakeru.

She might not always take on a water-carrying role. Things could turn out like they did in Cross Game.

I sure hope they keep up the beach soccer for a little longer before using the official field (if they can after they qualify to represent). Mandatory swimwear is great.

[David75]

It would take something like 6 months to get fatty back to shape. Probably another six to be average high school soccer player stamina/strength even if he was high level not that long ago. A full year is a lot of time, I guess they'll show us how useful he can be even just leveling up and how he'll make it just in time.
Or someone else will prove being at least as good, if not better than he is, might be the new midget, Araki being his manager to bring him to incredible levels.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

lololol... I didn't expect them to take the troll all the way to the Preview.

[David75]

Nice troll indeed. 10 to 15 kg in 2 weeks *loooool*

Or they are twins... one is the king, the other one is fatty boy.

They can't have us with the SD trick, can they!?

[MFauli]

Lol, wow. That´s the most nonsensical, complete cop-out I´ve ever seen. I´ve been waiting for some comedic "this is what he imagines himself, but this is what he actually looks like"-scene, but no, this anime seems to be serious about Araki being fit all of sudden.

On an unrelated note: Seven is one of the cuter anime-girls in recent times <3

[Buffalobiian]

I´ve been waiting for some comedic "this is what he imagines himself, but this is what he actually looks like"-scene

That's what I mean by the troll - the fact that his imagined image extends into the episode preview. The fact that this show is Area no Kishi, and that they purposely hid Araki's body from view on the grandstands puts me short of 100% confident though.

On your unrelated note, you said this, so get lost. :p



On a sidenote, I can´t stand Seven. For someone that was part of the best members of the team, she´s too much of Kakeru´s fangirl. Seriously, grow a pair of ovaries and find a girls´ soccer team or something similar.

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

10 days. :/

You know, I would have actually preferred a 100% comedic approach to Araki´s weight loss, rather than this totally seriously meant 10-day-change. Come on! It´s just silly in a non-comedic way.

Anyway. Was that "killer pass" of Araki´s that lead to the third goal supposed to be this super hard-to-catch pass that Suguru talked about? Because if so, I found the whole presentation to be quite underwhelming. Pass, next scene we see Kakeru being on the ball and shoot, goal. No exciting "can I get this pass? can I do it?!"-scene where we see him running in slowmo for 10-20 seconds. The show seemed to make a big deal of this conductor-knight-relationship, so I expected something more ... "epic".

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah.. 10 days with no comedy was a little underwhelming. If you're going to do something ridiculous, admitting it and going all the way would at least makes it enjoyable. Now we can expect Araki to perform more or less top-shape instead of constant weight-loss powerup (for better or worse).

I didn't think Araki's "killer pass" was exactly like Suguru's. Suguru admired Araki for having a better "passing sense" than he did - that is, intuitively knowing when and how hard to pass. Araki's the "Brazillian Soccer" character of the team before he's the conductor I feel.

We didn't get the whole "where is he passing t- oh shit there's Kakeru!" moments like in the game before with Suguru, but even that would have gotten old sooner or later.

[David75]

Regarding the passes, I guess we have to remember we're at the end of the match and everyone except Araki is a little exhausted.

So you can have exciting moments as everyone is slowing down, but that won't be super fast ultraskilled game.
Also, the pair needs to play together to create out of this world game. What they are doing for now is mere pro level soccer :D

Weight loss and muscle preservation all in 10 days?
If he had 2 to 5 to lose, that would have been hard to swallow but possible. That would fit with 20 minutes of play.
But they really did screw that part. How can we enjoy slow power-ups when they troll us that much?

So the game is about to end in a draw and everyone will have to fight to be in the remaining team to play official games.
True that most of SC's players are a tad useless as they are today, playing like over trained puppets and no imagination.
And it's not like all FC players are that useful either.
I feel like Oda might be useful.
Takase is harder to tell, very efficient in air battles obviously, but can't manage low balls very well.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Did anyone else notice how Araki's face lost like 1kg of fat by nightfall?

[MFauli]

They just fail at making Araki´s weight change ... funny. It remains silly and unlogical.

Also, this anime has to come up with a more specal plot soon. As it is, the whole progression is too "run off the mill". There´s no element of surprise, no special character development, and the soccer duels seem to take too much time for what´s actually happening, too. And now they´re stretching this thin plot even further afar by having us watch Seven´s matches.

It could very well be just an introductory phase, setting up things for the future of the series, but:

- how many episodes will this show even get? I assume season 1 is 26 episodes, but will there be a second season?
and
- we´re nearing the point at which any sort of introduction should come to an end. For this kind of show, something like ep 12 should mark the upper end of planning-episodes. From there, it needs to have found a clear path to follow for us, the audience.

[Buffalobiian]

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Nana is Soccer God.. and the US team sucked noodles. Unrealistic as it is (like a lot of things in this show really), it was fun enough to watch.

[MFauli]

Unfortunately, this show continues to be rather shallow. It´s closer to Inazuma Eleven than most other soccer-anime. Let alone Giant Killing, which presented itself extremely believable.

Biggest turn off in this ep was Nana´s entrance. Not only did I find her "I´ll get those points back in no time!" very arrogant (which apparently none of her team mates thought), but also did her solo play-style lead the whole concept of soccer ad absurdum. Who needs a team anymore, when you can do it all by yourself, eh?

I hoped that with the creation of the new soccer team of Kakeru´s, we´d see some more natural progression in how everyone becomes stronger. But Nana is just too ridiculously overpowered.

[Buffalobiian]

Unfortunately, this show continues to be rather shallow. It´s closer to Inazuma Eleven than most other soccer-anime. Let alone Giant Killing, which presented itself extremely believable.

Biggest turn off in this ep was Nana´s entrance. Not only did I find her "I´ll get those points back in no time!" very arrogant (which apparently none of her team mates thought), but also did her solo play-style lead the whole concept of soccer ad absurdum. Who needs a team anymore, when you can do it all by yourself, eh?

I hoped that with the creation of the new soccer team of Kakeru´s, we´d see some more natural progression in how everyone becomes stronger. But Nana is just too ridiculously overpowered.

She seems to be better than Kakeru and Suguru combined - as if the only thing keeping her back is her sex.. and she's perfectly fine with that.

Then again, was the main emphasis on:

Suguru: passing
Nana: dribbling
Kakeru: receiving/scoring?

At this point, if Araki was to go in there, it'd be Eating.

I completely agree about Nana coming off as a one-woman team. I was honestly afraid that the enemy was going to foul her with dire physical consequence because if I was the opposing team faced against such odds, that's what I'd do. Might be bad press considering this is a "friendly" match though.

But hey, Nana is hot, so 99% of it is forgiven.

I often wish I was that hot.

[MFauli]

Speaking of "holding her back": What is the reason she clings to her manager job again? I mean, is there any reason EXCEPT her being Kakteru´s fangirl? (ugh, I´m having flashbacks to the whole Uchiha Sasuke-Haruno Sakura-"thing"). If she puts up with the manager job only to be close to Kakeru, I think it wouldn´t be too wrong to call this series´ author misogynistic. At the very least, it´s a very old-fashioned plot device.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm not so sure about whether she's strictly a "fangirl". She wants to play soccer with Kakeru and Suguru - that much is certain. Being a manager allows them to be together in a gain spiritually as team even if she can't play physically. She still likes playing soccer and thus enjoyed playing in today's episode, but that's not what soccer's all about for her.

That's my take-home message anyway.

[Marik]

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Episode 10

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[Buffalobiian]

lol @ little-bitch. :D

I seriously thought the drama was coming back during the falling scene, and cringed for a second. In retrospect though, I'm not sure that it's necessarily a bad thing. Not much has happened lately to the extent that I'd welcome anything to drive the story forward at a faster pace.

I had hoped this match would accelerate Kakeru into being motivated further towards a goal, but he's keen on taking his time. :(

This better be a longer-running series (52eps?) or else we won't be getting much out of it at this rate.

It's funny now the girls' teams are drawn. You're either a good-looking ace/captain, or a short-haird, likely-stocky-looking tomboy.

[Marik]

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Episode 11

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[MFauli]

dunno if its just me, but subtitles of the 720p version were messed up. 480p working fine, though.

[Marik]

You must have the first 720p. All three versions had the subs from episode 4 originally and have since been updated.

[Buffalobiian]

It wasn't too bad an episode if they hadn't thrown in the waltz-like play right at the end. That put me off.

[Marik]

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Episode 12

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[Buffalobiian]

Being fat trains your lungs...
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...
...
...

Can't you just.. train AND be slim? >_>

I suppose given how unrealistically quickly Araki can shift his weight on/off, you could say that he "pads up" to increase his mass during training - then takes it off for his serious matches. That's.. as much sense as I can make from this situation.

The scene at line-up call with Nana was weird. She looked like she was all too happy to kick someone in the balls.

[MFauli]

Ugh, this show makes it hard to find something mentioning worthy of praise.

My two main problems with this episode:

1.) Yeah, Iwaki-sensei is tooooootally strict, by basically sacrificing a whole match only to show Araki to make a change. Seriously speaking, you cannot point towards somebody´s faults in a softer way than having him find out by himself.

2.) The selection at the end was the most boring, insultingly obvious scene in anime history ever.

And yet I´ll continue watching, because I love soccer anime :/

[Buffalobiian]

And yet I´ll continue watching, because I love soccer anime :/

Yeah, pretty much.

And Nana. Love her too.

[Marik]

Finally ripped...

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Episode 13

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[MFauli]

oh look, it´s sage-mode, erm, Suguru-mode again.

[Buffalobiian]

oh look, it´s sage-mode, erm, Suguru-mode again.

Suguru caught the smell and turned in his grave. :p

[Marik]

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Episode 14

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[MFauli]

lol, this episode.

- spending one fourth of the episode on a boring match between two random teams. As if watching Nana´s match wasn´t tiring enough.
- Nana fanservice. Hey, what does it feel like to witness how all of your team colleagues would love to fuck you, lol
- NOT SHOWING THE TSUJIDO-VIDEO! What a cheap tease. And it´s a bad tease, too, since it´s breaking the 4th wall. Everyone got to see it, except us, the audience. sigh
- Kakeru doing his feint training inmidst of a crucial match. wat. That´s just idiotic. Captain Tsubasa did it right, in the match where Nita copied Tsubasa´s volley shot. Kakeru just looks like a fool, doing some generic training unit while his team tries to survive.
- Araki´s mom waits 3 hours to get a piece of cake? Yeah, well, now we know why Araki became fat.
- most dramatic reaction to a broken leg ever? I think so. Lol, this guy´s face, as if his girlfriend was being raped by Griffth in front of him ...
- and lastly, his cannon shot, bending the metal fence. lol. This show has such trouble deciding between realism and artistic freedom.

Oh, and one last big sigh: ANOTHER cute girl has appeared that seems to be ANOTHER soccer goddess. Why not just kill all soccer players above age 16, kill all uglies, too, while you´re at it, and have Nana and the new girl play 2 vs 11. They´ll win anyway ...

PS: I *really* like soccer anime, you know :D

[David75]

Why did not you rant on that mysterious dribble that didn't make it AGAIN another whole ep, when stalling it was already enough last ep...

[Buffalobiian]

I was simply amused that we finally met a team that's well and truly evil sounding. The preview makes it sound like they're playing pinball with the ball before shooting it in.

[David75]

I was simply amused that we finally met a team that's well and truly evil sounding. The preview makes it sound like they're playing pinball with the ball before shooting it in.

To me it seems more like they use the throw-ins as a major attack.

Suppose you have a player able to throw the ball at high speed and precision anywhere near the 20 last meters.
Suppose almost all the team, if not all the team runs full speed towards the goal.
Suppose any of these running guys can volley-shoot that throw-in... what can you really do about it?

Free-kicks, throw-ins, corners can be the most thrilling events of a game, so I hope they'll make good use/depiction of those times when a game can totally change.
After all there's anticipation, inner fights, preparation and everything is settled in under 60 seconds from the kick.

But I fear we'll have 20 minutes explaining non-nonsensical non related things, then some appetizing images just before the cut for the next ep where nothing interesting will happen again.

[Marik]

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Episode 15

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[MFauli]

"Oh noez, the sides are a trap!"
How about ... not suddenly sucking? What a lame "trap".

And I see, they went all Kickers with the throw-in attack.

Aaand there´s Suguru-mode again. Ugh.

I´m starting to think like Buffalo: Watching this for Nana, lol.

[Buffalobiian]

This Suguru-magic BS just got pushed to new heights. It's as if Kakeru can't do a thing on his own (no fault of his own.. Suguru is just that much of a hog even when he's dead)..

And then we had the scene where Nana grabs Kakeru's hands after she sees Suguru. That pissed me off too.

You're dead, Suguru. GTFO. Take your psychiatrist with you.

[David75]

Suguru switch... lame

Long throw-in was obvious last ep already. I had forgotten about the off-side specifics.

I can't believe the preview entirely spoils next ep...

[Marik]

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Episode 16

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[MFauli]

So much nonsense in one episode :/

Something I really didn´t get: How exactly did Enoshima seal away the laser beam-throw in of Kimu-kun? So they trick him into one yellow card, and ... so what?

And what´s this three seconds-crap? So instead of supporting the team and defending the goal, Kakeru spaced out, stood away from the immediate danger and waited/hoped for the others to clear the situation, so he could start a counter? Wow, nice plan ... that depends 100% on luck.

Also, as dumb as Suguru-mode is, it´s ten-fold as dumb when other people actually notice THAT it *is* Suguru-mode, lol. If it was just a reaction like "wow, I didn´t know Kakeru was that good", but no. They watch him and think "omg, that is Suguru! What´s going on?!".

[Buffalobiian]

Something I really didn´t get: How exactly did Enoshima seal away the laser beam-throw in of Kimu-kun? So they trick him into one yellow card, and ... so what?

They pretty much made the judge perceive Kimu running across the field to take a throw-in as being a time-wasting measure, so now Kimu can only take throw-ins when they're near him. I think it only works since they're short on time, so the judge will give him another yellow if he thinks that they're wasting time by asking him to do another throw-in instead of letting a closer player do it in a more timely manner.


And what´s this three seconds-crap? So instead of supporting the team and defending the goal, Kakeru spaced out, stood away from the immediate danger and waited/hoped for the others to clear the situation, so he could start a counter? Wow, nice plan ... that depends 100% on luck.

That's pretty much it. It's basically putting more resources into future-planning and taking a bit away from the immediate danger. I don't disagree with him though, because in such a packed group of 10-vs-10 the odds will be due to chance anyway. I can't see any co-ordinated method of saving this besides frantic clearing. 11-vs-10 wouldn't have made much difference IMO..

On the other hand, having a striker being ready to counter from the get to does.


Also, as dumb as Suguru-mode is, it´s ten-fold as dumb when other people actually notice THAT it *is* Suguru-mode, lol. If it was just a reaction like "wow, I didn´t know Kakeru was that good", but no. They watch him and think "omg, that is Suguru! What´s going on?!".

I think Suguru was well known enough that it's fair to say that they recognised his style of play. He wasn't just any good player. It sounded as if he was the best in his age-group Japan had. I'm not too caught up about that. To be honest, after watching the entire episode, I actually enjoyed a little Suguru-play - mostly because it didn't matter at the end since Kakeru was responsible for the play that actually mattered.

Talking about Kakeru scoring points and such, didn't he still look at the ball when he did the mystic feint? And they didn't even show it.. how cheap. :(. I can only guess that it was the over-head backward lob.

Tsujido's loss turned out to be a bit emotional for me considering they're Team Evil. The overall match really was pretty tense.

And the sound effect of the net when Mako headed the rebound sounded like it was Mako's spine breaking against the goal post, lol.

[Marik]

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Episode 17

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[MFauli]

oh my, I had to pause the episode due to sheer hilarity.

Worst - doctor - ever.

"It´s possible that Suguru is still alive inside of you"

:|

EDIT:

Well, seems like everyone in this show is insane, except for coach Iwaki.
Also, I want this show to be about Silva and Suguru playing together against strong teams. The golden duo of Nankatsu! Oh wait, Suguru´s dead :/

And nice, attempted rape as a closing scene for this episode.

Next episode another Seven-match, ugh.

[Buffalobiian]

I want to bitch-slap that Dr so badly. It's good that she's not real (I guess), but I also can't hit her because of that. :(

At the very least, Seven riding a bide in shorts and a sporty top = :)


Well, seems like everyone in this show is insane, except for coach Iwaki.

He let Araki get fat because it was good for him. He's not entirely sane, but is the better of the lot. I actually think Seven's pretty level-headed about all this. Perhaps she could be a bit more.. protective for herself, but soccer geniuses seem to possess some effective anti-rape weapons.

[Marik]

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Episode 18

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This substitute coach is annoying as hell...

[MFauli]

Ugh, those Nana-matches are sooooooooo boring to watch. The presentation of actual soccer in this anime is weak as is, but then having to bear those matches with teams full of no-name characters is just terrible. Not to mention the amazing non-team work, lol.

But I´m happy for coach Takeda. Hope we´ll get a spinoff- hentai anime series called "Takeda 11 Love Love Paradise" :/

[Buffalobiian]

So they finally removed the handicap on Araki now that they're in the official tournament. I wonder why they keep starting Kakeru on the bench anyway.. They always end up using him for goals.

I have no idea what the snoopy journalist is doing. He's giving off some really bad vibes, but in the end what did he find? Japan's female ace has a bf and they practice at the park?

[MFauli]

but in the end what did he find? Japan's female ace has a bf and they practice at the park?

Basically, Kakeru is about to receive the death penalty, since having contact to girls is against Japanese law. Oh something like that.

[Marik]

HorribleSubs
The Knight in the Area
Episode 19

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[MFauli]

I dont even know what to say about this episode. It´s just so ... boring. You know, if you do an anime about rather simple sports tactics, you better do it with style. See Prince of Tennis.

This, however, is like a worse version of Inazuma Eleven/Tsubasa. Take away strong characters and an exciting presentation and you end up with Area no Kishi.

This is 26 episodes, right? Because I don´t really want to watch this for much longer.

[Buffalobiian]

This is 26 episodes, right? Because I don´t really want to watch this for much longer.

Mahou showtime doens't say how long this will go for.

Four rows just seems to be 4 super-quality defenders. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Marik]

[HorribleSubs] The Knight in the Area - 20 : 1080p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=315298) | 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=315296) | 480p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=315294)

[MFauli]

No idea why I´m still watching this anime. All I thought over the course of the whole episode was "get to the end, get to the end". And thank you, dear producers, giving as filler-episode next week for an anime that isn´t much more than filler in itself.

As for one extra annoying part, WHAT is the freaking deal with dating each other? "Are you two going out?" - "NONONONONONO!!!". What is wrong with you? She´s hot, he´s a popular player, you both clearly like each other. And you´re too old to be all shy about girls/boys. That and the "oh noez, her lips touched this bottle. This is like an indirect kiss ..."-scene were reeeeeally annoying.
Looking forward to the final soccer match, where that mysterious reporter publishes his "Enoshima striker Aizawa Kakeru is seeing a girl. How can the nation of Japan allow such a vile person to continue playing soccer?"-article.

[Buffalobiian]

I liked this match. Suguru tutoring Kakeru is so much better than having him take over Kakeru instead. The only real issue with that now is if it'll make him King/Knight, or just make him a better knight.

Throwing the blond catalyst in there was also good to spice things up from here on. Her rack bounced an awful lot when she moved and talked.

Phi-trick.. is that even physically possible?

[David75]

I liked this match. Suguru tutoring Kakeru is so much better than having him take over Kakeru instead. The only real issue with that now is if it'll make him King/Knight, or just make him a better knight.

Throwing the blond catalyst in there was also good to spice things up from here on. Her rack bounced an awful lot when she moved and talked.

Phi-trick.. is that even physically possible?

Well, usually the phi trick is the ball going straight and the player going around the defender.

But since in that show they're able to have back spin as strong as in snooker or tennis, well it would be possible in their world.

Paraboloid are possible with flying balls, like freekick. I've never seen enough spin in a ball that it would change its trajectory so dramatically when touching grass... or on a very short trajectory.

[Buffalobiian]

Paraboloid are possible with flying balls, like freekick. I've never seen enough spin in a ball that it would change its trajectory so dramatically when touching grass... or on a very short trajectory.

Yeah, Araki's free kick was understandable.. this one's kinda over my head.

[David75]

Yeah, Araki's free kick was understandable.. this one's kinda over my head.

If the phi trick is a problem to you, how did you not react to Araki's trick last ep. That was even worse!
If you remember, he kicked the ball towards another player, flew past the defender.
The ball touched the ground, the backspin was so strong it came back right back to him, all of that at high speed.

It clearly has been set out of reality from the very beginning. It's just getting worse every ep.

[Buffalobiian]

If the phi trick is a problem to you, how did you not react to Araki's trick last ep. That was even worse!
If you remember, he kicked the ball towards another player, flew past the defender.
The ball touched the ground, the backspin was so strong it came back right back to him, all of that at high speed.

Super-back-spin was pushing my limits, sure.. but to change trajectory while touching grass is a bit too much for me.

If the idea was that you kick the ball in the air so that it travelled in a straight line, bounced + spun + changed direction, bounced back to center-line... then that would be a little better. (aka diamond trick instead of phi)

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

Yeah, whatever. Don´t even try to make an attempt at a love drama. You´re not clever enough for that, dear anime.

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, whatever. Don´t even try to make an attempt at a love drama. You´re not clever enough for that, dear anime.

I liked it well enough, though it obviously fell short of actual drama. Mai turned out to be rather mild as far as spicing goes, but it got a little blood running anyway.

Araki's search for food and their attempts at scoring the boots were much more fun in comparison, albeit much less eyecandy.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Why does Kakeru always start on the bench? It makes no sense other than like how Ultraman Tiga always runs low on energy before finishing up a fight - for "suspense".

Phi-trick was as superhuman as before, so that was to be expected. Araki's "scorpion kick" was funny though. The commentator said he jumped, be the animation showed that he was still planted on the ground. Indeed, unless you intended to perform an overhead kick like that from the get-go, you couldn't have changed your airborne positioning like that without traction.

From a physics point of view, I'd have thought you can gain more height by putting your energy purely into a thrust with your head instead of wasting the energy in order to induce a spin...

But Mai showed up in street clothes again, so all's cool.

[David75]

Indeed, the scorpion trick is a rare occurence... Because if you can do it, normally you're able to headsmash the same ball.

The scorpion trick is used if you were not able to jump because of a defender, or tripped or something.

To me, it's more of a fun trick, something that really pleases the audience and generally infuriates the other team as you show how easy it is for you to score and they aren't even good enough to stop you.

[Marik]

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[David75]

Seems like it's becoming more and more... well unwatchable maybe?


Kakeru did not goal against his team.

So the explanation they'll give us is that the other guy countered his shot with his full power, creating an hyper mega giga railgun shoot that did travel 80m FTL to the other side goal?

[MFauli]

God, is this series becoming a drag to watch. Everything is so ... amateurishly presented. We´re being shown 100s of attempts to score a goal, and than Kakeru finally gets one in. But it´s completely undramatic. There´s zero excitement going on. :/

Also, this Asuka-guy can teleport, cant he. We see him in one scene blocking person A. Person A passed to person B. And Asuka is there to attack person B. lol.

They made the Yoin way too strong, tbh. Now it´ll feel utterly nonsensical, when Enoshima inevitably wins.

[Buffalobiian]

Kakeru did not goal against his team.

So the explanation they'll give us is that the other guy countered his shot with his full power, creating an hyper mega giga railgun shoot that did travel 80m FTL to the other side goal?

Asuka blocks it and pulls a counter at lightning speed. They changed the presentation up a bit for effect right at the end of the episode, bit it wasn't an "instant" shoot straight down the pitch like the timing suggested.

I'm actually liking these episodes against Yoin since they focus more on training and fitness that go along with the tactics. Most of the other matches were mostly about genuis play or weakness-matching (yes, despite teleporting Asuka and all).



They made the Yoin way too strong, tbh. Now it´ll feel utterly nonsensical, when Enoshima inevitably wins.

I want Yoin to win, but Enoshima will pull their Deus Ex and have Sugugu come back from soccer-heaven for a while. I hate it when that happens. And it definitely will since the whole point of that backstory was to show that Suguru can beat Asuka in 10 minutes.

[Marik]

[HorribleSubs] The Knight in the Area - 24: 1080p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=325000) | 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=324999) | 480p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=324998)

[Buffalobiian]

Even without the coach saying so, I had already decided this episode that I'll treat Suguru as the split-personality of Kakeru instead of some organ-possession phenomenon (pretty much like a certain character from Gundam 00).

That makes things easier to bear since I think of both sides as still being Kakeru...

The problem then, is the cringe I get when Leo orgasms every moment Suguru does something. That's pretty creepy.

[David75]

Even without the coach saying so, I had already decided this episode that I'll treat Suguru as the split-personality of Kakeru instead of some organ-possession phenomenon (pretty much like a certain character from Gundam 00).

That makes things easier to bear since I think of both sides as still being Kakeru...

The problem then, is the cringe I get when Leo orgasms every moment Suguru does something. That's pretty creepy.

They took that from Hunter x Hunter.
Leo is in Hisoka mode...

[MFauli]

Ugh, this is sooo bad. I really cannot understand how the author of this story thought it to be a good idea to make the protagonist´s success wholly dependent on some inner possessing, be it schizophrenic behavior or an actual spirit/ghost haunting him. This anime presents the simplest football-shounen clichees and cannot even get that right.

Would have made for a more interesting story had Kakeru died and we´d follow Suguru´s career, who´s haunted by some kind of guilt over his dead little brother. At least we wouldn´t have to question his abilities in football...

[Buffalobiian]

Suguru's the wall-hack, the aimbot, the unlimited-sprint. The show goes to great lengths to tell us that despite Suguru's talent, there's still one thing that Kakeru can do well (and better than his brother), and that's being a striker and looking/predicting opportunities.

But really, if you're as good as Suguru, there's no way you can't read the game if you can read every player. Suguru's every bit as good as Kakeru. And then some.

And that's annoying that our main char is forever 2nd-rated by a dead character.

Please make the next episode be another beach training session with Seven fanservice or something.

[Marik]

[HorribleSubs] The Knight in the Area - 25: 1080p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=327597) | 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=327602) | 480p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=327600)

Looks like the next episode doesn't air until 7/14.

[Buffalobiian]

I wanted to see Mai chest that ball some more :(

[Marik]

I want to see more Mai in general. I prefer her over Nana.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Right at the beginning of the episode I began to wonder at what became of the sneaky photographer. He was taking pictures of Nana and Kakeru, right?

The dude that Mai freaked out about had a newspaper in his back pocket... but it might not actually be related..

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 27 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=333774)

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Just.. lol.

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episode 29 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=335842)

edit:.. make that 28.

[Marik]

This is episode 29, Buffy.

[HorribleSubs] The Knight in the Area - 29: 1080p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=338205) | 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=338208) | 480p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=338204)

[Buffalobiian]

This is episode 29, Buffy.

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Ahhhh.

It makes sense that all of Kakeru's "Suguru play" is now sought after by the national team. A change of regular cast is nice since I've just about had my fill of all the regular players - and after seeing the South Americans in action I want to see a more star-studded team.

[Marik]

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[Marik]

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[Marik]

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[David75]

worst filler ever.
watch this with empty stomach or you'll regret it...

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

Caught up.

I dunno ... this anime feels like even the producers themselves want to get it over with. So rushed. Like they watched other sports-anime and are just checking the list. "hero attending a special training with all the star players from other teams? Check!"

Oh, and since there have been so many terrible filler-ish episodes teasing it: This anime is REALLY bad with romance stuff. Seriously, I´m so bored by everything Mai does, because the nature of this show simply does not allow for her and Kakeru to become a couple. Everything is so static, clichee, typical, that anything but Kakeru+Seven would be the most shocking twist ever since Tobi being Obito. It´s just not happening. So, stop teasing the audience, we´re not that dumb.

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

Ugh, womens´ football is even worse in anime form, lol.

But I´m looking forward to the new Phi-trick, haha.

[Marik]

[HorribleSubs] The Knight in the Area - 35: 1080p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=352334) | 720p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=352332) | 480p (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=352330)

[Buffalobiian]

Alright, just caught up myself.

I'll enjoy Mai's fangirlism even if it'll ultimately be futile. She's more aggressive than Seven during normal hours, so I'm glad Seven still gets her time alone with Kakeru during their night practices to catch up.

The main attraction of this anime at the beginning was the unconventional focus on the striker being stealthy and pretty much reading the intentions of the "king" almost telepathically (as opposed to the usual fare of exotic techniques, super-rush or cannonball kicks), but quite a lot of that's been lost now.

Oh well. Looking forward to seeing what can be added to the already-absurd-phi-trick.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Next ep is the last ep?!

Well, I can't say I'm sad to see Area no Kishi finish.. but I'm rather disappointed that this turns out to be the final arc, and we won't see the tournament to completion. :(

[MFauli]

well, is it "last episode" as in "last of this season", or is it confirmed there won´t be another season? Anyway, at least I won´t feel obliged to keep watching this ... well, turd.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Well... that's that, huh?

The final credits reminded me that despite my hate for the wtf-psychiatrist, her appearance (as well as Leonardo Silva I guess) had a role in expanding some of the "psychological" issues in this show.. and the lack thereof has now shoved it down the path of some run-of-the-mill soccer anime.

That said, I don't dislike soccer anime, and even ones like this make my life a little more enjoyable (Mai and Seven anyone?). If there's a second season, I predict I'd watch it until it completely turns me off.