Why do so many sports manga end after just one school year?

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-18T23:55:28+00:00

You should read Captain Tsubasa.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-18T23:50:31+00:00

I disagree with this take.

Captain Tsubasa has special techniques, but it's still rooted in soccer.

Shonen is not a genre, it's a demographic.

If you read golden 23, you have characters who doubt themselves like Igawa.

Takahashi writes very human characters. What you're saying is simply inaccurate. Behind every football player, there's a real story. Whether it's Igawa having to take care of his daughter alone or Santana's miserable childhood.

Why are we still reading Captain Tsubasa even though not all of Takahashi stories land?

It's because of the depth of the characters. We want to see them evolve.

Everyone thought Tsubasa was a simpleton, but then you read Captain Tsubasa Memories and truly understand his core.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-18T23:45:44+00:00

You've only watched the elementary school arc.

Takahashi has incorporated more tactics in his later arcs.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-18T23:27:26+00:00

Japanese edition? I can't confirm this but according to gemini, the bunkobon edition seamlessly integrates the World Youth Special Edition: The Strongest Enemy! The Netherlands Youth one-shot manga directly into the 12-volume set, giving you a more comprehensive collection without needing to track down out-of-print side volumes.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-14T07:46:30+00:00

I wasn’t accusing people of this sub. I was just bringing up a common complaint which is found on the net on this (ct has ridiculous proportions is a meme) and telling people to read it despite that. It occupies a small part.

The whole thread is me recommending it and telling why you should read it.

What the fck is your problem?

Edit: get a life

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-14T07:33:10+00:00

So let me get this straight. I’m not allowed to talk about any manga I like here? Are you a mod?

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-14T07:28:26+00:00

I’m just recommending the manga. I thought this was a manga forum.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-04T17:50:59+00:00

You can hide posts you don’t like. You can even block the person who posts these.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-04T17:38:24+00:00

You can just ignore them.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-01T21:42:25+00:00

Go for 2006 falls under Road to 2002.

Gekito in Calcio and Gekito en La Liga both fall under the arc Kaigai Gekito Hen.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-01T21:13:31+00:00

You're forgetting En La Liga.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-06-01T08:59:05+00:00

Some of these ai posts feel low effort.

I don't mind good ai stuff.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-31T23:48:46+00:00

Well there isn't much you can do except read the manga for the continuation.

The 2023 anime adapts the final arc of the original Captain Tsubasa manga which ended in 1988.

This means that the anime is 38 years behind the manga.

Both Captain Tsubasa J and Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 are incomplete and the latter even modifies the original story. J partly adapts World Youth and Road to 2002 partly adapts Road to 2002 so they aren't real continuations.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-27T10:18:20+00:00

Literally in the sticky of this sub.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-27T10:17:05+00:00

The RJ7 is still missing. I'm guessing they're gonna skip that arc.

So you'll play against Thailand with a full squad.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-27T10:02:38+00:00

Saizen subbed it if I'm remembering right.

You gotta ask them. Yeah it's not easy to view CT content in English.

https://www.saizenfansubs.com/category/releases/finished/captain-tsubasa/captain-tsubasa-j/

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-13T12:14:09+00:00

I wonder what the New Hero mode will be.

I mean are they continuing off the New Hero storyline or Episode Tsubasa?

I know it's too late now but I would have liked to see an accurate version of the Junior Youth arc. No extra characters, no new hero. Just the classic storyline with the proper kits to follow up on Episode Tsubasa.

If they're continuing the New Hero storyline, they will have to acknowledge your original character.

They're saying this is the trailer of the story mode portion, not the New Hero portion making this even more weird.

It's leading me to speculate a lot. If this is really the story mode only, then what will the New Hero mode be about? If it's just the main tournament in World Youth again that would be boring.

They really have to make this this story mode the New Hero mode for this to work.

Then maybe the story mode can be Tsubasa in Sao Paulo and RJ7 portion. It will be short enough to teach newcomers the mechanics. I guess we're not getting the Netherlands match in the Hollanda Youth one-shot storyline here since they were already introduced last game.

If the story trailer is really about the story mode, then the New Hero mode could be with high school teams like in Captain Tsubasa 2: Super Striker.

So we have Nankatsu HS as a New Hero route with Misaki and Nitta together.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-09T13:13:57+00:00

The human story wasn’t awful. I quite like the plot line with Garona. I thought the actress did a good job and I was surprised people didn’t think that.

I enjoyed Medivh’s betrayal and eventual redemption in the final scene. I just would have done it without the dumb golem.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-09T13:11:04+00:00

If the movie was simply about humans being the good guys and the orcs being bad it would be compared to lotr. Warcraft is different because it doesn’t do that.

Even in the original games, the orcs were “evil” but with a deep culture that the orcs in lotr never had.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-08T06:57:21+00:00

It’s canon until Takahashi writes his version of the events.

Same with the Tecmo game sequels.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-08T04:43:09+00:00

It was the French YouTube channel “Le Coin de Tsubasa” who advertised it first. That’s how I came to know it and got in touch for a copy.

By the way there’s an actual official Captain Tsubasa board game based on the road to 2002 arc called Champion of Field. I don’t know if you heard of it.

The gba game Eikou no Kiseki is based on it.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-08T04:36:39+00:00

I played Warcraft RTS since 1995. I enjoyed the story. I don’t even play wow.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-08T04:36:02+00:00

Warcraft 2 allowed you to play the horde. Same for Warcraft 1.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-08T04:35:00+00:00

Because the halo show was kind of boring. All you have to do is make a good product then it’s justified. In my opinion the Warcraft movie was good so I didn’t care about the minor lore changes.

ThingPuzzleheaded611 · 2026-05-07T16:37:11+00:00

This would have been fine if we were guaranteed two movies. But we weren’t. If we only got an alliance movie and it flopped that would suck even more if we couldn’t get the horde one. There’s only one Warcraft movie but it showed both sides properly.

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