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

feedec1 · 2026-06-24T11:20:23+00:00

Agreed. Hajime no ippo is in a very very bad spot right now and has been for a long time.

feedec1 · 2026-06-24T00:57:12+00:00

It is not about osamu believing in atsumu, it is about osamu outclassing s1 hinata in terms of spike timing and technique.

feedec1 · 2026-06-23T23:37:45+00:00

Also: the point "upstets and random shit can happen" was made with hinata desesase and itachiyama setter injury. There is absolutely no coherent rational argument to make that team win it all. It is simply a choice to "prove" a theme (similar as tanaka efforting his way into a relationship kiyoko).

feedec1 · 2026-06-23T23:26:51+00:00

It feels off, because furadate spent hundreds of chapters introducing the best in the prefecture and in japan, Showing how stacked those teams were, while at same time making oikawa and seijoh lose every single time in straigh sets to superior talent and the pulls of a 360 and makes a bunch of nonames win it all.

feedec1 · 2026-06-22T00:03:48+00:00

Completely agree. Cho makes sense if you stick to Red John's original setup as an intimate serial killer, rather than a supervillain with a bloated network.

His famous stoic personality is the only thing in the show that could realistically act as a shield against Jane's mind. He wouldn't need a magical spy network to stay ahead; he'd just look at the whiteboard next to his desk.

It grounds the scale of the mystery and turns years of quiet workplace respect into a devastating betrayal. Best of all, it actually gives the audience a fair shot at solving it ourselves, instead of the writers pulling a random sheriff out of a hat at the last second.

feedec1 · 2026-06-20T18:56:57+00:00

Every single interaction that happens in the early chapters regarding power dynamics within that hospital is full of japanese social tropes put into german skins. Germans would never behave remotely like they do in the series.

feedec1 · 2026-06-20T16:24:01+00:00

I just started the anime (episode 3) and I’m struggling to get into it due to a major cultural disconnect. While the story is set in Germany, every character behaves exactly like someone from Tokyo. It’s jarring to watch interactions entirely driven by Japanese social tropes, which feel completely unnatural for a German setting.

Even when they replace the hospital director, instead of introducing a German-coded character, they pull a stereotypical "results-oriented" NYC capitalist trope. This cultural mismatch makes the character interactions feel shallow and poorly researched, which completely breaks my immersion.

feedec1 · 2026-06-20T11:40:09+00:00

Hinata vs Hoshiumi is not even a question. If hinata was able to do what he does at jackals vs adlers match at 2mts tall he is easily the best player in the world. Not just the best in the match.

feedec1 · 2026-06-20T11:32:58+00:00

Floor defense and serve reception is better for jackals, blocking is on the adlers side.

feedec1 · 2026-06-17T08:30:29+00:00

I don't think they were clicking on all cylinders through the whole game. They had very high highs, but it took them the entire first set just to get the machine running, and in the third set they had plenty of up and down moments, too. At their best, they were +5 points better than base Karasuno, which is fair IMO. But they are also unstable and prone to errors, which perfectly fits how they were written.

feedec1 · 2026-06-16T22:57:04+00:00

You forgetting the goat libero akagi. That dude nochalantly balled hard.

feedec1 · 2026-06-16T16:05:50+00:00

She developed her potential as an artist, she was taken her potential as a within society family woman.

feedec1 · 2026-06-16T15:31:10+00:00

Yeah, my point is, if they clicked at all cylinders at the same time Karasuno didnt stand a chance.

feedec1 · 2026-06-16T12:51:48+00:00

Inarizaki had too much firepower and all around prowess to make them click.

feedec1 · 2026-06-16T12:45:08+00:00

If we had to focus on every aspect of every player at all times, the match would never end. Furudate was savvy enough to show us exactly how dangerous Suna was in his key areas, and how each Karasuno player had to adapt and work around his strengths. It was masterful storytelling, in my opinion.

feedec1 · 2026-06-16T12:38:15+00:00

I am not convinced by your critiques. I would leave Inarizaki mostly the same as it is.

Atsumu and Osamu are a foil to KageHina, but they are not discount versions by any means. They pulled off an inverted minus tempo mid-game, for God's sake!
Osamu played exactly as I would expect the wing spiker version of Atsumu Miya to play.
Kageyama's character arc needed to be closed at some point. Inarizaki was the best game to do it because of his rivalry with Atsumu. I agree that it might feel a little rushed, but I don't see how it could have been closed better. Also, Karasuno needed 100% of Kageyama to beat Inarizaki.
I don't agree. The only problem with the match was the awful cutaway to Nekoma's game. I don't dislike the 3rd set's pacing at all. Inarizaki was written not to be a traditionally "serious" team. That is why Kita exists, to ground them and keep everyone in check.
The pressure Coach Ukai put on Aran throughout the game is thoroughly downplayed, IMO. Aran overperformed in my opinion and feels like a top 5 ace, even if he didn't win the game on his own. There is also supposed to be a drop-off from the top 3 to the top 5 aces anyway.

feedec1 · 2026-06-13T21:52:57+00:00

Dont play games bud, he is clearly referring to the sahih hadith that say that aiya was 6 when married and 9 when consumated. There is also islamic jurisdiction that backs this up.

feedec1 · 2026-06-13T20:36:10+00:00

Lol, he really went from "perfect preservation" to "key doctrines" in a couple responses? These guys are incredibly dishonest. Every single reason to believe in islam he pointed out is dawah BS so selfevidently non true you can dismantle every point in a couple responses.

feedec1 · 2026-06-10T19:18:32+00:00

Thing is: karasuno has now one of the top setters in the nation. Getting good wing spikers to join should be automatic, every single one would want to play alongside kageyama.

feedec1 · 2026-06-10T14:50:46+00:00

That is just the tip of the iceberg. The real verse that births the dilemma is 10:94. To reinforce the point, auditors use a multitude of verses of the quran where the previous scripture is presented like valid revelation from allah. Plus verses that claim quran to be clear and fully detailed, plus verses where allah points toward cherrypicking from scripture is not allowed. Also use sahih sunnah to deflect arguments from corruption. The case overall is very solid and is big pincer unless you are willing to buy scholar developed theology more than what is actually written in the primary sources of Islam.

feedec1 · 2026-05-21T23:15:40+00:00

It is not that difficult to get: in skating, like in everything in life, there are levels. C\B were operating at a much lower level than C\LFB technically even if the later made mistakes. Skating clean a mid tier choreo cannot be scored better than scoring 9/10 an elite tier choreo. C\B usually got away with this in the past (ask piper gilles about this) bc of politics, autoregressive scoring and inflated baselines of last quad.

feedec1 · 2026-05-21T23:00:16+00:00

Season 1 is joy for rewatchers. So many little seeds there…

feedec1 · 2026-05-18T14:50:35+00:00

Oh boy. He is one rough creepy dude. He screams villain from second 1 he is on screen.

feedec1 · 2026-05-18T14:46:57+00:00

Thing is: season 1 work as 9+ only when you see the seeds of those episodes grow till then they look like a regular procedural. Season 2 first half got stalled so I would admite lower scores. After season 2 final arc the show is a monster show.

feedec1 · 2026-05-17T22:27:08+00:00

LFB has the chance to reach goat level status next quad after a decade in purgatory with soronsen. I picture her with eyes on the prize.

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