Ao Ashi Episode 23

I really feel like this was each the longest and shortest episode but. There have been a number of conversations that occurred and actually, it’s superb how a lot a crew can change going into the second half. Heck! Even Musashino is feeling the stress. Kaneda is now not trying just like the beast that he was at first of this sport. Sorry Kaneda, there’s extra to soccer than simply overpowering everybody and it’s about time that you simply discovered that. As for Esperion, there’s nonetheless quite a lot of disagreements between the gamers, but it surely appears while you cease considering solely about your self, you begin to see the numerous choices you may have for taking part in the sport. 

One factor that actually stood out to me this week, is the truth that nobody ended up apologizing and there weren’t any resolutions to any earlier disagreements. As an alternative, characters realized that they nonetheless have to work collectively in an effort to have a profitable sport and I believe that’s not one thing you normally see in these situations. Often, you may have massive fights that finish with everybody realizing that they’re all making an attempt to perform the identical factor after which the whole lot is all good. As an alternative, Togashi, Kuroda, and Takeshima all basically view soccer in another way, however all of them carry worth to the desk and one isn’t essentially higher than the opposite. 

And I’ve to provide kudos to the episode for giving us a concentrate on Togashi. He’s a extremely fascinating character who genuinely loves soccer however tends to be ostracized for numerous causes. Palms down my favourite half is when Togashi is reminiscing about each Fukuda and Coach Nozomi. It begins out with him being very deliberate in solely caring about Fukuda’s educating and naturally, in the end being disenchanted when he’s caught with Nozomi, who, in comparison with Fukuda, is virtually a no person. And that view of Nozomi actually bums me out, as a result of over the total season I’ve grown to understand him a complete lot extra! He’s nonetheless the stone-faced coach, however he’s the stone-faced coach that cares about his gamers and their development. So, when Togashi begins to remember what Nozomi has mentioned to him, it feels actually good to see him acknowledged. And to high it off, Nozomi is probably going one of many first coaches Togashi has had that encourages his play type. Togashi is simply seen as a brute and racks up the yellow playing cards; individuals are afraid of him. However Nozomi? He doesn’t see something inherently flawed with it. He is aware of that Togashi is sort of being focused however doesn’t actively discourage it. And in the end, it feels very nice when you may have somebody in your facet. 

However outdoors of Nozomi, Togashi additionally wants to grasp how each Takeshima and Kuroda play. Takeshima is a defender by way of and thru, he’s superb at understanding what individuals are doing across the aim and how one can transfer appropriately to place probably the most stress. Togashi is rather more of a within the second kind defender. He’s conscious of what’s occurring, however his actions is probably not as deliberate as Takeshima’s. Alternatively we’ve got Kuroda, who by the best way, shouts out to him for taking part in after sustaining that damage, whose each transfer is deliberate. Each transfer that he makes has a objective, whereas different gamers could also be somewhat extra free flowing. Incorporating each of those types may help Togashi (and actually a handful of different gamers) significantly. After which in fact Togashi. There are many gamers in Esperion who can take down Kaneda, however I believe Togashi is the best one for the job. It could in all probability harm Kaneda extra if Aoi was the one who did it, however Togashi’s rougher nature provides him sufficient to battle again. Let’s go Togashi!! Knock him down a peg!!

I really feel somewhat bit unhealthy about speaking a lot about Togashi on this put up, however I actually do suppose he was a main focus. There was additionally some enjoyable stuff with Aoi, however that largely got here within the type of conversations with Fukuda and Hana. They have been good interactions, however I don’t have an excessive amount of to say about them aside from the truth that he received some extra meals for thought. I actually like that Fukuda feedback to Aoi to not have him be the tip all for each play that he calls. As an alternative, it encourages him to consider the total discipline and gamers. It’s good to wish to hold scoring, however generally when you solely concentrate on getting the rating your self, you lose quite a lot of alternatives. To not point out Ohtomo, Kuroda, and Tachibana are at the moment the one ones who will straight hearken to Aoi. I’d say Asari as nicely, however he’s extra of a conditional listener. However hey! He was there to assist the crew get the aim!