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Title: This Is American Football
Title: This Is American Football
Series:
Eyeshield 21 #30
Author:
Riichiro Inagaki
Artist:
Yusuke Murata
Rating:
4 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Sports Manga
Pages:
200
Format:
Digital Scan
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Synopsis: |
Sena takes over being quarterback for a couple of plays and allows the Devilbats to make a touchdown. Kurita is just sitting around numbly from his failure to protect Hiruma and it takes his apprentice getting the stuffing beaten out of him to bring back his fierce, protective spirit.
Hiruma
comes back in the game and no one can tell, except Sena and Musashi,
if he's ok or faking it. Either way, Hiruma gets in the heads of the
Dinosaurs and really messes them up. So much so that the score is
tied at 35-35 with only 5 minutes to go in the final half.
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My Thoughts:
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Much better than the previous volume. Gaou is stopped by Komusubi, who gets the heck beaten out of him time and time again. Just when it looks like he's done for, Kurita finally wakes up and realizes it is up to him to protect the whole team from Gaou. And he does. Gaou's power drives are stopped cold and the Devilbats begin to make inroads.
Hiruma coming back was something else.
It was supposed to show his grit, his determination, his pure will
power. But my only thought was, “grow up kid, you have your whole
life ahead of you. Don't waste it by destroying yourself right now”.
Back in my teens or even 20's I would have been eating up Hiruma's
attitude with two spoons! I guess I'm mellowing.
I kept wondering if they were going to
end this game in this book but as soon as the page came up all
dramatic about “Only 5 Minutes Left!!!” I knew another volume was
on the way. Sure enough, 3 pages later the volume ended. It didn't
actually bother me, which surprised me. I think it is because it
brought home to me that I am nearing the end of this series. Only 7
more volumes to go!
★★★★☆
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