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Title: The Last of the Deimon Devilbats
Title: The Last of the Deimon Devilbats
Series:
Eyeshield 21 #34
Author:
Riichiro Inagaki
Artist:
Yusuke Murata
Rating:
4.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Sports Manga
Pages:
216
Format:
Digital Scan
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Synopsis: |
The Christmas Bowl is completed.
The Devilbats pull off miracle after
miracle. Sena outruns Yamata. Monta outcatches his opponent. They
catch up 34-42. Then the Alexanders score 2 points and make it 44-34.
10 Point difference. Impossible to overcome. Fans leave the stadium.
And Hiruma, who has finally believed in
each player this game, lies his ass off about a grand plan he has and
everyone believes right back at him, even while knowing it is a lie.
Only thing is, he wasn't lying. They make another touchdown, then
grab the ball from a short kick off and now, everything rests of
Musashi's shoulders, or really, his foot. Can he do the Magnum Kick,
60 yard kick, something no one in a highschool league has done? Of
course!
And the Devilbats WIN!!!
And then things rush through the
post-game celebration and suddenly there is an All-Star Game on the
horizon versus some American players. Well, at least I know what the
final books will be about.
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My Thoughts:
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Holy smokes!!!!! What a volume!!!!! [please notice all the exclamation points. I mean every single one]
This was a seat of your pants will
they/won't they kind of storyline. Right to the last second
everything was in doubt. I mean, even when Musashi kicked, the
manga-ka drew things out so you weren't sure, with the ball hitting
the goal posts. Whooooo!
I think my favorite part was when the
most useless player, the school nerd, who only ran pass formations,
was ignored. He had never caught a pass before. He only stayed in the
formation, distracting other players. But this time? He was ignored.
And he got a touch down!!! It was great.
This was the perfect volume of the
series so far. It had tension, it had great plays. It had players
overcoming their natural weaknesses. It had the emotions.
So I had to ding a half star when the
volume ends with an All-Star game coming up. I don't like All-Star
games. An All-Star game is where the best players get together, form
2 teams and then play each other. I was in this for the Devilbats,
not the other star players from other highschools. Throw in that
their opponents seem to be Americans and well, it just isn't
appealing. I am suddenly not looking forward to the final volumes.
I wish the series had ended here. It
was perfect.
★★★★ ½
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