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アイシールド21 [Eyeshield 21] #23
Eyeshield 21 Vol.23
Bone-crushing action, slapstick comedy and a heartwarming coming-of-age story!
Only four seconds remain on the clock in the Deimon Devil Bat's Kanto Tournament match against the Shinryuji Nagas! Hiruma whips the crowd into a frenzy of support, but it'll take more than mere cheering to topple Agon and his formidable teammates. Speed, guts, determination and teamwork have seen the Devil Bats through countless tough scrapes, but will Hiruma's devilish tactics prove to be the final edge that pushes Deimon on to victory?
Wimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running away from bullies all his life. But when the football gear comes on, things change--Sena's speed and uncanny ability to elude big bullies just might give him what it takes to become a great high school football hero! Catch all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy of Japan's hottest football manga!
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First published February 2, 2007
About the author
Riichiro Inagaki
170 books207 followersHe is a mangaka from Tokyo, Japan. He debuted in October 2001 with Nandodemo Roku Gatsu Jū San Hi, and also wrote for the magazine Square Freeze and Love Love Santa, published in November 2001 and in February 2002 respectively. He later moved to Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, in wich he won the 7th "Story King" section in the same year.
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November 4, 2014
After the wackiest two minute drill ever in which Monta receives a Jerry Rice Superbowl winning catch to stop the clock with enough time to run an extra desperation play. The final two point conversion play is one of the biggest plays of the game and the series. A Hiruma QB sneak, reverse play-action/flea flicker type lateral to Sena where Kurita finally collapses the Naga line just in time with an left angled block. A great finish to three volumes worth of football. Very good ending to an intense game and rivalry...
That's where things sort of take a dive. The next game ends up being the Sphinx against the Dinosaur team – something I was eager to see when the bracket was drawn up about 3 volumes ago. The Bando game starts well enough with the defensive Sphinx using a Pharaoh line formation to reduce the gap of their line to block the run. Cool football stuff. It suddenly turns into a loser forfeit though on behalf of the Sphinx. They don't even finish the game, how stupid is that?
The next two games end up being the Gunmen against the Wolves, and the White Knights against the Golem are barely two pages long each. This is a major let down to me, as one of my favorite thing about this series has been how interesting and developed the opposing football teams are. The other thing about this hasty first round is it makes me nervous when I look at where I'm at (vol 23) when I realize I have about 14 more volumes of the series to go. When they blew by the first round like this I wonder what else this series could be? I hope it isn't just these last two games and the build up between the two.
This volume gets a major low score simply because it seemed to summarize and steamroll over what I thought was going to be the next 3 volumes of games. I was really interested in seeing more from that aspect of the tournament because some of those teams (the Golems and the Wolves) looked really awesome. All the more reason to watch the anime I guess. I bet you those pad out the episode count with more detailed games than the manga versions are. Bleh. 2 stars.
That's where things sort of take a dive. The next game ends up being the Sphinx against the Dinosaur team – something I was eager to see when the bracket was drawn up about 3 volumes ago. The Bando game starts well enough with the defensive Sphinx using a Pharaoh line formation to reduce the gap of their line to block the run. Cool football stuff. It suddenly turns into a loser forfeit though on behalf of the Sphinx. They don't even finish the game, how stupid is that?
The next two games end up being the Gunmen against the Wolves, and the White Knights against the Golem are barely two pages long each. This is a major let down to me, as one of my favorite thing about this series has been how interesting and developed the opposing football teams are. The other thing about this hasty first round is it makes me nervous when I look at where I'm at (vol 23) when I realize I have about 14 more volumes of the series to go. When they blew by the first round like this I wonder what else this series could be? I hope it isn't just these last two games and the build up between the two.
This volume gets a major low score simply because it seemed to summarize and steamroll over what I thought was going to be the next 3 volumes of games. I was really interested in seeing more from that aspect of the tournament because some of those teams (the Golems and the Wolves) looked really awesome. All the more reason to watch the anime I guess. I bet you those pad out the episode count with more detailed games than the manga versions are. Bleh. 2 stars.
May 20, 2021
Japanese high school football players attack and dethrone god, what's not to like
January 11, 2019
Eyeshield 21: Then Came the Showdown! continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next nine chapters (197–205) of the on-going manga series.
This tankōbon concludes the first round of the Kanto Tournament with Daimon Devil Bats and Shinryuji Naga. There were only four seconds left in the second half, the appeal of Yoichi Hiruma to the public was just another diversion, and the play starts with Ryokan Kurita passing to Sena Kobayakawa instead of the expected Yoichi Hiruma. However, Sena Kobayakawa's run is also a diversion and he passes again to Yoichi Hiruma, who scores a touchdown.
As the time is out, the Devil Bats can only complete their conversion attempt. It seems Yoichi Hiruma is going to run but he passes the ball to Sena Kobayakawa who completes the conversion thanks to Ryokan Kurita and his strength that put Shinryujii Naga at bay. The Deimon Devil Bats win by one point with the score of 36–35.
This tankōbon is written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, I really liked how the story is progressing. It may be a tad excessive to have most of a tankōbon on only four seconds, but it was rather intense. Their next opponent in the tournament is revealed as the Ojo White Knights – a team they played before and lost.
All in all, Eyeshield 21: Then Came the Showdown! is a wonderful continuation to a new series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.
This tankōbon concludes the first round of the Kanto Tournament with Daimon Devil Bats and Shinryuji Naga. There were only four seconds left in the second half, the appeal of Yoichi Hiruma to the public was just another diversion, and the play starts with Ryokan Kurita passing to Sena Kobayakawa instead of the expected Yoichi Hiruma. However, Sena Kobayakawa's run is also a diversion and he passes again to Yoichi Hiruma, who scores a touchdown.
As the time is out, the Devil Bats can only complete their conversion attempt. It seems Yoichi Hiruma is going to run but he passes the ball to Sena Kobayakawa who completes the conversion thanks to Ryokan Kurita and his strength that put Shinryujii Naga at bay. The Deimon Devil Bats win by one point with the score of 36–35.
This tankōbon is written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. For the most part, I really liked how the story is progressing. It may be a tad excessive to have most of a tankōbon on only four seconds, but it was rather intense. Their next opponent in the tournament is revealed as the Ojo White Knights – a team they played before and lost.
All in all, Eyeshield 21: Then Came the Showdown! is a wonderful continuation to a new series that seems intriguing and I cannot wait to read more.
April 3, 2026
2025/2026 ES21 reread:
the end of the first match hits like crack and then immediately after you just start getting kicked in the dick over and over lmao. Harao is serving despite the horrors tho... and Riku getting to wear the hat is cute.
I've said it before but Kamiya's design goes insanely fucking hard compared to the amount of screentime he gets lmao
We also got Hirumamo crumbs and the fake Hiruma, Sena and Shin... fake Shin you are so cutieful I love you!!!!!!
(side note, I have... complicated feelings about the Dinosaurs bc I really like Marco and Maruko but if I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden and Gao, I'd shoot Gao twice.)
the end of the first match hits like crack and then immediately after you just start getting kicked in the dick over and over lmao. Harao is serving despite the horrors tho... and Riku getting to wear the hat is cute.
I've said it before but Kamiya's design goes insanely fucking hard compared to the amount of screentime he gets lmao
We also got Hirumamo crumbs and the fake Hiruma, Sena and Shin... fake Shin you are so cutieful I love you!!!!!!
(side note, I have... complicated feelings about the Dinosaurs bc I really like Marco and Maruko but if I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden and Gao, I'd shoot Gao twice.)
September 11, 2021
Jadi jilid ini adalah akhir dari permainan vs Shinryuuji, dimana Devilbats harus memutuskan apakah mereka akan mencoba untuk melanjutkan ke perpanjangan waktu atau benar-benar bertaruhserta meraih untuk touchdown.
Panel2 yang memanjakan mata menjelang akhir pertandingan luar biasa ini, disajikan dengan sangat indah oleh Murata sensei!!
Panel2 yang memanjakan mata menjelang akhir pertandingan luar biasa ini, disajikan dengan sangat indah oleh Murata sensei!!
August 5, 2024
Perfectly fine ending to the big match against Shinryuji followed by complete boredom for the rest of the volume as we skip through a bunch of matches that don't actually matter and kind of waste time.
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November 15, 2018
4.5stars
May 7, 2019
Yay !
March 18, 2022
Akhir dari pertandingan. Dan kemunculan gao sang penghancur. Gak masuk akal ada anak sma kelas 1 punya badan begitu. LoL
June 30, 2024
Rating: 4,5
CONCHADELALORAAAAAAAA
CONCHADELALORAAAAAAAA
January 10, 2015
So it's the end of the Shinryuuji game and the Devilbats have to decide whether they'll try to tie their rival to drive them into overtime or actually take a gamble and push for a touchdown right on this final play. For some reason I just love that Hiruma's Devilbats are known as an offensive team (haha, in more ways than one); they always go for the gamble, and they don't play it safe. But since the longer these guys play and try to hold their own against genius Agon Kongo, the higher their chances of folding because they don't have the stamina and they're all worn out. It's really interesting that Hiruma would (of course) have chosen to gamble and Kurita would have chosen the safer move, but they decide to put it on Sena.
What I really particularly love about this volume is Agon getting his butt handed to him because Deimon didn't underestimate him, knew what he was capable of, and strove to use his assumptions against him. Hiruma actually managed to outrun him (with the surprise lead he tricked Shinryuuji into giving him), and they managed to sort of combine a "safe" move with a gamble that could turn into either based on what the defense did. I love seeing Agon claiming his dream team is a whole team of himself, and how Hiruma knows that would be easy to beat (and proves it). Agon isn't just a humiliated opponent, though. He's spoiled because he's used to effortless ability outclassing everyone he has to fight, and he didn't bank on others training beyond him or believe he would get anything out of pushing himself to be more.
After the Devilbats are looking to the next step on their way to the Christmas Bowl, they get to watch the other teams do their thing. They see their old opponents the Taiyo Sphinx from Kantou having to fight the Hakushu Dinosaurs, and even spend some time building up these guys' back stories. Of course we already know the backgrounds of Harao (the weak and spoiled quarterback protected by his awesome line), Banba, Kasamatsu, and Kamaguruma, but now we get to see the Dinosaurs in action, most notably the monstrous freshman Gao. And he's not just an unhinged ball of destruction (anything like Ikari, you know?)--he is smashing and destroying the other teams deliberately, to the point that their quarterbacks are injured beyond ability to play. (That's kind of Harao's nightmare. He's nothing if his line gets destroyed, and getting tackled by Gao doesn't just mean a sack; it means you go to the hospital.) So, Hiruma gets a nice preview of what he's facing if the Christmas Bowl is next for Deimon. He'll be targeted and probably crushed. But they have to beat Oujou first. Easier said than done.
I love how even the teams that are basically put there to lose to more powerful teams are given some background. The Misaki Wolves rely on speed but don't really have the necessary strength to get past Seibu. (I thought it was funny how Seibu and Oujou were already talking like they were going to be in the semifinals even though they both had to beat another team first, Kamiya kept getting pissed that the Wolves were being written off before they got to play. Also, this manga frequently tries to give people names that are a play on words, so I thought it was weird for the quarterback's first name to be "Taiga." A tiger is a cat, not a dog, which is not exactly appropriate for a wolf-based team.) The Sado Strong Golems are all about having rock-hard bodies, but that doesn't hold up too well against someone like Shin whose spear-tackle-turned-trident-tackle can pierce stone. (Though I was not a big fan of the heteronormative nonsense handed down to the Golems about how to aim for the chest because "all men like boobs!" but later "but real men don't like EACH OTHER'S boobs!") Shin being straightforward and honest about improving himself and asking Riku to teach him his signature move was pretty awesome. Now Deimon has to figure out how to fight a vastly improved Oujou when they've already lost once to this team. . . .
What I really particularly love about this volume is Agon getting his butt handed to him because Deimon didn't underestimate him, knew what he was capable of, and strove to use his assumptions against him. Hiruma actually managed to outrun him (with the surprise lead he tricked Shinryuuji into giving him), and they managed to sort of combine a "safe" move with a gamble that could turn into either based on what the defense did. I love seeing Agon claiming his dream team is a whole team of himself, and how Hiruma knows that would be easy to beat (and proves it). Agon isn't just a humiliated opponent, though. He's spoiled because he's used to effortless ability outclassing everyone he has to fight, and he didn't bank on others training beyond him or believe he would get anything out of pushing himself to be more.
After the Devilbats are looking to the next step on their way to the Christmas Bowl, they get to watch the other teams do their thing. They see their old opponents the Taiyo Sphinx from Kantou having to fight the Hakushu Dinosaurs, and even spend some time building up these guys' back stories. Of course we already know the backgrounds of Harao (the weak and spoiled quarterback protected by his awesome line), Banba, Kasamatsu, and Kamaguruma, but now we get to see the Dinosaurs in action, most notably the monstrous freshman Gao. And he's not just an unhinged ball of destruction (anything like Ikari, you know?)--he is smashing and destroying the other teams deliberately, to the point that their quarterbacks are injured beyond ability to play. (That's kind of Harao's nightmare. He's nothing if his line gets destroyed, and getting tackled by Gao doesn't just mean a sack; it means you go to the hospital.) So, Hiruma gets a nice preview of what he's facing if the Christmas Bowl is next for Deimon. He'll be targeted and probably crushed. But they have to beat Oujou first. Easier said than done.
I love how even the teams that are basically put there to lose to more powerful teams are given some background. The Misaki Wolves rely on speed but don't really have the necessary strength to get past Seibu. (I thought it was funny how Seibu and Oujou were already talking like they were going to be in the semifinals even though they both had to beat another team first, Kamiya kept getting pissed that the Wolves were being written off before they got to play. Also, this manga frequently tries to give people names that are a play on words, so I thought it was weird for the quarterback's first name to be "Taiga." A tiger is a cat, not a dog, which is not exactly appropriate for a wolf-based team.) The Sado Strong Golems are all about having rock-hard bodies, but that doesn't hold up too well against someone like Shin whose spear-tackle-turned-trident-tackle can pierce stone. (Though I was not a big fan of the heteronormative nonsense handed down to the Golems about how to aim for the chest because "all men like boobs!" but later "but real men don't like EACH OTHER'S boobs!") Shin being straightforward and honest about improving himself and asking Riku to teach him his signature move was pretty awesome. Now Deimon has to figure out how to fight a vastly improved Oujou when they've already lost once to this team. . . .
January 11, 2015
The Deimon Devilbats, a plucky upstart high school football team, have managed to reach the semifinals of the tournament through a combination of hard work and talent, but now they're in the last few seconds of the game against the Shinryuuji Nagas, who have an undefeated history. Cocky Agon Kongo is the genius of the opposing team, and Deimon has to pull out every trick and gamble to beat him. Good thing tricks are quarterback Hiruma's specialty! After managing a touchdown through distracting the other team and switching the team's playing positions to throw off the defense, Hiruma's team has reached 34 points to Shinryuuji's 35, and has to choose whether to kick for a tie and go into overtime or gamble to get two points in another touchdown. Deimon's style has always been overwhelming offense, so the gamble is the likely option, but what about Sena, the star running back--whose legs aren't holding up like they should? And since beating Shinryuuji will just throw them up against their old rivals the Oujou White Knights, do the Devilbats have a hope in Hell of reaching the Christmas Bowl?
As always, I love the mix of sports action and character building. There are old rivalries to settle--with some unable to come to fruition because the teams won't get to play each other--and each character has their standby character traits and the ones they grow from. Hiruma's tricks are always a treat, and no matter how many times he distracts the other team and surprises you by showing he does not, in fact, have the ball or is not, in fact, planning to pass, the reveal always makes you laugh and shake your head at the chutzpah this guy has. Even the teams that are groomed for getting trounced by other teams--the Sado Strong Golems, the Misaki Wolves--have their realistic back stories and motivation. It's wonderful to see Agon Kongo's smirking confidence turn to disbelief and horror when he learns he's not unbeatable just because he's a genius, and I really enjoy Shin being honest about wanting to learn other team aces' moves (and how they respond to his honorable requests).
As always, I love the mix of sports action and character building. There are old rivalries to settle--with some unable to come to fruition because the teams won't get to play each other--and each character has their standby character traits and the ones they grow from. Hiruma's tricks are always a treat, and no matter how many times he distracts the other team and surprises you by showing he does not, in fact, have the ball or is not, in fact, planning to pass, the reveal always makes you laugh and shake your head at the chutzpah this guy has. Even the teams that are groomed for getting trounced by other teams--the Sado Strong Golems, the Misaki Wolves--have their realistic back stories and motivation. It's wonderful to see Agon Kongo's smirking confidence turn to disbelief and horror when he learns he's not unbeatable just because he's a genius, and I really enjoy Shin being honest about wanting to learn other team aces' moves (and how they respond to his honorable requests).
September 22, 2013
ending dari pertandingan antara deimon dan shinryuji ini keren banget. kehebatan siasat Hiruma lagi-lagi terbukti, bahkan penontonpun dijadikan bagian dari siasatnya.
bagian Hiruma mengalahkan Agon juga keren banget. Hiruma bukanlah jenius seperti agon, tapi satu keunggulan dia adalah, dia mencapai posisinya sekarang dengan kerja keras!!
bagian Hiruma mengalahkan Agon juga keren banget. Hiruma bukanlah jenius seperti agon, tapi satu keunggulan dia adalah, dia mencapai posisinya sekarang dengan kerja keras!!
December 24, 2018
I love the end of this game. It's one of the most memorable moments of the serie to me.
I also love the shippy moment later in the book, particularly the small bet (yes it's like three pages but I work with what I have here...)
I also love the shippy moment later in the book, particularly the small bet (yes it's like three pages but I work with what I have here...)
February 13, 2013
I hate Agon. That is all.
November 11, 2013
#Program BUBU
Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 12 Maret 2009.
Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 12 Maret 2009.
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