Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24510002-20170803160022/@comment-4525039-20170808025322

Lucastv719 wrote: Deltroco wrote: TanatatTigerTruth wrote: Lucastv719 wrote: TanatatTigerTruth wrote: I thought the match between Raimon and Seishou was just an exhibition match or something. Is it round 1 of FF? Then maybe a tie or something because we clearly see Inakuni Raimon play against Hakuren and Seishou playing against Outei later on. They do say it's Round 1 of the FF during the first trailer, but at the same time, during Outer Code 1, Someoka says Kidou's not in the match. Later, in trailer 2, as Asuto is getting up, you see that Kidou's on the pitch, so I'm not sure. They have never left a tie on a match during a knockout round, so I don't know how the FF determines ties. When I saw the trailer I just determined anytime Raimon or Seishou was shown playing against other teams later on that those were just outcomes based on what main character you choose to play as. However, there are many holes in that theory, so I'm open to better suggestions. Maybe it's the region preliminaries or something? Because while I am open to the idea of "choosing the main protagonist", what I envisoned the idea was that the overall story would remain the same but you are given a viewpoint from your chosen protagonist.

So if the match they played is already the beginning of Football Frontier then there has to be some excuse for Raimon or Seishou to show up again.

1. Raimon counterattacks against Death Zone and win, eliminating Seishou who plays an exhibition match against Outei and still lose.

2. Seishou wins but it's revealed that the tournament is played in Blocks, so while Raimon does lose against Seishou in the first match, they still find a way to make a comeback and enter the nationals. Seishou would probably lose to Outei before entering the nationals.

3. Raimon and Seishou tie or whatever excuse that cancel the match and both teams are given a new slot. The first part of the first season is playing the regionals, and after beating Teikoku they go to the nationals, isn't it?

If Ares happens a year after IE1, then Raimon still won the prior tournament, right? Wasn't the winner from the previous year supposed to participate in the nationals even if they lose the regionals? This way Raimon could lose and still play more matches. While that is a thing, this team is more Inakuni than it is Raimon, so I don't think that still applies. Besides, with all the new things such as the Reinforcement Committee and such, I doubt that rule applies in this case. Also, if Raimon did fail in the first round, how do they face Teikoku in the Nationals when both Teikoku & Seishou seem to be in the same block (since Seishou is in the same block as Raimon). I don't remember but it seems like there was another FF tournament because if I remembered it correctly. Didn't Hakuren won that one? They said something about Hakuren winning a previous FF tournanment with Raimon possibly being the underdog again like last time.

The only other explanation I have are "sponsors" maybe someone is tying the strings to give Inakuni Raimon another chance at the tournament especially if Asuto is confirmed to be part of the whole "power of Ares" with the knight getup that we were shown, so maybe the committee was kind enough to have another go if it meant drawing out Asuto's power.

@Broken Shield IV

Yeah, Death Zone looked like a hissatsu tactic at first but before at the end of the trailer you could see Haizaki lining up with three other Seishou members to perform the classic Death Zone.

Honestly that would have been awesome. I believe that could have been the Ares power at play but it would have been cool either way.