Episode 076

'''Replacing Representatives!? The Toughest Challengers!!' (代表交代⁉最強の挑戦者たち‼, Daihyō kōtai⁉ Saikyō no chōsen-sha-tachi‼'') is episode 76 of the Inazuma Eleven anime.

Summary
After their two games, Inazuma Japan has had a good idea of what the world level is like. In order to proceed to the world tournament, they'll need to develop new techniques. Meanwhile, Midorikawa frustrates when he realizes that everyone are improving their power and he isn't, but Hiroto encourages him. However, Inazuma Japan has to overcome another challenge, in the form of Neo Japan - a team made of players from Raimon's various rival schools and old enemies - lead by Coach Hitomiko. Neo Japan wants a game, and if they win, they'll replace Inazuma Japan as Japan's representatives.

Plot
As the episode starts, it first shows Midorikawa practicing alone at the night and is exhausted. It is shown that he flasbacks from when Tsunami Jousuke was able to use his shoot hissatsu The Typhoon and score a goal against Big Waves. And when Utsunomiya Toramaru made a goal against Desert Lion using his shoot hissatsu; Tiger Drive. Because of the improvement of the team, Midorikawa felt that he had to improve also to which is the reason why he was practicing. He tried yet again and practiced. He tried shooting but failed to which he got angry at himself.

Kidou Yuuto then explains to the team that they need to create new hissatsu techniques for their final preliminary match.

He then states that Kazemaru Ichirouta should learn and master a hissatsu technique because when Kazemaru went pass by Tsunami in the selection match, there was a strong wind when Kazemaru passed by Tsunami. Afterwards, he states that Fubuki Shirou] and Hijikata Raiden should do a combination shoot hissatsu technique. Kidou stated that with Fubuki's speed and Hijikita's stable body balance. a combination hissatsu technique would be a powerful weapon. Into which Fubuki and Hijikata were encouraged to do so. Midorikawa ate his bread silently watching the team happily talking about creating hissatsu technique. Tsunami stated that both him and Kabeyama should try a combination hissatsu also to which Kidou agreed. Then [[Kogure Yuuya interupts stating that he can't expect that much from this combination, referring to how happy Tsunami is while Kabeyama is worried. Then Endou states that they should start practicing to which everyone agreed. Midorikawa putted down his bread and had thought for a while.

Then, Hijikita and Fubuki try creating a shoot hissatsu technique but it wasn't that easy and they were having problems to doing it so. Fudou then states that what about the combination hissatsu techniques. Then it is shown that Midorikawa tried to get the ball from Toramaru but fails. Toramaru passes the ball to Tobitaka to which he wasn't able to intercept and the ball bounced off to Otonashi, almost hitting her in the face. Tobitaka then fixes his hair to which Megane states that he shouldn't fix his hair all the time.

Kiyama Hiroto then sees Midorikawa fatigued and is worried about Midorikawa. Then the story goes to Kazemaru practicing on creating his hissatsu techniue. The same goes for Tsunami and Kabeyama also practicing. The story goes back to when the team is eating at the cafeteria after practicing. Kogure added spicy sauce to Hijikita's food to which everyone just laughed. Then Midorikawa was about to eat but lost the will to do so. Then Kiyama asks if he can sit beside Midorikawa. Then at nightime, Endou sees both Midorikawa and Kiyama practicing. Then Midorikawa states that he was weak and he should not have been chosen. To which Kiyama encourages Midorikawa to play his own soccer that made him stronger to which the two continued practicing.

Another day passed again, during the next day, they practiced yet again, this time Midorikawa was able to get the ball from Toramaru and he states that he will play and show his soccer. The whole team also practices, Fubuki and Hijikita practicing their shoot hissatsu, Kazemaru practicing his hissatsu also and it shows that Tobitaka's hissatsu may well develop.

Then afterwards, Neo Japan comes in the next day and asks to have a match against Inazuma Japan to get the representative seat. To which everyone was suprised. Kudou Michiya agrees to this and the two teams have a match.

Everyone is suprised with the tight defense and they cannot get through Neo Japan's defense. Toramaru sees an opening and passes it to Fubuki to which he used his shoot hissatsu; Wolf Legend but it is stopped by Drill Smasher V2. Then Saginuma uses Illusion Ball Remastered to get past Kidou to which suprised everyone. Hijikita uses Super Shikofumi but is dashed away by Dash Storm V2 to which suprised everyone even more. Arata then uses Gungnir V2 and gets past Fist of Justice G3. Neo Japan leads one point against Inazuma Japan.

Hissatsu Used

 * Wolf Legend
 * Drill Smasher V2
 * Illusion Ball Remastered
 * Dash Storm V2
 * Super Shikofumi
 * Gungnir V2
 * Fist of Justice G3

Proverb

 * [Kidou Yuuto]]: "Once we've decided to do it, let's do it with all we've got!"

Trivia

 * It appears that Kabeyama has finished ten plates of noodles in the episode.