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@Lucastv719

You basically just read my mind. This episode was great and that additional time finale was just amazing. One thing that really stood out to me was when after Goujin scored that goal after fire tornado, Saginuma saw right through raimons strategy therefore using drill smasher a more aerial hissatsu so goujin couldn't even try and rebound the ball anymore. You're totally right about the goalkeepers this episode. I was so happy finally seeing some back and forth action between the shots and goalkeepers. And when it came to the end, although I already knew raimon was already gonna win, I was still on the edge of my seat anticipating what was gonna happen next. One thing I liked about this match as a whole is that the supporting team (Eisei) didn't just focus on one player the whole time. For example,

Zeus match: Aphrodi and Perseus (only focused on two players)

Hakuren match: Fubuki twins and Nae (a bit better)

Kidokawa Seishuu match: Gouenji and the Mukata triplets (we're gonna count them as one player because you can't have one without the other two)

And then we get to eisei: Hiroto, Tatsuya, Saginuma, Midorikawa and even gave a bit of screentime to Suzuno and I guess because they got injured, Burn and Yagami. That's a big difference. Of course not all of them got an equal amount of screentime, but when it's a 20 minute time slot not evryone can get lots of screentime.

And I feel as though it can only get better from here on out. I think the Tousen match will be really good (hoping they don't just soley focus on Endou and Sakanoue) and I think that because we have the two characters from a fan art winning contest, some unique designs  too,  I don't think they're just gonna focus on Endou although he will be the MAIN focus along with Sakanoue.

I can already see into the future now...people saying

"Ew the new drill smasher isn't even drill smasher anymore" and stuff like that.

I wasn't really fond of the old drill smasher because of how unrealistic it was (growing a drill onto your hand and using it to save a ball) and the aesthetics didn't really appeal to me either. For those same reasons are exactly why I really dig the new one. It's more realistic than the old one and the aesthetics are visually pleasing too.

Oof...don't even get me started on cosmic blaster. That hissatsu is BEAUTIFUL. I really love how its kind of a mix of Ryuusei Blade and The Explosion. The auras around Hiroto and Tatsuya were stunning and it really was just an awesome, badass move.