Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11076315-20130622053534/@comment-2164259-20130626210021

130.243.186.82 wrote: My first thought was that the whatever entity that's billed as the big bad this season, and I don't think it'll be outright aliens rather than a bait-and-switch like the one the pulled in season 2, was that Fire Dragon and Big Waves were clones of the real players, which were being held captive by said big bad in order to assume complete control over the soccer world(or just THE WORLD ITSELF considering how soccer is treated in-universe). That would give a excuse for WHY a rag-tag team like Shinsei would be able to be beat both of those teams. Maybe the trade-off for complete control is some power? At least, that would make me feel a bit better about the lucky victories that Shinsei has been able to scrape together so far. Frankly, I find this explaination pretty solid

I've kind of been thinking about this stuff, lately... What if Kuroiwa himself isn't the actual Kageyama we all know and is just a replicant? Like, bear with me for a min here

- Kuroiwa mentions being "reborn" again

I mean, we kind of saw Kageyama kick the bucket back in Season 3, and this time it was pretty definite as a death. It would make sense that he was somehow being brought back to life with future tech, seeing as he has access to time travelling gadgets (how else could he bring back the Excelsior's guys otherwise?)

- His emotions towards soccer seem to be a mix of series 1 and post-breakdown Kageyama

This could be argued to be something that has happened with all the other players too: the incorrect feed on their actual skills (Fire Dragon's top player should be the fastest guy ever but is seen possessing power too, Big Waves being all about defense instead of offense etc.). In fact, it's very likely that all these players are replicants of the actual players, except in different states of completion.

- The defeated players take incredibly seriously their defeats

I think this is something different than the season 2 kind of alienfolk, seeing as their objective appears to cause them much more grief than just getting annoyed by defeats. This, and the plot being of a "rebirth" of Inazuma Japan leads me to think their objective is more personal than just following orders. It's almost as if they were trying to be reborn as well, which kinda makes me think that...

- Big Waves' Suck Out is pratically Box Lock Defense but with some water

I'm kinda getting the idea that this whole season is about these players actually rising from the dead or the undead or the neverbeenaround kinda realm. I dunno though, might be pulling things out of my buttocks, I guess we'll have to wait for more inevitable padding scenes of slimy green things to figure this out ;__;