Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4435241-20131209150849/@comment-12940403-20140318222234

MatatgiSoul9 wrote: without his mixi max he would have been crap in cs False, CS made it clear severely from the beginning that it would be nearly impossible for any player to score or defend against future teams without using Mixi Max or Keshin Armed, and later barely even with that. And Shinsuke's Armed had a use too, in Shiroshikagumi and Zanark Domain final match.

Actually, Shinsuke is one of the few characters that pulled it off without Mixi Max and Armed, he stopped many soccer battles without any hissatsu. In episode 16, Shinsuke moved Shoot Command 06 away with his Raw Keshin. No Keshin Hissatsu, no Armed, considering that it broke through Majin The Hand 9 episodes before.

During the entire anime, the only matches where Shinsuke didn't stop ANY shot, regardless of being helped or not, was against Protocol Omega 3.0, Perfect Cascade final match and Garu, and if i recall correctly, the matches where Endou didn't stop any hissatsu(cause normal shots weren't meaningful in the time)were the Otaku Team, Senbayama Junior High, Epsilon first match, Red Matador and the Angel team, because "massacre" matches like Genesis and Protocol Omega 2.0 don't count, as it's made so nobody can't touch the ball.

Shinsuke does not have a protagonist power and yet his performance was not much behind Endou, if even tied with Ibuki, it's 3 years long overdue for him to get his deserved respect.