Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28224025-20180815012508/@comment-4525039-20180817161335

InazumAzure wrote: I feel like I am not wanted here anymore. I want to like or love Ares, I want to criticize Ares, I want to make jokes about Ares, yes I admit Ares is good and bad but I feel guilty of what i've done! I'm so sorry especially NosakaisDebest and Angelo Gabrini. No one forcing or excluding you. You are free to criticize or praise it all you want. You are free to joke about it as well. Of course, there are certain effects or outcomes depending on you said.

It so happens that episode 20 is not bad. It's not perfect but it definitely is much better than some eariler Ares episodes.

As for the episode itself, there isn't much I can say as most have already been said.

Pros

- A lot of wazas were used this time, including some returning ones.

- Goalkeepers of both Inakuni and Eisei did a lot of great saves. It's moments like this that gives faith to goalkeepers. Mermaid Veil held it's own against The Explosion and Astro Break while Drill Smasher made sure that Asuto's Shining Bird isn't going to be the unstoppable shoot.

- The Wall being a helpful shoot block.

- The resolution with Kira Hiroto and Kiyama Tatsuya. I still disliked how the problem was handled when they first introduced it and perhaps they didn't really need an extra episode to go into the details, but the payoff here is much greater. As said by most, Cosmic Blaster is an AWESOME waza! A nice combination between Ryuusei Blade and The Explosion and a perfect symbolization of the bond between Tatsuya and Hiroto.

Cons (or rather just nitpicks)

- Saginuma before his Drill Smasher moment.

- Zigzag Strike not being used again.

- Polar Bear No. 2 being the winning shoot. (I would have preferred Meteor Drop returning)

That's it. Glad that the nest episode is more slice of life. Hopefully, future matches can be much better.

Haizaki, you better hurry up and join Inakuni by the next game.