User blog comment:FieldMagician/Some things on GO I needed to say.../@comment-4623405-20111227132921

First: The national tournament is for schools only, and Kuro no Kishidan didn't seem to be a school team, since Tsurugi was already a Raimon Jr. High student, when they first appeared. They were more like an executive team, to eliminate rebellious teams like Raimon. So its not surprising they won't appear in Holy Road, but it would be surprising if they won't appear at all. Maybe after the first storyline, when the Inazuma Caravan is coming back too.

Second: Yeah thats what I thought too. Why isn't he appearing at all? Not even in the end?

Third: Maybe it is an alternative dimension thing like in the first movie, that the story after the movie isn't the same like in the anime, because it obviously can't be the same. Endou knew already Majin the Hand for example, and they never fought against Zeus. And they knew Fubuki already and like 2 Weeks or so later they meet him in their timeline. So yeah, it can't be the same.

Lastly: Yeah he is nothing like Endou, but it wouldn't be cool if he would be nothing but a Endou Doppelganger, they need to be different.