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Eyeshield 21 kissmanga6/11/2023 But there are also a few times when the author isn't just talking about an individual's natural-born advantages, but instead discusses racial advantages. While I think this aspect is exaggerated (like everything else is), for the most part I think it's fine. There are several times when someone's natural-born physical advantages are brought up. And the only real message that the author seemed to want to get across in these final chapters was that black people-and other non-Japanese people-have natural-born advantages when it comes to certain sports, and that Japanese people will inevitably run into that racial barrier if they compete on the world stage. The author completely fumbled on the ending for this series. The last little bit felt tacked on, 'cause all 300 chapters up to that point had been about the Christmas Bowl-making it so most readers would tend to see the conclusion of the Christmas Bowl as the most natural time for the series to come to a close and wouldn't be expecting an entire other tournament to be squeezed in after that. ![]() ![]() And the last thirty or so chapters are just absolute crap and shouldn't have existed at all. And even the matches after that also involve rivalries and comeback moments, they honestly just feel shoe-horned in and don't feel very satisfying to read (like, the whole Pentagram idea felt really forced). There are some decent matches before then as well, but I think those two matches are the true climax of the story. Those matches have some great rivalries between various positions that don't feel overly contrived and they also involve some interesting tactics and comeback moments. My favorite matches are probably the one against the Shinryuuji Nagas and second one against the Oujou White Knights. ![]() ![]() There are some very solid, entertaining games in the middle of this manga, but it's bookended with dullness and contrivance.
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