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Inazuma eleven orion2/2/2024 Opening 1: "Butai wa Dekkai Hou ga Ii! (舞台はデッカイほうがいい!)" by Pugcat's (From ep 1 to ep 21).Tomohiro Oomachi as Ichihoshi Mitsuru (As a person in his younger brother's body, Ichihoshi Hikaru).Shunsuke Takeuchi as Goujin Tetsunosuke. Takeuchi Junko as Endou Mamoru (Mark Evans).Fukuyama Jun as Nosaka Yuuma (Heath Moore).Hiroyuki Yoshino as Kidou Yuuto (Jude Sharp).Kamiya Hiroshi as Haizaki Ryouhei (Eliot Ember).Nojima Hirofumi as Gouenji Shuuya (Axel Blaze).Ayumu Murase as Inamori Asuto (Sonny Wright).The story focuses on Inamori Asuto, Haizaki Ryouhei, Nosaka Yuuma and new character Ichihoshi Hikaru. 2018 + Japan National Team Roster Announcement", Orion no Kokuin continues from where Inazuma Eleven: Ares ended, covering Inazuma Japan's matches in the FFI. Orion no Kokuin revolves around a team called "Inazuma Japan"-composed of the best players of the previous Inazuma Eleven installments-that will act as a Japanese national team and will face teams from around the world. It began airing on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 2018 to September 2019. Part of the Inazuma Eleven franchise, it is a sequel to Inazuma Eleven: Ares that was broadcast between April and September 2018. "Inazuma Eleven: The Seal of Orion" ) is a 2018 Japanese television anime series produced by OLM. So in the end, I'll never get to see the team grow as a team in an emotional level other than bare-bones training and soccer matches.Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin ( Japanese: イナズマイレブン オリオンの刻印, Hepburn: Inazuma Irebun Orion no Kokuin, lit. Now that I think about it, the Fubuki twins were rarely in the same scene together. In fact, the show acted as if Ootani never existed (no one ever thanked her for her hard work). Maybe that little snippet about Froy and his childhood friend? Not only they never demonstrated the effects of their relationship, but they barely even talked! Oh I know! How about interactions between the players and the managers, especially Ootani? Sorry, but that never happened. How about Haizaki and Akane? Thrown out of the window. How about Iwato, Hiroto (the gray-headed one), and Aphrodi at the amusement park? Apparently their friendship never grew from that. Remember that small fun fact about Iwato and Ichihoshi being pen pals? Shame their friendship's never explored. Oh yeah, any opportunity regarding the characters' side-life or them increasing their bond are either completely ignored or basically thrown out the window. In other words, OG IE has a good balance between slice of life and main story. That alone was really simple yet impactful relationship building as I get to see them do ordinary things and talk about each other not as teammates but as friends. There was even a simple scene where Kidou and Gouenji were waiting outside a candy store talking about Endou. There would be episodes focused on training as I get to see the characters-in the words of Endou "become stronger and stronger". Sometimes they would have some sort of camp out, other times they would help a teammate out. In the OG Inazuma Eleven, especially during the FFI Arc, there were a lot of slice of life moments that at times stray away from the main event in order to build character relationships. Because of this, I couldn't connect with the characters in an emotional level and therefore barely cared about their struggles which is a problem since the main point of having rigged matches is to feel bad for the victims and get mad at the bad guys. Or at least let me see them bond during practice. Everything's about the tournament, but not their personal lives. You don't see the characters interact with one another in ways outside of the soccer matches. Why can't they explore it? Sure, they have that episode when Asuto and Hikaru got lost in the forest, those weird practice sessions the team had to put up with, and those random flashbacks of the amusement park, but that's basically it. I know that Orion probably wants to cut to the chase, but is it really realistic that Inazuma Japan thought of nothing but the tournament 24/7 without a break? They are human, they have a life outside of soccer. There's barely any trace of fillers or anything that strays a bit from the main plot. However, just like Ares Orion once again fell into the no-filler trap. Sportsmanship doesn't exist in the FFI as everyone is out there sabotaging everyone's chances. To make things more interesting, most of the matches are rigged. There's a rise, a fall, and moments when I am genuinely frustrated that Inazuma Japan is struggling. In fact, the matches are very engaging and thrilling. In Orion, however, I can say that it isn't a glaring problem anymore. One of the main issues I have with Ares is their blatant soccer formula that makes every match in there monotone.
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