#inakuni raimon

[filloavisual]

I FUCKING LOVE INAKUNI BROOOO AND MANSAMICHI

theyre so cute together I LOVE THEM IM THEIR #1 FAN AND WARRIOR

INAKUNI PROPAGANDA ANDDDD MANSAMICHI PROPAGANDA

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Random opinion #7 :

I can explain.

Ngl, the match ended up being .... bizarre. Actually, i am living for how weird it ended up to be !

Ares itself is a season who is, more or less, a copycat of season 1 but with other protagonists (thanks god, the new kid aren't ersatz of Endou, Gouenji and Kidou, and it is more an aftertaste than a fact). It was a normal Football Frontier.

Spoiler alert : the new main team, Inakuni Raimon, wins the tournament, what a shocking plotwist...

My point is that Ares is predictable and not very original, and some of the most interesting ideas have been mishandled. It is the most normal IE can get. (Wtf, IE being "normal", the same IE where you sakka with dinosaurs against aliens and communists to save the Earth by time-travelling ?)

And then, comes the match against Hakuren.

Where to even begin ?

Both teams have similar situations : they are both participating for the first time, and very surprisigly got far (very powerful opponents from last year were also here), both are from the country, both are supposedly underdogs, both have a " unsufferable ace striker" and "sponsor" problem, both uses weird tactics, and in the 2 cases, only 1/3 of the team pull their weight. I can go on, but it will be long.

The development during the match : this match has its moments, its "plotwists". It begins with Hakuren having the upper hand, Atsuya dominating Inakuni physically and psychologically (he insults your dad). Then, Asuto makes Inakuni to gather their shit together in the 2nd half, but it actually makes Shirou and Atsuya playing even more serious. Someoka (hey he's here!) makes Nae the new recruit come on the field. Turns out she sucks at sakka. But also is supersonic. And she befriends with Norika the Inakuni goalie because why not. The hakuren coach makes his team to do weird tactics to accomodate Nae, communicating with weird hand sign with the public and the team, and it works, Inakuni is confused. Hattori, a Inakuni defender, is a ninja wannabe so he can understand weird hand sign, and makes Inakuni have the upper hand for once. But, after a father-daughter drama (Nae is the coach's daughter, who is also the sponsor), they stop using hand sign but the Hakuren tactic still works, so Hattori is confused but there is little time left. Shirou, Atsuya and Nae goes to execute Triple Blizzard but it is countered by Counter Drive, by Asuto and Kozomarou (it comes from nowhere), and they goal and win. This is so wtf, i love it. Literally what is going on in this match lmao

The element of surprise : refer to the previous point (and i haven't told everything). This match is the absolute chaos no one saw coming. Everything was unexpected. Even the fraud Counter Drive that comes from nowhere is actually brilliant : Hakuren dominated this match because their main assets were unpredicable (and powerful), but it backfired at them. I used to hate it, but now i know it is chief's kiss.

The team co-op : the actual theme of the episodes. When you think in outer code 1, it was established Hakuren had co-op problems because of Atsuya, and then the match comes and it's perfect, makes me think that we, the audience, has been gaslighted to think they was a problem lol. And let's enjoy the coordination between Shirou and Atsuya + at the end of the match, with all hakuren

Shirou and Atsuya, my babies, my blorbos, my fave. If they are in the episode, you know it will be a good time. It was more focused on Atsuya than Shirou, but i don't hate it since he was goated in this match.

I actually like Nae, their new recruit. Yes, she can be annoying but idk, she's funny. I like the sibling relationship she has with Atsuya and the friendship with Norika. Not the most meaningful things Ares had to offer, but it was nice ! :)

The fact that, upon witnessing this match, Haizaki "has seen the light" where he was at this worst. Like, his team is disqualified, he got beat up by thugs without reason, but then he sees Asuto playing in this match, and suddenly things seems to improve. Truly a Haizaki x Asuto moment. Asuto is Jesus to Haizaki lmao

The Atsuya meme : look at this beauty (unfortunatly, this is also here areorion goes downhill visually but fucking worth it)

Conclusion :

[secretsocietyxmen]

Kinda want to see someone edit screenshots of Inakuni Raimon to give them the Inakuni kit. The colors are much better.

[postcanonsoccer]

captain asuto: an alternate outcome

asuto: that's it, we're gonna go out and find what we need! kirina: to the city? asuto: yeah, no matter what! okuiri: well—how exactly do you propose we do that, exactly? asuto: i... i don't know! haizaki: oh come off it, be serious! asuto: i am serious! haizaki: you're insane! goujin: why, if only we were all wiener dogs, our problems would be solved! everyone: asuto: what??? goujin: or maybe it was a basset hound! haizaki, panicked: YOU'RE ALL INSANE!

[spatio-rift]

i wanted to check if asuto also had the raimon bolt of lightning on his weapon like haizaki and nosaka as the new trio of protags and yes!!!! he does!!!! thats so cool i never noticed before

[hellorensungie]

Redesigning Inakuni Raimon

(for fun)

Michinari Tatsumi & Mansaku Yuuichirou

References used :

[kiyamahirotoff]

Izumi: We should take your laptop from you so you stop with these.

Ayame: Yeah, I think you're starting to piss some people off

Well, thay say there's no such thing as "bad advertising" right? so what's one or two more controversies.

Anyway, as a follow up from yesterday poll, in the hypothetical case that you could change/erase/substitute a member of the ORIGINAL SEASON 1 Raimon:

* Norika is NOT included in this poll by the sole reason that I think Raimon totally needs a second GK, so she automatically gets a pass.

** I know that Kabeyama is gonna be one of the least voted characters to be axed from the team, so do we really need a second 'Wall Guy' on the team?

*** I PERSONALLY find this guy SOOOOOO annoying, but I'm gonna be fair and give him a chance in the poll.

**** same as Goujin, but the hate is like x10000000000 bigger

***** Yes, my angry baby Ryouhei is TECHNICALLY a raimon member so he gets a chance in the poll

[lux-espiravit]

Log #1 "Okay So- I got myself into this mess" Loading....

Some friends gave me their thoughts on the series after I asked around and their answers made me think.

AreOri is an alternate timeline where Fubuki Atsuya lives, the alien attack didn't happen, Gouenji didn't have to run, Raimon got divorced and went separate ways, and teams have sponsors now because capitalism. (im joking on some parts but still)

Now, we're starting where everything is dead and done and Raimon already went to other schools and made a name for themselves, and we're following a new cast who have to deal with the aftermath of everything. And the new villain, children perfectionism/ half-joke. I haven't finished Ares yet, but I can feel like that's a part of the theme especially with the whole schtick the Balance of Ares program's got going on. But that's a different story for a different time.

What I'm gonna be talking about now is the characters.

Of course that characters we loved and knew from the OG series are gonna be different here. (im still confused about someoka ngl) The development they went through in the OG is gonna be pretty different here or probably non-existent. A huge part of Fubuki's arc was caused by his family's death and it all avalanched into mental instability. (if my memory's right, it's been a while since i've revisted the OG series) Kazemaru also probably didn't leave Raimon in the AreOri timeline, so guess what, he just teams up with the antagonist in his character arc in every timeline. It actually reveals an interesting about his character, tho (i HAVE to watch the entirety of OG, im feeling it)

But the thing is, we also have ANOTHER cast to develop along with explaining some of the changes with the first cast. I feel like there's going to be a lot of flashback moments with the old cast. And to make up for the lack of development of some characters, I'm gonna involve the new cast into their development so the spotlight gets shared equally if it comes to it. Cause the new cast needs some love AND development. But I still have to finish the series and study them more.

So, my thoughts so far on Ares:

Rushed. Jesus H. Christ, twas rushed. It gives the feeling of tuning in while missing out on parts of the story, atleast for me. The first episode made me feel like I was missing the first half of it. I wished they let us see what the kids' life on the island was like. You know to SHOW US WHY WE SHOULD CARE FOR IT. Shoving a bunch of kids crying for their parents on screen aint gonna cut it for everyone, my good men. Show us what their life was like, what they were gonna miss. At least like a part so the flashbacks in their training felt a bit foreshadowed and connects to what we saw to the first ep to make it a little more memorable. (i am losing brain power fast, so im not sure if this makes any good sense)

The thing with Ares, Akane, and Nosaka got me curious. The Inakuni has potential. Haizuki's funny. I kind of like his development. Also I love Endou's civilian fit when he made his first appearance. Idk i just fell in love with it. (give him back his melanin pls) Kozoumaru's interesting, especially his connection with Gouenji (dude helps out a kid in every timeline). Hiura's supposed to be like a detective, right? Let him be more detective-y. Goujin's funny. He has a little charm to him. Mansaku and Michinari are interesting, especially their family dynamics. I love Iwato and Hattori's relationship. They're cute. Who is Okuiri Hiro? I love Norika's personality (it's a personal favorite thing). I think her backstory and home life are interesting. Hiyori's cute and I like him. He's silly. Coach Zhao is Coach Zhao. (this man is a war criminal) I like the new managers. She's silly and Anna's nice.

I'm gonna save Asuto (Bug Boy) for another post.

Peace Out!

[kumagorosh]

Hii! 14, 23 and 27 for the ina ask game pls^^

Favourite match of the entire franchise

i have a feeling og raimon's v zeus will end up being my favorite, but I haven't gotten there yet on my rewatch. for now... hm....... in terms of the one match I rewatch the most that'd be inakuni raimon v eisei, but that's just because I love eisei kids (<- easy guy) (like it's ridiculously long 😭) but I think I was the most impressed with orion's spain vs inajapan [crowd gasp sfx] probably the overall context of orion as a messy installment while also trying their best for telling the story of hashtag moral corruption of sports actually matter here, bc that's one match that I feel like. yeah. that's what's inazuma eleven is about!!

Do you have any songs you associate with the characters?

(<- person who blacks out at song-related questions) oughhh I don't often seek out lyrics translation for songs (I listen to almost exclusively kpop these days) but at least I know kira listens to txt's i know i love you. source: it came to me in my dream

Do you like football irl or just in the show?

I like football, but the only teams I'm following are our national teams LOLOL I think it's a fun sport! gets me hyped up!! I do enjoy watching like clips and commentaries on youtube, also sometimes I'd read articles on football management drama only to forget about what it's about the next second

inaire ask game (do send ask!)

[albafikacinderella]

Any Inazuma Eleven fans around? If you follow me on twitter, you'll know I'm currently having an Inazuma Eleven brainrot and, more exactly, a Fudou Akio brainrot. So I'm watching Inazuma Eleven Ares right now and ofc I had to write something to deal with the pain of my beloved Teikoku losing to Inakuni Raimon.

[zakuryoishi]

For the IE ask game. 23, 25 and 29

23. favorite friendship(s)/characer dynamic(s): i don't really have favorites regarding this! since i feel like most of the friendship are very good but i'll just list those i like particularly. first off shindou and ibuki pleaseee the development they had.. and happy that i'm not bothered by it being seen as romantic because i would be dead now *clears throat* ahem. then we have norika and asuto and i have some silly little headcanons regarding them; i just really like how those of inakuni raimon were friends (this including obviously norika and asuto too) even before the story starts.. which has a lot of potential imo. another reason is that they're just very fun together + sorry this is canon only in my head but i just know norika and tsunami would be besties i have an au just for that okay

25. favorite protagonist(s): tenma. because tenma yknow? endou had impact on me almost as much as tenma but he's just very silly and i like the go series more than the og soo. as for asuto, sometimes i genuinely forget he's supposed to be the areori protagonist while unmei could be a close 2nd? we'll see when victory road releases but he stands out because all the protagonist are like "sakka yarouze!" with tenma being the most passionate (? he is projecting okay) while unmei literally hates football < this also makes bullying him easier he's a loser to me

29. headcanon(s) worth of sharing here: you summoned me. jk i'll just drop a list of random hcs i like

tsurugi has always cold hands

mentioned earlier but tsunami and norika are besties and while tsunami is hamano's single dad norika is his aunt can you see my vision

shindou and minaho have freckles naturally and its not an artistic choice (since i'm addicted to drawing them everywhere)

ichino is transfem

overspecific but i think gabriella is from emilia-romagna. sorry to everyone who has no idea where emilia-romagna is

[krongulous]

Another grand idea I’ve had for victory road (hire me Hino)

During the post game of VR, I think there should be a level 99 competition route, similar to the one in Chrono Stones.

For those who don’t know the Level 99 route in CS was rematches with all the final teams from previous seasons/games (except the emperors because they forgot to add Nishigaki) and the route I have in mind is very similar, but instead of another final boss route, what about an Inazuma route? Rematches against all the Raimon teams from the past.

But I don’t wanna stop there, I’ve got an idea in mind for their item drops too, this is gonna be another post which goes on for a long time but you guys are probably used to this by now.

Young Inazuma Eleven:

Omega The Hand

Inazuma-1

Fire Rooster

Inazuma Kit

Legend Gloves

Legend Shoes

FF Raimon:

Inazuma-1 Drop

Inazuma Drop

Inazuma Break

Raimon Kit

Raimon Gloves

Raimon Shoes

S2 Raimon:

The Earth

Cross Fire

Fist Of Justice

Prime Legend

Bakunetsu Storm

Hitomiko as a coach

GO Raimon:

Evolution

Devil Burst

Joker Rains

GO Kit

GO Raimon gloves

GO Raimon shoes

Chrono Storm:

Great Max na Ore

La Flamme

Kuroshio Ride

Setsuna Boost

Kiku Ichimonji

Ultimate 11 Assault

Inakuni Raimon:

Shining Bird

Fire Lemonade

Inakuni Kit

Marionette Attack special tactic

Zhao Jinyun as a coach

Meteor drop

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Random opinion #6, 'cause IE ares was disapointing and it makes me sad😢 (part 5) :

6. Also justice for Teikoku (although it is not as bad as zeus in the anime) : okay, i am really not a fan of Kageyama returning at Teikoku while he should be in jail. But kinda liked the fact that Teikoku vs Inakuni was Teikoku pov. Here the proposition : after Kidou's departure, Sakuma took the captaincy as it is shown in the anime. However, Sakuma realizes he has to live up to Teikoku's reputation, that he will be compared to Kidou while he isn't as smart, that he never took the leadership ever in his life and doesn't know how to do that, and that he will have to rebuild Teikoku's soccer without the influence of Kageyama and the strategies of Kidou. Sakuma ends up to reach for Kidou's help, but Kidou being sent to Seishou as reinforcement comitee, best he can do is advice. Kidou tells Sakuma he needs to learn to observe people, opponents and teammates especially, strategies will follow up. He gives Sakuma homeworks to train his observation and advice he should ask Genda to assist (as gk, he is in a better place to see all the people in the field while Sakuma as a forward is in the middle of the chaos). Sakuma and Genda begin their training, but it's hard 'cause Sakuma has to cope with the fact he is impatient. To make the matter worse, Fudou, a new recruit, takes pleasure to cause dramas within the team. Arrives Kazemaru at Teikoku as reinforcement comitee "hello guys, I'm Kazemaru and i am here to teach you the "raimon's spirit" way of sakka, are you ready?". Teikoku laughs and Kazemaru cries internally. He will end up helping Sakuma and Genda on their quest to be more observant. They realize that if Fudou can cause mass chaos without violence, he must be very observant. So they kidnap Fudou and interrogate him to know how he does it. Teikoku manage to win some matches, even tho it ain't it yet, and arrives Teikoku vs inakuni. During this match, several flashback of Teikoku's training montage happen, directly following by irl situations where they use their practices. Despite all of that, Inakuni turns out being harder than expected so Teikoku resorts to take risks in hope to surprise them and being able to witness some weakness. They failed to do that in time as they lose. However, Sakuma seems to have understand the meaning of life and Kidou is proud of him. But he forgets that the following day 😇

[secretsocietyxmen]

I like the Inakuni team, but they shouldn't have been a version of Raimon.

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*hands you the extinctor*

I'm all hear, sounds delicious 👁👄👁

As a certified IE brainrot who lost all hope, i thought about something about a Asuto flashback (which is actually a Michinari flashback because he is a captain that suck ass) :

The flashback is the explaination of why Michinari is the captain although Asuto is clearly the leader in this team.

The context is they were little and already in soccer club when their current captain (unnamed because he is not a character) and the main players of their club grew out to enter middleschool and too old to be in this club anymore.

That gives the opportunity to the younger players (the current inakuni raimon but in early elementary school years) to not be bencher anymore, to be the main players. Their coach put them into a whole process to determine who will be captain.

Through the trainings, it's becoming clear that Asuto has the leadership over his teammates. The other candidate is Goujin since he's a littler older and that he is respected also by everyone, but the coach finds him...a little dumb. For the same reason Michinari is considered but lacks clearly confidence and charisma among his peers, but being much more mesured in his judgements and more mature than the 2 latters, maybe be he could be a good second. So it seems that Asuto will be captain at the end of the process.

However, it is also around this time that his mom became iller. Michinari (since it's his pov) saw Asuto leaving early at trainings, being late or not even coming (since he had to take care of his mom). But once on the field, he is right at it, being the best candidate to be the captain, taking charge of the situation (he is clearly happy to be here, sakka being his confort thing). Michinari feels pity for Asuto going through this.

The teammates seems to already accepted Asuto the captain. Even Goujin seems to have accepted defeat with a smile. However the coach refuses to give his decicion right away and plans a friendly match with another club. The day of the match, Asuto's mom got into the ER while preparing Asuto and herself to go at the match. It's Asuto who called 911 and in panic, didn't notified his team already on the field. The nearest hospital being on the main land, Asuto and his mom were transported by helicopter and flew above the soccer field.

The team learned about the incident after the match. Meanwhile, they had to play without their chosen captain, so the coach gave the band to Goujin, his second choice. As expected, he took the worst decisions, made the dumbest moves, but the team listened to him anyway because they are sheeps. They were not only losing, they were getting publicly humiliated. In half-time, Michinari made a pertinent observation on how all their opponents were all forwards, no defender and tried to make a proposition. The team didn't listened to him. However, the coach did but let the things that way for second half. They lost.

The next day, he planned a team meeting because he made his choice. Asuto was late but everyone waited him before proceeding. In front of everyone, he explains why Goujin will not be the captain (it was obvious). He reviewed everyone until Michinari (the review was brief but strange). Last one is Asuto. Although the coach beginned to praise his qualities in soccer, he surprises everyone saying he was eliminated. The coach explains that Asuto's personal situation prevents him to be reliable. Asuto, being around 6 or 7 at the time, doesn't take it well at all and slammed to door on his way out. The meeting was suspended because almost every players followed Asuto trying to confort him. Michinari wasn't able to do so because the coach prevented him. He told him in private that he chose him to be the captain. Michinari was surprised and ask him why. The coach only gave him a cryptic answer : "one doesn't become leader because he was deserving. One became a leader because of circonstances and deserves it afterward".

At the end of the flashback, Michinari wonders if he ever did what has to be done afterward to deserve it. (Btw the flashback happened way before the semi-finale against Tonagawa Tousen, allowing him to actually try becoming a better captain, observing the others team captains to learn something, but ultimatly realize that he just lacks charisma for having his teammates to follow him).

What are you cooking ?

[desperately trying to put out the flames in the kitchen]

I'm glad you asked, my dear friend.

Inakuni Members potential backstories

Asuto's potential relationships as a kid who was forced to think like an adult at a young age and as someone's "Light"

ASUTO HIMSELF

Nishikage & Nosaka's relationship

Hiroto and Asuto's relationship

Ichihoshi and Asuto's relationship

The Ares situation and How much potential it has

All these are ingredients freshly bought from the market [thumbs up]

[spatio-rift]

in my head i live in a beautiful world where inakuni didnt have to go to raimon to save their club (ridiculous). they were fine just playing on their island and watching the big tournament from afar since they didnt have the money to participate and its their pure love of soccer that moves that one guy to sponsor them so they get a chance to spread that love in the big event.

i want it to be their thing theyre not the focus of my ares game thingy but i want their pure love and enjoyment of the game to be their distinctive characteristic esp as opposed to nosaka and haizaki. but i dont want them to be righteous about it. just like how they moved their sponsor, i want that simple love to move the hearts of others like haizaki and inspire them to pursue playing for themselves as well. i want asuto to be the bright, shining light hes meant to be for haizaki by simply being his sunny self!