When you have Midousuji and Izumida around and they’re the two most normal guys in the spotlight, you know the third one must be a piece of work. Read more

I think Yowapeda very much represents the evolution of sports manga over the past decade. Read more

From Sohoku’s perspective, what’s happening here looks very much like a collapse. Read more

Seems like this show is best when the extra layers (and to an extent, characters) are stripped away and it just operates on the most fundamental level. Read more

One thing you can say for sure about Yowapeda – whenever it hits a rough patch, a little Onoda goes a long way towards getting it back on track. Read more

Is there anyone left that still doubts who the real captain of Sohoku should be? Read more

I realize that there is a danger of repetitiveness with some of my critiques of Yowapeda at this point. Read more

Talk about a timely return… Read more

I’ll let you choose your own metaphor here… Read more