Short king discovers rugby is just sanctioned group trauma with matching uniforms.
7.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 25
LatestThe bad blood between Matsuo and the other third-years remains... but right now... right now making the "Strongest Team in Kanagawa" standing before us remember our name comes first!! Despite their inconsistent coordination, Jinko desperately holds on, finally drawing that man to the field... The Jinko VS Ryoin game heads towards is magnificent conclusion!
In rugby, there is no ace striker, there is no number four batter, so who is the star of the team? The story begins at school entrance ceremony of Kanagawa High School where Kenji Gion, a small but gutsy go-getter joins the rugby club. He joins with his classmate, Iwashimizu, who has a complicated past and sub-captain Hachiouji, who always takes good care of his Club members. Lastly, there is Captain Sekizan, who has overwhelming powers but keeps his cards close to his chest. With such differences in both personality and physical performance, the team must learn to work and grow together so they can become the best.
Acting
Hosoya's Sekizan: terrifying captain energy with secret soft center.
Sound
Bone-crunching tackles that make you physically flinch.
Writing
Iwashimizu's backstory hits harder than any scrum.
Shoya Chiba
Kenji Gion (voice)
Ryota Osaka
Mutsumi Hachiooju (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Takuya Sekizan (voice)
Yuuto Adachi
Sumiaki Iwashimizu (voice)
Atsushi Kosaka
Kenya Horikawa (voice)
Chiharu Sawashiro
Natsuki Ise (voice)
Daichi Kanbara
Yuusaku Suwa (voice)
Daiki Hamano
Hirokuni Kasuga (voice)
Daiki Kobayashi
Yoshiki Hirano (voice)
Fukushi Ochiai
Takeo Atsuta (voice)
Fuminori Komatsu
Toshinosuke Matsuo (voice)
Haruka Yoshimura
Umeno Hoakari (voice)
Hiroki Takahashi
Kumio Hisakawa (voice)
Hiromichi Tezuka
Kooichirou Kashima (voice)
Jun Fukushima
Shunsuke Futami (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rugby remains niche in Japan despite the 2019 World Cup; this anime helped spark a mini boom in high school club recruitment.
The manga author played rugby in school and specifically wrote Gion as 155cm because 'short players deserve to see themselves as heroes too.'
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