Eyeshield 308 - current team and future predictions!

Er... well the lineup that's announced is surprising...

Some people said that Hiruma would only be on the team due to popularity. Er, well, I might have insinuated that he would be better as a coach... I have reconsidered. Hiruma is average in many categories... EXCEPT his intelligence and cunning which is the highest in the series... and ALSO his shooting and passing skills. In case none of you remember, his Devil Laser Bullet is possibly the highest velocity pass in the series, and it's accuracy is equal to Kid's. He is slower than kid to actually throw it, however if he has Gaou, Kurita, Oogawara, Hercules, and SHIN SEIJUROU as his defensive shield linemen, I see no reason that should matter... I don't think it's going to be easy to break that line and sack Hiruma.
So, I would say that Hiruma really would be Kid's equal in general, but they are better than each other depending on the situation.

Why are there so many inferior linemen on the Japan team? I mean, all this time, Kurita, Gaou, Heracles, Banba, and Otawara have been Lineman playing both offence and defence. Why in the world would you split them up? Unless they feel that the linemen would not have the stamina to handle it? ... I'm sorry I just see no reason to have Mizumachi and Achilles as lineman when you could have Kurita or Heracles in their place.

Also... Taka is on defence? They're not using him to catch passes??? ... Are you serious???

Riku is not on Offence? Really???

Generally, they've got the correct players... but their positions are rather weird!!!

Well... actually, I don't know what Sakuraba is doing there. I mean, he's definitely a great player now. But Taka renders him absolutely obsolete. I mean, his advantage was that he was much taller than Monta. But I don't think his height means ANYTHING against the American team... American team, Japanese team, height difference?

And Tetsuma too... his railroad run might be good against opponent's who are weaker than he is, but if the Americans have players as strong as Ootawara or Kurita, I think they can stop his run quite easily.

I call it as the mangaka's problem here, since Deimon and their opponent's only had a limited number of Aces all this time. Now he doesn't know how to juggle so many good players.

Personally, I would do what any GOOD coach does, and match my lineup to my opponents. For instance if I want to stop Panther, I would definitely have to put Shin and Agon to mark him... Agon might not be as fast, but if he can get in Panther's path, his perfect reflexes won't let him past. Shin is as fast as Riku and Sena, and his defence is much better too.

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Who the heck is the mummy man??? I... haven't figured that out yet. For the moment, I'm going to say it's Unsui, brother of Agon. ... Actually, I'm surprised than Unsui didn't make the team, IIRC, Unsui is a very very strong player worthy of being an ace, if it were not for Agon eclipsing him.

What can Chuubo do? Well... I'd say it has something to do with how he runs, since he is shown dashing towards Yamato, and that dash alone is enough to amaze Yamato and Taka.
I think that he's the 4th person on the team with the 4.2 second lightspeed run. (Sena, Riku, Shin are the other 3)
Since he's on the offensive line, I would guess that he was also physically strong enough to impress Yamato.
In other words, I think Chuubo's job in the line up is: break through and sack the quarterback before he can pass.
I'm almost certain of this fact, actually, but we'll have to wait and see!

As for Agon, my bet is that he's going to challenge the "regular" members to a match with his newly formed team, with places on the team at stake. This is practically sports manga tradition. Hahaha.

Looking forward to it!

Liar Game - Yokoya's clairvoyance.

Well, it's obvious at this point that Kikuzawa has sold out his team and is now acting under Yokoya's orders...

So, what will happen? They'll just have to make Kikuzawa feed them false information.

Done.

Eyeshield 21 Dream Team

To be updated as I go along...


The World Cup Bowl is coming!


Who's going to be on the new team? Obviously, not everyone from Deimon will make it. Sorry, obviously I love the entire Deimon team, but if you wanna compare 1 huh-huh brother vs Gao... there IS no comparison. My guess who is in:





Quarterback:

Kid

Hiruma=substitute



Coach:

All coaches + Himura. Yeah. He's just not as good a quarterback as Kid is, he won't be needed unless Kid is injured. His tactics are #1 though.




Running Backs:

Shin Seijuro
Riku

Sena Kobayakawa

Takeru Yamato

Agon Kongo
Ishimaru --> what's he doing here? Even he himself doesn't know. In reality, in a super all star team, the Shadowless God Of Death is at his peak. No one will even notice him. ... until he crosses the touchdown line.



Receiver:

Monta Raimon
Honjo Taka

Ikkyu Hosakawa


Linemen:

Otowara

Rikiya Gao

Hayato Akaba
Shin Seijuro
Mamoru Banba
Takeru Yamato

Gondayu Yamabushi

Kicker:

Kotaro

Musashi

A smart coach would switch them around depending on distance and whether power or consistancy is required.