Context? You don't need no stinkin' context.

[rhythmbandit]

The most epic time-out call ever...

Comments

[freezer]

Ah, Eyeshield 21... "Gretsky Has The Ball: The Manga".

[terrykun]

Aside from the brutality level and how often helmets come off, it's actually not that bad.

[freezer]

As a lifelong fan of American Football, I have to say... yes it is. I realize that, as a shonen comic, reality runs a distant second to story. But I have yet to read a single game story that doesn't make me say "You're doing it wrong!"

[octopedingenue]

Everything I know about American sports I learned from Japanese comic books. It's actually kinda awesome.

[manicferret]

I have a weird fondness for it and I usually don't like game stories. At all.

[meatwhichdreams]

Yowch, doesn't that hair give him an unfair advantage in tackles? Maybe that's why he wears so many earrings - to give his opponents a leg up in personal injuries!

[thatnickguy]

Geez, just give Goku the time-out already!

[slippy]

Wow, sudden feelings bomb. Those chapters legit had me tensed up.

[eyz]

TIME OOOOOOOUUUUT!!
Woah! I just turned into a super saiyajin!!

[rhythmbandit]

I had zero interest and knew nothing about football till I read Eyeshield. It's frikkin awesome, and shonen tropes aside it teaches newbies the basics of football.

[freezer]

VERY bare basics.