5): Kat Graham and Alexander Ludwig star in this rom-com about a congressional aide who forgoes family Christmas to travel across the world, immediately clashing with her guide, a pilot, in the process.
As the brothers fight and bicker, they fail to notice that their parents are hiding something. TBA): This three part mini-series follows a likeable loser who travels home for Christmas, only to be confronted with the fact that his brother is now dating his ex-girlfriend. ‘Days’ is a refreshingly positive shonen anime and I’m looking forward to next weeks episode.Überweihnachten (Nov.
Episode 1 has great pacing and no disappointing cliff-hanger. There are a lot of really cute scenes in the episode as well, involving Kazama and Tsukamoto – and watching their friendship grow is going to be one of the highlights of the series. Tsukamoto has excellent energy and his character is really encouraging.
The opening introduction gives something to look forward to throughout the series and makes the audience wonder how Tsukamoto will improve to become an actual competent soccer player. This is a nice change of pace, and it’s great to have positive friendships build so early on in a series. The viewer was given the impression that he was asking Tsukamoto to play due to a joke, but by the end – the audience can see that Kazama Jin is actually a really nice guy. From the beginning of the episode, Kazama Jin seemed as if he would end up being a jerk or an unlikeable character.
Kazama drops some warm, fuzzy feelings of friendship in the final scene. Mizuki blowing the whistle and Tsukamoto struggles up and down the field. After a frantic search, the pair finds him on the practice field. During Kazama’s pity-party, Sayuri frantically enters asking where Tsukamoto is. Kazama ends up blaming himself and feeling bad for Tsukamoto. Training turns out to be overwhelming and Tsukamoto is left in the dust during shuttle runs. Club practice is headed by star-player and team captain, Mizuki. Kazama thanks Tsukamoto for coming and Tsukamoto is glad to have a new friend. Kazama trips when trying to score the game winning point, but Tsukamoto headbutts the ball in – and smashes his face into the goal post.
Tsukamoto learns that the match is the last one Kazama’s friend, Eiji will be playing and decides to stay in and give it his all in the next half. He even ends up running in the wrong direction – away from the ball! During half-time, Tsukamoto finds his foot bleeding from a ripped toe-nail and Kazama tells him to sit out the rest of the game. The futsol match begins and everyone comments on how bad of a soccer player Tsukamoto is. Tsukamoto meets Kazama’s friends and borrows a pair of cleats from Kazama. Tsukamoto is thrilled to be asked, since he hasn’t had many friends and shows up the game with his friend Tachibana Sayuri, eager to play and prove himself to Kazama. He’s asked to find someone to fill in, and ends up picking Tsukamoto. The school day ends and Kazama learns his pick-up futsol match is one man down.