Medalist

And lastly, I got all the physical English translated volumes. My lent volume 1 to my mom to read. The Inori nendoroid fig was preordered with goodsmileUS so I won't see that until Q1 of next year.

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Good on you buyfag.

is this any good? the lolis look kinda ho.. ahem cute

Yeah

Extremely good.

Careful, you'll fall in love with the lolis like a father dotes on his daughter.

I was once like you.
Watched it for the lolis. Stayed for the excitement.
I mean, it's a sports anime after all.

Chaptet 52. Where is it?

What killed the hype?

Papacoaches getting ripped and fabulous like Tsukasa.
Mamacoaches getting ripped and fabulous like Tsukasa.

I'm also late to the party and on episode 9 right now. The lolis are cute, but it's also just a good sports anime, would definitely recommend.

When's the new chapter? And how many chapters is it going to take for Inori to get her groove back?
I just want to see her win again, bros.

Inori really is miracle-of-the-universe tier cute.

Tsurumaikada, here. Inori (G.O.E. +5) will need to have sex with Hikaru (psycho) and Tsukasa (depressed) simultaneously to cure herself.

Draw it you coward.

Torrent?

Medalist fans are too well-mannered and polite to fill endless generals.

Why? You can find everything on nyaa.

I really like sports anime, and I think this one's my favorite. Maybe it's recency bias kicking in. but I can't remember any other spokon where I actually care about the outcome.

Oh shit, speak of the devil and Hikaru comes. Chapter 52's out.

We've spent all of these chapters with Hikaru and I still don't get what her deal is. What's wrong with her?

She suffers from final boss syndrome.

Oh yeah, chapter 52 is out.

As in she has a weird fixation on being Inori's final boss, or meta final boss syndrome as in SNK games where Hikaru being the designated final boss makes the plotting contort in weird ways?

Final boss syndrome + protagonist possessiveness

Yeah but why? I feel like Hikaru's characterization doesn't really paint a coherent picture.

Think back on her upbringing. Where was she before she started skating? Then think back to the very beginning when she met Inori. Also, look at her exchange with iruka. The pieces are there, but there are still unanswered questions like her necklace and if there's a deeper relation between her and Jun.

Also forgot to mention her exchange with Tsukasa which was very important. Just think about it.

GAAAAAY

Takes one to know one, fag.

You fucked up the OP, you colossal retard. There's a new manga chapter out; S1 is over.

Remind me again because I don't even really remember why she wants to be the best. She was like raised by wolves or something, then got adopted into a rich family, which is where Jun picks her up. But she also thinks of herself like a chameleon cynically blending in to maximize her odds of survival (although she apparently sucks at this and acted like a wild child in the Kamisaki household anyway). Then she idolizes Jun, who has an amazing achievement, but is otherwise kind of a disaffected antisocial loser. So Hikaru, who thinks herself as being this social chameleon who does everything optimally, wanted to follow in the exact footsteps of the dude that nobody likes, except now not really because her new obsession is more about being the light of Inori's life (and loins)? I feel like there are a lot of contradictions.

Ema should have been retconned into an Indian.

You retards think too deeply about this spoken. It's all because she has weaponized autism. Social retard? Check. Super talented at one thing? Check. Extrinsically motivated? Check. It's so obvious is hurts to watch.

Spokon* thanks auto-correct for making me look like a RETARD

She's someone who considered herself inhuman in her ability to have no true social existence and saw herself as only putting others in the shadows. Now she realizes how important other people are to her and wants to be a light that shines on others, with Inori being the purest manifestation of her new view on life. Seems like a consistent character arc.

But did she like putting other people in the shadows? Did she get a kick out of being the big bad wolf? Because if you're hyper-attuned to social awareness and you're outshining everyone, wouldn't you want to sandbag instead of taking Rioh's teeny-tiny pathetic pea-sized ego and crushing them between your two fingers? I could understand it if it was a conflict about wanting to be the best and wanting to meet other people's expectations or something, but I don't really understand what motivates her in the first place, before Inori came along.

She wanted to surpass Jun before because she loved his skating, but it's clear she was bugged by and suppressed her guilt over crushing her enemies, which Jun clearly never felt. Hikaru said Inori's skating made her tremble, so feeling so intrigued by someone while her idol Jun was so dismissive of them started this chain of events (along with other things) that led to her changing her mindset on skating.

I guess the consistent thing is she's always been insanely competitive, whether it's surpassing Jun or motivating Inori so she can have an endless rivalry.

Thankfully the author is a woman so it's not creepy

It reminds me of when I was a kid and I watched pretty rhythm on TV

i dont like sports but i really like Medalist.
i lewd lolis but i dont lewd Medalist.
its just really fucking good and wholesome chungus.

Is this show popular or nah

the author of a sand county almanac and the river runs through it

edit - i mean a sand county almanac & the river runs through it, not watership down

Iruka next chapter surely

i assumed she was

When was she bothered be crushing her enemies?

It seemed to be the most popular show in Japan last season. Was pretty popular in the west as well. Only thing is that Disney+ put it out with dubtitles. Hulu had actual subs and there were fansubs as well.

Super popular in Japan. Moderately popular on Anon Babble?

this motherfucker never learned about the case sensitivity regex flag

And she never skated again...

There's another scene in more recent chapters but it took me 20 minutes to find the chapter for this panel and I can't be assed to look any more

I want to fuck a wolf, Anon Babble.

I feel like this is a statement that she already accepts that. So it doesn't bother her, or at least not enough to be central to her character.

If it didn't bother her she wouldn't even think about the people she's defeating. She also affirms in recent chapters that she wants to change by becoming the light for others specifically after recognizing how much people like Rioh's family meant to her.

Hopefully we're back to Inori next chapter. She and Tsukasa have a lot of work to do.

I think showing Inori entering a practice rink on the last panel is meant to transition to returning to a focus on Inori.

check out my cat

brags about all his medalist merch

doesn't at least share the digital content with the rest of us

What's the fucking point then? Nobody cares about how you use your money, buyfag. Also, no (you) for you; I know you're staring at this thread hoping for people to affirm your poor purchasing decision. You're everything wrong with this community and then some. Humbly, fuck off and kill yourself in that order, you loser manchild.

I think the mangaka is setting up for Hikaru to get injured.

ominous blurb about limiting quads

candle burns brightest before it goes out

As other people said in old threads, the only way feasible for Inori to surpass Hikaru after the buff is for the latter to get injured.
This also falls in line with how so many Russian figure skaters 11yo who do quads retire early.

You didn't have to say the obvious part out loud bro...

One of the very first lines of the manga was about how much a skater has to sacrifice. So this might have always been the course the author wanted.

what

new ch mangadex.org/chapter/80352fe6-2a0b-40ea-aa78-25b016c34189/1

We know retard be early next time

woah why does this kid have bedroom eyes

I mean the chapter made it clear that this wasn't going to be a regular thing as the jumps were not only gratuitous but led to sloppy choreography.

WOLF SEX!

Maybe I've predicted that the new chapter will come out.
Maybe I did it in purpose.
Anyway, what's done is done.

Iruka is dead, we can only see her funeral.

n-no...

It would be in-character for Iruka to start a metal band and become a cutter and drug addict

massive poorfag coping vibes from this post

So this is the power of papacoaches... I kneel...

Nobody cares

i care