¶ Review of Windbreaker Manga Podcast
oh shit , what's good nerds ? It's jet black extreme . And we are back at again with another episode of the zone podcast . Joining me now is talos , gundam and playboy , as we review windbreaker . And , without further ado , let's go ahead and get at them .
Gentlemen , let me tell you , when I heard of Windbreaker well , when I read the synopsis , I was thinking okay , so I'm getting like Tenjo Tenge , tokyo Revenger type vibes , where you're going to see like a bunch of delinquents running around beating people up and all that other shit . And it was going to be the same play with Windbreaker , right ?
No , no , no , no , that's not what happened . It's kind of what happened , but that's not really what's going on here . With Boforin , also known as Windbreaker in English , these guys are more like the heroes of justice Going around Protecting the town of Makochi from harm , and the main character , haruka sakura .
He's the type of dude that was thinking like oh yeah , I'm gonna beat up everybody , I'm gonna take the , I'm gonna be the top dog , go to school and all that , but instead of one of those situations where , yeah , everybody at the school is gonna be pretty much fighting you , no , no , no , uh , everybody really just want to be your friend and like let's just
be buddies , like let's exchange phone numbers and like get to know each other . And then sakura's like whoa , hold on . Now , this is brand new to me . Like usually people like pick on me for , you know , having heterochroma because he has black and white hair and like , uh , gray and I think like golden yellow eyes . It , by the way , badass look , by the way .
So I'm not gonna pick on him for it . But apparently people was ostracizing him for it and that's why he had like bad social skills and he pretty much internalized it and one way or another he just just decided you know what ? I'm just gonna lash out and be a fighter , and that's all I know .
And he goes into Furi in high school and he said that it was rumored to be where , oh , strength is valued over academics .
And right there , right there where I'm like you know what this is my whole gripe about Goku , from Dragon Ball , to where , once again , I made that whole spiel to where they , all these adults around him , was like yeah , goku , you don't really need school , all you need to do is enter tournaments and win that prize money , you'll be alright , you don't really
need book learning . But yeah , like I still say you kind of need book learning . But , um , yeah , like , I still say you kind of need book learning , but , um , you don't really see that with these guys . But eh , it's not the show for that .
But anyway , you beat all these different dudes and man , let me tell you this roster of dudes at Food Marine , and also , um , the other place . I forgot to start with S to show um , something . I'll look it up later , I'll remember .
But uh , point being is that , um , it's kind of like a turf war thing going on , you know , like with some shadier um gangs , but um , both ring or windbreak or whatever your prerogative is , they're more like the good guys trying to keep the peace around town . And these guys feel like actual characters and I'm going to go through each of them .
But before I do all that , starting with Playboy , how you feeling about Windbreaker as a whole ?
I'm good man , you can hear me clear .
Yeah , I got you man .
Alright . Um , man , man , I'm not gonna lie to you , like first episode got me because you know me since . You know me since middle school . But when we met we met in ojo . So I've grown up loving martial arts , anything martial arts , karate , fighting . It's just . It's just does
¶ Discussion of Windbreaker Anime Characters
something to me . The animation to it was perfect . It wasn't choppy , it wasn't overdoing anything . The characters were just perfect . One second , alright .
We did give him some time , but uh , while he doing that , yeah , like when I was saying too much , these characters , man , they kind of they kind of grew on me almost instantly , especially with uh hajime . But uh , I'll get to him when we get there Dead air , but while he's doing that , tell us real quick how you feeling About Windbreakers .
Me . I relatively Loved it okay . So For me , windbreakers me I relatively loved it . Okay . So for me , windbreakers and I know a lot of people are going to be like what the hell ? Windbreakers is one of the better anime in its class , I kid you not .
It's a lot better than , uh , a lot of other ones , a lot of the mainstream ones , yeah , so it is to me it's a lot better . I know folks are like wait , but there's such and such out there like that . I get that .
But for me this one kind of like it just just fit it a little bit better than because normally I'm going to be real with you , I'm the person that normally does not watch this type of anime .
Nah see , I feel you because I was thinking like , okay , let me go through the catalog of what's going down on the spring list and I was like I saw Windbreaker .
I looked at the synopsis and I'm like you know what I'll give this a chance , like even with Tokyo Revengers , right , I relatively didn't watch it , I skimmed it . I got the whole just evident , everything else . But Tokyo Revengers wasn't relatively one that I was going to watch .
Most of the time with this type of stuff here , I'll read them before I watch them . And so I just was like , alright , you know what , I'll watch it . And I gotta say , when Breakers was like , hey , this relatively fits more of what I consider to be . You know , it ain't got to have this . You know the whole , oh , supernatural shining field .
But at the same time it's like this reminds me of a freaking manga that was out there where it was like , hey , they just literally this whole entire premise , you might think this entire school is just okay , they're about just fight , fight , fight , fight . Everybody fight each other . But there's a deeper premise to it and I like it .
So I was like I can deal with it .
Yeah , see , this is what I was talking about to where the characters actually feel like characters and not just cookie-cutter archetypes that you normally see in shows that have like 12 , 13 episodes . And the funny thing is , what I really appreciate is they already greenlit season 2 .
It's coming in 2025 , so I can't wait to see what's going on with both rings on Tussle , with Kiel , because , like , let me tell y'all , ladies , I'm not going to even front y'all , I just got through watching the whole series . Like I've been kind of busy trying to get ready for Kaiju number 8 . We're going to get ready for Demon Slayer , delician and Dungeon .
Get ready for kaiju number eight . Uh , we're gonna get ready for demon slayer . Uh , deletion and dungeon . Um , free run , uh , match , we're gonna . We're gonna do a whole bunch of shit , believe me , believe me , season 15 we're coming in hot , just like we did at the tail end of season 14 .
But my whole thing is that , god damn , windbreaker was one of those shows where I'm like I was like impressed , like I was fairly impressed , like I want to say , with the pacing I was kind of having mixed feelings , but I felt like they , they sell the whole thing . Um , joe shentory . Um , goddamn , you know what . I'm gonna look this up .
I'm gonna look up their name , fuck it . Um , I Thought , um , the pacing Felt like I don't know .
I guess you could say it's a good thing season two was definitely Greenlit , because otherwise I felt like , and y'all kinda Blazed through the main conflict Of season one and then left us with like two , maybe three episodes of filler to get ready for the next part . That's coming up with keel .
But then again , I can't even complain , because it felt like you got a chance to get to know the characters before they really got into it and luckily they were going up against a gang where they weren't really Cici Torrin , that was their name , cici Torrin .
It was kind of difficult for me to pronounce at first , but I felt like that was more character development for the characters that was involved and speaking of which , let me go ahead and go through all these characters now . I already said about Haruka Sakura , to where , uh , he has heterochromia , he's kind of a tsundere .
Uh , he does have a sense of justice and he is kind of bashful when it comes to romance and friendship and all that stuff . But you know , he had a hard time fitting in with other people .
So you're just going to have to give him time to like warm up to people , and he has been doing that Like he's been taking the steps in Season 1 , and I kind of appreciate guys like Suho and Kumamia and Nidre being around him to help him out . But , boy , boy , I didn't even forget about you . What was it that you were saying earlier about Windbreaker ?
Oh yeah , basically , well , y'all talked about the animation , Basically this , and the thing that once I started watching it was , as with the characters , they're not like like a meaning to the plot , like how you say it was rushed , but it's like plot like how you said it was rushed but it's like , uh , you kind of going in and out on me playboy , I'm sorry .
Yeah , sometimes it's important , betsy , if you have to use speakerphone , just by all means yeah , but I was just basically saying how , uh , how the character comes in , all tough a black sheep expecting , expecting the whole naruto treatment , you feel me ? How the whole village , yeah , that's how , imagine that .
But coming to a village that accepts you now because you're who you are , exactly who you are , and that's why they mess with you . So it's kind of like I'm not used to that , like I'm used to people turning around . You know what I'm saying . It was just crazy .
But the whole thing about it is how he doesn't like to look at himself as a hero because he says he don't save people this , that and the third , but yet he looked at it .
As I don't like bullies , I'm not doing this for you , I'm doing this because I don't like what they're doing , and that's a good way to kind of trump it all , but deep down you're really nice man . That's kind of why I like him , because he reminds me of characters like Bakugou Inosuke , some of the ones that I like .
No no no , listen , listen . You know what that reminds . No , no , listen , listen . You know what that reminds me . How you know what his voice sound familiar . Let me look this dude up . Let me look at his english voice , kit , um voice , because , first of all , I am kind of glad that I did watch most of it .
I watched the last leg sub because , um , the dub episodes for those didn't come out yet . But I am glad that I did watch it though , because the comedic beats and all the other shit was very well done . So I'm like , yeah , it's one of those shows where you can watch this stuff . But the English voice actor for Sakura was Austin Tindall .
I thought it was Bakugou's voice actor , but , funny enough , he was Monoma's voice actor for my Hero Academia . But he did a whole bunch of other shit too . Like shit , I'm looking at it now , and this dude go way back , like he was accelerated from a certain magical index . Uh , he was the main character from guilty crown .
Uh , marco from Marco from Attack on Titan , lewis from Freezing . I'm looking at more shit . He was in Assassination . He was Karma from Assassination Classroom . That's why I'm like God , no wonder I recognize your voice , he's been in so much shit , I was like yeah , I recognize you . Now yeah . Love Tyrant , the Ancient Mage's , bride , darling of France .
Recognize you now ? Yeah , um love tyrant , uh , the ancient mages , um bride , uh , darling of france . I'm not trying to derail too much because I'm just genuinely curious , um he's also in spicing wolf , um the newer series and uh , oh yeah , he was um million dollars from trigon stampede . So I'm like no wonder why I recognize that voice , I'm like you know .
So yeah , like , oh , the fights , okay , the fights felt good . Like you know , it didn't feel as telegraphed as some anime , like sometimes you just feel like you can just see the punch coming . I was like man by the time he throws the punch . I could have dodged it by now . But no , like they actually be like boxing , boxing .
Like especially little kid leaving the CC Tour . Aw , tomoyama Bro , like they say , the dude was fighting like a fucking whirlwind . Tomeyama Bro , like they say the dude was fighting like a fucking whirlwind . I'm like god damn .
Oh , yeah , choji , go crazy yeah .
The way you bit Hajime . I'm like , hey , bro .
¶ Exploring Leadership Archetypes in Windbreaker
But you know what I want to talk about , the parallels between Hajime and Choji . By the way , see , as I approach the zone , I am constantly reminded , I'm constantly reminding myself , of the leader that I want to be and the leader that I'm afraid of becoming . Hajime and choji represents that perfectly .
To where I want to be more like hajime , to where he's like this older brother figure that's always well , he , he at least tries to look out for everybody .
Even he himself said , hey , man , I can't be there for everyone all at once , but I can do what I can and I'm gonna need some people to delegate to help me , uh , run this shit , because I can't do this on my own , like , and he's the kind of dude I was like you know what I like ? I like this guy . It's like he .
Even then he doesn't seem like he's all stuck up and shit and the top dog is more like he's kind of easy going , loving his own plants and shit . And I'm like you know what spiritually I feel this guy , I want to be like this guy honestly .
And then you see Choji and he kind of reminds me of what I'm afraid of to where , as I'm trying to approach my leadership role , that I don't want to become this dude , to where I want to gain freedom , I want to help us make things happen .
But then I just lose my soul in the process of trying to make things happen and then I just become kind of like monster . You know how like Choji had like those swirls in his eyes , I'm like dude was lost . I was like as soon as he got the power he was like uh-uh , like this isn't what I thought it was going to be . Like I don't feel free at all .
He was having like some Aaron Ye yeager , essential crisis , existential crisis type shit , excuse me . Ah , yeah , like and especially that fight between him . Those two , um , sakura and togame bro , it had like emotional weight to it to a point where , like on a spiritual level , I fuck with this show . I really do .
And , to be honest with you , with season one it ain't even that deep , since we sakurai and rosen to furin . Next thing , you know he gets into it with , uh , shishi toron . Um , they have this whole tournament style thing going on on . That gets hashed out , they become buddies Three episodes kind of like .
You know they're trying to pretty much appoint Sakura as the great captain or the class rep , whatever you want to call it .
And then you get a little teaser of what Kyo's all about , to where they're even slimier than Chichiturin , you know , running around beating people up or snatching each other's jacks and skinning them , as they say , and I'm like , okay , well , season one , it's not like they threw a whole lot of shit at you to digest and shit .
It's like that's pretty much the rundown . But ultimately I would say the characters is what endeared me . It's almost like you said Playboy with episode one . It was that hook , that hook that got me to where I'm like you know what I'm all in . Yeah , but how y'all feeling so far about the characters ?
um , I'll say right off the top I already got a favorite character , it'll have to be I'm gonna see if you know who I'm talking about leonardo dicaprio oh , uh , suo .
yeah , I like him , uh , the way he had that Akio type shape . He was like , well , his master was self-taught , but then it was like this hybrid of martial arts that he was doing .
I was like I kind of want to learn what that is , so yeah , it's like a mix of throws like Aikido , maybe Hapkido , maybe like one of those throws was Hapkido , maybe like one of those throws was pop keto , but I know it was a lot of aikido , um , not tai chi , but it's basically like a uh wing chun base type of martial arts .
The ones that use counter attacks , the ones that don't , you know , focus on straight boot force , the ones that don't focus on straight brute force , the ones that redirect energy . Those are the styles of Super Junior , like a water element type of martial arts .
Yeah , you can tell , because most of his attacks were like open palm too , like the way it was like circular and everything .
It's almost like we're going back in time to where we were just talking about Avatar , the Last Airbender , to where it's not just that they can Bend the elements , but it's the way they do it , to where they actually have to have like some sort of Sense of martial arts , sense to Use their techniques , to where Breathing and everything , to where , yeah , it's like
one of those things that you notice , to where , like , he was like open palm , swaying , parrying and all that other shit . Yeah , uh , oh , nirei , let me talk about nire real quick .
Uh , okay , see , he's a dude where I'm like he was kind of funny , especially when he was first introduced , um , where he had like the drip to to where he had the glasses and the shirt and I'm like , okay , okay , I'm kind of feeling me right . And then he was introduced to sakura and then , uh , he put his hand .
He put his hand on sakura's shoulders , like , are you ?
stupid .
I was like hey , yo like not exactly that word , but it was kind of like that . But his comedic timing was so brilliant , it was like it was so great . But as , as they enrolled , it's almost like he became Deku without the quirk . You know what I mean . It was like , yeah , I got my little notebook .
I may not be good for fighting , but you know I can recognize names and little fun facts about him , all that Namespace and all that . So I'm like , okay , that's pretty much useful . Like he can be a secondary along with Suo . So Sakura got on the whole Grey Cap
¶ Character Analysis of Windbreaker Anime
thing going on . Um , it was like some other characters that I wanted to talk about too . Uh , there were like the two guys near the end to where there was the one guy that um was really all about exercising and shit you , you know he was in the back doing pulls .
And then the other guy with the pink hair Like I'm forgetting the names , I'm sorry , I might remember In just a moment . Oh , it was Kiryu and Tsugura . Tsugura , you know His first name is Taiga . I'm just gonna call him Taiga . Uh , dugara , you know what His first name's ? Tiger ? I'm just gonna call him Tiger . Yeah , um , what you saying ? Playboy ?
Oh no , hold on , I gotta pull up the cast because I'm forgetting the names too . Yeah , Pink Heroine is one of my favorites as well . Uh , uh , Damn , what's his name ?
Describe him like ? What does he look like ? Muted again . Okay , that work man . Oh yeah , I feel you Tell us while you're doing that um .
Got any favorite characters . Oh okay . So In all honesty , with this show right here , I didn't really have Any favorite characters that stood out . This time , at least , not right now . I'm gonna give it another rewatch to actually see , but for myself , at the current moment , I wanna say None of like to actually see .
But for myself , at the current moment , I want to say , outside the main character , nobody stood out like that . Like I said , once again , this is one of them . Animes that's like hey , you know , normally , like I said , normally don't watch them . I normally go and be like alright , I know they got a manga somewhere .
Let me read the manga and let me see how this manga goes , let me see what this is about and I can get a better feel for it from the manga and , like I watched it and I have read some of the manga , I have not finished the manga . However , I've read the manga and as I'm reading it , like I said , I get a better feel for them .
So I know there's gonna be like maybe a couple of characters that are gonna stand out outside of it , but at the current moment I don't have any , not just really offhand Gotcha , gotcha . I feel it Alright . Like I said , though , outside of that , I'm not gonna lie to you the fight scenes , uh okay , that was an enjoying thing .
I enjoyed that hell yeah so I'm not even gonna front you the fight scenes like that , cause I'm a big martial arts , like a big martial arts fan , my damn so . So it's like yeah , they did this one right .
I I will give them that they did this one right I gotcha see , the funny thing was like when they got to the whole tournament part . That was when it felt like the fight kind of flowed , almost like I want to say God of High School , yeah , the way , the Choreography and the animation of it it was almost on that level To God of High School .
And Joining us now is Mira Jane . Give her a moment . What up , mira Jane ? Give her a moment . So what up , mira Jane ?
What's up ? What's up .
Not much . You just called us at a good time . We're just pretty much talking about the characters of Windbreaker . But while everybody get their thoughts together , tell us how did you feel about Windbreaker and do you have any favorite characters among them ? Yeah , Did I . I hope it's not a connection issue .
I think you're a thing I hate it .
Jesus Christ , it's all good , but , um , yeah , yeah , yeah , like I was saying the fights , yes , I did like how , with the punches and the kicks and what not , it didn't feel like it was so Still , like everybody Was like flowing and shit , like it didn't feel like it was so still , everybody was flowing and shit , yeah it didn't feel cheesy , like legit .
That's the reason why I relatively say with these types of anime , with these types of shows here and stuff like that , I typically will go to their manga more so than I do the anime , because a lot of times folks they get mad with me , I don't care . Tokyo Revengers felt cheesy .
Wow , did you really say that out loud ?
Yes , Tokyo Revengers , the fight scenes felt cheesy . It felt like , eh okay , as much as you want to be like , oh , this is Japanese high school and stuff , it would have came out . You want to be like , oh , this is Japanese high school and stuff , it would have came out better if Tokyo Revenge was a K-drama . Hold on , I'm sorry .
I'm going to be honest with you . If Tokyo Revenge was a K-drama that had that type of feel to it , then , yeah , I would have watched it . And then it would have been like , okay , hey , yeah , the would watch it .
And then it would have been like , okay , hey , yeah , the fight scenes work because you're placating off of an American trope , but in the same concept , there in lives with Windbreakers , nah , like I said , it felt like God of High School . It felt like , okay , these are not forced fights , these are . These are like yeah , okay , we boxing for real .
this , this now , see , here's the funny thing .
First of all , uh , let's talk about a new term that I'm just now learning with , uh , windbreaker , uh , yankee , which is , you know , japanese for yankee , to where essentially you have delinquents going around with certain clothing , certain hairstyles and whatnot and you would think , um , with these guys , yeah , it's like , there's like turf wars and whatnot , but , like
I said in the beginning , it doesn't really play out , at least not with the main cast , where they're more like the hero justice type and they just kind of masquerade as the type of dude that's going around beating people up , but in actuality everybody in the town knows that they're the good guys . But uh , all those other gangs , I don't know about them .
Um , and also , uh , with tokyo revengers . I didn't watch it yet and I'm going to , because we're going to do a whole versus between Tenjo Tenge , tokyo Revengers and Windbreaker . Now here's my thing . I watched Tenjo Tenge , old buddy in that one . Yeah , he gets humble fast . Tokyo Revengers I heard Mikey's . The same way . He gets humble fast .
Sakura Uh-uh , that boy putting up all-star numbers . He didn't lose a fight yet , uh . So I don't know like we're just gonna have to see during the verses but um , how everybody else is feeling , but so far I'm like between the three , windbreak is looking kind of strong , but then again , only 13 episodes and season 2 Is coming right around the corner 2025 .
We'll see how season 2 plays out , because I believe Tokyo Revengers and Tenjo Tenji have at least 24 Episodes to their name . So we'll see how season 2 plays out Before we actually do that versus . But yeah , at least with Sakura . So we'll see how season two play out before we actually do that versus . But uh , yeah , yeah , uh , at least with soccer .
You know , that boy got here , he got hands , he was doing like parkour and shit . Like this dude , I honestly don't think he has an incompetent bone in his body like he may not what I loved about soccer , I will say this .
I will give talos what I loved about soccer . I will say this .
I will give Talos this what I loved about Windbreaker was that they were using actual fighting styles in these fights yes , uh , playboy and I were just talking about with the martial arts , while uh Suho with the iPad was using like a combination of Aikido and what not and we were trying to figure out the fuck is all that he's using Wing . Chun .
Yeah .
Playboy said that too like a combination , remember , he said it was a Hybrid of things . But yeah , it was like a combination of Wing Chun , aikido and whatnot . Yeah , I like that , I did . And I was also mentioning how , in particular , I was like a fan of the way Choji was fighting To where . Uh , I know I've mentioned this before .
I'm just telling you MJ , wow , that boy was fighting like a Fucking hurricane against Hajime .
I was like what the ?
fuck is going on here , but uh , nah , um , mj , how you felt about Windbreaker as a whole is going on here , but uh , not . Mirajane , how you felt about Windbreak as a whole and do you have any favorite characters ?
Uh , as a whole for the first 13 episodes , decent , like it's . Actually , it captured me from the first episode Because it wasn't your typical tropes , you know . Like yeah , it went against the grain , starting off with , like I'm thinking the way it started off , I'm thinking , oh , he just fixing to fight to get to the top .
Oh , it's another like out of high school . So now that's what I'm just that's what I'm thinking , right ? Yeah , then you find out , like nah , like both of it is all about protecting the peace and keeping the city clean and like y'all not fit to come over here with all that trash . Like we gonna beat you down .
Like , and not only are we gonna beat you down , but we also gonna help that old man across the street paint his shop . After we beat somebody behind him , like after we beat their ass , we gotta go paint . I thought that that jump was so hilarious to me , and then my favorite character is a bodgy ripoff bodgy ripoff sugishita .
Oh , blonde with the sharp teeth .
He has black hair with the sharp teeth . I think his fight was the first fight .
Oh , you're talking about the zealot .
Yeah , okay , I got you now I gotot .
Yeah , okay , I got you . Now I got you . He's kind of funny , Especially when it's like every time Hajime gives Sakura some praise . He was like that should have been me .
That's my favorite character and I guess you could say he looks so much I'm not gonna lie to you I was like he definitely looked just like baji from tokyo avengers and he even fights kind of like baji and I'm like he's definitely a ripoff for tokyo avengers , I like , and I did not even care . I was not even insulted . I do love that . He's not like .
I love his personality . I really do . He's so awesome . He's a character to everyone else yeah , a lot of background noise there but uh , I will say uh , who was your favorite character from shish and torrent ? Or have we talked about shish and torrent yet ?
I did a little bit where , uh , I do like choji and um joe , uh , you know guy with um glasses and um yeah , no see , here's the funny thing about him . I thought that was gara's english voice after , but it's a totally different dude , but it sounded the same . I was like hold on , no see , here's the funny thing about him .
I thought that was Gara's English voice , but it's a totally different dude , but it sounded the same . I was like hold on , gara .
I did too . You said the same thing , so it's not .
No , but bro , no , liam O'Brien did Gara . This one was Let me see real quick , I almost got it . This guy was Chris Guerrero , but I was like bro , he sounded just like Liam O'Brien .
What the fuck ? I'm blown away by that . Now I was over here talking big gay to one of my friends Like , yeah , that's Garth , it's got to be . I was so wrong .
¶ Character Development in Windbreaker Podcast
The cadence and everything , like the tone , the cadence , like everything , like I was like hey , yo like if he was like a little angrier maybe , like I know , gar wasn't exactly a totally angry child , a little more emo , just a little bit more . Just a little bit more emo . It's a little bit more emo , but he was like more laid back with it .
So I'm like , okay , I it was like , oh uh , girl with some chill , what the fuck . But uh , oh yeah , um , sakura gave him the nickname rat tail .
That's how I remember him yeah , he did give him and that I thought it was very telling during their fight when he takes the ponytail out .
Yeah , like he . Just , you know what , let me take off my shoes , let's take off these glasses , take out the ponytail , you know what , let's do this .
And the whole thing is like , up until those last two fights with Togame and Choji , it just felt like , well , really with all the fights , except like the first one with , uh , your boy , uh , I'm trying to remember his name , but , uh , kyotaro , I'm just gonna call him by his own first name , shit , um , because that's how I remember some characters by their
last name , I remember by their first name . So I'm just gonna call him kyotaro . Uh , yeah , kyotiyotaro , fucking like he . I like how Buddy thought , oh , I'm gonna fucking knock this dude out . And then it's like , oh , you thought wrong , you fucking bodied that motherfucker in one move . Hey they did say Kiyotaro built like a tank , and I believe it .
The stance and everything .
Listen , listen , you're not getting through him . He is the linebacker on the team . Okay , You're not getting through him . Okay , like I will say , one thing I loved that was so different was that they made the I'm putting air quotes around this the skinning . They made that seem so dramatic . Like I was so into that .
I was like yo , they really take like my mind . The first time you hear skinning you're just like , okay , they don't really like skinning , right , yeah , right yeah , no , no no but it's the removal of the jacket and I'm like wow , they really took fighting .
They took something that can be seen as just like generic right , like this anime could have came across so generic and they took that one moment and made it so impactful that I was like I want to . I don't want the choji , that's like this . I want to see choji when he's happy , like yeah , see , that's the thing .
That's where I feel okay , I know how this gonna play out , to , where this is more like character development and they're just gonna be buddy buddy by the end of all this .
But the whole point is like , as soon as we got to um the one fight before sakura versus on toga may it became clear that these guys have like history between each other and all the other shit . And it just seemed like , oh , shit , okay , I see how it is .
And you see the background to the um backstories , to where , uh , joe and Choji was like buddy-buddy , to like climb through the ranks and all that shit . And then , next thing , you know , choji became the top dog . He got bored of it instantly . And then the boys came back and was like , hey , man , we got beat up .
And I was like , how fucking dare you show your faces back here after getting beat up ? Give me this jacket , you're not one of us anymore . And I was like , oh , and then joe was like , hey , bro , like this is getting a little extreme , like you need to stop tweaking . I'm like , hey , you got a problem with how I do things . Maybe you need to leave too .
I'm like , hey , man , you know what I didn't say hey , bro , hey bro , I ain't saying what I said .
You know what you want my help . I'll take . Take the jacket off for you , you good .
I'll take the blame . It was all my idea . Hey man , as long as you just keep smiling , Just stay smiling , bro , you want some candy ?
What can I do ? I love how they made that moment just so intense . And then such a good parallel was the Toma-Hiragi fight . Toma-hiragi's fight was such a good parallel to Choji because old dude , the dude he fought wanted him to go to the top . He was like bro , I'm going to support you , you can go to the top . And he's like nah , bro .
Yeah , and also I like how afterwards Sakura realized man , you know what ? I could've ended up just like Choji .
Right , right , I love that .
What I even love even more about Sakura's character is that usually the bashfulness will come in because of a girl like usually that's the thing , and yes , we saw that but he's bashful because people around him actually care about him , and that that was such a freaking like nudge to character development that I know we're gonna see so much of in like season two
and I'm I'm freaking . I can't wait to see that , because I don't know if you have those friends who don't like being hugged no , I am that friend that don't like being hugged .
I'm gonna be . I'm just gonna be standing there . I'm like , okay , do we gotta do ?
but please make it clear , do what you gotta do , but please , you sound just like my best friend . She hates , like , she does not like it , and I am the hugger . I am definitely a lot like Umemiya . I am definitely going to force this hug on you . You're going to get this love .
No listen , his relationship with Kota was funny as shit to where I'm like you know , kota's like man , I'm getting so tired of this shit , but you are my adopted brother so I kind of tolerate it .
But he just be so over the top to a point to where , hey , man , we don't talk about Kotaro and her getting accosted by some dudes , because you know Uemura don't play that shit . You notice that like every now and then , like Sakura noticed how Uemura had like a murderous intent going on .
Like , oh , something's about this guy Like , yeah , he seems all easy going , but at the same time I'm like the sleep the beast sleeps within , you know listen , umamiya definitely got that .
It's so quiet . You know it's so . But when he that's what I want to see , that's that's what I really want to see I want to see him kind of lose it a little bit . I do . I want to know what . That's what I want to see . That's that's what I really want to see . I want to see him kind of lose it a little bit . I do .
I want to know what that's going to be like , because I know it . If it doesn't happen , I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't , just because of the way the story's going so far and he the the character he's supposed to represent . But I'd love to see umamiya lose it see , here's my thing
¶ Character Dynamics in Windbreaker Anime
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Uh , telos was saying that he didn't read the manga , and honestly I would read the manga . But since season 2 has already been greenlit , I'd rather avoid the manga until I see season 2 . And then whatever , if season 3 is not immediately greenlit , then I'll read the manga . But other than that , I'm kind of curious too .
I want to see if Umamiya finally really go wild on somebody Between him and Chozy . It was more like it was pretty much like what he was telling Sakura to where . Hey man , we're just having a conversation .
Like oh my God , I love that Sakura did not get it . I love that Sakura was like but I didn't hear anything from my fist , like from the fist . I didn't hear nothing .
And everybody was like , why are you taking it so literal ?
Yo that and I love how they have like a meeting place like they really are . They've really taken um the after-school element like kids hanging out and giving that so much light . I just haven't seen that in an anime in so long you know .
Well , actually , hold on . I want to say it was it . It almost remind me of blue lot , 12 degrees , where like , yeah , they got on the whole competition to try to be the top striker and all that shit , but outside of that they're actually cool with each other for the most part yeah , and that's the like .
You just don't get to see that written so well . I guess that's the thing , like the way it's written is written so well , like even the transition after the fight into the other characters , like meeting Taiga and that fro-wearing dude Like I love Taiga but he's so weird too .
No , no , you had . Taiga was the dude with the fro and Kiryu is the one with the pink hair . Ah , yeah , yeah , yeah , kiryu , he was like he reminded me of , like that rich Gentleman type dude . I was like hey , quiet down , you're scaring the hoes .
No , no , not just Scaring the hoes . Quiet down , you peasants . Y'all are beneath me and beneath this girl , so I'm gonna need y'all to shut up .
I was like dang , I mean he wasn't like that exactly , but it was more like implied . I'm like , hey man , I see y'all , we'll hang out when we're at school , but right now I'm in the middle of this , so you know . And then Tiger was like hey man , come on , let's be rude . And I was like Tiger , listen , I'm gonna need you to sit your ass back down .
And then it was like In that cold way I was like , hey man , I understand . And then he was like you know what , man , I'm sorry , I didn't mean to be so aggressive . And then everyone was like hey man , I understand . And then he was like you know what , ma'am , I'm sorry , I didn't mean to be so aggressive .
And then everyone was like , damn , like he just 180 , real quick , oh , my God .
And then that's what I love too is like he realized the mistake right and was like , oh , I am imposing because I am like this You're right , I could be seen as scary , but you're right , I couldn't be seen as scary . But I'm not gonna lie to you , kiri , you got that pipe down face .
He just looked like his face just says permanently pipe down to everybody . That is his whole demeanor , is pipe down . And I love it . I love it because that's what I love too . Like when , when their fight happened and we get to that point and it's like , oh , he was actually I thought I ain't gonna lie . They made him seem like such an asshole .
I was like , oh , I can't wait to hate him , like I could not wait to just be like can't wait to see his ass get beat . They walk outside and he was just being a gentleman and I'm like , wow , they set this up so good , because I was ready to hate him . I was ready to be like kendrick and be the biggest hater ?
like the setup was , oh yeah , you thought he was just on a date , nah , actually he was trying to protect the girl from a dude that was , uh , harassing her , and I was like , all right , let me handle him real quick and handle , um , his boys and all that .
And then it's like , all right , come with us to this cafe , like just , uh , just chill out , like lay low here until he's gone . And then , as soon as they try to leave , it's like , oh , they're back , oh shit , alright . And then , uh , sakuro , just fucking high jump , kick , fucking you know he was .
He came and clutched that whole fucking altercation Like he really did , uh , and then pretty much everybody got beat up and you know they ran off and whatnot . And then , oh , uh , I like how Kiryu , uh , to the main dude , you know , is like , oh yeah , the next time you want to be a big dog , just remember what it's like to be a little dog .
Bro , see what I mean Pipe down mentality . Do you got that pipe down mentality ?
No see , that's the thing . It's like , yeah , the implication , but that's not what he said .
Exactly , it's just like he's so good , like he's gonna be . I know he's going to be so many girls favorite characters , like I already see it . I already see they just gonna be in love with him because he got that .
He got that spice the funny thing is he got money , he got looks . He's like that alt boyfriend that some of the goth girls might like .
Yeah , yeah , he really got it and I'm over here like I'm not going to lie . I have not found a character to simp over yet , but I promise you , by the end of season two I will .
I feel that , like , honestly , I would have said , um , maybe Kiryu , but uh , then again I'm like , nah , nah , nah , I was thinking like , yeah , uh , your throat sounds about right for you , you know , um , tall and what , not tall . And then an attitude problem yeah , I feel like more like right up your alley , that one makes sense we'll see , we'll see .
I don't know . I don't know .
I mean , there's a lot of characters that I feel like they're teasing a whole bunch of characters . Who knows , they might be like new classmates and shit , so it could be like toga me and them glasses .
I was like I don't know , but that's doing something for me , it's doing man look , look he was .
He was a hat away from being like fucking keyscape . I was gonna call him um miss fucking hat and claws right there , like he had the shades on too , like fucking , oh , bash the stampede . I was like hey , yo man , like um he , he was really giving me Shoescape vibes .
You know from Bleach , you know how His attire was more Traditional Rather than everybody else's , more contemporary , where he had the gi , the robe or whatever it is underneath all that and I'm like yeah , I kind of like him .
Sex , sex , he Is something about him , but I can't wait to see more . A part of me was kind of hoping which I'm glad that that's not what happened , because that would have also been just as cliche . But a part of me was hoping choji and togami were gonna join both , like they were gonna switch schools .
It was just like , nah , we're on both sides now , but I'm glad that's also not what happened , because that would have been a cliche .
Yeah , not only would that be cliche , but I feel like it would only mean that they would probably play a lesser role in the scheme of things , versus they keep their game going and then maybe , when shit gets really bad , it'll be like this full-scale turf war , and then the shishi tor and the buffering will like link up and it's part of like this alliance ,
and then you know , together they just fight each other and then , uh , chojin tokume can , um , play a bigger role in that instance yeah , that's true .
That's true , because one thing , um , I know you guys probably already brought it up , but the fact that the whole fight started over uh , shish and torrence dudes being idiots , like bullying people and togami was like that's not what we stand for , bro , like finding Out the truth in the middle of the fight Was like I don't know who y'all thought y'all was , but
that's not what we do .
Oh yeah , let me talk about Togami For a moment . To where , okay , he thought that when the middle schooler he was running away from the sheets of touring guys because they were the ones , that was like they thought that they were part of he was part of food ring because , uh , he kind of , you know last it's where , like oh yeah , those my boys .
I'm like , oh yeah , it was like it's our harassing them and shit . And oh , next , you know , the actual boys show up and help him out . And then , next thing , you know , togami pull up and I'm like , wait , you lost to them . Alright , give me that jacket .
And then it wasn't until the tournament , to where it was like it was either right before or Right after Hiragi's fight , to where he was just about to fight Sakura and he was like I can't stand cowards like you that pick on the weak and blah , blah , blah .
And then Tokumi was like pause , I mean hold on , just stay right there , I'll be right back , just stay right there . And he pulled up to those two dudes and was like you want to explain that shit that he just said ? So y'all just going around jumping people , huh , that's not what we're about . Give me those jackets , beat the shit out of them .
Two in front Everybody . I was like give me those jackets . You don't deserve these jackets .
Oh my God , that junk . I was like see , but see . That's why . That's why I'm thinking totally , that's why I think that might be the one , because he got guts , he got standards and he wear glasses . Listen , Sound like a number one to me .
I mean I glasses , listen , sound like a number one to me .
I mean I don't blame you , like he got , he definitely stood out for me right from jump , like he , you know , like kind of like what I had with uh hajiman , also choji , it was like he had that menacing aura , like you know how , with sakura , like the whole thing with his fight with sakura was more about character , but the fact of the matter is he did
decide to just give up at the last minute . So , just like with Choji , just like with Choji , same thing with Hajime . I feel like we have been seeing everything from Tokume . So once again , we're just going to have to see later on down the line , like how much damage can he really do ?
if it wasn't like go ahead people okay , so let's think about that fight during the last fight .
Uh umeme well ume yeah , you might as well .
That's his nickname anyways umeme and choji was fighting right . So when sak , so when Sakura was spectating and he was seeing how well Chouji fights , he was like what would have happened if he didn't stop me from punching him ? Or what would have happened if Brett didn't throw the fight ?
So I feel like he was implying that he knew Tokume had the potential to win that fight Sick , because he was like man if he didn't throw that fight . Ain't no telling what would have happened , if you may , didn't stop me from punching choji . Choji
¶ Windbreaker Anime Comparison and Discussion
probably would have got on my ass just now . You know what I'm saying , but I I like that about him . He keep it real with himself .
He's not gonna back down from a fight , but he keep it real with himself , you know right , like honestly , in that moment , that's when I realized you know what mj sucker just had , a bakugou moment . I was like , oh , did that just catch you taking it easy on me ? Who told you you can quit on me ?
yeah , so you see what I'm saying right , he , he really reminds me of bakugou in a lot of aspects , like a lot of things . Man's like he just want to get stronger , then he , he have no problem recognizing a bigger dog than him , because that's what motivates you to get stronger .
But it's like , same time , even though you're his rival , he's still rooting for you , like because he wants , because you're his rival . So it's like , if you're not getting stronger , than who is he ? Iron sharpens iron , right . So if you're getting dull , then you're not going to help me get sharpened . So you better not lose .
And the tough part about being a Rasheed touring , I would have dropped out . No , listen , if I lose a fight , you telling me I'm going to get beat again , shit .
Yeah , I'm like hmm , no , no , no See . The moment I saw other dudes getting beat up over this shit , I'm like , uh-uh , I ain't going to risk my life over no damn jacket . Everyone took that shit off . I'll be like , just like that From Friday afternoon . I'm like , uh-uh , I ain't risking my life over no damn jacket , no gang .
Get the fuck out of here . I mean you can't be that , you can't , you can't be that hasty about it .
You gotta be a little smooth , gotta be like it's getting a little hot in here , man , y'all don't take these jackets off okay clean up that jacket , went home and never went back to school man , it's the middle of summer , what we gotta keep wearing the jacket . You know what ? Let me just put this jacket on real quick .
I'm just gonna hang you up real quick . Meanwhile , you know what ? I'm kind of getting thirsty too . I'm going to go get a soda or some shit and never come back .
Oh , my God .
I feel like that's when they're going to find you .
I feel like that's when she's going to find you . Nah , I'm going to run to my boy . Hey man , Listen them boys over there .
They tripping man . I see both of y'all go turn into Sasuke . I see y'all , it's a good idea .
You ain't up and I ain't lying , I'm snitching , I don't give a fuck .
Nah , it's not even about snitching . I'm like , hey , man , listen , like I wasn't down with that shit , they were on . And now they asking me like , look , listen , I can't handle all of them on my own dog . Maybe like a small group , maybe like a small group , but the whole game . I might need some back . You know I might , I don't know .
I don't know yeah .
Y'all got anything y'all want to throw in about Windbreaker .
I've just been working so I kind of missed a good bit of my opportunities , man , but it's honestly . I just want to say I I'm locked in , I'm invested early . I feel like it's gonna be one of my top 10 animes , because I don't even have my 10 filled out . I feel like there's a spot for windbreaker in there .
¶ Character Comparisons in Windbreaker
Um , character development I'm loving the character . The character designs are perfect . Oh , um , I just wanted to say so . I don't forget that . The character , the character designs are perfect . Oh , I just wanted to say so . I don't forget that . The character MJ was comparing I forgot his name the black haired guy to Kiyotaro .
That's how I remember him .
Yeah , so there was an edit I saw and it's in my phone somewhere . He looks just like I'm talking about . She's not lying . He looks just like Buddy from Tokyo Revenge . But the funny part about the edit is like I just had to post it in the group , man .
But aside from that , my favorite characters would have to be Suho , pink Hair Guy , honorable Mission , of course , the new Gojo for you , maymay no hold on , don't , don't , oh , mm .
I kind of like that I kind of like that .
No , no , no . Same voice as someone who read the manga . Don't do that to me .
Oh , no , wait what happened . Oh , never mind , don't do it , don't do it , don't do it , never mind .
I'm not going to do it . I'm not going to do it . I'm not going to do it for the Vine , I'm not going to do it for nothing . I'm going to leave it at that . What ? I will say is no , I mean , don't they got the Japanese voice actors are the same For them too .
I think it's the Japanese . Hold on , hold on . I'm about to find out , In just a minute .
The similarities , the white hair , the blue eyes , the coolness , the personality .
The swag . I see you . You pointing out some good things .
Same voice actor .
What .
Is that one ? Y'all heard what he said I'd win , I'd win , I'm 100% I'd win . I got y'all . This time I'm gonna win .
Oh my goodness , this is great . I'm gonna have to watch that now I'm gonna have to uh rewatch that . Now we're gonna rewatch Rip Break all over again . Is this good enough ?
for me . Nah , listen , I'm looking at this other shit now . He was also great from Fairy Tail and uh who else ? Uh , I just saw something Sour Org from High School DxD Hogs from my Hero Academia Like Jesus Christ man .
That's the good and worst . Yeah , Now that don't sound . Hold up .
Since we're at it , I'm going to put y'all on more game . If y'all look up the other Japanese voice actors , a good bit of them voice characters from Jujutsu Kaisen .
I was just going to ask that . I was just going to say you got to tell me that it's probably a lot of JJK actors in Windbreaker Nah man , hold on .
Now that I think about it , who's ? I'm trying to think .
I saw a post here , man , it's like three more , I swear it's like they basically just got Juju some calves and just put them over there . A good bit of them at least .
Oh man , Like you know what , this is going to be some homework for me , Because I'm going to look up this shit and be like , hey man , listen , Like no wonder why these boys be sounding so similar dog Like I thought I on being a little um insensitive to where . Oh man , um , they just sounded like I just thought it was the same person .
But no , like a lot of times they'd be the same person and I'm like how y'all putting in this much work in one year the thing .
no , no , this is what's more amazing the fact that we're recognizing voices in a different language .
Yeah that's .
That's how you know , we watch too much anime .
Yeah , yeah .
Real life nerds .
Wouldn't want to be anything else .
Tell us you want anything to throw in . I make sure you .
Winning Breaker is my favorite anime .
I don't know , though you got me with it being in your top 10 , though that's some high praise for Airman .
I'm investing in it , I'm locking in , I'm putting all my stocks in it right now .
I would say it's at least top 10 of the year for me , because you know me like I was in the fucking trenches since the 90's . So I can't give it top 10 . So I can't give it top 10 , but I can't give it top 10 of the year for me .
See , I'm with JB , but I don't think I can even give it top 10 of the year
¶ Anticipating Future Anime Releases
. Yet it's the middle of the year . I gotta wait . I'm gonna wait .
But just invest , that's all no .
I'm invested . I ain't gonna lie , because I watched all the episodes and I re-watched them twice , so I'm definitely invested . I just wanna , I guess I wanna see season 2 . I'm so excited for season 2 . And then 2025 . Man , that's next year Wow .
It just came out and I just finished .
I gotta wait 365 days , I mean see , that's the thing , kind of like what I was saying with Eminence in Shadow and now Dilucid Dungeon . Sometimes the anime is so nice you get it twice in one year , true , but um , we got a lot of you coming out in one year , true , but um , we got a lot of heat coming out this year , oh hell .
Yeah , I'm looking up the . We're pretty much done with Windbreaker , but I'm going to look up these new ones coming out . And so far , you know , like we got Ultimate Muscles coming back , fairytale , 100-year Quest is coming , there's a few more . I know there's not a whole lot announced , for it's just a summer block .
Yeah , there's a summer block , my bad , but not a whole lot going on in there , at least not announced yet . And in the fall , oh yeah , blue Lock coming back on fall . We got a whole bunch of other shit going on , yeah , but anybody else got anything y'all want to add on ?
If y'all want to feel like closing up because honestly I didn't think I was thinking like maybe an hour , like probably spent like one hour , you're done no , I think we covered . We think we covered everything yeah , because , like I said earlier , um , the plot , at least for season one , it it ain't that deep .
Oh yeah , dragonball Diamond's coming out later this year , but anyways , the plot wasn't all that deep . It was really more like a highlight of characters to where it was .
Really the characters kind of hooked me into wanting to see more about what it's about , because I would really hate it to where , oh yeah , shangri-la frontier second season coming out , um , not over . Uh , I would really hate it if , like I said , there were like cookie cutter archetypes where it just felt like they just got this one thing going on , that's it .
But with some of these characters , like a little nuance , maybe a little mystery going on to where , okay , there's at least something about them , to where you want to know more about , oh , my god , fucking hell , it just remind me of , uh , sakura versus tokume all over again to where , uh , I just you know the um dialogue that you know sakura says like I just
want to get to know him better , you know , you know .
Sakura says like I just want to get to know him better , you know , and all you know what that speaks to , how like it's us getting to know the characters too . We're oh , that's so crazy because we're kind of being put in sakura's place of getting to know these characters .
That's crazy wow , you know what ? Whoever ? No , no , no . Whoever did this shit ? Uh , sotro knee .
Well done , sir well , you see what I invested earlier , I'm going , I'm putting my stocks in now because , listen , if it does this , in season one and we have yet to delve into the , the depth of the school we got the main characters of bow front .
We got a couple of characters I'm gonna say a couple , because we only got like we didn't get as much from Bowfron and Hob but we got , like , the main top characters from She-Star . So you got to take into fact other schools coming , we might have more favorite characters , we might have more characters with different styles , different personalities .
Well , of course they're going to have different personalities . It's just , it's like , basically , whatever we got in season one is honestly just the tip of the iceberg for what's to come . So what I'm saying is I I feel like it's not gonna pull a ninja cowboy , it's not gonna be good . In the first couple episodes they just oh , you know what I want ?
I want to watch that I'm . I'll do it . I'll watch ninja come and we'll review it bro , do it is .
it is actually good I'm going off of opinions . I'm going off of what people say they stay at the law . I haven't got to the point of it falling off yet . I haven't finished it either , but what I've seen so far is perfect for me . I'm not going to lie to you . I don't know what the fall off part is coming in at .
I haven't got to it yet , but the episodes I've seen . It's up there , bro . I really need it . But I don't know why people say it fell off .
Honestly , bro , like I just feel , like people just hard to please . That's like saying with IGN talking about the Voice , where I'm like , oh well , season four fell off . It's not like the first three seasons , like bro , like the season just started , that's just so cooked down . If it's not like the first three seasons , like bro , like the season just started .
Give it . Let that shit slow cook , damn . And you know they said the same thing about solo leveling . Because of one episode it's like , oh , it's not going to be good . Like for what ? Yeah ?
It was a slow episode . Man , just let them cook , talk , come on , I mean .
I'm a solo leveler .
¶ Anime Season Review and Future Plans
Yeah , all I'm saying is like , if it was good enough to where okay , it got us at the hook to where you know . Like , if it doesn't catch me in the first three episodes , I'm like , okay , this is pretty much homework for me . But yeah , like as soon as you get the noted characters and all that , I'm like I'm gonna give it a chance .
Yeah , I'm gonna give it a chance . Yeah , I'm gonna give it a chance . Um , with that being , oh , my bad , a little background noise , but uh , with that being said , I'm pretty much done with season one . Uh , if I were to rate it , yeah , I give it a 5 out of 5 for season one , not as a whole season one . I just loved it , okay .
Um , with that being said , like I said in the beginning , we're definitely gonna cover delician dungeon , uh , taiji number eight , uh , demon slayer , a whole bunch of other shit popping off this year , because you know we got a lot of good shit coming out and we're going to do better at trying to get to them as soon as possible . So , stay faithful with us .
We're trying to do better and remember to stay nerdy and that great things are coming . We're going to go ahead and zone out of here , so you go ahead and have yourself a good day , good afternoon and a good night .