When this series came across my path last year, what made it stand out was actually a comment by a
character in another series I’d watched a couple years before: Riku from Prince of Stride Alternative. He commented on the sport of kabaddi in episode 1. (It was the only sport he didn’t like. XD) Since then I’d been a little bit curious about the sport and hoped that this new series would help me understand it better than what I’d read about it. That being said, I’m glad to say that Shakunetsu Kabaddi didn’t disappoint. ^-^
Besides learning about this ‘new’ and intriguing Indian sport of kabaddi, the characters quickly endeared themselves to me. Particularly Yoigoshi and Iura. (Iura’s ‘evil’ side… My goodness. XD That made me laugh so much. I did feel a little sorry for Yoigoshi as I’d been under the same impression as him; that Iura looked like a decent sort. The lesson here – Don’t judge a book by its cover.)
Speaking of Iura, if you’ve been reading all my Fan Side Musings, maybe you remember I mentioned back in the Skate-Leading Stars one that there was another favourite character of mine who shared Sasugai’s Japanese voice actor. Well, here he is. ^-^ Sasugai and Iura share the same Japanese voice actor (which surprised me when I first discovered that ~ as is often the case with me when I look into voice actors…).
Another character that I became quite fond of was Takaya from Souwa. He’s a little strange, but nice enough. (My favourite scene with him was after the match with Noukin where he’s speaking with Yoigoshi and ends up calling him ‘Tattsun’. ^-^)
On a rather ‘random’ note, one thing that the Starmyu fan in me kind of wanted to see in this series was a ‘Tatsumi and Eigo’ moment with Yoigoshi (who is voiced by Eigo’s voice actor) and Ojou (who is voiced by Tatsumi’s voice actor). I got half of it in S01E11 when Ojou said: ‘Ne, Yoigoshi?’ Yoigoshi didn’t have the chance (nor reason) to respond with the ‘Eigo-typical’ ‘Sou desu ne, Ojou-san.’ XD Which, of course, is fine. He’s Yoigoshi, not Eigo. ^-^ I was just very pleased to have gotten to see/hear the ‘Ne’ line if nothing else. ^-^
All-in-all, I really enjoyed this series and learning more about this slightly obscure sport. I hope that a
second season will come out in the future, as I feel we had just gotten through the introductions and then the series ended! I really want to see more of the story and be able to get to know more about these quirky characters. ^-^
Favourites:
• Character: Iura. (Yoigoshi is a very close 2nd. ^-^)
• Episode: S01E05-07 ~ The Noukin VS Souwa ‘arc’ episodes.
Recommendation Rating:
08/10.
One last thing, don’t forget to check out the Downloads page for the Shakunetsu Kabaddi PC and phone backgrounds I made for you. They’re inspired by the Noukin kabaddi team uniform. Also, let me know what your favourites are from Shakunetsu Kabaddi. You can find my Contact details on the About page.
Until next time, keep enjoying your fan side of life!
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