Someone: inazuma eleven is a child's show
Literally episode 1:
On the subject of destroying schools after a soccer club was disbanded:
Although i did say that I didn't like how they were trying to cut down ray's / kageyama's crimes in the series after the first trilogy (especially retconning it in everyday+), I still fully believe that kageyama only challenges/accept challenges from schools that couldn't even make teikoku sweat in practice or friendly matches. Like, if you manage to make them run a little you're safe. That or if your team has a spy working for him.
Another on that end. It still bewildered me how when it comes to spies, kidokawa / kirkwood seemed to be untouchable??? Like. Also in the inago series they also didn't have a seed (although they did have aphrodi there which means they can deploy coaches there whenever but they did not have a seed). What about this school that makes it untouchable to the dark soccer forces
Edit: sousuke may have been a seed in kidokawa. although his dialogues become more convincing if he wasn't. i may need to watch that episode again if I can ☝️ (likely not soon since im finishing watching s1-s3 first)
Original bsky post dated June 18, 2025