History Awesome / EyeShield21

[[folder: All-Star arc]]

* The quarter final against the White Knights. An epic BattleInTheRain against TheRival from start to finish. This was the biggest pay off of the manga to see both team that we saw progressing finally facing each other for the decisive match. Right after their BattleCry the White Knights kick the ball on the side of Ichimaru, Sena still caught it and when all the players charged at him, looking like a thousands of knights blocking his way, the entirety of the Devil Bats, including the substitute players, went in front of him to block the knights.
* Benchwarmer Yukimitsu Manabu turned the tide against the Shinryuuji Nagas, overtaking evil [[TheGift gifted]] JerkJock Kongo Agon with sheer determination to score Deimon's first touchdown of the game in the first play of his high school football career.
** It's better than that. Yukimitsu is sent onto the field for the first time in his career, proceeding to stumble over his own feet in his very first play. Ikkyu Hosokawa, the best cornerback in the series, immediately dismisses him as useless. He then ''makes the first touchdown of the game while being pursued by both Ikkyu and Agon, who were competing to see who could intercept the ball faster.'' AWESOME.
*** Also, his [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech "World Of Cardboard"]] InternalMonologue. Seriously. It's both ''awesome'' and ManlyTears inducing, it's like telling all the weakling, geeky type in the world, [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped "Dude, get up. Go outside. Try sports. You don't know what you're missing, and, who knows, maybe you'll be good at it?" ]]
* Sena's entrance into the tournament. He's incredibly late, being delivered by motocycle, and the one bringing him decides to just brake and throw him into the stadium. Sena SAILS ABOVE THE CROWDS and [[ThreePointLanding lands MAGNIFICENTLY]], his Eyeshield shining as though the spotlight were all on him.
** Or, Hell, when Sena accidentally auditioned for an NFL team and made the cut. It wasn't just any NFL team that Sena made the cut for, but the San Antonio Armadillos AKA the team that Morgan would have the MVP of the World Cup sign for.
** Or temporarily replacing Hiruma during the match against Hakkushuu and doing just fine.

* Sena earning the title of Eyeshield 21 after beating Hayato Akaba.
** Actually, every time Sena manages to pass the ultimate defender (who gives him the hard time) during games, leaving the impression "It can't be...!". Oh yeah, it can. And it will be.
* Monta and the Devil Bat Backfire. CATCH MAX!

* Sena, during the tournament match between the Deimon Devil Bats and the Shinryuuji Nagas, downing Kongo Agon with a stiff arm.

* And in the same game, Juumonji recovering a fumble and dragging Agon all the way to the goddamn endzone.
** "I don't have legs just like you, Sena, but if it about getting beaten and tackled, I got used to it since Middle School.... [[{{Determinator}} Even if I can't run like you, if it's just a final step... I can do this!!"]]
** Don't forget the process of that touchdown. It started with Shinryuji on offense, putting a run from center. But it was an act that started the Dragonfly strategy, that relies on quick, short passes that up until now, is unbeatable. The ball was lateralled to Agon, and at the same time, Sena, who up until now focused on Agon but didn't manage to stop him, ''manages to intercept the ball'' solely because ''he keep focusing on Agon, his body knows where the ball going hiked''. It gets better: Monta, who followed Sena, manages to ''chase the ball before everyone else'' (including all Shinryuji's player) solely because he had faith in Sena's ability. However, he got covered by Ikkyu, who is faster than him, but before he got covered completely, Kurita dives in and ''takes everyone with him''. That causes a fumble, recovered by Juumonji, who uses Delinguent Deathblow to get free from a Shinryuji player, and then fights to the endzone after got Agon tackled him, ''who he got to drag along''.

* Juumonji also gets one during the game with Amino in the first game of the 2nd Fall Tournament. Back when they played Nasa, the sweep play they used had Juumonji telling Sena to find the small crack they would make and get through it, right? Well, the Amino game is post-Death March. And when Hiruma calls for the sweep this time, Juumonji has this to say; "Sena... I won't give you any crap about slipping through the cracks this time. We'll open a wide road for you to advance!" Which they do. And Sena calls it the widest road he's ever seen.

** In that very game, Hiruma played the second half with ''a broken right arm''. He's the ''quarterback'', by the way. Being forced to operate solely on strategy and beating Marco at his own game is one of Hiruma's biggest achievements.
** In a villainous example, Marco getting back up after being tackled by Kurita, demonstrating that like Hiruma, he can put his money where his mouth is.
** [[spoiler: The Devil Bats beating the Hakushuu Dinosaurs and actually making it to the Christmas Bowl.]]
** Komusubi forcing the Teikoku Alexanders' sideline ace out of bounds by leading him to the ''one'' place he couldn't see where the line was.
* Sena proving he can surpass Yamato when it comes to [[SuperSpeed speed]].
** And making Yamato feel chill in his spine when he realizes, no way he can "touch", let alone stopping Sena with that kind of speed....

* How about Yukimitsu [[spoiler: pushing Shin across the goal line in the dying seconds of the Deimon v. Oujou game, making it possible for the Devilbats to have the final, game-winning play]]? Several other players, including Shin, acknowledged it as well. [[http://read.mangashare.com/Eyeshield-21/chapter-237/page008.html "Even though you're the opponent, it was splendid...!"]]
** Possibly even better, what led to [[spoiler:Yukimitsu being put in in the first place. He's lying on the bench, absolutely exhausted from all that he had already done during the match. But when Hiruma needed someone to come in while Sena dealt with a bloody nose, there was no one else who could coordinate with Deimon's defense. Yukimitsu realized this, and the sheer look of determination on his face could rival ''any'' DeathGlare for intensity as he forced himself back to his feet for one last play.]] '''Bad. ASS.'''
* Shin. How about matching Sena in speed and stopping him with ONE FINGER!
* Hiruma is friggin' made of these.
** After getting his throwing arm rather brutally broken mid-game, Hiruma returns to the field in the second half and fakes his way to victory...including a monster pass that nearly kills him.
** Blackmailing basketball team members into helping out the Devil Bats.
** Creating the video that goads the Nasa Aliens into facing the Devil Bats.
** Winning about $200,000 by card counting.
** Outrunning Agon because he improved his 40-yard dash by 0.1 seconds.
*** Or, before that, purposely making fun of Agon abilities by having the team focused on sacking Unsui, and leaving no one to mark him. It succeeded.
*** Off the field, everything Hiruma says during his joint interview with Agon. It's a series of awesome verbal smackdowns.
---> '''Agon:''' "My strongpoint is that I never lose."
---> '''Hiruma:''' "Mine's that I always win!"
*** Or...
---> '''Hiruma:''' "What did I say? A team made up of 11 of the same people always make the same mistakes!"
*** Arguably the best part from that interview comes when Riko asks the interviewees why they play American Football. Agon gives a typically evil response about how much he loves crushing the dreams of weaklings and putting them in their place and a flustered Riko turns to Hiruma, expecting a similarly evil response. Hiruma's answer?
--->'''Hiruma:''' ''"Because it's fun."''
** [[spoiler: Throwing a pass right before being sacked by Yamato unable to see his receiver's position, and completing it to Yukimitsu for a touchdown because the guy stuck to his pass route.]]
** Two Words: Fake Spike.
*** In fact, almost every one of Hiruma's trickplays is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. This troper was especially impressed with his "Agitator In Motion" trickplay against Shinryuji in their last down. It's realistically drawn that this troper believe it can be done in real life.
*** What made the Fake Spike so awesome was that it was actually done in real life by Miami Dolphins' quarterback Dan Marino.
** The Evil Cross Play. What do you do when your ace Running Back and Wide Receiver try a play and screw it up entirely? You turn the play into a complete MindScrew later on, that's what!
*** "DEVILS DON'T ASK FAVORS FROM GOD!!!"

** What would you do if you were trailing 32-0 against on of the best teams around, who have a player so gifted he can react near-instantaneously to any tricks you pull, and you notice that they've fallen back in preparation for your kicker's crazy powerful kicks? If you tell your team [[spoiler: they should give up, hoping they get the hint to go for an onside kick,]]you're Youichi Hiruma.
*** But it get's better. [[spoiler: everyone figures out the hidden meaning, but can't let the Nagas know of the change of plan. So every Bat is going for an onside kick, hoping he's not the only one. And without a single word being said (well, a single truthful word), the start of the second half of the Shinryuuji-Deimon game starts with a '''successful''' onside kick.]]
** Schooling Clifford on "how to handle cards."
** This troper found Hiruma's crowning moment to be at the end of the Death March. The whole rest of the team is elated but absolutely exhausted after 40 days of TrainingFromHell. Hiruma, on the other hand is still perky enough to scream and shoot at them almost as if running (and screaming and shooting) from Houston to Las Vegas had no impact on him at all. It's only when he's alone in his room that the reader (and no one else...okay Cerberus, but he's not talking) sees that not only is Hiruma just as physically wasted as the rest of the Devil Bats, he pretended he was perfectly fine and kept up that front of invincibility for the entire 40 days.
*** Also, [[http://www.mangareader.net/134-6862-6/eyeshield-21/chapter-87.html all of the Devil Bats finishing the Death March.]] No one quit.
* My favorite awesome moment from the anime, (in a filler episode.) Hiruma promises the Zokugaku Chameleons that if they catch Eyeshield 21, they're free from slavery. Habashira being Habashira, he decides to take Mamori hostage to lure him out. When Sena shows up, he's outnumbered six to one, ''five on motorcycles.'' When Sena dodges the motorcycles, Habashira starts swinging at Sena, who ''dodges every punch'' like its a fighting anime. The same Sena who was ''terrified of the thought of Habashira.'' It shows how far Sena will go to protect his friends.

** Musashi gets one during the match against the Bando Spiders. Early in the game, Musashi calmly made a field goal despite Akaba (Bando's Ace) partially blocking it. After the made kick, Musashi calmly asks Akaba "Were you TRYING to do something?"
** The first one is when he introduces as Deimon ace-kicker. Before then, he only seen as CoolOldGuy, who had wisdom about sports. Then he asked to join penalty kick game by Sena, who can't gather enough players against soccer club, for the right of the field. Then the situations become grim; if the old man (who became the last kicker) didn't win, they will lose the right to use the field. So he kick. And he kick so HARD, that send the keeper (JerkAss Muro Satoshi) stuck in the net. And then, when he getting asked about his name, he said: [[spoiler:"Gen Takekura. Maybe you know my other name, Musashi."]]
* [[spoiler: What happens when you are down 35-0, there is only a quarter of the game left against a team made up of all-stars from all over the country? You beat them down 45-44 without any huddles.]]
* Chuubou kick ass. Ask Rodchenko and Gaou.
* Three words: Hiruma. Agon. Dragonfly.
** Before then: Hiruma. Sena. Dragonfly. Heck, pretty much every time Hiruma or Sena copies another player's previously unbeatable move.
* Sena, Agon and Shin made one recently–[[spoiler: All three biltzed Clifford. What makes so awesome is: Sena suggested to blitz him alone, Agon blitzed because he couldn't accept "trash" to out do him, and Shin go because Hiruma knew how the scenario would go. So that also makes a crowning moment for Hiruma as well.]]
** Agon gets plenty moments during the world cup. It was able to make this troper's opinion of the guy improve, specifically, this awesome speech he gives Gaou.
--> '''Agon:''' "Hey, Gorilla Trash. I wanted to crush that Don too, but I'll leave him to you. That's why you have to take him down no matter what. Destroy America's line! I'll blitz through that hole and ''kill Clifford!''"
--> '''Gaou:''' "Leave it to me!"

* Musashi left in the middle of a game right before a goal kick for the winning point, and said he would join the team again if his father got better. The father punches him (with a rock) to show he's better, and the entire construction team comes on in to tell him to go back. Musashi lives to his promise; even during the middle of a game, he would join as the kicker, and he did. By making the kick with the old kickstand from the game he abandoned. Which causes time to move again; Hiruma communicates to the entire team instead of acting on his own, and Kurita has no doubts in his strength. His presence even boost the huh huh brothers as Jumonji compares them to the original devilbats.
* Taki overcoming the spider-poison tackles of the Bando Spiders with his flexibility.
** Particularly his response to Musashi's GetAholdOfYourselfMan speech, which could practically be the creed of the Devilbats:
--> '''Taki:''' I'm not blessed by the gods. I'm just a normal person...then I'll use my ''own'' abilities to defeat those who are!
* The Huh Huh Bros. use the Delinquent Deathblow on the entire Taiyou Sphinx line. Deep breath in, and, "Huh? HUH? HUUUUUUUUH!?"
** They get one more during the Christmas Bowl were Achilles and Hercules teamwork get countered by theirs, if it's about BashBrothers they have no equal.
* Kumosabi dodged the swim and counters with the rip. Which he learned on his own.
** Or at the end of the Kyoshin game, when it looked like Mizumachi stopped Sena, Komosubi pushes them ''both'' into the endzone.
--> '''Mizumachi:''' "Komu...subi!?"
* Tetsuma, though mostly made more awesome out of CrowningMomentOfFunny.
** Although he lost in a catching fight with Monta, he was smart enough to hit the ground with the ball in his possession first to win the game.
*** And then he knee tackles Monta to make sure he doesn't tick the ref off and ruin their chances at the Christmas Bowl, which leads to Tetsuma getting put on the bench the next game and utterly losing to Ojou.
** On the plane ride to Texas, Tetsuma is told to wake up Kid later. Tetsuma, on a bus in Texas, is counting down every last second. At 5 o'clock, he leaps out the bus window and rushes to where Kid is, where he then plays beach football as the receiver and dominates the Tattoos.
* All the bench players of the World Cup playing against the assumed runner-up of the entire tournament, Russia. Bonus points for the fact that Agon purposely set them up to play so that he could replace them when they were losing and steal the spotlight, but failed because the bench players were THAT awesome.

* And of course, near the beginning of the series, after the loss to Ojou, after being knocked out of the tournament, and enjoying his boring school life, Sena looks at the laid-out equipment, starts tearing up, and tears off his jacket in order to practice in the middle of the rain. This scene is constantly remembered by Sena.
* Shin blocking both Agon and Gaou at once, and let it e known that Agon for his size has been considered one of the physically strongest and most dangerous characters in the manga and Gaou is just a freaking monster who's pinky left a bruise on a quarterback's arm with just a touch and Shin blocks both with one arm each.
** More than that, he gets ''between'' them. Between a guy who singlehandedly forced a north-south game in almost every match because ''only one person in Japan can stop him'' and a guy with enough strength to roll up a metal fork with one hand.

* Kurita taking a page from Gaou's book and making sure Deimon can constantly do 2 points conversion by sheer strength alone. Hiruma even says that there is no one in Japan who can stop Kurita now.
* Sena crossing Kantou's best defensive line with his hands and speed, he is stopped by Shin desperate attempt to catch he still took on people way stronger than him.
* A collective one when Agon throw a football to hurt Torakichi. Sakuraba being close get in the way to catch it, Monta rush to catch it too and when they turn around they see Sena has moved Torakichi out of the way by sprinting.
* The moment when Shin and Sakuraba show how much they became BashBrothers: Sagitarius.
* Sena blitzing Homer during the game with the Alien, the page shows him piercing the line in the first panel and suddenly he is right in front of him. Once you see Eyeshield 21 it's already too late.

* During Ikari's debut he ends up throwing Sena off-side and is about to punch him because he didn't hear the whistle. Juumonji blocks the punch with one arm which amaze his friends, he spends the rest of the match going toe-to-toe with Ikari to show which one is the strongest delinquent on the line.

** Sena's entrance into the tournament. He's incredibly late, being delivered by motocycle, and the one bringing him decides to just brake and throw him into the stadium. Sena SAILS ABOVE THE CROWDS and [[ThreePointLanding lands MAGNIFICENTLY]], his Eyeshield shining as though the spotlight were all on him.
** Or, Hell, when Sena accidentally auditioned for an NFL team and made the cut.
*** Or temporarily replacing Hiruma during the match against Hakkushuu and doing just fine.
*** The NFL part deserves a bit more of a mention. It wasn't just any NFL team that Sena made the cut for, but the San Antonio Armadillos AKA the team that Morgan would have the MVP of the World Cup sign for.
** Panther of the NASA Aliens singlehandedly beating back Deimon in the last quarter of the game after finally being put in by his bitter, racist coach.
** Sena earning the title of Eyeshield 21 after beating Hayato Akaba.
*** Actually, every time Sena manages to pass the ultimate defender (who gives him the hard time) during games, leaving the impression "It can't be...!". Oh yeah, it can. And it will be.
** Monta and the Devil Bat Backfire. CATCH MAX!
*** After Monta beat Ikkyuu for the first time in the Shinryuuji game, a beefy girl in the crowd hurls the ball back onto the field with incredible force after Musashi kicks it into the stands. While facing down Ikkyuu in a tense verbal confrontation, Monta sticks his hand out and ''catches it without even knowing it's coming'' (it's even ''steaming'' from the speed of its flight). Even if it's purely for dramatic effect, it's ''incredible.''
*** Or when Monta sabotaged Ikkyuu's reception and Agon's tackle in the final moments of the game with Shinryuuji, forcing the clock to be set back after time had expired. And he did it by ''catching the field.''

** Sena, during the tournament match between the Deimon Devil Bats and the Shinryuuji Nagas, downing Kongo Agon with a stiff arm.
*** Don't forget the moment before that: He tried to strike Agon. STRIKE HIM STRAIGHT. WITH MURDEROUS INTENT. What makes it so awesome that Sena never ever tried to strike anyone in his early games, and (probably) never ever think about punching someone in his lifetime.
*** Shin put it best when he talked about it. "What the structurally small Sena lacked before now...was a ''brutal will to fight.''"
** The last play of the aforementioned game. [[spoiler: Deimon beating Shinryuuji, proving to all doubters that they really have what it takes to make it to the Christmas Bowl, is a big moment for the entire team.]]

** And in the same game, Juumonji recovering a fumble and dragging Agon all the way to the goddamn endzone.
*** "I don't have legs just like you, Sena, but if it about getting beaten and tackled, I got used to it since Middle School.... [[{{Determinator}} Even if I can't run like you, if it's just a final step... I can do this!!"]]
*** Don't forget the process of that touchdown. It started with Shinryuji on offense, putting a run from center. But it was an act that started the Dragonfly strategy, that relies on quick, short passes that up until now, is unbeatable. The ball was lateralled to Agon, and at the same time, Sena, who up until now focused on Agon but didn't manage to stop him, ''manages to intercept the ball'' solely because ''he keep focusing on Agon, his body knows where the ball going hiked''. It gets better: Monta, who followed Sena, manages to ''chase the ball before everyone else'' (including all Shinryuji's player) solely because he had faith in Sena's ability. However, he got covered by Ikkyu, who is faster than him, but before he got covered completely, Kurita dives in and ''takes everyone with him''. That causes a fumble, recovered by Juumonji, who uses Delinguent Deathblow to get free from a Shinryuji player, and then fights to the endzone after got Agon tackled him, ''who he got to drag along''.
*** A villainous example for Agon. After stopping the Fake Spike, Hiruma notes that there's no way he should have noticed the trick even with his incredible reflexes. There's only one explanation; he knew. Agon knew Hiruma would try and trick him just by watching him smirk, which could have just as easily been a trap. Yes, Hiruma ''lost'' a battle of wits to Agon.
*** ''However,'' in the play where Hiruma uses the audience to disrupt the Nagas, he ends up with the ball to make the final run. Agon is running him down, confident that he'll catch Hiruma before he can score since he knows Hiruma's speed. But hiruma has increased his 40-yard dash speed by 0.1 seconds over the past year, and this small increase makes the difference and lets Hiruma score the touchdown. Yes, Agon beat Hiruma once in a battle of wits, but Hiruma also beat Agon once in a ''physical'' contest.
*** Can we just agree the entire Deimon vs Shinryuji game was one long, ongoing Crowning Moment of Awesome for the Devil Bats?
** Juumonji also gets one during the game with Amino in the first game of the 2nd Fall Tournament. Back when they played Nasa, the sweep play they used had Juumonji telling Sena to find the small crack they would make and get through it, right? Well, the Amino game is post-Death March. And when Hiruma calls for the sweep this time, Juumonji has this to say; "Sena... I won't give you any crap about slipping through the cracks this time. We'll open a wide road for you to advance!" Which they do. And Sena calls it the widest road he's ever seen.
** Speaking of which, Kurita beating Gaoh in a straight-up confrontation during the game with the Hakushuu Dinosaurs.
*** Even before that--when Kurita realized that he ''had'' to stand up to Gaoh or Sena and Komusubi would be broken and unable to ever play again, we see realization and ''fury'' cross the normally {{GentleGiant}}'s face, just before he throws himself straight at Gaoh. They deadlock, and it's revealed that Kurita is ''right in Gaoh's face'' and his expression reads, as Gaoh noted, that he was going to ''kill'' Gaoh before he let Sena or Komusubi be hurt. ''Kurita looked scarier than Gaoh in that panel.''
*** In that very game, Hiruma played the second half with ''a broken right arm''. He's the ''quarterback'', by the way. Being forced to operate solely on strategy and beating Marco at his own game is one of Hiruma's biggest achievements.
*** In a villainous example, Marco getting back up after being tackled by Kurita, demonstrating that like Hiruma, he can put his money where his mouth is.

** Sena proving he can surpass Yamato when it comes to [[SuperSpeed speed]].
*** And making Yamato feel chill in his spine when he realizes, no way he can "touch", let alone stopping Sena with that kind of speed....
** Plain old Ishimaru, pulling off the Rodeo Drive.
*** More of a missed opportunity, really, considering that Riku even said it wasn't as good as his own, and Ishimaru didn't even get into enemy territory. He didn't even get tackled, he was forced to go out of bounds. This troper really felt that Ishimaru could have been developed a lot more and it was a little disappointing to turn him into a running gag.
** How about Yukimitsu [[spoiler: pushing Shin across the goal line in the dying seconds of the Deimon v. Oujou game, making it possible for the Devilbats to have the final, game-winning play]]? Several other players, including Shin, acknowledged it as well. [[http://read.mangashare.com/Eyeshield-21/chapter-237/page008.html "Even though you're the opponent, it was splendid...!"]]
*** Possibly even better, what led to [[spoiler:Yukimitsu being put in in the first place. He's lying on the bench, absolutely exhausted from all that he had already done during the match. But when Hiruma needed someone to come in while Sena dealt with a bloody nose, there was no one else who could coordinate with Deimon's defense. Yukimitsu realized this, and the sheer look of determination on his face could rival ''any'' DeathGlare for intensity as he forced himself back to his feet for one last play.]] '''Bad. ASS.'''

*** Possibly even better, what led to [[spoiler:Yukimitsu being put in in the first place. He's lying on the bench, absolutely exhausted from all that he had already done during the match. But when Hiruma needed someone to come in while Sena dealt with a bloody nose, there was no one else who could coordinate with Deimon's defense. Yukimitsu realized this, and the sheer look of determination on his face could rival ''any'' DeathGlare for intensity as he forced himself back to his feet for one last play.]] '''Bad. ASS.''

* The chapter 243 "A truly splendid monster" is one for Kid. Gaou perceives his lack of ambition and pessimist as weakness only to show something even more formidable than a monster that can go through a line and break a quarterback's bone in half a second: A monster that can compete the pass under that time with no line to slow the former. Gaou admits he misjudged Kid.

* The chapter 243 "A truly splendid monster" is one for Kid. Gaou perceives his lack of ambition and pessimist as weakness only to show something even more formidable than a monster that can go through a line and break a quarterback's bone in half a second: A monster that can compete the pass under that time with no line to slow the former.

While it's only natural that a shonen sports manga would have these, ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'' has several surprisingly memorable moments on and off the football field.

* In ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'', benchwarmer Yukimitsu Manabu turned the tide against the Shinryuuji Nagas, overtaking evil [[TheGift gifted]] JerkJock Kongo Agon with sheer determination to score Deimon's first touchdown of the game in the first play of his high school football career.

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* Musashi left in the middle of a game right before a goal kick for the winning point, and said he would join the team again if his father got better. The father punches him (with a rock) to show he's better, and the entire construction team comes on in to tell him to go back. Musashi lives to his promise; even during the middle of a game, he would join as the kicker, and he did. By making the kick with the old kickstand from the game he abandoned. Which causes time to move again; Hiruma communicates to the entire team instead of acting on his own, and Kurita has no doubts in his strength.

--> '''Agon:''' "My strongpoint is that I never lose."
--> '''Hiruma:''' "Mine's that I always win!"

--> '''Hiruma:''' "What did I say? A team made up of 11 of the same people always make the same mistakes!"

*** After Monta beat Ikkyuu for the first time in the Shinryuuji game, a beefy girl in the crowd hurls the ball back onto the field with incredible force after Musashi kicks it into the stands. While facing down Ikkyuu in a tense verbal confrontation, Monta sticks his hand out and ''catches it without even knowing it's coming.'' Even if it's purely for dramatic effect, it's ''incredible.''
*** Or when Monta sabotaged Ikkyuu's reception and Agon's tackle in the final moments of the game with Shinryuuji, forcing the clock to be set back after time had expired. And he did it by ''grabbing the field.''

** Sena's entrance into the tournament. He's incredibly late, and the one bringing him decides to just brake and throw him into the stadium. Sena SAILS ABOVE THE CROWDS and lands MAGNIFICENTLY, his Eyeshield shining as though the spotlight were all on him.

** Then there's stuff like Sena unveiling the Devil Bat Ghost.

*** Also, his [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech "World Of Cardboard"]] InternalMonologue. Seriously. It's both ''awesome'' and ManlyTears inducing, it's like telling all the weakling, geeky type in the world, [[SomeAnvilNeedToBeDropped "Dude, get up. Go outside. Try sports. You don't know what you're missing, and, who knows, maybe you'll be good at it?" ]]

*** Also, his [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech "World Of Cardboard"]] InternalMonologue. Seriously. It's both ''awesome'' and ManlyTears inducing, it's like telling all the weakling, geeky type in the world, [[SomeAnvilsNeedsToBeDropped "Dude, get up. Go outside. Try sports. You don't know what you're missing, and, who knows, maybe you'll be good at it?" ]]