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* HonorBeforeReason: Subverted with Kiriki. When he has to [[spoiler:captain the A-Team in Yoshitsune's absence]] he refuses to lower his ability to cater to the less-experienced and skilled members of the team. Kuribayashi says [[spoiler:this is actually the ''best'' thing he can do because by dropping his own level he would be jeopardizing his own career and it's his teammates' responsibility to respond to him, not the other way around]].
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* HonorBeforeReason: Subverted with Kiriki. When he has to [[spoiler:captain the A-Team in Yoshitsune's absence]] he refuses to lower his ability to cater to the less-experienced and skilled members of the team. Kuribayashi Fukuda says [[spoiler:this is actually the ''best'' thing he can do because by dropping his own level he would be jeopardizing his own career and it's his teammates' responsibility to respond to him, not the other way around]].
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Probably didn't have to double up on what happened in that match.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Two are given during the Esperion Team-A match against Kashiwa:
** [[spoiler:Fukuda gives Akutsu one for bringing his personal feelings against Ashito into the match. He forces him to play the way he's used to -- ordering his teammates around instead of doing everything himself -- under the threat of relegating to Team-B.]]
** Anri gives one to Togashi for underestimating Ashito despite not even being on the bench. She opens his eyes to the idea that Ashito can teach him something just as much as he can teach Ashito.
** [[spoiler:Fukuda gives Akutsu one for bringing his personal feelings against Ashito into the match. He forces him to play the way he's used to -- ordering his teammates around instead of doing everything himself -- under the threat of relegating to Team-B.]]
** Anri gives one to Togashi for underestimating Ashito despite not even being on the bench. She opens his eyes to the idea that Ashito can teach him something just as much as he can teach Ashito.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Two are given during the Esperion Team-A match against Kashiwa:
** [[spoiler:Fukuda gives Akutsu one for bringing his personal feelings against Ashito into the match. He forces him to play the way he's used to -- ordering his teammates around instead of doing everything himself -- under the threat of relegating to Team-B.]]
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** Anri gives one to Togashi forunderestimating Ashito despite not even being looking down on the bench.Ashito. She opens his eyes to the idea that Ashito can teach him something just as much as he can teach Ashito.
** [[spoiler:Fukuda gives Akutsu one for bringing his personal feelings against Ashito into the match. He forces him to play the way he's used to -- ordering his teammates around instead of doing everything himself -- under the threat of relegating to Team-B.]]
** Anri gives one to Togashi for
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Two are given during the Esperion Team-A match against Kashiwa:
** [[spoiler:Fukuda gives Akutsu one for bringing his personal feelings against Ashito into the match. He forces him to play the way he's used to -- ordering his teammates around instead of doing everything himself -- under the threat of relegating to Team-B.]]
** Anri gives one to Togashi for underestimating Ashito despite not even being on the bench. She opens his eyes to the idea that Ashito can teach him something just as much as he can teach Ashito.
** [[spoiler:Fukuda gives Akutsu one for bringing his personal feelings against Ashito into the match. He forces him to play the way he's used to -- ordering his teammates around instead of doing everything himself -- under the threat of relegating to Team-B.]]
** Anri gives one to Togashi for underestimating Ashito despite not even being on the bench. She opens his eyes to the idea that Ashito can teach him something just as much as he can teach Ashito.
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* WhatTheHellHero: In one of his few angry moments, Fukuda pulls Akutsu aside during a game and [[spoiler:threatens to kick him off the A-Team if he keeps screwing around and ignoring Ashito.]] As he puts it, Akutsu should be using those around him as pawns rather than running around and picking up their slack.
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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
** Ashito gives himself a mental one when Otomo has to save a goal with his face during an interclub friendly. He chides himself for being hung up on his new position instead of buckling down and being a team player.
** In one of his few angry moments, Fukuda pulls Akutsu aside during a game and [[spoiler:threatens to kick him off the A-Team if he keeps screwing around and ignoring Ashito.]] As he puts it, Akutsu should be using those around him as pawns rather than running around and picking up their slack.
** Ashito gives himself a mental one when Otomo has to save a goal with his face during an interclub friendly. He chides himself for being hung up on his new position instead of buckling down and being a team player.
** In one of his few angry moments, Fukuda pulls Akutsu aside during a game and [[spoiler:threatens to kick him off the A-Team if he keeps screwing around and ignoring Ashito.]] As he puts it, Akutsu should be using those around him as pawns rather than running around and picking up their slack.
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* AndThenWhat: Ashito is constantly faced with not having any ambitions beyond his short term goals. When he learns of Kuribayashi's and Hana's separate goals he realises that he has to start thinking about his future and what he plans to do if he continues football.
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* PetTheDog: For as much as Akutsu would rather boot Ashito out of the club and out of his life, he does recognize him as a valuable asset as time goes on [[spoiler: and that they both are from poor households with single mothers]]. When he notices Ashito wearing a new pair of boots gifted by his mother he sincerely praises them.
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* PetTheDog: For as much as Akutsu would rather boot Ashito out of the club and out of his life, he does recognize him as a valuable asset as time goes on [[spoiler: and that they both are from poor households with single mothers]]. When he notices Ashito wearing a new pair of boots gifted by his mother he sincerely praises them. He also has a terse but sincere heart-to-heart with Ashito during a half time break where he explains that any degree of going pro, whether it be overseas or a local professional club, still means going pro.
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* IdiotHero: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] Ashito, who although is a comparatively unskilled player to other Japanese youth players and admits he struggles to comprehend basic concepts, is of value specifically for his talent at reading and directing the field during matches that others cannot comprehend. A minor running gag consists of how he struggles to understand something so much that smoke comes out of his ears.
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* IdiotHero: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] Ashito, who although is a comparatively unskilled player to other Japanese youth players and admits he struggles to comprehend basic concepts, is of value specifically for his talent at reading and directing the field during matches that others cannot comprehend. A minor running gag consists of how he struggles to understand something so much that smoke comes out of his ears.ears, to the extent that it shocks and impresses Fukuda when Ashito actually understands what he's being told to do.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Hana latches onto Ashito because he reminds her of Fukuda during his playing days. He catches onto this and, despite Hana denying it in a {{Tsundere}}-like manner, asks her to cheer for him because she wants to support ''him''.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: **
Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.""
Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.""
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: **
AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.""
** Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.""
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.""
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: **
Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.""""
** [[spoiler:Damien Kant to Kuribayashi, spanning around a decade. They met as kids young enough to join the Barcelona youth academy and Damien quickly developed beyond what Kuribayashi has expected.]]
Kuribayashi again, to everyone in Youth Esperion. As Kiriki puts it as he remembers when he first saw him practise at the club: "As soon as we saw him we thought, "Oh, I guess I'll be the second best.
** [[spoiler:Damien Kant to Kuribayashi, spanning around a decade. They met as kids young enough to join the Barcelona youth academy and Damien quickly developed beyond what Kuribayashi has expected.]]
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** Fukuda had one before the beginning of the story, cutting his professional playing career short just as he was rising as one of Japan's best players.
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** Fukuda had one before the beginning of the story, cutting his professional playing career short just as he was rising as one of Japan's best players. [[spoiler:Chapter 336 showed that the knee injury that killed his career had been building since his days in the Japanese leagues but a tackle from behind while playing in Spain crippled it beyond repair.]]
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** [[spoiler:Damien Kant, Kuribayashi's personal rival. At first Kuribayashi was better than him but as soon as Damien learned through his AwesomenessByAnalysis ability he became the better player.]]
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* ChildProdigy:
** Kuribayashi is ''the'' Japanese prodigy among Ashito's age group. He not only trumps everyone of his peers to the extent that as a teenager he plays in the Esperion senior team, [[spoiler:when he played casually in Spain as a 7-8yo he was scouted by Barcelona's youth academy.]]
** Kuribayashi is ''the'' Japanese prodigy among Ashito's age group. He not only trumps everyone of his peers to the extent that as a teenager he plays in the Esperion senior team, [[spoiler:when he played casually in Spain as a 7-8yo he was scouted by Barcelona's youth academy.]]
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Just came to mind that it's more my assumption.
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* PerpetualSmiler: Shimura is basically never seen without a smile. He also has EyesAlwaysShut but without any antagonistic vibes.
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* PerpetualSmiler: Shimura is basically never seen without a smile. He also has EyesAlwaysShut but without any antagonistic vibes.
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* IdiotHero: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] Ashito, who although is a comparatively unskilled player to other Japanese youth players and admits he struggles to comprehend basic concepts, is of value specifically for his talent at reading and directing the field during matches that others cannot comprehend.
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* IdiotHero: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] Ashito, who although is a comparatively unskilled player to other Japanese youth players and admits he struggles to comprehend basic concepts, is of value specifically for his talent at reading and directing the field during matches that others cannot comprehend. A minor running gag consists of how he struggles to understand something so much that smoke comes out of his ears.
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* OneSteveLimit:
** Aoi (surname), the main protagonist, and Aoi (given name), the female reporter who hangs around Esperion Youth.
** Aoi (surname), the main protagonist, and Aoi (given name), the female reporter who hangs around Esperion Youth.
