History YMMV / Eyeshield21

* FoeYay: Sena and Shin. Their obsession with each other is staggering.
--> '''Shin:''' The past 6 months felt like decades to me because I was so focused on beating you.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Typical reactions to Taki doing anything ever. His idiocy rating is "100%" (which is also a sly dig at his catch phrase).
** Monta and Sena sometimes fall into this, too, when proposing seemingly futile offensive tactics. [[spoiler:However, sometimes their plans really work...with some Hiruma tinkering, of course.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The color spreads [[http://i.imgur.com/LWBu9z8.jpg are]] [[http://i.imgur.com/xhYeVKt.jpg just]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/134-7108-3/eyeshield-21/chapter-333.html gorgeous]]. The whole manga itself can count after its ArtEvolution.

* CrazyAwesome: Hiruma, [[DevilInPlainSight Hiruma,]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice Hiruma.]] Has taken over his school from the shadows, [[spoiler: throws a long pass as a quarterback with his broken arm]], runs across America for 40 days without showing any fatigue until the end, Has blackmail material for half the people in the world, and throws together a high-school American football team within a year [[spoiler: that manages to beat an all-star high school team that has never lost before]], among other examples.

* FriendlyFandoms: Is this with ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', due to the main characters being incredibly similar: Short, cute-looking teenage males with messy, spiky brown hair and eyes who are no good in all aspects of life but are dragged into a crazy plot due to one particular talent. Their friends are anything but ordinary, and their stories revolve around a concept that's relatively foreign to Japan (American Football for Sena, Mafia work for Tsuna). Heck, even their ''names'' sound similar.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** According to Kid; Never follow your dreams. ''Ever.'' [[spoiler: When they play against Hakushuu, he turns out to be right.]]
*** Though this is also negated by the sheer amount of other characters who do achieve their dreams, so it could alternatively be interpreted as "Never give up on your dreams, even if you sometimes lose".
** "It's not how you play the game that counts, it's [[SeriousBusiness whether you win or lose]]." While teams who give it their all are treated with respect, the point is repeatedly hammered home in the series that a graceful loser is still a loser and sportsmanship is a distant second to victory. [[spoiler:Which actually makes it even more surprising that, right at the end, the Japan Team ''lose'' the Grand Final of the World Cup.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: According to Kid; Never follow your dreams. ''Ever.'' [[spoiler: When they play against Hakushuu, he turns out to be right.]]
** Though this is also negated by the sheer amount of other characters who do achieve their dreams, so it could alternatively be interpreted as "Never give up on your dreams, even if you sometimes lose".

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Takeru Yamato is either a fine FinalBoss for the Christmas Bowl and a refreshingly passionate-but-good-natured rival after several story arcs' worth of {{Opposing Sports Team}}s (plus the real Eyeshield 21), or an obnoxious, bland Shin-clone who lacks Shin's series-long buildup. The World Cup tone it down a bit and does give him more depths.

** The title of Chapter 262, “This Is An American Football”. Thank you, GratuitousEnglish CaptainObvious.

* CrazyAwesome: [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma,]] [[DevilInPlainSight Hiruma,]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice Hiruma.]] Has taken over his school from the shadows, [[spoiler: throws a long pass as a quarterback with his broken arm]], runs across America for 40 days without showing any fatigue until the end, Has blackmail material for half the people in the world, and throws together a high-school American football team within a year [[spoiler: that manages to beat an all-star high school team that has never lost before]], among other examples.

* MagnificentBastard: Hiruma. Some people too, like Marco and Dark-Side Takami, but they're nothing compared to Hiruma.
** Most {{magnificent bastard}}s make us scream, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome "That's awesome!!"]] Hiruma makes us [[CrossesTheLineTwice LAUGH]].

** Monta and Sena sometimes fall into this, too, when proposing seemingly futile offensive tactics. [[spoiler:However, sometimes their plans really work...with some [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] tinkering, of course.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The anime version of Riku turned him from being a prideful SpiritedCompetitor with slight case of ChronicHeroSyndrome into a very prideful JerkJock who can make someone not familiar with the manga to wonder why Sena would consider him as a friend.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The color spreads are [[http://sekijitsu.com/2010/03/09/recommendation-eyeshield-21/ just]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/134-7108-3/eyeshield-21/chapter-333.html gorgeous]]. The whole manga itself can count after its ArtEvolution.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: According to Kid; Never follow your dreams. ''Ever.'' [[spoiler: When they play Hakushuu, he turns out to be right.]]

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Both Sena and Hiruma are paired up with ''everyone''.

* PeripheryDemographic: Let's see: Lots of HoYay, shirtless scenes galore, and plenty of handsome, attractive football boys. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

* EndingFatigue: The [[spoiler:World Cup Arc]] occurs after the team has already won the big game the entire series has been building towards, and is order-of-magnitude shorter and worse-written than what came before. However, the wrap-up, and subsequent DistantFinale at least gives everyone their dignity, and serve as an excellent ending to the series.

* FriendlyFandoms: Is this with ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', due to the main characters being incredibly similar: Short, cute-looking teenage males with messy, spiky brown hair and eyes who are no good in all aspects in life but are dragged into a crazy plot due to one particular talent. Their friends are anything but ordinary, and their stories revolve around a concept that's relatively foreign to Japan (American Football for Sena, Mafia work for Tsuna). Heck, even their ''names'' sound similar.
* HarsherInHindsight: After the Seibu and Deimon game, where the rivals are awaiting the Kanto tournament for their rematch? [[spoiler: Gets a lot less heartwarming when you know that they ''wont'' get a rematch, and all the gunmen have in their future is to get crushed by Gaou.]]

* EndingFatigue: The [[spoiler:World Cup Arc]] occurs after the team has already won the big game the entire series has been building towards, and is order-of-magnitude shorter and worse-written than what came before. However, the wrap-up, and subsequent DistantFinale at least give everyone their dignity, and serve as an excellent ending to the series.

* AwesomeArt: The color spreads are [[http://sekijitsu.com/2010/03/09/recommendation-eyeshield-21/ just]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/134-7108-3/eyeshield-21/chapter-333.html gorgeous]]. The whole manga itself can count after its ArtEvolution.

* CrazyAwesome: [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]], [[DevilInPlainSight Hiruma]], [[CrossingtheLineTwice Hiruma]]. Has taken over his school from the shadows, [[spoiler: throws a long pass as a quarterback with his broken arm]], runs across America for 40 days without showing any fatigue until the end, Has blackmail material for half the people in the world, and throws together a high-school American football team within a year [[spoiler: that manages to beat an all-star high school team that has never lost before]], among other examples.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LYdwZ40qe0 Be Survivor]] by ZZ. Several of the openings and endings would qualify as well.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RThqKnFvyfE Codename Eyeshield 21]]. Just ''try'' to say this song doesn't give you the sense of the final stretch of a game before victory.

** Most [[MagnificentBastard magnificent bastards]] make us scream, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "That's awesome!!"]]. Hiruma makes us [[CrossingTheLineTwice LAUGH.]]
* MartyStu: Yamato is portrayed as [[TheAce an almost perfect player]]- not only incredibly fast, strong, skilled and intelligent, but also good-looking, friendly, honourable and liked and respected by almost everyone. Unsurprisingly, quite a few readers consider him [[TheScrappy completely insufferable]], especially as he also comes across as a borderline SmugSuper. Then again In-Universe he is the [[LivingLegend real Eyeshield 21]] the persona most people idolized since the start of the manga.

** Unsui. From the day he was born he was constantly compared to his naturally talented younger twin brother, Agon, who is a {{jerkass}} to say the least. No matter how hard he works (and boy does he work), he's only a good player while his brother is considered a once-in-a-century prodigy without even trying. Just when he thinks his efforts are finally acknowledged, it turns out people just mistake him for his younger brother. Ouch. And even after his {{Heroic BSOD}}, he still continues to work his ass off, only now it's to selflessly help his brother reach his full potential, despite the fact that Unsui has every reason to resent him. What does his younger brother do? He looks down on him, regularly insults him, and is a general ass to him. [[spoiler: However, the game against the Americans hint that Agon may actually wish for his brother to be something more than his on-field assistant.]]

** Ishimaru is a comedy example. This guy is really nice, help the Deimon despite he is no part of the club and is always victim of a RunningGag about being ignored by all.

** Unsui. From the day he was born he was constantly compared to his naturally talented younger twin brother, Agon, who is a {{jerkass}} to say the least. No matter how hard he works (and boy does he work), he's only a good player while his brother is considered a once-in-a-century prodigy without even trying. Just when he thinks his efforts are finally acknowledged, it turns out people just mistake him for his younger brother. Ouch. And even after his {{Heroic BSOD}}, he still continues to work his ass off, only now it's to selflessly help his brother reach his full potential, despite the fact that Unsui has every reason to resent him. What does his younger brother do? He looks down on him, regularly insults him, and is a general ass to him.

** Ishimaru is a comedy example. This guy is really nice, help the Deimon despite he is no part of the club and is always victim of a RunningGag about to be ignored by all.

%%** Kurita.