This is a shrine dedicated to my most beloved series, and the dearest thing to my heart. Despite being a big fan of the original Inazuma Eleven, I put off starting this series for quite some time. On Christmas Day 2014, I was given a copy of Inazuma Eleven GO. It's a very clunky early-era 3DS game, with an unusual story about football communism and one of the most bizarre English dubs I've ever experienced. Somehow I fell in love with every little thing. Here's a photo of my original save file on my English version of the game! I'm so happy to still own this.
I also really love Chrono Stone and Galaxy, but this is my absolute favourite...
I also really love Chrono Stone and Galaxy, but this is my absolute favourite...
"A king of midfielders who makes even the earth his friend with his absolute courage and unwavering ability to get things done! It can be none other than Matsukaze Tenma!" The story in this series follows Tenma, my absolute favourite character of all time. Tenma is a bit unusual, and expresses his feelings through humanising his very favourite inanimate sports object, which causes some ire towards him in the beginning of the series. He has a talent when it comes to dribbling the ball, since he was never able to join an elementary school team and spent his time playing alone or with his dog instead. He's a very nice and cheerful boy, who always stands up for what he thinks is right. I genuinely love everything about Tenma, and I find him really relatable in my heart. He's the main reason I fell in love with this series! I love his wind theming, and his design is so cute. He turns into a horse- I could keep going, but I'll keep it short for now. One of the things I love most about Tenma is that his character isn't about always being positive or the best; but about keeping on working hard in spite of your failures or uncertainty, because in the end things will work out somehow.
"Things will work out somehow! I'll blow away all my worries!"
"Things will work out somehow! I'll blow away all my worries!"
Here's a list of my favourite episodes from the anime:
EP012 (GO) - The Keshin's Miracle! Mannouzaka Jr. High!!
EP017 (GO) - Explosion! Ultimate Thunder!!
EP043 (GO) - Heroic! The Final Holy Battle!!
EP044 (GO) - Reach the Heavens! Everyone's Soccer!!
EP045 (GO) - The Pass Towards Tomorrow
EP038 (CS) - Hyper Dive Mode of Fear!
EP037 (GL) - Decisive Battle! Falam Dite!!
EP039 (GL) - Take Flight! My Soul!!
EP042 (GL) - Storm, Tornado, Hurricane!
EP012 (GO) - The Keshin's Miracle! Mannouzaka Jr. High!!
EP017 (GO) - Explosion! Ultimate Thunder!!
EP043 (GO) - Heroic! The Final Holy Battle!!
EP044 (GO) - Reach the Heavens! Everyone's Soccer!!
EP045 (GO) - The Pass Towards Tomorrow
EP038 (CS) - Hyper Dive Mode of Fear!
EP037 (GL) - Decisive Battle! Falam Dite!!
EP039 (GL) - Take Flight! My Soul!!
EP042 (GL) - Storm, Tornado, Hurricane!
Here's a photo of the main team I used to get through all of the competition routes in Galaxy! I almost always used Dragon Link's One Thousand formation, which is extremely offensive and suits my playstyle pretty well. My defence is terrible, but Konoha is so overpowered she can usually manage it all by herself. I often stick to characters that I like in video games, but I did keep some high-stat scout players on my bench for the particularly difficult matches. This team probably isn't the best competitively, but they got me through everything so that's what counts! Depending on how the miximax is implemented I'd love to recreate this team in the Victory Road game whenever it finally releases. (Right now I just play with as many of the inago characters as I can have in the demo-) But I found the post-game stuff really fun in this one. It's super fast and fun and definitely the best of the inazuma games in terms of the gameplay in my opinion! (I love you with my whole heart inago, but you are SO slow)
"The reason I'm able to be here is because you were there, Matsukaze. No, because it was you! Tenma!" Okay, so I don't have many ships at all, but this one has had me in an iron grip for many years now and remains my one and only true pairing. I really enjoy Tenma and Tsurugi as "super best friends" as Sakura calls them in Galaxy, and how their relationship is very two-sided. Obviously Tenma is very influencial to Tsurugi and sparks his change and development in personality, but I love how they say Tenma took in all of Tsurugi's good-points in return, and how Tsurugi was the one that supported Tenma as captain the whole time. I appreciate how their love is extremely mutual. They're like if two autistic girls fell in love. I have a lot of matching merch of them, and I'd love to make a combined shrine one day when I have the space. I hope they can remain super best friends and exist peacefully for the rest of time. I'll add more of my in-depth thoughts when I eventually make a headcanons page on this site.