As I suspected after last week's episode, it looks as if the duty of the prodigy is going to be a major theme of Ooi! Tonbo going forward.
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Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 04
This episode represented a pretty big test both for Ooi! Tonbo and its title character.
Ooi! Tonbo – 09
As a golf fan, this is kind of fantasy material.
Ooi! Tonbo – 05
This is developing into something of a battle of both wits and wills between Igaiga and Tonbo.
Ooi! Tonbo – 03
Here we are, in a season full of bubble series, and Ooi Tonbo is the first non-sequel I'm confirming.
Ooi! Tonbo – 06
Having unleashed these two against each other, Igaiga can't possibly control what happens.
Ooi! Tonbo – 02
As my friend in the film biz says, "you can't copyright an idea, only the execution of an idea".
Ooi! Tonbo – 07
Tsubura could take something from Tonbo's approach to the sport and, if she cared about improving, Tonbo could take something from hers.
Ooi! Tonbo – 12
If I were to guess I might say that the anime skipped over a bunch of manga material here in order to advance the narrative.
Ooi! Tonbo – 08
At this point I'm pretty much resigned that Ooi! Tonbo is mostly going to be an LiA echo chamber.
Ooi! Tonbo – 10
If there was such a thing as golf porn, that was it.
Ooi! Tonbo – 11
The last three episodes have been pure fanservice for golf lovers like me.
First Impressions – Ooi! Tonbo
Nothing feels better than belting your drive a mile straight down the middle off the first tee.
Ooi! Tonbo – 13 (Season Finale)
If you'd told me a couple of years ago three straight LiA posts would be golf anime I'd have said you were crazy.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 05
It would be hard to imagine anything more different from the first season and still golf-related than this.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 06
Tiger Woods said "the only two players who truly owned their golf swings were Ben Hogan and Moe Norman".
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 02
This was excellent on all fronts, and irresistible in the same way the first season almost always was.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 09
You wouldn't think a schoolgirl golf tournament (with a few adult women, albeit) would be this exciting.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 07
Tonbo's reaction when she heard Igarashi-san would be returning to Kagoshima was beyond adorable.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 03
I think Ooi! Tonbo is pretty great generally, but if you love golf it's pure crack.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 08
I think conditions could hardly favor Tonbo more.
Ooi! Tonbo: Life is like golf
You're always trying to put it in the hole.
First Impressions – Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season
And they'll be brief ones, I can tell you that.
I'm gonna refer to Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season as subversive golf
Chill out, newbie caddy. You don't know who you're dealing with.
Spring 2024 Impressions: Ooi! Tonbo, HIGHSPEED Étoile, Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji
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First Impression: Tonbo!
Kazuyoshi Igarashi accepts a job on the remote Hinoshima island, where he meets the island’s only middle schooler, Tonbo. The girl is energetic and rambunctious, but more curiously,…
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On the rural island of Hinoshima, pro golfer Igarashi arrives to find the island’s only middle schooler has a talent for golf, and she’s a girl!
Tonbo! Season 1 Anime Series Review
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Overtake! – 04
「過去と後悔 -His good points? Don`t ask me.-」 (Kako to Koukai: His Good Points? Don`t Ask Me.) "The Past and Regrets: His Good Points? Don`t Ask Me." You miss 100% of…
Oooku – 04
I'm starting to wonder if Oooku isn't at heart a clever means of circumventing the Chrysanthemum Taboo. Read more
Overtake! – 04
One of the hallmarks of a good sports anime is that it can do a competition episode and a no-competition episode and have both be compelling.
Horimiya – 04
「誰も、誰かが好きなんだ。」 (Dare mo, dareka ga sukina nanda) "Everybody Loves Somebody" It’s amazing how much happens in Horimiya for a series that seems like a slice of life most of the…
Pet – 04
「袋の林」 (Fukuro no Hayashi) "A Trap for Hayashi" The webs in the story are getting complex and the evolution is thrilling. So far, every episode has left me with one…
Pet – 04
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Pluto – 04
I was spellbound for the entire hour, but my instant reaction when it was over was "how the hell am I supposed to write about that?".
Beastars – 04
This gets messy when one thinks about it too hard, believe me I get that. Read more The post Beastars – 04 appeared first on Lost in Anime.
Sakugan – 04
"LADIES&GENTLEMEN" Only Gagumber call pull getting in trouble with the Government and the Mafia on the same day.
Listeners – 04
If Listeners were doing anything to make me actively dislike it this show would be easy to drop, but because it isn't, it's easier to stick with. Read…
Horimiya – 04
It's amazing how much happens in Horimiya for a series that seems like a slice of life most of the time. Read more
SSSS.Dynazenon – 04
「このときめきって、なに？」 (Kono tokimeki tte, nani?) "What Is This Thumping Heart?" Something beam!
Helck – 04
「衝撃」 (Shougeki) "Shock" It just ain't fantasy without an island adventure
Dandadan – 04
It’s not Citizen Kane, but this series knows what it’s good at, and it’s this kind of thing.
Jigokuraku – 04
This whole operation kind of doesn't make sense on any level. Read more
BNA – 04
「Dolphin Daydream」 My Date with the Mafia Boss’ Daughter.
Oooku – 04
"Episode 4" Kyoto vs. Edo
ID:INVADED – 04
「Extended」 I've solved it. Narihisago must have been in the opposite cell to Epstein.
Revenger – 04
Drawing attention is the last thing Raizou should be doing at this point. Read more
Bucchigiri – 04
I like this show a lot, but I do find that I enjoyed the first two full-bore episodes more than the last two more contained ones.