Tsubura could take something from Tonbo's approach to the sport and, if she cared about improving, Tonbo could take something from hers.
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Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 07
Tonbo's reaction when she heard Igarashi-san would be returning to Kagoshima was beyond adorable.


Ooi! Tonbo – 05
This is developing into something of a battle of both wits and wills between Igaiga and Tonbo.


Ooi! Tonbo – 10
If there was such a thing as golf porn, that was it.


Ooi! Tonbo – 04
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.


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 – 02
As my friend in the film biz says, "you can't copyright an idea, only the execution of an idea".


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 – 08
At this point I'm pretty much resigned that Ooi! Tonbo is mostly going to be an LiA echo chamber.


Ooi! Tonbo – 06
Having unleashed these two against each other, Igaiga can't possibly control what happens.


Ooi! Tonbo – 11
The last three episodes have been pure fanservice for golf lovers like me.


Ooi! Tonbo – 09
As a golf fan, this is kind of fantasy material.


First Impressions – Ooi! Tonbo
Nothing feels better than belting your drive a mile straight down the middle off the first tee.


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 – 12
Oy, Tonbo...


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 – 09
You wouldn't think a schoolgirl golf tournament (with a few adult women, albeit) would be this exciting.


Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 10
The question of pressure is obviously going to be taking center stage now.


Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 08
I think conditions could hardly favor Tonbo more.


Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 04
This episode represented a pretty big test both for Ooi! Tonbo and its title character.


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 – 11
Well see, that's why we love sports anime right there.


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 – 02
This was excellent on all fronts, and irresistible in the same way the first season almost always was.
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
This is the 2nd of 2 posts going up today, so make sure to scroll down for the other set of impressions! Ooi! Tonbo Short Synopsis: Disgraced pro-golfer…


First Look: Tonbo!
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! – Episode 1
Head to the course with Tonbo and Igarashi, a child golf prodigy and a man down on his luck who happen to meet when the latter leaves traditional…


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,…
Hey, Tonbo! #01 — Fun Horse Facts
They apparently really are short and squat. Impressions: I'll never escape the spectre of the past. Specifically Absolutely Lovely Children, a show in a kid's bloc right…


Tonbo! Season 2 Anime Series Review
One of thebest about sports anime is the deep insight into the passion of people who play. That passion runs very deep in Tonbo! Season 2.


Tonbo! Season 1 Anime Series Review
While Tonbo! isn’t an outright terrible show, it fails at making golf feel exciting and giving the audience much outside of that, both of which make for one…
Ranking summary for the weeks of 2020 07/06, 07/ 13, 07/20, 07/27
Ranking summary for the weeks of 2020 07/06, 07/ 13, 07/20, 07/27 The following rankings have been updated to reflect the available data through the weeks mentioned above.…
Plunderer – 07
「美味かったよ」 (Umakattayo) "It was Delicious" It might be best not to get on Hina's bad side.
Horimiya – 07
「君がいて、僕がいて。」 (Kimi ga ite, boku ga ite.) "You're Here, I'm Here" Controversial opinion time.
Oooku – 07
"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality
Listeners – 07
「Ikari no Hi」 (怒りの日 (problems)) "Day of Rage" I'm not exactly sure what's going on. But I guess you could say I'm enjoying myself.
Helck – 07
「人間の王」 (Ningen no Ou) "The Human King" Did someone order Kingdom of Heaven?


Mononogatari – 07
I get why everyone is so obsessed with Botan. Read more


Overtake! – 07
Kouya's backstory is quite complicated and dark, and it's well-integrated with the sports side (effectively Haruka's arc).
Beastars – 07
This episode more than any so far had me feeling like the cigar is sometimes just a cigar. Read more The post Beastars – 07 appeared first on…
Noblesse – 07
None of these doofuses is in the remotest capable of giving advice to a lovestruck teenager. Read more


SSSS.Dynazenon – 07
The formula of an original series in the hands of a really good writer is a hard one to top - everything seems to fit in a way…


Dandadan – 07
I wouldn’t want it to be the norm, but as a curveball it was certainly highly effective.
Overtake! – 07
「露出アンダー -What I really feel...-」 (Roshutsu Under: What I Really Feel...) "Underexposure -What I really feel...-" "Like a picture, I was overexposed."
Jigokuraku – 07
「花と贄」 (Hana to Nie) "Flowers and Offerings" In accordance with my usual policy of not burying the headline, that was by far, far the best episode of Jigokuraku so far…
Deaimon – 07
「秋色に舞う」 (Shūshoku ni Mau) "Dancing in Autumn Colors" Don’t let other’s people perceptions of you subside your potential.