I think Ooi! Tonbo is pretty great generally, but if you love golf it's pure crack.
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Tiger Woods said "the only two players who truly owned their golf swings were Ben Hogan and Moe Norman".
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This episode represented a pretty big test both for Ooi! Tonbo and its title character.
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Tonbo's reaction when she heard Igarashi-san would be returning to Kagoshima was beyond adorable.
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This was excellent on all fronts, and irresistible in the same way the first season almost always was.
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The question of pressure is obviously going to be taking center stage now.
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You wouldn't think a schoolgirl golf tournament (with a few adult women, albeit) would be this exciting.
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Well see, that's why we love sports anime right there.
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And they'll be brief ones, I can tell you that.
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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.
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The last three episodes have been pure fanservice for golf lovers like me.
Ooi! Tonbo – 06
Having unleashed these two against each other, Igaiga can't possibly control what happens.
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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 – 05
This is developing into something of a battle of both wits and wills between Igaiga and Tonbo.
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As my friend in the film biz says, "you can't copyright an idea, only the execution of an idea".
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If there was such a thing as golf porn, that was it.
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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.
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As a golf fan, this is kind of fantasy material.
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Chill out, newbie caddy. You don't know who you're dealing with.
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Nothing feels better than belting your drive a mile straight down the middle off the first tee.
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You're always trying to put it in the hole.
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