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| Kanji | ジャイアントキリング |
| Romanji | jaiantokiringu |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Sports |
| Writer | Masaya Tsunamoto |
| Illustrator | Tsujitomo |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Morning |
| Demographics | Seinen |
| Original Run | 2007 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 62 |
Giant Killing is seinen sports manga series written by Masaya Tsunamoto and illustrated by Tsujitomo, which has been serialized in Kodansha's Morning manga magazine in 2007. In 2010, the series won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga.
Summary[]
East Tokyo United, ETU, has been struggling in Japan's top soccer league for a few years. It has taken everything they have just to avoid relegation. To make matters even worse, the fans are starting to abandon the team. In an effort to improve their performance, ETU has hired a new coach, the slightly eccentric Takeshi Tatsumi. Tatsumi, who was considered a great soccer player when he was younger, abandoned the team years before but has proven himself as the manager of one of England's lower division amateur teams. The task won't be easy, as the teams East Tokyo United is pitted against have bigger budgets and better players. However, Tatsumi is an expert at Giant Killing.
Volume List[]
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| Summary Takeshi Tatsumi, the one time star of East Tokyo United, is brought back from England to manage the team he once abandoned. He returns to fan hostility, even as some of Tatsumi's old supporters regain their love of football just by hearing that Tatsumi is back. On his very first day, Tatsumi shakes up ETU by placing many of the younger players, who are more used to being substitutes, on the list to be regulars and stripping Mr. ETU, Shigeyuki Murakoshi, of his captaincy. | |||
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| Summary ETU heads to camp where Tatsumi stirs things up to study the character of the players. Akasaki comes to the forefront, questioning the usual manner of doing things - infuriating Kuroda. As the team degrades to a near brawl, the Prince of ETU, Luigi Yoshida (aka Gino), arrives and with his presence alone, puts a damper on the heated exchange. As Gino proves why he is called the Prince, Tokyo Victory wonders if ETU will prove a good opponent for a pre-season friendly match. However, the manager of Tokyo Victory, Hiraizumi, who warns that Takeshi Tatsumi is a man who will go for your throat the moment you let your guard down, remains confident of a victory. | |||
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| Summary Tokyo Victory fights back to take a 2-1 lead over ETU. However, Murakoshi scores a last minute goal to end the match on a draw. Following the game, Tatsumi restores Murakoshi to the captaincy with a warning--should Murakoshi disobey Tatsumi, he will not hesitate to strip Murakoshi of it again. Tatsumi is then forced to attend the League Press Conference by Goto and Yuri, where he meets and befriends Blanc. | |||
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| Summary Kuroda refuses to go along with Tatsumi's games, threatening to transfer to a different team. However, Sugie demonstrates to Kuroda that the problem is them (Kuroda and himself). Kuroda and Sugie re-commit themselves to the team, just in time for the game against Nagoya Grand Palace. | |||
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| Summary ETU holds Nagoya Grand Palace at bay and frustrates their efforts to score. As the match remains scoreless, Carlos moves upfield. This was the moment that ETU had been waiting for and is a trap that Tatsumi had set for Nagoya's Brazilian Trio. Exploiting a hole in Nagoya's defence, it is ETU who opens the score book with a goal from Tsubaki. Tsubaki's goal is soon followed by one from Gino. As Pepe's shot hits the cross-bar, the game is all but sealed in ETU's favor. | |||
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| Summary The final whistle sounds for the ETU's game against Nagoya Grand Palace and ETU stands victorious at 2-0. This begins a winning streak, during which ETU welcomes back Yotaro Natsuki, the striker who ended up as ETU's top scorer last season, despite only playing half the season. However, the return of Natsuki puts added pressure of Sera and Sakai, with Sera injuring himself in his zeal to score. This sees a start of a drawing streak that ends with a loss to Albireos Niigata, a game during which Akasaki confronts Ishihama and Kiyokawa in the locker room, questioning their determination to win and their motivation for playing. | |||
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| Summary ETU faces the giants that are the Osaka Gunners. With Blanc in the audience, Tatsumi fields a two striker line-up. Tatsumi also matches Sugie with Kubota and Kuroda with Hauer, an unexpected match-up that surprises everyone. However, it appears that Tatsumi's gamble backfired when Hauer puts the Gunners up ahead 1-0. | |||
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| Summary Kubota puts the Osaka Gunners' score ahead at 2-0 but ETU starts to turn the game around starting with a goal from Akasaki. Soon the worn-out Kubota has to be substituted, which was what Tatsumi had planned for when he pitted him against Sugie. | |||
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| Summary ETU wins the game against the Osaka Gunners 3-2, thanks to a goal from Sugie from a set-piece and a goal from Sera during injury time. They go on to post a win against Oita Triplex and Akasaki gets invited to the U-23 National Olympic Team. | |||
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| Summary ETU posts a draw against JEM United Chiba but wins their sixth and last group game for the Japan Cup, thus advancing to the quarter-finals of the Japan Cup. Gino asks to be out for a foot injury, to which Tatsumi agrees. Tatsumi also gets Goto to host a curry party in order to give his players a break. He then posts an unusual line-up against Kawasaki Frontier. | |||
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| Summary With Gino out of the active lineup, Hotta has to step up as play-maker. As the rain pours down, Kawasaki Frontier takes a one goal lead but Sakai equalizes. Despite this, both he and Sera are substituted out and Natsuki is fielded as the lone forward. Frontier scores again and wins. However, ETU goes on to win their next two games against F.C Sapporo and Wissel Kobe, thus building up momentum for their derby against Tokyo Victory. | |||
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| Summary The game against Tokyo Victory kicks off. ETU, using Tatsumi's strategy, soon score thanks to Tsubaki. Mochida, who did not start for Tokyo Victory, begins to psyche Tsubaki out from the bench. Shironish, the Tokyo Victory captain, earns himself a Yellow for a late tackle against Gino. As Ishigami foils a chance for a goal by Tokyo Victory, the game goes into half-time with ETU in the lead. However, Tokyo Victory attacks in earnest in the second half, by putting Mochida in the game, who at once targets Tsubaki. | |||
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| Summary Mikumo equalizes for Tokyo Victory, thanks to an assist from Mochida. Tokyo Victory keeps attacking, resulting in Shironish hitting the back of ETU's net but the goal is denied as being offside. Tsubaki's efforts to break the tie falls short as the game ends on a 1-1 scoreline. The game leaves both the fans and players frustrated. The frustration in the stands almost comes to physical blows between Shige Fukazawa and a supporter from the Skulls group who turns on a child accompanying Shige's fan group. Back on the field, Mochida continues to psyche Tsubaki out as the night draws to a close.Following the game against Tokyo Victory, the league enters a break during which Tatsumi is asked to join the coaching team for the Japanese All Stars for the league's game between the Japanese All Stars and World All Stars (composed of the foreign players playing in the J-League). Natsuki and Gino are also included in the Japanese All Stars. | |||
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| Summary The All Stars game concludes 3-1 in favor of the Japanese All Stars. As ETU resumes practice, Ishihama leaves ETU. Tatsumi goes to meet Kasano, the former general-manager of ETU during his time as a player and reflects on the circumstances surrounding his departure from ETU 10 years ago. | |||
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| Summary Tatsumi continues to reflect on his past. | |||
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| Summary Tatsumi concludes his reflections before taking his team to the summer training camp. | |||
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| Summary The League Season restarts after the summer break with ETU taking on F.C. Sapporo. F.C. Sapporo takes an early lead but Murakoshi soon equalizes. The match, however, is just getting started. | |||
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| Summary ETU wins their match against F.C. Sapporo 2-1. They also win their 18th league match against Sun Arrow Hiroshima. However, in their 19th league match against Wissel Kobe, it is Wissel Kobe that opens the scoring thanks to a lapse of judgement from Tsubaki. As the game enters half-time, it is Wissel Kobe 1, ETU 0. | |||
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| Summary Thanks to a goal by Kiyokawa, ETU draws 1-1 with Wissel Kobe. However, there is no time to rest as the team plunges straight into their next match against Montebia Yamagata. | |||
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| Summary ETU faces Montebia Yamagata, whose manager was a fan of Tatsumi's during his playing days. After an intense first-half, ETU takes the lead thanks to Sera. However, the game is not over yet and Yamagata still have their star player, Ken, who came dangerously close to scoring during the first half.As the game continues in the second half, Gino misses an opportunity to solidify ETU's lead. As the game continues, the score remains 0-1 in ETU's favor. | |||
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| Summary The match against Yamagata starts to get aggressive, culminating in Hotta getting a red card, reducing ETU's lineup down to ten men. The score remains 0-1 in ETU's favor but Yamagata's manager sees Hotta's red card as an opportunity to even the scores and take the win. Indeed, shortly after Hotta's departure, Yamagata equalizes thanks to the efforts of their #11, Ken. However, ETU is not ready to give up and a smirking Tatsumi orders substitutions, including the debut of ETU's new #17, Gabriel. | |||
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| Summary Thanks to the efforts of Gabriel, Yamagata is kept on edge. The game against Yamagata is all but decided when Natsuki is fouled in the penalty area. Natsuki unselfishly gives the penalty kick to Gino, the more consistent penalty goal scorer. Gino effortlessly scores, ending the hard fought battle against Montebia Yamagata 1-2 in ETU's favor. However, ETU's next challenge is Kawasaki Frontier. ETU has the home ground advantage but will it be enough to win again Kawasaki Frontier? | |||
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Trivia[]
- Giant Killing won the best general manga caterogy at the 34th Kodansha Manga Award.[31]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Volume 1 on Kodansha
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Volume 2 on Kodansha
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Volume 3 on Kodansha
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Volume 4 on Kodansha
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Volume 5 on Kodansha
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Volume 6 on Kodansha
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Volume 7 on Kodansha
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Volume 8 on Kodansha
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Volume 9 on Kodansha
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Volume 10 on Kodansha
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Volume 11 on Kodansha
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Volume 12 on Kodansha
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Volume 13 on Kodansha
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Volume 14 on Kodansha
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Volume 15 on Kodansha
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Volume 16 on Kodansha
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Volume 17 on Kodansha
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Volume 18 on Kodansha
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Volume 19 on Kodansha
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Volume 20 on Kodansha
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Volume 21 on Kodansha
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Volume 22 on Kodansha
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Extra 1 on Kodansha
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Extra 2 on Kodansha
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Extra 3 on Kodansha
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Extra 4 on Kodansha
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Extra 5 on Kodansha
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Extra 6 on Kodansha
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Extra 7 on Kodansha
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Extra 8 on Kodansha
- ↑ 34th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced