Main Round 1 Submission: Team Eyeshield 21 // Manager's Notebook

[amisgurumis]

TITLE: Bando Spiders: Manager's Notebook year 2009/2010
SERIES: Eyeshield 21
SHIP: Sawai Juri & Bando Spiders Amefuto Team
RATING: G
CHARACTERS: Sawai Juri, Akaba Hayato, Sasaki Kotarou
SIDE PAIRINGS: None
MAJOR TAGS: Manga Spoilers; Anime Spoilers
ADDITIONAL TAGS: Animals: Spiders (cartoon only)
SUMMARY: The year is 2009. Sawai Juri has stepped up to the plate and taken on the challenge of wrangling the Bando Spiders Men's American Football team. These are her notes; this is her story.
WORK COUNT: 1133 words and 11 pictures, arranged onto 15 total larger "pages"
SCRIPT: All words are embedded in jpeg pictures, a word document of all text can be found here, and a comprehensive image list can be found here
NOTES: Our team worked very hard to put this together, and we really hope everyone enjoys it!

Comments

[putsch]

okay this is SUCH a cute idea?? I've never actually seen an entry done in this style and it works really really well! The little notes in the pages are super cute and the photos of the team give it a lot of life (and the "watching the christmas bowl" photo was hilarious, i ugly snorted). I'm glad you guys gave the Spiders some love, they're such an underrepresented but super good team. I love this entry and good luck in voting!!

[horchata]

oh my gosh, I know nothing about this fandom at all, but I LOVED I looooooved the rules, the scrapbook, and my heart rose and fell for your team as they went through the Autumn tournament. gosh, there is so much heart in this entry, it really shows. you all love this fandom, and I love your entry. what a clever, lovely idea. best of luck this round!!!!

[wino]

this whole concept is SO CUTE and i love how much character there is in the entries. every little detail was so wonderful and charming and thank you for giving spotlight to an underrated team <33

[soup]

This entry is SO CUTE!! I absolutely love the idea and the way you guys pulled it off! I really really like the small handwritten notes... I'm not even too familiar with the Bando team but GOSH my heart feels warm and at the same time it's!!! Hilarious!!! "Do not fill a locker with any living creatures. Do not fill a locker with any dead creatures either." WHAT HAPPENED THERE LMAO... And I think the relationship between the manager and the team members is very rarely focused on so I'm glad that you chose this theme! Gosh I just, really really adore this entry so much ahhhhh!! I think you guys did a really wonderful job — good luck for the prelims!

[fickle]

I know absolutely nothing about Eyeshield but I enjoyed reading this anyway! It's a very creative style and very well done. All the little scribbled notes were super cute too.

[andramion]

I don't know anything about eyeshield at all, but I really liked the set-up of this entry! It's easy to read, and though I was lost on any of the characters, their personalities shone through despite my lack of knowledge about them.
Well done on this original idea and thank you for all your hard work!!

[coyoteclaw11]

Another person who hasn't seen the original show here haha. This was such a cute idea though??? I really like it! The setup is just so nice and really?? cool. Idk I'm bad at expressing my feelings but neat work guys. Good luck in the prelims!

[melongifts]

This brought me back to my days at the print center at office max so fast, this is so realistically put together. Reminds me a lot of the harry potter side books where they wrote everything in, and that sort of stuff is my favorite (I am honestly losing it over the lossy mascot pasted around, it's so good and so realistic) This was really really fun to read, thank you guys so much!!!

[greenowl]

This is such...an adorable little idea...it's so detailed and creative! And I'm sad now, too. Perfect! I love it to pieces ;-; I'm looking forward to next mr already, you guys rock

[winterstuck]

!!! this was so cute and such an amazing concept, and also i loved the focus on the bando spiders they need more love

[nobetterpicture]

I haven't gotten far in eyeshield just yet, but this was so unique and cute!!! I loved scrolling down and seeing all the little notes and tickets and pictures!!! I'm really charmed by this whole idea and you did a great job!

[earlgrey_milktea]

i loved this omg this is one of my fave kinds of storytelling and all the little notes, the photos, the ticket stubs, everything, is really cute, and i love how it adds personality to the team and to juri. the rules section at the beginning was really funny gosh, especially the added notes, these kids.....
this was very refreshing to read!!

[toondoon1010]

This is such a unique entry! I have zero idea about Eyeshield 21 but i LOVED READING THROUGH THIS JOURNAL SO MUCH! It was hilarious the silly little tidbits the manager wrote! [dead/alive creatures in the lockers, no racing, not using club funds to 'find your own image!']

It was like I already associated well with the characters! LOVED IT! Very well executed and a refreshing new read! THANK YOU! <3

[flippinflakes]

this is absolutely adorable and really gives an insight onto the crazy spirit of the team and their journeys!!!!! i love everything about this, the concept, the little writings, the tickets and pictures taped on (you guys found fucking tape to make it llook like its taped on that is so fucking amazing you guys are fucking amazing) it is super cute and just AMAZING!!! This fandom is such a mystery to so many people and I think this is a great way to kind of introduce people to what it's like and who they could expect its truly grand as fuck!!!!!!

[justlikeswitchblades]

Boundaries as literal rules is such a fun interpretation of this main round theme! The little handwritten notes add such a sweet touch (especially other characters!), and even though I've never read/watched Eyeshield, this look inside a female manager's notebook really helps fill a gap in canon across sports anime, which is, rather minor insight into what few female characters exist in shounen series...I really loved that aspect.

The details in the team names, the plays, and the graphic design of the notebook were all enjoyable as well, as were the snapchats. Great job!

[kazuyas]

I LOVE THIS OH GOSH i know nothing about es21 but you did such a stellar job making this accessible for beginners/newcomers. thank you for such a unique, thoughtful, and well-executed entry!

[psiten]

This is too cute. You are on notice <3

[ryekamasaki]

this is really adorable! im not familiar with the canon, but this was a cute entry, i love the format that you chose with the notebook. all the little additions, like the written notes, pictures, and ticket stubs were really nice touches. fantastic job!!