“can Mutuals Dm You?” My Mutuals Can Fire Me From A Cannon Through A Brick Wall, Looney Tunes Style.

Adding to this post with my analysis of the emotional implications of this scene because it gets even crazier when one tries to visualize from Kidou's POV

You can see that Kidou was standing behind Sakuma in the initial composition of the scene's frame. It then switches to Sakuma's close up, which is more or less should be similar to what Kidou's point of view. So what possibly could be going on in Kidou's mind when it happened?

The close up of Sakuma's face ends when he fully turns his head, revealing the eye that's normally covered by his eyepatch and the disheveled hair his Shin Teikoku arc design has.

As one can see on the first post, looking closely Sakuma was drawn in a way that makes him look like his original design with the pulled forward hair and the eyepatch covered right eye, it was what Kidou saw!

What Kidou (and the viewers) initially saw was the Sakuma he knew, the one who played soccer together with him, the Sakuma who is his best friend. But something about it is uncanny, until Sakuma's entire face was shown and it was Shin Teikoku Sakuma that Kidou was seeing. It wasn't the Sakuma Kidou knew.

Even if their scope of love in their writings are different (Sakuma loves Kidou, while Kidou loves EVERYONE including Sakuma) Sakuma and Kidou care deeply towards each other. And it was Kageyama's actual purpose in the arc, to not win the match but rather to inflict as much trauma he could on Kidou by manipulating and hurting (mentally and physically) his best friends against him.

Shin Teikoku arc has really good animation and storyboarding in general; this particular scene has cleverly drawn frames where Sakuma's hair was positioned to look like how he normally looks until he fully turns at Kidou and you can see the the black eye

I don't have frames that are of 1:1 comparison but I hope you get the gist

Sakuma telling Kidou he has better freedom as a part of Raimon and that he knows just by looking at Kidou can be a throwback of Sakuma's lines in Shin Teikoku arc. Sakuma said that "he can't see Kidou's world," but in the ending, it became "I've opened my eyes". Sakuma is the one to reassure Kidou in episode 56, as at that point Sakuma is able to look at Kidou with a clear vision.....

in middle of writing my analysis post, it's gonna be pretty long because i want to tackle as many topics in my to-do as i could in a single post than making short post for each. but honestly the reason why am i not finishing it sooner is because i'm not feeling well lmaooo

currently i'm thinking that sakuma is kind of an unreliable narrator in terms of his insecurity towards kidou. episode 38 and everyday frame it as him feeling like he's not as good as kidou is because sakuma himself mistook it as such. he thought that what he's insecure of is his own ability when it's actually of his place as kidou's friend

but it becomes double unreliable narrator in shin teikoku arc as yes, sakuma's (and genda + fudou but this is not about them) judgement is clouded by meteorite brainwashing but because the emotion he displays is very raw it reveals his Real feelings at the same time. "i can't see your world" = i can't understand you As A Person

even then "sakuma is jealous of kidou's abilities" isn't inherently wrong because he is.. because sakuma's insecurity is deep rooted that he feels bad about every single thing at once, and in ares' timeline where shin teikoku arc doesn't happen you can watch sakuma being left in his issues for a year

When I'm in the pretty princess competition and my opponent is GO!Sakuma

(under read more because i'm embarrassed but i really want to add this)

sakuma's so pretty even when his face isn't shown... what is this sorcery......

20130105 | MAID SANJOU!!I

Inazuma Eleven birthday art batch 3 (Batch 1) (Batch 2)

Flower explanation and alt versions of Kidou's art under read more

Lotus: Symbolizes purity, strength, resilience, and rebirth. It's commonly used as Buddhism symbolism, and some depictions of Acala (Fudo Myoo), which is the Buddhist deity Fudou is named after, depict him with the flower

Anemone: Also called windflower. The purple anemone was used as protection against evil, fitting Kazemaru's position as defender and his arc in the second season

Rose: The official flower of Father’s Day, with red roses representing alive fathers and white roses to honor deceased fathers, representing how fatherhood is a central theme in Kidou's writing. Red roses mean true love and passion. White roses mean innocence, purity, and virtue. The combination of red and white roses together symbolize unity

Tiger lily: Symbolizes confidence, pride, prosperity, and good fortune

Inazuma Eleven GO Ending 2 - "Kanari Junjou"

Taken from TODOS LOS ENDINGS del ANIME de INAZUMA ELEVEN 4K by Angelico

Found a drawing I made of Kidou and Sakuma in Peanuts' art style where someone suggested to make Fudou Snoopy

Listing the brushes I have used so I won't forget next time (1/?)

Do you have a realistic style of nose hc for sakuma? /gen

Oh god I'm so sorry I never really thought about it before nor I am articulate enough of wording features.... 😭😭😭

I personally headcanon him as a mixed south asian though, maybe this guide on drawing south asian people could help!!