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EP. REVIEW: Tsurune

More archery trivia.

Another interesting thing that I like that was more shown than directly told was when Onogi was treating Kisaragi's arm.
Like all martial arts, injuries can occur if done incorrectly.
In all Archery, one of the biggest causes of harm is from the bowstring hitting the bow arm upon release.
The simplest solution is to wear some sort of arm-guard or bracer. Those leather arm bracers that are often seen being worn in medieval or fantasy based settings, those weren't just fashion statements, they were worn to protect the archers Bow arm so that they could fire arrows consistently when needed.

In Kyudo there is no arm-guard, which is part of why they focus a lot on form, because if done right you shouldn't hurt yourself.
However, protective gear exists for the String hand, mainly in the form of the Yugake/Gloves they wear.

The other protective piece that everyone has seen but has not been mentioned by anyone is the chest protector that all the girls are wearing.
Its called a Muneate, and its purpose is pretty straightforward.
If you can imagine how painful the bowstring hitting Nanao's arm might have been, its much worse for women if the string should hit their breast.

Additional Random Trivia:
The mythological Amazons were said to have removed one of their breasts in order to solve that dilemma.

AA751 wrote:

Merida wrote: Ruri Lee wrote: Personally, the novel gives off a very different feeling from Free. Okay, since novel readers keep insisting that it's "not like Free!" (even though people seem to have pretty much ceased to compare the shows after the first ep...), how exactly is it so "very different"? Well just look at the protagonist. Minato, he suffers from 'target panic' and although he loves archery he's found it difficult to overcome it. He's managed to get back into it, because by chance he came across Masa-san who made him realise his love. Minato is back in with the kyodo, but he's still hasn't overcome his target panic. The protagonist of Haru was obsessed with water, and only cared about swimming Free and wasn't interested in competition. Umm, my memory is fussy after what happens next because I haven't seen it in forever and I found it boring, but..in the end he discovers the joy of friendship and everyone lives happily ever after? Idk, something something yay friendship, something something boys being naked blah blah something. Haru doesn't or didn't have a mentor, and Haru didn't have any severe trauma or an accident/and death of a mother in his past which led him to have anxiety about archery. Haru was kind of a distant character from everyone, whilst Minato is pretty angry at times. Honestly, I can't think of anything about Free (from my fuzzy memory) that's like Tsurune except it's about a sport (entirely different sports SO DIFFERENT), and it has boys in a sport. Which covers every sports anime ever.

Overall, I think Free is more 'colorful', over the top, comical, energetic, some things along those lines (and more straightforward and fulfilling as BL undertone title, as it seems intended to be). While Tsurune is more low profile, calm, modest, a tad bit closer to realistic representation in dealing with emotional problems. sort of episodes.

Ruri Lee wrote:

Masa-san is a bit more of a playful adult in the novel, and his scenes with Minato were more ..not sure how to put this....intimate? --- Minato spends a lot of private time with Masa-san, and takes great observational care. He really reveres him not only as an archer but also as a role model. The diction choice is quite questionable, so you can probably interpret it in various ways.

And the diction choice, is....very interesting. I think I interpreted Minatos as having a crush in on Masa-san, and I think the anime does try to convey that too, but the feel is changed a little. Idk. Did I mention I miss the poetry?

The training camp segment is so different from the novel its basically a different story and I am deeply disappointed because the novel touches on heavier themes while the anime was just fluff in comparison. They shafted Seiya character and the conflict between Seiya and Kaito turned into a conflict between Minato and Kaito and I'm like....don't get the adaptation choice.

Anyway read the novel. It's got better atmosphere and focuses more on kyodo.

Why do anime twins always seem to be kind of obnoxious or stupid (or both)?!I

Imagine my surprise when this episode answered a question I've long had about Kikyo in Inuyasha! Every so often they'd show her after she'd shot an arrow with the bow turned so the string was in front of her fist, as if she'd fired it backwards, and sometimes with the bowstring on the opposite side of her arm from where she could possibly have shot from, like this:



I never understood why they'd draw it like that. Now I see it was to illustrate the perfection of her form, and what a cool archer she was! Although I'm still not sure I understand why it's cool.

There's nonstop tension in these interactions because I still don't trust either Shu or Seiya.