Eyeshield 21 is one of my favorite manga (at least, it's my favorite sports manga), and, I was not expecting any form of continuation. So, when i learned that a new one shot would be released for the 21st anniversary of the manga, i was hiiiiiiiiped !!!!!!!!!

It was written by Riichirou Inagaki and drawn by Yuusuke Lurata, the two creators of the original manga. (And to warn you, read the original Eyeshield 21 before you read this one shot !!)

Be warned, this review is one of a fan, and it's clearly fully subjective.

And, after reading it, what i think is : it's too short (saddly ...)
It's one chapter, 46 pages, but still one chapter with magnificent double pages, and the characters never look so good in the original manga. There are two reasons as for why :

• Murata and inagaki had more time to draw and write
• And Murata is drawing One punch man, and it is truly noticeable here.

Seriously, if you like or liked Eyeshield go take a look, even if there is no true interest in the "story" the art is so good, I was sincerely impressed.
And it's not only in action (even if it's still the best), take a look at Panther, Don, Mamori or the two main characters, Iruma and Sena.
They are faithful to the original ones, while we see that time had passed, it's a really tight rope between staying in character (and committing to what was) and showing modernity and evolution (to show the 21 years without showing it, if you can understand that idea ^^') And Inagaki and Murata, advance on that rope like the professionnals they are, it's really wonderfull.

About the Characters, as i said they are gorgeous, and we don't really have time to show more.
But I'm really impressed that they are able to show that many characters (I'm not gonna make a list here, but if you think of a major character, but here are two pages in spoilers, if you want to see what I'm talking about.)

Spoiler, click to view

Spoiler, click to view

and they do that while having a little plot, that allows us to have the long awaited showdown between Sena and Iruma.
And, just for that, it's brilliant !!

To continue on what's making Eyeshield the mùanga it is, their is comedy aspects. And it's fully respected here. It's like the mangakas never forgot what their manga was about. In this we see Iruma at his brightest cunning as ever, and sena as it's best, so quick (to react to prancks and to smart move, as much as in the field).

On top of that, there are many one panel flashbacks to rewiev moments from the main manga that impact what we see, in case you forgot them.
But there is one problem. It's short. And that means we can't have more of this manga. (So I took away 1 point, it's only 99/100.)

To try to be a little bit honest and summarise,

• In the end, there is no real scenario in this, it's just the most fun action one shot, mostly based on nostalgia, but it's one of the best shots I ever took.