Character: Sasaki Koutarou
Series: Eyeshield 21Character Age: 16
Canon: Eyeshield 21 is That American Football manga, where all anyone ever really wants in the series is to make it to the final match, called the "Christmas Bowl." Known as the number one kicker in the series, Sasaki Koutarou plays for the Bando Spiders, another underdog team that is working its way through the tournament. Koutarou is loud, energetic, and fixated on proving to everyone that kickers are just as important as any other player in American football. He is also intent on keeping his number one title, and challenges Deimon's former kicker, Musashi, to kick duels whenever he can. He also makes it a hobby of his to show up his teammate, Akaba, whenever he feels like it.
Koutarou tends not to think things through and prefers to dive in headfirst. He also has a habit of referring to things as "smart". While Koutarou cares deeply for his friends, he almost never worries about the consequences of his actions and goes with whatever his first whim may be. Unfortunately, this makes him appear more foolish than anything else, with a puppy-like gung-ho enthusiasm about everything and anything he does. Pointing fingers at people while standing on a rail? Sure! Proclaiming loudly about his sheer awesomeness while doing the aforementioned? Hey, it's smart!!
... in other words, the series' ace kicker is roughly sixteen going on five and sees nothing wrong with that.Sample Post:
FOUND YOU!!--ohh, this HTML stuff is smart! Haha, you didn't think a little thing like some dinky ocean'd get in the way of me and our ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny, didja Musashi?! That's what I thought! Be a man and come out now, 'cause we're gonna settle this once and for--
. . . aw geez, not
again! These laptops aren't smart at all! You'd think a declaration of our super-awesome rivalry'd be easy or something, but
nooooooo. Every time I even try to post one of these challenges to him, the computer thing keeps yellin' at me with stuff like "warning: database heaving due to excessive HTML abuse" and "gratuitous use of animated .gifs; sad dial-up in snow," and even "cut if you care." Pshh, what kind of guy do you take me for?! Sasaki Koutarou cuts for no man!!
Man, forget this computer stuff! Is this really all you guys do all day? Sit and mess around on these things, I mean? That's gotta be pretty boring, 'specially when you've got all this neat stuff you could be doin' outside. And you'll get Tarpel Cunnel or whatever it's called from using 'em, which isn't smart at all! Why not try goin' outside for once instead? I
know you guys've got some decent sports fields around here -- heck, you've even got a bunch of people to play with you. They don't even need jerseys since they're already different colors! Like my new buddy "Brawns" here.
Pretty sure that's what he said his name was . . . Just gotta ignore the stench and the falling apart thing -- that's what athletic tape's for!
See, I hear you have a bunch of American football teams or whatever, but I bet you're missin' something! Know what that is?
Kicking. Sure, sure, they always tell you it's all about your offense or your defense and you guys talk a lot about puttin' it in or whatever, but back where I'm from? We
kick it in! I've been teachin' these guys a few tricks of the super smart kick team trade so they can demonstrate to all of you how smart a kicking style can be and how my team, the Gangrene Gouts, is totally going to whup Musashi's team. Right! You ready there, pal? Go for the goal, Brawns! Go for the goal!!
. . . Well, buddy. I guess your foot'll count for
something.
WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE TAPE!--
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