Love All Play Analysis This analysis contains spoilers 300https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx137633Ik4FfKB1eWKF.jpg If you want to go quick go alone but to go far one must go together. A sports anime that ambitiously attempts to crush two years of high school badminton into 24 episodes. As youd expect its rushed and matches dont have much weight to them. Part of what makes an enjoyable sports anime is seeing the matches play out with strategy with good buildup between the players in the match. Love All Play doesnt have that impact its hollow. Same can be stated for the characters outside of their initial introductions nobody stands out in particular as interesting. There are twins they are super happy and energetic as youd expect they love playing doubles thats their strength. Halfway into the series one of the twins becomes conflicted wondering if his passion in badminton is real but he gets over it fast and the twins dont change personality wise. Theres the straightforward Sakaki who relies on power and isnt the smartest tool in the shed yeah as you can tell all these characters are just troupes. He plays doubles with the MC of Love All Play Ryou who is exactly what youd picture of when thinking of a shonen sports anime MC so Im skipping over him on purpose. Whats there to say? Ryous biggest strength is his love for badminton and works the hardest to make his dreams come true yeah weve seen this play a million times folks. Back to Sakaki he has lots of siblings and works at his families westernstyle restaurant as such hes a caring considerate person he teams up with Ryou simply because he loves the way he plays. As a team theyre not a great match but they have fun playing. Alright we need a kuudere as everyone else is cheerful oh perfect here comes Matsuda. As youd expect he goes through the same character arc that each and every kuudere embarks on but hey thats better than the majority of the other characters. He starts off cold and distant believing that everything needs to be done by himself. Hes like this because his father Matsudas only real family member is always working so hes always been alone and did everything solo. Yes the lone wolf troupe. Over the series Matsuda learns being with friends is valuable. This does breed my favorite quote in the series let me paraphrase. If you want to go quick go alone but to go far one must go together. Through the power of friendship he wins his final match wowie. The final character of note is team ace Yusa a player when first joining the team was told by his coach to never lose again. As his driving force to never falter plus his ambition to date Rika MC Ryous sister Yusa cannot lose again and has to become a triple crown winner in nationals. Yeah this dude has some major expectations put onto his shoulders. I liked his VA work him saying Come On always got a laugh out of me with the weird pitch it was at. In the beginning of the anime hes presented as a total asshole but he was like that to push his team to be better. During the final match between Yusa and Ryou which dang the animation was pretty good Yusa kept his promise and we get to see Yusa with Rika a year later in the aftermath how cute. Imagine playing hard to get so badly and still getting the ace only Yusa the simp would follow that pussy to that extent... Love All Play isnt worth much of a watch. Even from a sports simps pov its mediocre at best and was difficult to watch most of the time cause I was bored. It didnt help that the OST was cheesy and generic wish I could turn it off at times. In contrast the sound design of the badminton being played was exceptional give whoever did the sound design a raise In all the lesson to learn is dont force 2 years of high school sports into 24 episodes youre setting yourself up for failure simping does work if youre a generational talent and of course friendship is magic good riddance dont need to have this series in my head space no more.