Berserk Button: Kyōsuke really hates being compared to his brother.Tropes used in Hungry Heart: Wild Striker include: The series has a became very popular in Latin America (most likely due to Latin America appreciation of Soccer and how many times Animax LatAm reran it), following the trend of other obscure series like Koni Chan or Ghost Sweeper Mikami. Unluckily it was a lot shorter than its Spiritual Predecessor, having only reached the 6th volume of the manga, and the 52th episode of the anime. Just to name a few points, the protagonist is not as Ace-ish as Tsubasa, his love interest was more outspoken than Sanae, a little bit more of drama is included, less important players are still relevant to the outcome of the match and the maneuvers are a lot less exaggerated. Hungry Heart could be called a more down-to-earth and mature version of Captain Tsubasa with some Slam Dunk mixed in between. It was done by Yoichi Takahashi, the creator of the more well-known Captain Tsubasa. The HHWS story is more inspirational because of above reason and it's slice of life approach will be endearing to a mature crowd who want to watch a good sports anime.Hungry Heart: Wild Striker ( ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER) is the anime adaptation of the 2002 Hungry Heart soccer manga. In SD the obstacles are in the nature of beating the opposite side which you will enjoy watching but will not be as memorable as the victories achieved by HHWS MC and his team. There are lot of obstacles HHWS characters face which engages the audience on emotional level. The plot has a lot of twist and turns on and off the field compared to predictable twists in SD. Also, the HHWS MC is constantly compared to his successful brother, which also causes a lot of friction in MC's life.These differing motivation of MC's in both the anime gives the anime a different flavor. In HHWS the MC wants to be a Professional football player and be like his brother who is already a Pro. In SD the MC wants to impress a girl, so he takes up the sports.

While protagonist of both the anime show a lot of promise in their sports there reason for taking the sports will impact the way you watch these anime. In SD most of development and focus is on MC. In HHWS there is a lot off character development for MC as well as for side characters. There are few things that make HHWS stand out versus SD Such as character development, an interesting plot, and Inspirational story. Hungry Heart: Wild Striker(HHWS) is faster version of Slam Dunk(SD) and does it in less number of Episodes.

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