For reasons unknown, and regardless of who is picking the team,
Goro always seems to end up resigned to going in goal.
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Japanese football jinx?
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… even when they were playing baseball.
Is this soccer? He looks like he is wearing a cross between a soccer uniform and a baseball uniform. Where’s the net? Poor Goro. (p.s. what does Goro mean?)
Yes, it’s soccer, and the nets are just to his left — he’s standing at the edge of his area.
Goro isn’t a popular name anymore apparently, which isn’t surprising really considering Japan’s low birth rate, as it means fifth son…
he looks like an excellent goalkeeper to me ^_^
Where is that field?
It’s by the Tamagawa, in Tachikawa. And I’m pretty sure the road up on the left is the Chuo Expressway, if I’ve got my bearings right.
Who ate all the pies? Or onigiri I guess.