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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

but it feels a bit more like it's leaning into American high school tropes than just "high school tropes".

Oh yeah, Japanese high school tropes collectively are a whole other ball game.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

As to the sports stuff, while I'm sure American football does exist at Japanese high schools, I'd imagine it's like saying kendo clubs exist at American high schools: technically true, but probably not the dominant sport at any school. (Baseball for sure, then soccer.)

Yep. The average Taro Tanaka winning baseball for his school in Koshien is not just gonna make him a likely local hero, but give Taro a bigger chance of appearing on national tv the following Monday morning for a brief interview. Still, it's cool that gridiron football has a presence in Japan. I actually saw an X-League game a while back on the internet, stadium might not be overcrowded but was still fun to see.