of the characters through the manga series. Chris Homer of The Fandom Post also commended the characters' development in the anime series and said that some of them, such as Ikkyu and Ishimaru, were better developed in comparison to the manga. Homer praised how the rivals were full integrated in the main story and how their back stories were explored. Santos commented, "Just as thrilling as the game highlights are the individual stories and rivalries behind each player". On the other hand, Eyeshield 21 has a lot of teams with different themes and according to Chris Beveridge from Mania.com some times "the theme is used more than it should" and that "it just feels very forced". Notes and references Japanese References Bibliography Eyeshield 21 manga volumes by Inagaki, Riichiro and Murata, Yusuke. Original Japanese version published by Shueisha. English translation published by Viz Media. Eyeshield 21