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. Having fallen behind, he now lives in the shadow of his brother's success. 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. Hungry Heart: Wild Striker Synopsis Related Similar OP/ED As the younger brother of Japanese soccer star Seisuke Kanou, Kyousuke was always expected to grow as a soccer player at the same pace his brother didan expectation that proved too difficult to meet. 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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