Gawain is a 9 year old kid who lives with his grandpa in Fukushima. A chance meeting with a pro golfer sets the ball rolling for his life. The way the show marries his world & the golfing world felt really organic. The show does a good job of introducing new frontiers & new characters for our MC. Every side character has a pretty decent back story & almost everyone is introduced as a jerk or bully,but only until they get to know Gawain. In the utopia of 'Rising Impact',every golfing bully is hungry for a worthy opponent. Once found,the jerk becomes an admirer ofhis opponent & starts to seem like a better & better person. Basically,take Goku from DBZ,put him in the golfing world & you'll get the MC of 'Rising Impact'. This trope and many other tropes that the anime is laden with notwithstanding,the show is still pretty good. There are a lot of good emotional & comic moments. The relationships b/w some side characters are also pretty cool.

There are definitely some flaws. While for most of it's narrative the show seems to suggest that b/w prodigal talent & hardwork the winner is always hardwork,it ends up siding with prodigal talent instead. The players who end up with the best results are the ones with prodigal talent. There is also the small matter of Gawain being a one-dimensional character. While his game grows,his character doesn't. And of course,at a critical moment in the match he'll remember a very decisive piece of advice he received. I was also not a fan of the voice acting. He's always loud and almost screeching. Also,the trope of our MC relishing a new challenge will get old if the MC doesn't have character growth in the coming seasons. I remain hopeful though.