The English professional footballer Dominic Solanke from Tottenham Hotspur recently went with a photo viralon which he watches the latest episode of »One Piece«. We summarize.
16 million views
With exactly 100 career goals, striker Dominic Solanke has already taken the opportunity to express his love for anime in his goal celebrations several times. Next to iconic poses From “One Piece” and “Naruto” he even has the mask of Obito Uchiha overdrawn.
Since this season he has been hunting for goals for the traditional club Tottenham Hotspur from the north of London in the Premier League, the highest English league, as well as the national cup and the Europa League. This results in a lot of away games with long journeys, which can also be a blessing for an anime fan.
This was received within a week Photo by Solanke viral with more than 16 million views, which shows him watching the latest episode of “One Piece” on the team bus.
However, the England international’s huge popularity reignited a heated debate debate about the hobby “anime”. While anime fans naturally celebrated the campaign and many other users described the medium as a hobby like any other, there were also, as is often the case, more and more comments saying that adults shouldn’t watch “cartoon series for children”.
Even though anime is becoming more and more popular and spreading rapidly around the world, there still seem to be more than enough prejudices. But of course, true fans shouldn’t care. By the way, you can find the photo of Dominic Solanke below these lines as usual.
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