Wind Breaker Episode 3 Review: Bofurin Leader Is Here!

Wind Breaker Episode 3 Review: This season, we get another new delinquent anime, which is turning out to be an entertaining watch. Now, let us see if episode 3 of Wind Breaker was great or not. 

Wind Breaker Episode 3 Overview

Wind Breaker is a popular manga series from Japan that was written and illustrated by Satoru Nii. The series was first published on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket manga website in January 2021, and it has since been collected into sixteen tankōbon volumes, as of March 2024. 

The anime TV series adaptation of Wind Breaker is scheduled to debut in April 2024 and is being produced by CloverWorks. The director of the anime is Akai Toshifumi, who has previously worked on popular anime series such as Fate/Grand Order: Shuukyoku Tokuiten – Kani Jikan Shinden Solomon and Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia. Fukushima Yuuichi is producing the series.

The opening song of Wind Breaker is titled “Zettai Reido (絶対零度)” and will be performed by Natori (なとり). The ending theme is “Muteki (無敵)” and will be performed by Young Kee.

I have tried my best to keep the review as spoiler-free as possible, but there are certain elements that I had to mention to give proper feedback.

– Wind Breaker Episode 3 Review Contains Minor Spoilers –

Wind Breaker Episode 3 Review and Recap – 4 Kings Of School

Today’s episode definitely compliments the overall vibe of the anime, which has been very entertaining. The new student who butts head with Sakura on the very first day is Sugishita, with an ingrained devotion towards the current top of Bofurin. Not only that, but he was so in awe of Bofurin, that Sugishita was the only student who was allowed to enter the high school premises, even when he was in middle school.

Thus, when Sakura claimed that he would be the one to be at the top, Sugishita took it as a challenge to the current leader. This kind of proclamation did not sit well with him, and these two hotheads started to fight it out. But what stopped them was an announcement from Umemia, the leader of Bofurin. From the way he addressed the students, it is established, that Umemiya has an eccentric and easygoing character. And even though he is not showing his face, he has a presence about him that makes everyone in the class listen to his voice with admiration and discipline.

Even Sakura wonders what kind of guy is Umemia, who seems so relaxed yet has this much influence on the entire school. We also get to know many things about the school and how the inner circle of Bofurin works. Bofurin has 4 divisions which work directly under the leader. These are Tamon, Jikoku, Zojo, and Komoku, based on the four heavenly kings. Each of these teams has its own subordinates, and Sakura ends up in the Tamon team led by Hiragi, who was also the one who came to help Sakura in the first episode.

This episode was very interesting as we got an idea about the hierarchy that runs in the school. Plus, we see how Sakura is becoming more and more relaxed with his peers, which he could not do in his previous school. He is definitely someone who was mistreated, and now that everybody is accepting him, he is slowly opening up to them. Plus, the fact that we got to see those who will ultimately be the villains of this show, makes this episode a worthwhile one.

And lastly, we finally meet the man, the myth and the legend, Umemiya, the revered and respected leader of Bofurin.

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Verdict

I am genuinely enjoying this series, as it is slowly building up to become a good delinquent anime. It is definitely giving me Tokyo Revengers vibes, but, as this has really good animation, many might prefer this over Tokyo Revengers. Whether it will be a great show by the end or not, is something that we have to find out later.

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