Episode 23:
Well, at least Sawamura bounced back though some of his potential breaking balls had to be limited. I was hoping that when the opponent's coach was day dreaming about taking down a mammoth and landing on the Moon and such, that Sawamura would've struck-out the side while he wasn't paying attention. Thought it would've been funny.
Adachi would've done exactly that.
Peace.
Now that you mention it, you're exaxtly right.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
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yeah!
its so good to see Sawamura NOT screw it up for once. Nice.
I also really donīt like Furuya. He gives the impression that he wouldnīt be able to be part of team as NOT the ace. Never understood what makes him so good anyway, cause the only special thing about his throws is their speed.
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Yeah, nice game for Sawamura... but you know what's going to happen in the next game right? He'll screw it up somehow lol.
As for Furuya, I agree to a degree. Considering how Sawamura acts when Furuya is pitching, hard to really criticize him for it if you don't apply the same objectivity to Sawamura as well.
A bit disappointed Haruichi's brother wasn't around to see the home run and the defensive play.
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good episode. However, I just cant shake off the feeling that Ochiai kouchi is planning something terrible. Hope that Furuya doesnt get too strong again with his new sliders.
The 1st vs 2nd string game should be neat, although the outcome feels obvious with ALL the popular fielders/hitters being on the first string team. Then again ... if Sawamura manages to fend off every single batter, that would be awesome.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I fell behind and watched a bunch of eps. I like how Sawamura became at last a reliable pitcher even though the gap with Furuya seems to keep growing after those fast - breaking balls and the whole bunch the coach has in mind for him.
Dunno what to think about this match. I think that it should be a close match until mid game, due to the thrive for recognition of the 2nd team but as teh game goes on their weakness must start to show and the maturity/experienice of the 1st string should be enough to wipe them out in the last innings.
I have 2 different feelings about this. Is the coach trying to show the 1st string (and those listening to the new coach) that his methods of rushing things are dangerous or is this to settle the thing about leaving/resigning the team showing that Ochiai is a good coach that can help them grow faster and get victories so giving them the feeling that even if his methods are different he is still a great (selfiss) coach.
I wonder how Sawamura will do against the 1st string. I can see him getting Home Runned a couple of times by Miyuki.
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omg, please dont have Sawamura fail again :/ We had that already.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I dont think Sawamura has failed so much. He was just 1 of the factors that made them lose against Inashiro and not even the major one. Tanba failed completely at that game and Kawakami did a "poor" job. The anime makes it look as if it was the end of the world but Sawamura did better than both Tanba and Kawakami. He closed 7th inning. 8th got 0 gave 0 runs and 9th he loaded bases but left with 2 outs. If the next pitcher would have done its job (like he did in 7th) they would have won.
Its true that if you compare him to Furuya always looks like he is failing, cause Furuya always overperforms. Anyways going into the current events I have the feeling that they should lose here. If they win they go finals, and losing again on finals is to redundant and if they win finals they go to nationals and what motivation is left for the 2nd year of Sawamura and 3rd of Miyuki. Sawamura should make Miyuki go to nationals on his last year. Not on this second rating summer nationals for "drop outs" that only "losers" take seriously.
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omg, Miyuki sooooo cool
And it was so nice that Kawakami got a chance to prove his worth to the team, too.
Very curious to find out about the final. Looks like Miyuki might be too hurt to play :>
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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man, so good.
buuut ... i get the feeling theyīre already emotionally setting up Yakushi for a win. :/ With Furuya being injured, I can just see Seido lose. Really would love to finally see them play at Koshien. Also, I want them to prove that their old coach is a-ok.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Kawakami is the weakest pitcher in the team, even in his best moments except his last game closing.
Miyuki will probably have troubles finishing the final.
But they can always have Sawamura shine when he's least expected to.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
episode 41
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nice episode, developing many of the side-characters. My favorite part was Todoroki being a shy guy outside of baseball, lol. Hope we get a post-game scene when his school friends react to finding out about him.
Kawakami ... I just always feel pity for him. Compared to Furuya and Sawamura, he just seems so fragile. Like, one wrong move and his heart and soul are broken. Thatīs really why I dont even wanna watch him pitch. Heīs kinda adorable, like a pet :>
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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good episode that doesnīt end on a typical cliffhanger, nice.
Also great to see Sawamura taking out both Raichi and Sanada! Heīs basically achieved the maximum that can be achieved against Yakushi, taking out their two best players. Well, now heīs gotta repeat that :>
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
If they are already showing and giving lots of air time to next year players I would say this is a no go. Dunno if the writer wanted to end it a close call or they will get some homeruns in the 9th inning and leave Sawamura traumatized (wanting to overcome his weakness, blah blah blah) for the next arc until his 2nd year.
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omg, those steals! so tense!
Donīt fuck it up, Zono!
Seido has to win! No meaning in repeating the whole pre-Koshien tournament again. They have to!
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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I hate how this series keeps shifting away focus from Sawamura. Itīs my one biggest peeve with this show. Sawamura was clearly introduced as THE hero of the anime, yet he keeps getting relegated to side-character status.
Now just donīt fuck this up, Furuya.
Although I admit that Sawamura is lacking the stability and reliability expected of an ace. Hope he gets another significant training session from the new coach.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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Was that ... the last episode?! :/
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
My toughts. Was that season finale or series finale? Looked more like series finale to me. But they still need to beat Inashiro and win at Koshien and a bunch of other things... I hope we get to see that in the future.
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Just managed to finish the series, I was struggling to get through it.
Was very disappointed how the series treated Sawamura, they made him too much of a running gag for my tastes. Hard to take him seriously as the main character. The series had good supporting group of characters, but the MC was completely ruined. Just the same, the series never really gave him a real opportunity to shine.
Anyways, last game was good overall. Everyone had their moments.
As for a third season, I see it very doubtful. Maybe in the far future, but by the looks of it, they're too caught up with the manga to really keep going.
As I see it, the anime pretty much covered the First Act of the manga completely, about 46 volumes.
There's a Second Act series, but it's only about 2 volumes ongoing at the moment. So very little. Maybe we can get a short series after a handful of more volumes, I guess it depends on what arcs the series currently has. Since they're beginning the tournament as far as I can tell, unless it's a quick exit, I just don't see it. And if that's all they have to offer, I don't see a reason to animate that alone either.
Anyways, not sure how I feel about the series. Just know I expected much better, particularly I expected a much better MC.
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