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Jan 17, 2022 6:00 AM
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Hmm, an episode to test Shun Kamiya's skills. He decided literally to be a one-man team with himself taking on an entire team.

Definitely not a pushover and in fact, it's easy to say he's probably the toughest character to go up against in this extreme baseball game. It seems there's also no such thing as a 'home run' so a play is always ongoing. Still got a bit mixed feelings on this show but Kamiya's character has me slightly interested.
Jan 17, 2022 6:04 AM
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Another fantastic episode. Tribe Nine is already my favorite anime of the season because it's funny, unique and interesting, plus the art, music and XB game are cool. Hopefully this anime is successful enough to get another season that showcases more of the Tribes.
Jan 17, 2022 6:49 AM
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Solid introduction of the differences of XB to regular baseball, as well as another showcase of the fearsome might of Kamiya against everyone else in the Minato tribe

Next match against the Royals seems very promising, as well as Kamiya's past (if he's already this strong with his "cheerful" side, how ruthless would he be if he's pissed)
Jan 17, 2022 7:01 AM
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Still loving the neon-glow aesthetic and that ending OST when "Ken Kaneki" made his entrance was pretty dope.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that funi had subbed the OP! Remember the good old days when OPs and EDs were often subbed ― bring those days back!
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Jan 17, 2022 7:04 AM
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XO2HKIM said:
I was pleasantly surprised to see that funi had subbed the OP! Remember the good old days when OPs and EDs were often subbed ― bring those days back!
They have been resurrecting this for quite a while already, only some select shows have them.
Jan 17, 2022 7:14 AM
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I kinda love how stupid this all is. It's kinda fun!
Jan 17, 2022 7:29 AM
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MIYAVI's OP is just pure fire, you just can't understate how influential MIYAVI is to create banger songs.

The world of XB just got bigger with the tribes' supremacy, by hook or by crook to win it to rule over Neo Tokyo.

As for the actual episode, it's more set-up and getting the hang for newbies Haru Shirokane and Taiga from Saori Arisugawa to learn about the rules of XB in a playing field that's larger than your usual baseball field. The person to look out is Minato Tribe's leader Shun "The Destroyer" Kamiya, though that tribes used to be even more extreme before baseball came into play.

This show still has its low-key comedic moments to mix up the atmopshere, while most of it retains how baseball is like, expanded but still keeping with its unique rules.

BTW, at 05:56, the QR code on Saori's smartphone, when you scan it, it DOES lead to a website: Tribe Nine's Japanese official homepage. That's a nice tidbit.

Otherwise, still a good watch that sets up the Tournament arc fast and quick between the Minato Tribe and the Neo Tokyo Royals.
Jan 17, 2022 8:12 AM
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More of a build up episode but still pretty decent though. I still don't really like the low quality visuals but aside from that, the unique character designs are beautiful. Episode itself was mainly an introduction to the ''extreme'' baseball and showing how mighty Kamiya actually is..
Great OP!


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Jan 17, 2022 8:41 AM
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Arisugawa and the Op are the only good things about this anime. Every thing else is Generic and boring. Even the baseball parts are uninteresting. I'll give it one more episode but as of now this show stinks.
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Jan 17, 2022 8:42 AM
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So basically this episode is about XB rules and how it works practically. Kamiya and Saori showed that they're OP at that. Kamiya treated Haru and Taiga differently and I could see there's buildup of rivalries between Kamiya and Taiga already. Looks like they will have tough opponents next week, curious how it will goes.

By the way, I wonder who is actually the main character? I could say between Kamiya, Haru, or Taiga, but they're on screen oftenly so it's tough to judge
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Jan 17, 2022 9:06 AM

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Wow, somehow this is the best seasonal so far. I just wish the red haired guy would shut the hell up though, by far my least favourite character
I’m still not sure how they find the ball after it gets pummeled across an entire city
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Jan 17, 2022 9:13 AM
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The QR code at the beginning doesn't work, it leads to tribenine.to but the proper homepage is tribenine.tokyo anyway I hope the confession is "real"
Jan 17, 2022 9:25 AM
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seemed like this was just a set up episode to explain abt the rules and get to know the characters a bit more and it served its purpose im not really into sports and i dont the rules for real baseball soo i liked the that they kept the rules easy and simple...i actually like the dynamic between characters and its interesting that kamiya acknowledges his favoritism between haru and taiga overall im looking forward for more episodes...
Jan 17, 2022 11:53 AM
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This is definitely a worldbuilding episode, introducing us to the XB and diving a bit deeper into the characters. I'm a fan of normal baseball, so I liked the differences between them. I can see the extreme part and I'm afraid of how the new antagonist will challenge them. All in all, it was pretty good episode.
Jan 17, 2022 12:21 PM

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It's not a particularly good show but it's a damn fun one
Jan 17, 2022 1:23 PM
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The concept is still bonkers but I'm liking it so far 4/5
Jan 17, 2022 2:06 PM

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The "destroyer". Practicing and learning baseball seems tough. Good thing we have the power of friendship. Time to crash the visitors.


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Jan 17, 2022 2:06 PM

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I'm loving the style of this show and it's fun. The introduction of the game was nice, but I'm wondering where the story will go.
Jan 17, 2022 2:08 PM
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They were about to eat without saying ITA-DAH-KEE-MAS??!!! How shameful

And how did they all manage to get so stuffed when Haru accidentally wrecked their feast with Shun's bat?

Not going to question why this tribe let such weaklings onto their team, but ngl, I could do without the Taiga character. Dude talks big but he's kind of nothing

Was never a fan of danganronpa, but I do love their character designs, especially this new masked baddie that just showed up on the scene. I'll watch the next episode, but will probably drop it afterwards another episode or two. It's a plain and simple fun time, but it still feels very hollow as it's mostly probably meant to advertise their game- like takt op. destiny last season. Sigh. I did scan the QR code though just for fun. That was kind of smart at least


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Jan 17, 2022 5:31 PM

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I sense trouble for Minato but I don't expect them to get smashed like the other tribes (that comes later).
Jan 17, 2022 8:38 PM

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I'm loving every second of this anime. It's over the top different and the music is awesome.
Jan 17, 2022 8:53 PM
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Pretty good episode, it mostly consisted of Kamiya and Saori teaching Taiga and Haru how to play extreme baseball, and Kamiya really flexed his skills even only using 30% of it, also loved Saori threatening people with a sub machine gun lol. And that robot-like villain dude has a very cool design, let’s see if he’s as cool as he looks next episode.

And the OP was pretty good, decent visuals and a fun song.
Jan 17, 2022 11:45 PM
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From episode 1 kind of expected tuna man to be main mc but ig instead we got whiny kid instead who looks like he's being groomed to be a star player. He annoys me, therefore lost most of my interest in the anime. The "royal family" characters look and seem weird as well.
Jan 18, 2022 1:48 AM

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I visited the site because it felt like they wanted us to do so. The QR code was displayed so perfectly. lol

I don't have much to say about the story itself. They did some character relationship building. It wasn't remarkable. But, it wasn't bad either. It was very shounen-like.

Vehicles dropped from the sky! haha. It's unrealistic, but I'll ignore that, because it was funny and quite entertaining to watch.
Jan 18, 2022 3:00 AM

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Nice build up episode. Saori doing God's work by shutting up Taiga, best girl, though she's the only girl lmao. Episode was full of flags, Kamiya's defintely gonna be separated from the Minato tribe.
Jan 18, 2022 5:54 PM
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Learn more about XB rule with that fun practices, looks really fun. But behind that, there's something hidden from the strongest XB player on those town. Its good to see Haru pretty much adapted well with his new 'home'. While Taiga still keeping up his role as a rival for Kamiya, which might be the reason for Kamiya too to get firing up against those smell like-a-trouble masked dude. Lets see the real match begin...
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Jan 19, 2022 5:04 PM
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A build up episode in which the Neo Tokyo's royal family have been smashing tribes left and right. Now they set their sights on Minato tribe in hoping that they would find a real challenger.
Jan 23, 2022 7:04 AM

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I'm not really a fan of baseball so I don't care if I fully understand their game. But the fast paced-ness of this anime is quite enjoyable.

The ED sounds nice. I hope they show it with the visuals in the next episode so that we can hear it clearly.
Jan 23, 2022 11:03 PM

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Well dang. That tribe got burned down. Did he kill everyone too...

I hope Kamiya is not sick. He seems to be sick and sleep alot D:
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Feb 6, 2022 5:48 AM

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build up ep was rly cool but i love how even after all that this royal family guy is gonna beat them up by plauing baseball lol

ah and i tried scanning the qr code, lead to the tribenine website hahah that was cool
May 5, 2022 1:29 AM

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Damn didn't thought the concept of rules existed in this world. Also somebody please nerf Kamiya the destroyer.

Jun 17, 2023 7:26 AM
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Still not sure how I feel about this anime :/

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