Ace of the Diamond
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Furuya is pretty damn awesome still as an ace pitcher. The atmosphere of the game is intense, not just for him but also their catcher as well. It's like you can almost feel being there. Still though, the way their coach wields a bat with that expression is just something else. Ejiun also made an awesome play there imo. |
Stark700Apr 12, 2014 5:59 PM
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| People always say there too much furuya but sawamura always comes up after furuya and throws well. Sawamura ends the games not furuya. |
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| what a great episode! all the emotions at the pitcher change..really loved that part..enheriting the spirit of furuya and such..awesome team. sawamura's pitches were great...nino got shut down lol. lmao that one ball sawamura threw before pitching for real..hahaha ..the other players were mad :D |
| Yay, Sawamura is pitching now, I liked how he was acknowledged. The scene where Furuya handed the ball/spirit was done well. Seeing Furuya's determination was nice, though he was a tad stubborn at the end, not that it wasn't understandable or anything.. I enjoyed the management's team strategy. |
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| This is my favorite episode out of the series so far. Lmao Sawamura always finds new ways to screw up, I did not expect that one. But the follow up to that was awesome, I could really feel the emotion in this episode. |
| I really hated how stubborn Furuya was in the end... I kept screaming in my head for him to leave the mound already. What a boring and annyoing character he is... Sawamura instead should get a hell a lot more focus than Furuya. I'm glad Sawamura is pitching now, it was really exciting when he took that batter out. Now if the series would just focus more on Sawamura that would be great. |
OwnsinApr 12, 2014 8:58 PM
| YEAH! Sawamura it's time to pitch. And please don't tell me next ep is a recap episode. Also I just realized that the band that did the first op did this seasons op as well. I like it when an anime does that; especially when they use another one of their songs instead of just the same one over and over and over again, I'm looking at you hunterxhunter -_- but yeah they should be like Kuroko no basket's gran rodeo. |
| Sawamura, showing em how its done. |
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| Furuya get off the mound :( If he had gotten off earlier, he wouldn't have had to hear Miyuki's brutal honesty. I love how everyone else on the team is so supportive, and then when Miyuki tells Furuya like it is, everyone goes o_o because Miyuki's so harsh. Yeah it's understandable that Furuya doesn't want to give up the mound, no pitcher does. But you have to get off when you're told, especially if it's for your own good as well. That summer heat is taking a huge toll on him, not to mention the high number of pitches the other team is making him do. He just doesn't have the stamina for it, even if his mind is still in the game. Anyways, wonderful first pitch Eijun! Show em what you've got! They all think Eijun's an easy one just because his pitches aren't fast like Furuya's, but he's got them confused >:D And I love the senpai abusing him as always, yet supporting him at the same time. Lastly, Eijun has the guts to pitch so closely to the batter even under pressure from the coach! He has a great weapon. |
| Furuya is as annoying as ever. |
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| It's Sawamura's turn to show them what he is made of. Good job by him to get that out. |
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ZyphelChaos said: I just absolutely love this anime. It's just THE anime I wait to see every Saturday (along with Nisekoi). Can't even begin to put in words how amazing this is. I hope this gets a good 60+ episodes. Same here! This is my most anticipated anime every week. And yes, hopefully more and much longer number of episodes. And I can't stop laughing with that almost screw up throw by Sawamura. If I was his teammate I will also freak out. Haha. Go Sawamura! Now, time to score some runs (although I guess it will be a recap episode next week? hopefully not). |
| Respect to Furuya, it's gotta be tough to give up the mound so early in. Sawamura's pitching is really intense, but he has me cracking up as always. On a side note, I think what's great about baseball anime is that the side conversations fit perfectly with the pace of the game. The flow isn't broken unlike in something like basketball or soccer. |
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| I wait forever for Sawamura's turn ... finally and just don't like how Furuya act ... |
| I really hope this can be one of those 100+ episodes. I can't get enough of this. I don't think I'll ever get tired when Sawamura pitches. Its always so interesting and everyone on the team seems to be full of his spirit. Sent with Mal Updater |
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| furuya is a huge cunt #teamsawamura |
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| The show has been on a roll lately with the introduction of Shunshin Was the spark Ace needed to be honest |
| Great episode, I was missing Sawamura's pitching and I also can understand Furuya's feelings. Too bad it's only one episode each week :'( |
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| Finally getting more exciting. The pace is so slow though. |
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| YAY! Eijun finally got to pitch! and he did such a great job too! I'm so happy that it's finally his time to shine! That ball he threw to first base though was hilarious xD I was like -_- really? lol but he had a nice first pitch! AH~ love this anime! :) |
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| A recap episode...... with this timing? WTF? At least wait until you're done with this game. |
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| Ah DnA at its finest. This goes straight to my favorite episodes of this show. Gotta love Eijun! yhunata said: Wait since when was this a recap episode?A recap episode...... with this timing? WTF? At least wait until you're done with this game. |
| I'm so proud of you Eijun! <3 I want mooooooore! |
| That was a perfect transition. I hope that isn't a full-blown recap episode incoming... |
mayukachan said: yhunata said: Wait since when was this a recap episode?A recap episode...... with this timing? WTF? At least wait until you're done with this game. Check the preview. |
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Ratohnhaketon said: Respect to Furuya, it's gotta be tough to give up the mound so early in. Totally agree with you. Doubt someone can give up the mound that easily that early. Though it's good to see Sawamura pitch as well. Also, what's with the assistant coach (don't know what his name or his actual position is), he's always doubting everyone. You'd think he'd learn to simply trust the coach's judgments. Oh, and there are two Tanba's in this scene (around 05:15 in the episode). One sitting in the back, one standing just in front of him, haha. |
VoduuApr 13, 2014 1:23 AM
| Insert philosophical quote or exceptional picture here. |
| This episode was amazing. Furuya's fighting spirit and his determination to keep pitching is just so touching. I felt so bad for him when he was called to switch out. However, I loved that moment when Sawamura was like 'leave the rest to me'. :D My goodness, Sawamura's pitching were AWESOME! He also inherited Furuya's fighting spirit. Gosh, this episode. Definitely one of my favourites now. :DD |
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| Eijun turned the tables around! beat that Shun and team! Bet they didn't saw that coming! Furuya did well until the end. *nodnod* |
| This was an epic episode with Sawamura being sort of recognised as a decent player with a lot of guts but we didn't get much action in this episode, Furuya threw a few pitches and then Sawamura threw like 3 pitches....end of episode. I love this show but I'm thinking I should probably let it stack a few episodes and then watching the series like that rather than watching it weekly, which is what I've been doing. |
| finally sawamura owning |
| Cty Best mid |
JCDRANZER said: I love this show but I'm thinking I should probably let it stack a few episodes and then watching the series like that rather than watching it weekly +1 |
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| It was a great episode. Furuya is freaking awesome xD And i love the look of Sawamura's eyes whenever he's serious, too cool. |
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| Yeah! Finally Sawamura turn! *.* Eh... I always kinda nervous when he get his chance to shine, because when I think he can do it, always mess up... -.- Eh... Furuya and his drama! :/ Yeah for Miyuko to tell him to go xD Finally Sawamura get back his "main character" vibe! After such long time! I knew it! I knew it! He gonna mess up at first, and second will be cool and serious xD Yeah, can't wait to see next episode! |
| Findely Sawumara in the spot light's Furuya you did a nice job, Wish Sawumara trolled the coach at that first pitch |
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| this episode is so much better than the last one and finally sawamura is pitching, and he showed everyone how awesome and cool he is. you go sawamura you show them how it's done !! |
| At last Sawamura comes through! Great episode |
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| finally time for sawamura to shine~ furuya needs a break~ |
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| It's amazingly satisfying when Sawamura is finally allowed some spotlight and actually manages to deliver. Plus, he's an incredible fun character on top of that. :D Ejun, you still have so much to learn, but you're on the right path. :D And you're an actual member of the team. =P I mean, everyone's annoyed by him, but I think they like him just as much. |
| That just shows Furuya's determination... but then it was also annoying. Glad Sawamura is getting screen time now. |
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Voduu said: Oh, and there are two Tanba's in this scene (around 05:15 in the episode). One sitting in the back, one standing just in front of him, haha. omg LOL yhunata said: mayukachan said: yhunata said: Wait since when was this a recap episode?A recap episode...... with this timing? WTF? At least wait until you're done with this game. Check the preview. Oh you mean the next... Then, I'm disappointed :< |
| Love this ep. Furuya didn't want to leave :( Feel bad for him. Nice pitch, Eijun! Recap ep. next? Damn it, why?? |
| Hyuga Junpei: “Yeah… I’m confident… Because my teammates will help me out! I can shoot confidently.. because it will be okay even if I miss!” Kagami Taiga: “I don’t know about being the bad guy or whatever. It’s only in stories where titles like that decide the loser. This is our show. We’re the ones who are writing the script.” |
| The downside to this anime is they give far too much screen time to a character that is not likeable and does not talk as much, which is Furuya. It is not that I don't like his guts, I just don't see anything interesting about him and the way they try to glorify him. I too was glad that much more likeable Sawamura got his chance. I hope they are not trying to build a Rukawa x Sakuragi sort of rivalry between these two. Rukawa was a far cooler character and even he wasn't as impressive for not having many talking lines in Slam Dunk. |
| Gosh Sawamura makes me laugh every time. xD That throw to first base! Damn next week looks like a recap ep. |
| Sawamura didn't screw up! YES! Finally, finally, finally he seems to be coming around. God that felt good to see him strike that guy out without any problems for once and to see his stunned face because of that. Furuya did a good job as well. Please more of that. KatsukiYukie said: What... Oh please no. Right at the good part. D:Damn next week looks like a recap ep. |
Just sit back, and let your tears do the talking as I save you. |
| Let's go Sawamura |
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